Pickaxe Forgets Its Capabilities

[kenlyle]

This simple test PA told me it couldn’t connect to Google Sheets…until I reminded it.

Is there any way, maybe even a plan to add some kind of structure to Actions and things like C, R, U, D on Google Sheets as capabilities, so that this doesn’t happen?

[danny_support]

@kenlyle

This simple test PA told me it couldn’t connect to Google Sheets…until I reminded it.

Is there any way, maybe even a plan to add some kind of structure to Actions and things like C, R, U, D on Google Sheets as capabilities, so that this doesn’t happen?

Hi @kenlyle ,
Thank you for reaching out!

The issue where the action only runs after being explicitly asked is most likely related to prompting. This can usually be resolved by refining your role prompt and trigger prompt so the model understands when and how to call the action automatically. If you share your current instructional prompts, the community can help you fine-tune them. Many users have successfully used the Google Sheets action in complex workflows.

You can learn more about MCPs on Pickaxe using these resources:
MCPs & APIs in Pickaxe

Checkout my bot connected to the Sequential Thinking MCP!

Hey @spaceduck2001, To trigger MCPs, you can either explicitly mention the tools or use the prompt frame to do it automatically. We haven’t tested for Google MCPs yet, I’ll let you know once we do. I think we need to do something in our part for credentials to work. As for my Song Insight Pickaxe, I ran out of ElevenLabs credits, haha.

[Ned.Malki]

@kenlyle thats a system prompt issue for sure. When you use MCP instead of custom actions, since there is no trigger prompt, the System prompt section becomes the “brains” / manager that tells the MCP what to do (instead of a Trigger prompt when compared to a connected action).

-Ned