Model Context Protocol (MCP) on Heroku
Seamlessly integrate external tools and data sources to enhance model capabilities and build sophisticated AI agents.
Bring context & control to your AI applications
Whether you’re building intelligent agents, automating workflows, or integrating external services, Heroku gives you the foundation to do it securely, at scale, and with developer-first simplicity.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) on Heroku gives developers a standardized way to integrate external tools, services, and real-time data into their AI applications. With MCP, you can build context-aware agents that reason, act, and interact with your APIs—securely and reliably—using the same trusted developer workflow that Heroku is known for.
How MCP powers agentic workflows on Heroku
Standardized tool integration
MCP provides a consistent way for language models to discover, understand, and invoke external tools and APIs, regardless of the underlying model provider.
Contextual awareness
Models gain access to relevant real-time data and functionalities, enabling more accurate, up-to-date, and context-aware responses.
Build agentic AI applications with Heroku MCP Toolkits
Build agentic applications seamlessly
MCP provides the framework to create AI agents that interact with your application’s logic, external APIs, and other Heroku services. Design complex workflows where models can reason and act within your Heroku environment.
Simplified tool integration
Define tools using a simple schema. Heroku handles the MCP connections, allowing your models (via the Heroku Managed Inference and Agents add-on) to easily discover and invoke databases, microservices, or third-party APIs hosted on or off Heroku.
Secure & controlled execution
Leverage Heroku’s trusted infrastructure. Define precisely what actions your AI agents can perform, ensuring tool execution happens within the secure and managed context of your Heroku application and dynos.
Integrated developer workflow
Define, test, and manage your MCP tools alongside your application code. Utilize the Heroku CLI and platform tools for a familiar development experience when building agentic capabilities.
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