Catalyst MCP Server

What is MCP?

Model Context Protocol (MCP), is an open-source standard that defines how AI models and LLMs can connect, interact, and operate on other systems. Using MCP, you can instruct an AI model with precise context on the operation you require it to carry out in another system.

What is Zoho MCP?

Zoho MCP, is a service that offers you pre-defined, and on-demand MCP servers to which you can add MCP tools to from Zoho and other supported third party services.

A Zoho MCP Server acts as the communicative bridge between your LLM and a supported service. The MCP tools configured in the server provide your LLM with the context it needs to understand and interact with that service. With this context, your LLM can precisely carry out your prompted actions.

Catalyst MCP Server

The Catalyst MCP server’s primary objective is to provide your preferred LLM with the required context to interact and perform operations in the Catalyst console, without ever leaving your coding environment.

The Catalyst MCP server, is essentially, a Zoho MCP server that is configured with all the MCP tools of the Catalyst service.

You can invoke two types of Catalyst MCP servers; Catalyst Global MCP Server, Catalyst On-Demand MCP Servers.

Catalyst Global MCP Server

A Global MCP Server does not load all its configured tools with every invocation, instead, it uses dynamic discovery. When a prompt is provided, the LLM infers the required actions and queries the Global MCP Server directory to identify only the tools needed to complete those actions. Only those tools are loaded and enabled for use.

This eliminates unnecessary hallucinations caused by tool overload. Furthermore, it removes the manual effort of selecting tools from the MCP console. Also, using a Global MCP Server effectively lifts any tool limitation put in place by the LLMs by ensuring only the required tool is active at any given time.

The Catalyst by Zoho service is MCP-compatible and has a global MCP server. Meaning by just connecting and authorizing this server, your LLM will be able to access all 100+ MCP tools of the Catalyst service and perform required actions in the console.

The access URL to use Catalyst Global MCP server is: https://catalyst.zohomcp.com/mcp/message

Catalyst On-Demand MCP Server

An On-Demand MCP Server is a Zoho MCP Server where you manually configure the exact tools required for your operation using the MCP console. Using an on-demand MCP server is recommended when you are absolutely sure about the list of tools that you would require for your operation.

A typical access url structure for an on-demand MCP server is: https://mcp-server-name-serverID.zohomcp.com/mcp/APIKEY/message