Manage access to your MCP server

You can give other people in your organization access to your MCP server. This lets teammates view your server configuration and history, or help manage the tools on it. This is different from sharing a tool bundle, which creates an independent copy of your tools for someone else. Managing server access gives people direct access to your existing server with controlled permissions.

Note

Managing server access does not let other users connect to or use your server with their AI client. Only the server owner's AI client can connect to and use the server. To give someone their own working server with the same tools, share a tool bundle instead.

Roles and permissions

When you give someone access to your MCP server, you assign one of two roles:

• Viewer — Can see the tools configured on your server and view the server's history. Cannot make changes, add tools, or connect to the server.
• Editor — Can add or remove tools on your server. Cannot authenticate tools on your behalf or configure tool-specific parameters like account connections. The server owner still needs to set those up.

The Owner is the person who created the server. Owners have full control, including managing who has access.

Give someone access to your MCP server

1. In the left sidebar of the Zapier MCP home, select a server.
2. Click the settings icon in the top right of the page to open the dropdown menu.
3. Select Edit access.
4. Search for and select the person you want to add by name or email.
5. Click the dropdown menu to select their role: Editor or Viewer.
6. Click Add.

After you add someone, they will see your server in their server list when they visit mcp.zapier.com. The server will appear in their sidebar. They will not receive a notification that it was added.

Change or remove someone's access

1. In the left sidebar of the Zapier MCP home, select a server.
2. Click the settings icon in the top right of the page to open the dropdown menu.
3. Select Edit access.
4. Next to the person whose access you want to change, click the dropdown menu.
5. Select a new role (Editor or Viewer) or select Remove to revoke access entirely.

Set default access for your organization

By default, your server is not shared with anyone. You can change this so that everyone in your Zapier organization has a baseline level of access.

1. In the left sidebar of the Zapier MCP home, select a server.
2. Click the settings icon in the top right of the page to open the dropdown menu.
3. Select Edit access.
4. Next to the Anyone at [your org] setting (where "[your org]" is the name of your Zapier account), click the dropdown menu.
5. Select a new role (Editor or Viewer) or select Remove to revoke access entirely.

Server access vs. tool bundles

Frequently asked questions

Can someone with editor access break my server?

An editor can add or remove tools, which changes what your AI client can do. They cannot change your account connections or authentication. If an editor removes a tool by mistake, you or any editor can add it back.

Will shared users see my tool call history?

Yes. Anyone with view or edit access can see the server's history.

Can I share my server with someone outside my organization?

Server access works with people in your Zapier organization. To share tools with someone outside your organization, share a tool bundle instead.

Someone shared a server with me, but I cannot use it with my AI client. Is that a bug?

No. Server access gives you visibility into the server's configuration and history, not the ability to use it. Only the server owner's AI client can connect to and use that server. If you want your own working server with the same tools, ask the owner to share a tool bundle instead.

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