---
title: MCP
description: Let your AI app work with your Spools files.
icon: plug
---

Connect an AI app to Spools over MCP. You need a General Motion account with Spools access. The Mac app is not required.

## Connect

The app must support remote MCP and OAuth. If it asks for a connection type, choose **Streamable HTTP**.

1. Open your AI app's MCP or connector settings. Add a remote server named **General Motion**.
2. Enter this server URL:

   ```text
   https://generalmotion.studio/mcp
   ```

3. Sign in with your General Motion account.
4. Try the prompt below.

Use browser sign-in, not an API key. The URL is for the AI app, not a browser.

## Try it

Ask your AI app:

> Show my Spools Drives. Let me choose one, then list its files. Do not change anything.

Then try:

> Find files with “interview” in the name and give me a download link for the one I choose.

Download links expire. Ask for a new one if a link stops working.

## What it can do

- Find files by **name**, not by words inside them.
- Read small text files and get download links for other files.
- Create folders, move or copy files, and move files to Trash when your account has permission.
- Upload files if your AI app can read local files and send HTTP uploads. Not every app can do this.

MCP sees only the current version of a file. Check planned writes before approving them.

## If it does not work

- **No sign-in prompt:** check that your AI app supports remote MCP and OAuth. Copy the server address exactly as shown above.
- **Sign-in failed:** disconnect and try again with the account that has Spools access.
- **Missing files or tools:** check the server address and ask the AI app which organization and Drive it is using.
- **Cannot change a file:** your Drive may be read-only.

For Finder and Premiere workflows, see [Spools setup](/storage/).