With the portal's MCP server, users can connect their own AI assistant, such as Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to your portal. The assistant can then search and download assets from the DAM and look up events in the Marketing Calendar for them, in plain language.
The MCP server is off by default. An admin turns it on per portal.
Turn on the MCP server
Go to Settings › Marvia AI.
Tick MCP.
Click Save.
Users can now connect their AI assistant from their account. Until the MCP server is on, a connection attempt fails with "not found".
What the assistant can do
The assistant always acts as the signed-in user. It has the same roles and permissions as that user and only sees the modules that are turned on for your portal. Anything the user isn't allowed to do is hidden from the assistant.
What the assistant can do | What the user needs |
Show the user's own profile (name, email, title, country, time zone, language, last login) | An active portal account |
Search assets in the DAM in plain language | The DAM module and permission to view it |
Create a download for one or more assets it found | The DAM module and permission to download |
List Marketing Calendar events (campaigns, launches, promotions, holidays), filtered by date or keyword | The Marketing Calendar module |
Note: The assistant only reads data and creates download links. It can't change anything in your portal.
How the connection is secured
Users sign in with their normal portal account and approve the connection in their browser. The AI tool never sees their password.
Every portal has its own MCP server on its own domain. A user with access to several portals connects to each one separately.
Users can see every connected AI tool in their account and disconnect it at any time. The tool then loses access straight away.
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