> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hymalaia.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Actions & MCP

> Extend the capabilities of Hymalaia Agents

## Overview

**Actions** give Agents the ability to interact with external systems.

Hymalaia comes with 5 built-in Actions and allows users to configure additional ones via
[OpenAPI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAPI_Specification)
and [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) (MCP).

The built-in Actions include:

| Name | Description | Requires Config | Provider Choices |
| - | - | - | - |
| Internal Search | Search through your organization's indexed documents and knowledge base | Yes | Built-in with swappable components |
| Web Search | Search the internet for real-time information and current events | Yes | Google, Serper, Exa, Firecrawl (optional) |
| Code Execution | Execute Python code, analyze data, and generate visualizations | No | Built-in |
| Image Generation | Create images from text descriptions using AI models | Yes | OpenAI, Azure OpenAI |
| Coding Agent <sup>Beta</sup> | Investigate and answer questions about a public GitHub codebase | Yes (disabled by default) | Built-in |

## Custom Actions

<img className="rounded-xl shadow-md mx-auto" src="https://mintcdn.com/hymalaia/L7O3OuitqD-U7MiJ/images/core-features/mcp.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=L7O3OuitqD-U7MiJ&q=85&s=b175e8e8f707ace852578a68cc09e042" alt="MCP Config" width="1142" height="1148" data-path="images/core-features/mcp.png" />

Hymalaia offers flexible options for configuring both custom Actions and their associated authentication.

Admins can choose to:

* Use a single shared authentication, giving all users the same level of access to Actions.
* Require each user to complete their own authentication flow, so Actions respect individual user permissions.

Hymalaia supports both token-based authentication and OAuth.

<img className="rounded-xl shadow-md mx-auto" src="https://mintcdn.com/hymalaia/L7O3OuitqD-U7MiJ/images/core-features/mcp-auth.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=L7O3OuitqD-U7MiJ&q=85&s=3a368778eb40cb2596fa335dc5631e06" alt="MCP Auth" width="1396" height="2048" data-path="images/core-features/mcp-auth.png" />

## Actions Button

<img className="rounded-xl shadow-md mx-auto" src="https://mintcdn.com/hymalaia/L7O3OuitqD-U7MiJ/images/core-features/action-toggle.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=L7O3OuitqD-U7MiJ&q=85&s=ee51f44d404cd99fad39a24693e997ba" alt="Action Toggle" width="1750" height="724" data-path="images/core-features/action-toggle.png" />

In the Chat input bar, Actions are grouped by the MCP server or OpenAPI schema they are registered with.
Users have the flexibility to turn on/off the Actions that the Agent/LLM has access to on the fly.


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