What is Remote MCP?

Remote MCP is a connection between Remote and any AI client that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard for connecting AI applications to live data. Once connected, an admin, manager, or employee at your company can ask questions about and build on top of Remote data they already have access to in plain language from a supported AI client.

What Remote MCP does today

• Connects an MCP-compatible AI client to your live Remote account using a browser-based sign-in.
• Lets the AI read employment, org, leave, payroll, billing, compliance, entity, timesheet, and country information that the signed-in user is already allowed to see in Remote.
• Lets the AI take a limited set of write actions (such as submitting time off or creating an expense) where the signed-in user's role already allows it.
• Auto-discovers the tools the AI can use, so the AI adapts when Remote evolves.

What Remote MCP does not do

• It does not bypass roles or permissions. Anyone connecting only sees what their Remote account already allows them to see.
• Remote MCP is a connector and does not itself store your data; it passes information to the AI client only when a user requests it. Users are responsible for ensuring their chosen AI client's data handling practices meet their organization's privacy and compliance requirements. Remote's DPA governs data transmitted via Remote MCP.

Who it is for at your company

• Admins and People Ops building reports, audits, and dashboards from live employment data.
• Finance and payroll leads querying invoices, payroll schedules, and entity information.
• Managers answering questions about their team without exporting spreadsheets.
• Employees and contractors getting self-serve answers about their own employment.

Beyond one-off questions, users also build more advanced, multi-step applications on top of Remote MCP, including connecting other data sources through additional MCP servers.

If you're an admin or People Ops

Use Remote MCP to build live reports, audits, and dashboards from current employment data, and to roll it out to your team. Start with Enabling Remote MCP for your organization and the readiness checklist.

If you're an employee or contractor

Connect an AI client you already use and ask about your own employment in plain language — your time off balance, contract details, or next payday — without digging through menus or waiting for someone to pull a report. The AI only sees what your Remote account already shows you, and the same privacy rules still apply.

Where to go next

• To choose between Remote MCP, the Remote API, and Remote Agent, see Remote MCP vs. Remote API vs. Remote Agent: which one do I use?
• To get set up, see Enabling Remote MCP for your organization.
• The public landing page is at remote.com/remote-mcp.