Plugins: Skills, Connected Accounts and MCP
Extend supported Work tasks with reusable skills and connected services. Learn where to find Plugins, choose a runtime and configure a supported MCP connection.
Open Plugins on a compatible Mac build
Use Plugins from the compatible Mac app’s navigation. Review the package or connection you want to use. Reusable instructions, connected services and local browser workflows have different setup steps.
Install and review a skill package
Inspect the package source, purpose, runtime and instructions before installing. A skill supplies reusable instructions; installing it does not authorize access to files, browsers, apps or external accounts. Current tasks can retain their original instruction snapshot.
Cloud skills and Mac browser workflows
Portable Work skills and eligible connected accounts can extend supported cloud tasks. A package with the Mac-browser runtime requires the compatible direct Mac app and approved local browser access. The Mac App Store edition excludes that browser runtime and local connected-folder/app-control capabilities; do not infer a permission setting can enable them.
Connect only the intended service and scope
Where Connect is offered, review the service and its requested permissions, complete its authorization and return to check status before use. Providers and actions depend on current server configuration and your account. A connected service and a browser workflow using an existing local sign-in are different paths.
Add a custom MCP server where supported
The current compatible Mac form accepts a name and public HTTPS Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint. It can use supported browser sign-in/discovery, a server-issued token or advanced provider OAuth settings. Local commands, localhost/private-network endpoints, URL credentials, arbitrary headers and legacy SSE-only endpoints are outside this form’s supported contract. Enter credentials only in the intended trusted connection flow.
Understand what a tool call shares
A connected server receives the inputs sent to its tools. Installation alone does not make a server trusted or authorize every action. Client permissions, valid connection scopes and action review remain separate; service subscriptions and provider limits still apply.
Update, disable or disconnect deliberately
Review the selected package/account before changing it. Disconnecting prevents subsequent authorized service calls; it cannot undo actions already accepted by a provider. Package instructions, service connections and local folder/browser/app grants are separate controls.
Account, client and service access
Check your installed client’s supported capabilities and the connection’s current status before starting. Work requires Plus and applicable credits; connected services can also require their own subscription, permissions or usage allowance.
Plugin questions
Keep instructions, credentials and permissions separate.
Does installing a skill authorize access to my accounts?
No. Skill instructions, connected-service authorization and local client grants are separate. Review the actual service scope and action.
Can the Mac App Store edition run local browser workflows?
It excludes the Mac-browser runtime and local connected-folder/app-control capabilities. Use the edition’s supported cloud path; a setting does not grant the excluded capability.
Does disconnecting undo an action already sent?
It stops subsequent service access but cannot recall an action already accepted by the provider.
Guides and resources
Find more detail and choose your next step.
Connect the capability your task needs.
On a compatible Mac edition, open Plugins, inspect the package or connection and follow its supported setup. Keep skill installation, account authorization and local grants separate.