Building Custom Connections
Note: Building custom connections requires technical expertise in software development. This page assumes familiarity with API development and deployment.
What are Custom Connections?
Custom connections allow you to connect Duvo to systems that aren't covered by a standard Duvo connection. Think of them as custom-built bridges between DUVO and your proprietary or specialized software.
Building A Custom Connection
Duvo uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) open standard to connect with external systems—it's not a Duvo product. To build your own MCP server to create custom tools for your assignments, you'll need technical expertise in software development.
If you're not familiar with MCP, visit the official MCP documentation at https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/getting-started/intro. This resource provides documentation, tutorials, and examples for building MCP servers in various programming languages.
Once you have built, tested, and deployed an MCP server, you can connect it to Duvo using the steps outlined in "How to Add a Connection".
Requirements for Custom Connections
For your MCP server to connect to Duvo it must meet these technical requirements:
Cloud accessibility: The MCP server must be accessible via the internet (cloud-hosted). Duvo needs to reach it over the web to communicate.
Streamable HTTP: The MCP server must support streamable HTTP communication. MCP servers that only support STDIO (standard input/output) or HTTP/SSE won't be able to connect to Duvo's assignments.
Setting Up OAuth for Custom MCP Connections
If your MCP server requires OAuth authentication, Duvo automatically detects whether the server supports dynamic client registration (DCR). If it does, no Client ID or Secret is needed — the connection is handled automatically.
If the server does not support DCR, or if you prefer to use your own pre-registered OAuth app, expand the Advanced settings section when adding the connection. There you will find the How to set up your OAuth app guide, which provides step-by-step guidance and a one-click copy button for the redirect URI you need to register.
Steps (when providing your own OAuth credentials):
Register an OAuth app with your MCP provider (refer to the provider's developer documentation).
Add Duvo's redirect URI as an allowed redirect URI in your OAuth app settings. The redirect URI is
https://platform.duvo.ai/v1/oauth/mcp/callback(also displayed in the Advanced settings section with a copy button).Enter your Client ID and Client Secret in the Advanced settings fields and complete the connection setup.
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