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Overview

Apart from using ACI.dev’s Apps/Functions (tools) directly via LLM function (tool) calls, we also provide two types of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that allow your MCP clients to access all Apps/Functions (tools) available on ACI.dev platform. The codebase is open source and can be found here: aci-mcp .

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Two Types of MCP Servers

  • Apps MCP Server: This server is similar to most of the existing MCP servers out there, where it exposes a set of functions from a specific app (e.g., Gmail, Github, etc.). However, our Apps MCP Server allows you to include multiple apps in a single server.
    Apps MCP Server
  • Unified MCP Server: This server is a dynamic server that provides two meta functions (tools) - ACI_SEARCH_FUNCTIONS and ACI_EXECUTE_FUNCTION to dynamically discover and execute ANY functions (tools) available on ACI.dev platform.
    Unified MCP Server

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Comparison

  • When to use the Apps MCP Server?
    • When you know exactly what apps the LLM/Agent needs in advance.
    • When the number of apps, and therefore the associated functions, needed is relatively small.
      There is no definitive answer to what number of functions (tools) is too many?, but the more functions (tools) you add to the model’s context window, the lower the performance of the LLM function calling.
  • When to use the Unified MCP Server?
    • When you don’t know exactly what apps the LLM/Agent needs in advance.
    • When the number of apps and therefore the associated functions needed is large.
    • When you want all future apps added to ACI.dev to be discoverable by your LLM/Agent without having to update the MCP command.

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Next Steps

Choose the MCP server that best fits your needs and follow the instructions in the respective sections to set it up.

Unified MCP Server

A unified, dynamic MCP server that provides two meta functions (tools) to discover and execute ANY functions (tools) available on ACI.dev platform.

Apps MCP Server

A traditional MCP server that directly exposes functions from specific apps that you pre-select, allowing multiple apps to be included in a single server.