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MCP

Give your agent Retool tools

Every Retool action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's Retool account for each tool call — you store no tokens.

Pipedream Connect

// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "retool",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// e.g. run Create Organization User Attribute:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "retool-create-organization-user-attribute",
  arguments: {
    name: "Attribute Name",
    label: "Attribute Label",
  },
})

# access_token: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
    "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
    "x-pd-environment": "production",
    "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}",  # any stable ID for this user in your system
    "x-pd-app-slug": "retool",
}

async with streamablehttp_client("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3", headers=headers) as (read, write, _):
    async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
        await session.initialize()
        tools = await session.list_tools()

        # e.g. run Create Organization User Attribute:
        result = await session.call_tool("retool-create-organization-user-attribute", {
            "name": "Attribute Name",
            "label": "Attribute Label",
        })

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API PROXY

Call the Retool API directly

For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the Retool API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.

Pipedream Connect

const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
  url: "https://api.retool.com/api/v1/resources",
})

// Any allowed Retool endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.

# The path segment is the target URL, URL-safe base64 encoded:
# https://api.retool.com/api/v1/resources

curl "https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/proxy/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkucmV0b29sLmNvbS9hcGkvdjEvcmVzb3VyY2Vz?external_user_id={external_user_id}&account_id=apn_xxxxxxx" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "x-pd-environment: production"

API proxy guide →

SDK

Run Retool actions from your backend

Connect a user's Retool account once, then run Create Organization User Attribute on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.

Pipedream Connect

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "retool-create-organization-user-attribute",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    retool: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    name: "Attribute Name",
    label: "Attribute Label",
  },
})

from pipedream import Pipedream

pd = Pipedream(
    client_id="{oauth_client_id}",
    client_secret="{oauth_client_secret}",
    project_id="{project_id}",
    project_environment="production",
)

result = pd.actions.run(
    id="retool-create-organization-user-attribute",
    external_user_id="{external_user_id}",  # any stable ID for this user in your system
    configured_props={
        "retool": {"authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx"},
        "name": "Attribute Name",
        "label": "Attribute Label",
    },
)

curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "retool-create-organization-user-attribute",
    "configured_props": {
      "retool": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "name": "Attribute Name",
      "label": "Attribute Label"
    }
  }'