> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://flow9.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI connections > Turn AI assistant access on for your workspace and choose what it may do. **Settings → Developers** controls whether people in your workspace can connect an AI assistant such as Claude or ChatGPT to Flow9. The same page holds **Connected Apps**, where connections are reviewed and revoked, and **Deletion Requests**, where an admin approves anything an assistant asked to delete. Access is **off by default**. Nobody can connect an assistant until an admin turns it on, and only workspace admins can change these settings. ## Enable MCP access The card is called **AI Assistant (MCP)**. Its first switch, **Enable MCP access**, allows connecting an AI assistant to this workspace. Until it is on, any attempt to connect signs in successfully and then reports that MCP access is not enabled — which is the intended behaviour, not a fault. The Developers page with the AI Assistant (MCP) card Switching it off later ends every existing connection at once. ## Allow record writes The second switch, **Allow record writes**, lets an assistant create and update records rather than only read them. Leave it off to keep every connection **read-only**. In read-only mode people can ask questions, search and get summaries, but every tool that would change a record is withheld — regardless of what an individual ticked when connecting. A good way to start: enable access with writes off, let the team use it for reading and reporting for a week, then decide about writes. ## Deletion is separate Allowing writes does **not** allow deletion. Deletion is a further step and is off unless your workspace has specifically asked for it. Even when enabled, an assistant cannot destroy a record. It creates a **deletion request**: the record is hidden, an administrator reviews it under **Settings → Developers → Deletion Requests**, and it can be restored until approved. ## Where people connect Once you have enabled access, people connect from their own assistant using: ``` https://mcp.flow9.online ``` Each person signs in as themselves and approves their own permissions. An assistant can never do more than the person who connected it — if someone has no access to a module, neither does their assistant. The user-facing steps are in [Connect your AI](/guide/connect-ai/overview). ## Seeing and removing connections Each person manages their own connections under **Settings → Connected Apps**, where they can see what has access and revoke it. To end everything at once, switch **Enable MCP access** off. ## What an assistant can never do Regardless of these settings, an AI connection cannot send SMS or email, place calls, permanently delete records, or reach another workspace's data. See [Security](/guide/connect-ai/security).