# Openwork Connect

Search and use the skills, MCP connections, and connected services available through...

- Repository: https://github.com/different-ai/openwork (24362 stars)
- Category: AI and agents
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill openwork-connect -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill openwork-connect -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill openwork-connect -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill openwork-connect -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Search and use the skills, MCP connections, and connected services available through the user's OpenWork organization.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# OpenWork Connect

Use the OpenWork MCP server when the user asks for an organizational skill,
shared MCP tool, connected service, or OpenWork Cloud operation.

## Skills

1. Call `list_skills` to see every skill the member may use; no keywords are
   needed. Pass `query` only to narrow a long catalog.
2. Call `get_skill` with the skill's name or exact capability, read the whole
   returned SKILL.md, then follow it.

## Workflow

1. Call `search_capabilities` with a short description of the outcome unless
   the exact capability name is already available in the current context.
2. Select an exact capability name from the search result.
3. Call `execute_capability` with that exact name and only the parameters
   required for the requested outcome.
4. If OpenWork returns a connection, authentication, permission, or admin
   setup state, relay that state and its next action accurately. Do not claim
   that an unavailable capability ran.

Search results reflect the signed-in member's organization, grants, teams, and
connection readiness. Do not infer access from a capability that was visible
in another organization or an earlier authorization context.

OpenWork Connect performs OAuth through the MCP client. Never request, embed,
or persist OpenWork access tokens in plugin files or chat content.