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Egnyte Remote MCP Server - Connecting Egnyte to ChatGPT (Limited Availability)

Egnyte is available as an app in ChatGPT enabling secure access to Egnyte files for natural language searches, summaries, and insights while respecting the organization's permissions. 

The Egnyte app in ChatGPT offers several benefits:

  • Secured and governed AI usage: Use natural language to search and access authorized Egnyte files, while maintaining data security and compliance within the AI environment.
  • Get fast answers from trusted files: Quickly surface insights from large content repositories, powered by the latest files stored in Egnyte.
  • More streamlined experience: Speed up everyday work by reducing app switching and bringing Egnyte context together with information from other enabled applications.
  • Generate smarter content: Produce summaries, documents, and analyses using own reliable, trusted business content.

By bringing Egnyte context directly into ChatGPT, teams can eliminate the need to switch between systems and accelerate everyday workflows—while maintaining the governance, permissions, and security they rely on.

This feature is currently in limited availability for Essential, Elite, and Ultimate plans OR Platform Enterprise or Enterprise Lite plans with the Copilot add-on. To request this feature, contact the Products team.

Setting Up the Egnyte Connector

Technical details of the Egnyte connector can be found in Egnyte’s MCP Server Documentation. Authentication is handled via OAuth 2.0, providing secure access to the Egnyte content.

Prerequisites

  • An active Egnyte account on Essential, Elite, or Ultimate plans, OR Platform Enterprise or Platform Enterprise Lite with the Co-Pilot add-on
  • ChatGPT account
  • Egnyte domain name and credentials for authentication

- Once the feature is enabled for a domain, all domain users can connect to and authenticate in ChatGPT. No admin controls are available to restrict access for specific users.
- The applicable API request limits are 180 requests per minute per user and 250 requests per day per user.

Adding the Connector as an Organization Owner

  1. Open ChatGPT
  2. Go to the bottom left and click on the profile icon.
    copilot_remote MCP server - chatGPT 1.png
  3. Click on Settings.
    copilot_remote MCP server - chatGPT 2.png
  4. Click on Apps.
    copilot_remote MCP server - chatGPT 3.png
  5. The connected apps will be displayed. Click on Explore apps.
    copilot_remote MCP server - chatGPT 4.png
  6. Search for Egnyte.
    copilot_remote MCP server - chatGPT 5.png
  7. Click on the app and click on Connect.
    copilot_remote MCP server - chatGPT 6.png
  8. Click on Continue to provide authorization.
    copilot_remote MCP server - chatGPT 7.png
  9. Enter the domain and click on Continue to log into the Egnyte domain.
    copilot_remote MCP server - chatGPT 8.png
  10. Click on Allow Access to provide access.
    copilot_remote MCP server - chatGPT 9.png
  11. Egnyte will now be connected and users can Start chat.
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