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MCPArcade

Arcade

The MCP runtime for secure, authenticated agent tool-calling.

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MCPAgent
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FREEMIUM
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Proprietary
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Cloud
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Model-agnostic
Verified
Jun 8, 2026

A platform that lets AI agents take real, authenticated actions across business systems like Gmail, GitHub, Slack, and Notion. Arcade handles the hard part of agent tool-use — secure, per-user authorization — so a tool call runs with the actual end user's permissions rather than a shared API key. It ships agent-optimized prebuilt tools plus an open framework for building custom ones, exposed over MCP. A free tier is available for getting started.

Capabilities 3

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • Tool / function calling (primary capability)
  • MCP server (secondary capability)
  • MCP gateway / registry (secondary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Real actions in Gmail, GitHub, Slack
  • Prebuilt agent-optimized tools
  • Open framework for custom tools
  • Exposed over MCP standard
  • Closed/hosted core platform
  • Newer entrant in MCP space
  • Setup needed per integration
  • Free tier limited

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