# New Tutorial: Connect Your Pickaxes to Anything With MCPs and APIs! šŸŽ„ **URL:** \ **Category:** How To Guides\ **Tags:** mcp\ **Created:** [June 23, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308 "2025-06-23T23:45:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![abhi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/abhi/32/5009_2.png) [@abhi](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/abhi)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/1 "2025-06-23T23:45:14Z")
Hey Pickaxe community! @nathanielmhld just dropped a super helpful video that walks through three big features that are fresh in Pickaxe. **Hereā€™s whatā€™s inside:** šŸŒŸ **What is an MCP?** MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. Itā€™s a simple way to connect your Pickaxes to other apps and services, so you can pull in data, automate tasks, or even let your Pickaxe take action (no coding needed!). Nathaniel shows how you can use built-in MCPs like OpenAI Web Search, or connect to Notion and other tools using services like Smithy. šŸ”— **Pickaxe API in Action** Youā€™ll see how to set up and use the Pickaxe API to run your Pickaxe from other platforms, like [Make.com](http://Make.com). Nathaniel gives a step-by-step demo of how to send and receive data so you can automate things like responding to customer emails. šŸ‘„ **Studio API for User and Document Management** Learn how the new Studio API lets you add or remove users, invite people to your studio automatically, and manage documents (all through simple API calls!). āœØ Thereā€™s even a sneak peek at whatā€™s coming soon: a Pickaxe-powered MCP that will make connecting and managing everything even easier. **Check out the new tutorial here:** https://www.youtube.com/embed/5tZHPP8vz2s?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLfnljwlBqeCBKZbAevG4IPiUPzQ_Xani3 Give it a watch and let us know if you try any of the new features or have questions. We canā€™t wait to see what you build! ---
**Author:** ![ab2308](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/ab2308/32/1542_2.png) [@ab2308](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/ab2308)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/2 "2025-06-24T02:15:36Z")
Thatā€™s so cool @abhi @nathanielmhld Iā€™ve seen the integration with Make somewhere before šŸ˜‰ šŸ‘ ---
**Author:** ![adhdsos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@adhdsos](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/adhdsos)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/3 "2025-06-29T10:35:48Z")
Quick question with regards to how MCPs work in terms of privacy. Iā€™m currently in the process of building out a business proposal for the use of Pickaxe within the company I work for and Iā€™ve been asked to include a section on data privacy and security as the data that we would be using for some of the studio could be sensitive data (cost prices, customer names, etc) How does Pickaxe handle data privacy and security and is it GDPR compliant? Also in the demo above it talks about finding 3rd party sites to connect to MCPs how secure is it connecting to different services like this? Is there any chance that data transferred through these MCP servers and intermediary sites could be hacked and the data being shared be accessed? I know that Pickaxe canā€™t tell me about these other 3rd party services, but maybe you tech team would know if it would be wise for users be aware of any potential risks to using MCP and could recommend any specific checks that users should be performing before taking data submitted by their customers and passing it through these MCP services. Cheers Adam ---
**Author:** ![ab2308](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/ab2308/32/1542_2.png) [@ab2308](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/ab2308)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/4 "2025-06-29T12:21:20Z")
Hi @adhdsos, You might want to read this post about GDPR: [Pickaxe is now GDPR Compliant! - GDPR Compliance Deep Dive](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/pickaxe-is-now-gdpr-compliant-gdpr-compliance-deep-dive/4760) **Be cautious with MCPs ā€” your concerns are valid.** If youā€™re integrating with an official server, like Makeā€™s MCP, youā€™re protected under their privacy policy (Make, for example, is GDPR compliant). The real risk comes from using unofficial or random servers found on GitHub. In those cases, there are no guarantees around security or data privacy ā€” youā€™re essentially trusting unknown code with sensitive data. ---
**Author:** ![raghav253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@raghav253](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/raghav253)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/5 "2025-07-26T19:36:39Z")
Having trouble with the Google Sheet Community MCP setup. Can you shoot a video on that please. Will be very helpful ---
**Author:** ![conrad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/conrad/32/428_2.png) [@conrad](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/conrad)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/6 "2025-07-27T13:59:21Z")
Is it available to the LTD customers? ---
**Author:** ![Ned.Malki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/ned.malki/32/5918_2.png) [@Ned.Malki](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/Ned.Malki)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/7 "2025-07-27T17:50:02Z")
Hey @conrad MCP server functionality is available to Gold users, while API access is currently only available to PRO subscribers. @abhi @danny_support can confirm ---
**Author:** ![danny\_support](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/danny_support/32/3492_2.png) [@danny\_support](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/danny_support)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/8 "2025-08-04T21:15:08Z")
Hi! @Ned.Malki is correct. As a Gold member, you have access to the MCP feature. However, Studio API access is only available for users on the Pro and Enterprise plans. ---
**Author:** ![conrad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/conrad/32/428_2.png) [@conrad](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/conrad)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/9 "2025-08-05T18:08:59Z")
Which means my pickaxes can make calls to other services via MCP, but my pickaxe cannot be reached passively from the outside, right? ---
**Author:** ![Ned.Malki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/ned.malki/32/5918_2.png) [@Ned.Malki](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/Ned.Malki)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/10 "2025-08-05T18:48:30Z")
@conrad thatā€™s right. If you donā€™t currently have access to Studio API access, then your Pickaxes cannot be called on passively from the outside (e.g. a scenario within [make.com](http://make.com)) ---
**Author:** ![conrad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/conrad/32/428_2.png) [@conrad](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/conrad)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/11 "2025-08-06T11:45:44Z")
Then I have my next question. Many MCPs may provide immediate responses to AI chat inquiries. Letā€™s say itā€™s DuckDuckGo search or something similar. Does Pickaxe Gold support this kind of incoming calls? Or Pickaxe only able to send something to MCP one way if no API is available? ---
**Author:** ![danny\_support](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/danny_support/32/3492_2.png) [@danny\_support](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/danny_support)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/12 "2025-08-06T23:36:52Z")
Great question! Yes, Pickaxe supports two-way communication with many MCP integrations. For example, with the Google Sheets MCP, you can ask Pickaxe to make changes to your spreadsheet and also request to see the contents. Pickaxe will display the updated data directly in the chat. This means that as long as your MCP integration is set up to provide responses (like a search result or data lookup), Pickaxe can display those responses in the conversation. ---
**Author:** ![conrad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/conrad/32/428_2.png) [@conrad](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/conrad)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/new-tutorial-connect-your-pickaxes-to-anything-with-mcps-and-apis/6308/13 "2025-08-07T11:06:53Z")
Perfect! Thank you! Hope I will figure out how to make MCP connection to an SQL.