Conductor remote MCP connector

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The Conductor remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector in Optimizely Opal brings AI search intelligence directly into Opal. Use it to monitor your brand's visibility and citation share across AI search engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. Also use it to identify where competitors are outranking you so Opal can help you act on those gaps.

The Conductor remote MCP is managed by Conductor. For details, see What data is available in Conductor's MCP? in the Conductor documentation.

First, an Opal administrator must connect the Conductor remote MCP to Opal. After connecting the MCP server, individual Opal users and agent builders can log in to Conductor to access their information from Opal. Administrators only need to connect the Conductor remote MCP once.

Connect the Conductor remote MCP to Opal

The first person to connect a third-party service to Opal should be an administrator of that service. Administrator access installs the complete set of tools, so Opal adds every available tool. If a non-administrator connects the service first, Opal installs only the tools that account can access.

Opal administrators connect and grant access to Conductor from Opal. After granting access, administrators select which tools to enable in Opal and optionally customize their display names.

Add Conductor connection

As an Opal administrator, complete the following steps:

  1. Go to Connectors in Opal.
  2. (Optional) Enter Conductor in the search bar to filter the connectors list.

  3. Click Connect on the Conductor tile. 

    Screenshot of the Connectors tab with Connect for Conductor highlighted.

  4. Log in to your Conductor account. 

    Screenshot of the conductor login page.
  5. Configure the connector.
  6. Click Accept.

A confirmation message displays and you can close the pop-up window.

Configure Opal tools

After adding the Conductor connection, Opal prompts you to select which tools to enable and optionally customize their display names.

As an Opal administrator, complete the following steps:

  1. Deselect any tools you do not want to add to Opal.
  2. (Optional) Update any tool's display name.

  3. Click Finish. 

The Conductor tile displays Connect on the Connectors tab for Opal users to authenticate with their personal accounts.

To update the available tools or names, see Update tools.

Authenticate with Conductor

Each Opal user and agent builder logs in to Conductor individually to access their Conductor data from Opal. User-level authentication ensures you access only the data your Conductor account is authorized to view.

Before you begin, confirm that an Opal administrator has connected the Conductor remote MCP to Opal. Until an administrator connects it, the Conductor tile displays Contact admin instead of Connect and you cannot select it.

To authenticate, complete the following steps in Opal:

  1. Go to Connectors.
  2. (Optional) Enter Conductor in the search bar to filter the connectors list.
  3. Click Connect on the Conductor tile.
  4. Log in to Conductor.

After you connect to Conductor, the Conductor connector tools your administrator added become available in Opal Chat, agents, and workflows.

Conductor connector tools

The Conductor connector tools are available in Opal after an administrator connects the Conductor remote MCP to Opal and you log in to Conductor. The available tools depend on which tools your administrator enabled. For a full list of available tools and actions, see What data is available in Conductor's MCP? in the Conductor documentation.

Update tools

To rename, add, or remove tools, an Opal administrator must delete the Conductor tools registry and re-add it. To do so, complete the following steps:

  1. Follow the steps in Delete a tool registry.
  2. Add Conductor connection.
  3. Configure Opal tools.

If you use Opti ID, administrators can turn off generative AI in the Opti ID Admin Center. See Turn generative AI off across Optimizely applications.