Liner Launches Liner Actions MCP, Linking More Than 1,100 External Tools
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Liner announced the launch of "Liner Actions MCP (Liner Actions MCP)" on the 29th. This product enables AI agents such as ChatGPT and Claude to use more than 1,100 external tools at once after a single connection. It allows external services such as calendars, Slack, and Notion to be controlled with natural language commands, and Liner said it reduced integration steps and barriers to entry by bundling multiple tools into a single MCP.
Liner announced the launch of "Liner Actions MCP (Liner Actions MCP)" on the 29th. "Liner Actions MCP" is a product that enables AI agents to integrate with and use more than 1,100 external tools at once. It is aimed at AI agents such as ChatGPT and Claude, and users can use it after linking it to an AI agent once.
The product is focused on enabling external services such as calendars, Slack, and Notion to be controlled with natural language commands. Through this, Liner sought to reduce the steps involved in individually finding and installing MCPs for each service and issuing API keys.
MCP is a standard protocol for connecting AI agents to external services and carrying out actual tasks. Under existing methods, however, users had to search for the MCPs they needed themselves, and they also had to check the installation method and authentication procedure for each service. As a result, the existing approach posed a barrier to entry for general users.
To reduce the steps required to link external services, Liner applied a structure that bundles multiple external tools into a single MCP. The goal is to simplify the process. Users connect an agent by following the instructions on the Liner Actions website, and when they use a specific service for the first time, linking is completed by logging into that account.
In this structure, natural-language work requests are supported, and the agent searches for and connects the tools it needs. As an example request, the company cited asking it to organize what was discussed this week in a Slack marketing channel into Notion. In that case, the process is carried out as a single task, from collecting the Slack information to organizing it in Notion.
The same approach applies to tasks that move across multiple tools, such as Slack and Notion. Examples of use cases include organizing GitHub issues and sharing meeting minutes. Tools that are not connected in advance are also designed to be searchable and usable at the time of request.
Liner did not adopt a method that calls multiple tools at the same time. Instead, it applied a method that connects them only when needed. The company said this was intended to reduce the context overload that can occur when multiple MCPs are linked simultaneously.
Liner carried out verification to improve the stability of service integration. The company directly called the more than 1,100 tools it offers to check whether each tool worked properly. In particular, it focused on reducing cases in which a tool could be connected but not actually executed.
Regarding security design, Liner said it was set up to act only as an intermediary between the user's agent and each service MCP server. It also said it does not store user data separately. Records from the service use process are anonymized, the company said.
Liner provides "Liner Actions API" for enterprise developers. Companies developing their own AI agents can use this API. Through it, they can apply connector functionality for more than 1,100 service integrations to their own products.
Liner has applied connector functionality based on the Actions API to "Liner Write (Liner Write)." Liner Actions MCP and API currently support Korean and English. The company plans to expand the compatible tools based on user feedback.
Kim Yun-gi, lead of the Liner Actions squad, said the existing MCP method had a high barrier to entry, leaving some cases in which general users found it difficult to use agents. He added that the company will expand the agent ecosystem by enabling external tools to be connected and used without complicated setup.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407453
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