Hi,
It would be great if there was a possibility to add MCP Servers to the AI assist.
Use case: I use Retool to build UI for my Shopify store. and Retool Assist is very helpful. but it doesn’t know much about Shopify and the APIs there. Shopify has a great MCP server and if retool assist could query it, it’ll be way more useful.
This is a great suggestion, connecting MCP servers to Retool Assist would make it far more powerful for domain‑specific workflows. Right now, Assist feels limited when dealing with APIs outside its training set, so being able to query an MCP server (like Shopify’s) would bridge that gap.
I can see this being useful not only for Shopify but also for other platforms that expose MCP servers. It would allow Assist to provide context‑aware recommendations and reduce the need for manual API documentation lookups.
Do you know if the Retool team has shared any timeline or roadmap for MCP integration into Assist? Even an experimental or enterprise‑only rollout would be valuable to test. In the meantime, has anyone tried workarounds (like connecting MCP endpoints through custom queries) to partially replicate this behavior?
Hey @Pedram welcome to the Community! 
And hello again @web_star thanks to both of you for the thoughtful feedback!
MCP support in Retool Assist isn't on our immediate roadmap right now, but we've passed the feedback to engineering and will keep tracking interest here.
One thing that may help, MCP support already exists in Retool Agents. You can already connect MCP servers as tools an Agent can call dynamically, including domain-specific servers like Shopify's.
For Assist specifically, the best current option for bridging the API knowledge gap is Specification support in REST API resources (shipped February 13th, 2026). Attaching an OpenAPI or Swagger spec to a REST API resource gives Assist structured knowledge of that API's endpoints and parameters, which significantly improves query generation. More detail in the changelog.
Happy to answer any follow-ups! 