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Build the server once. Ask from your pocket.
A developer guide to MCP development: how servers expose tools to AI hosts, why one server serves many surfaces, and how Oneira reaches servers you configure.
Product status
What is available now?
- Working today
Working today means the expressive face has been demonstrated on a real Oneira device.
- Connected beta
Connected beta features require the Oneira app, internet access, a compatible service, and permissions you approve. They can change and may not work with every service.
The short answer
The Model Context Protocol lets you describe a tool once and reach it from many AI applications. Oneira ships MCP support, so a server built for your desktop workflow can also answer a pocket-started request — once you configure and test the connection.
ProtocolOpen and documented
ServersExpose defined tools
On OneiraMCP support ships
CompatibilityTested, not universal
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See compatible connectionsCompatible connected tools
Compatible connected tools are optional and owner-configured. Nothing is preconfigured, and universal compatibility is not promised.
See connected featuresDream Big+ photo generation
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Open Oneira CreateFocused helpers
Optional helper experiences have narrow, visible limits. Broader research, coding, and workspace actions remain in development.
Understand the agent pathA simple flow
How it works in three steps.
- 0101 / Define
Expose a few narrow, well-named tools
- 0202 / Prove
Test read-only calls from a host you already use
- 0303 / Connect
Configure the server in the Oneira app with scoped permissions
The protocol
One standard between tools and AI applications.
The Model Context Protocol is an open protocol that standardizes how AI applications connect to tools and data. A server exposes capabilities with defined names and inputs; a host application discovers those capabilities and calls them on the user's behalf.
The documentation and SDKs are public at modelcontextprotocol.io, so nothing on the server side depends on a single vendor. You describe what your service can do once, in one interface, instead of writing a custom integration per assistant.
Why hardware matters
One server, many surfaces, including a pocket.
The return on building a server compounds with every host that can reach it. The same tool that answers in a desktop chat can answer in an editor, an agent workflow, or a physical device, without a new line of server code.
That is the device angle worth designing for. Oneira ships MCP server support, so a request that begins with a deliberate action on a palm-sized device can route through the Oneira app to a server you configured. The server does not need to know the request came from hardware.
Design for it
Small tools read better on a small screen.
A round 466 by 466 pixel display rewards tools that return one usable answer, not a page of raw data. Prefer narrow tools with descriptive names, small structured results, and defaults that make a short request meaningful.
Separate reads from writes at the tool level. A tool that checks a status is safe to call casually; a tool that changes something deserves its own name, its own permission decision, and human approval before it runs from any surface.
On Oneira
Configured connections, applied permissions.
Oneira follows one published pattern: you connect a server, authenticate with your own accounts where the server requires them, and grant specific permissions in the Oneira app. The app routes requests only to servers you pointed it at.
No universal MCP compatibility is promised — transport, authentication, and schema still have to line up, so test each server on a small task before relying on it. The exact configuration screens are not published in this guide; the pattern above is the part that is.
Sources and scope
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Questions, answered
The details that decide a purchase.
What is MCP development in one sentence?
It is building or adopting servers that speak the Model Context Protocol, an open standard for connecting AI applications to tools and data, so any compatible host can call your service through one defined interface.
Do I have to build anything Oneira-specific?
No. You build against the public protocol documentation, and Oneira connects to compatible MCP servers you configure through its app. Compatibility still has to be tested — no universal support is promised.
Which tools should a first server expose?
Read-only ones. A status check or a lookup proves the whole path with nothing at stake, and write tools can be added later behind their own permissions and human approval.
Will every MCP server work with Oneira?
No universal compatibility is promised. Transport, authentication, schema, and Oneira app support all have to align, so treat each server as a connection to test before you rely on it.
What does running this cost?
No Oneira subscription is required for the core product. Server hosting, the services a server talks to, and any accounts behind them are your own, with your own fees.
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