External Integration

Your AI, your data. Connected at last.

Use MCP for agent connectivity plus an API for custom tools and workflows.

MCP is winning. Ballast is how you use it.

Every major AI tool is adopting MCP. Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf—they all speak the same protocol now.

But MCP needs data to be useful. That's where most teams get stuck. Ballast is the data layer that makes MCP actually work.

Connect your sources to Ballast. Ballast exposes them via MCP. Your AI tools query through Ballast. Permissions enforced. Queries logged. Done.

Same data, any client

Your team uses different AI tools. That's fine. Ballast doesn't care which client makes the request—permissions and audit trails apply everywhere.

Claude Desktop
ChatGPT
Cursor
Any MCP client

Claude Desktop

Native MCP integration. Query any collection, semantic search, create dashboards.

Query any collection
Semantic search
Dashboard creation

ChatGPT

Connect via OpenAI plugins or API. Data retrieval, context injection, function calling.

Data retrieval
Context injection
Function calling

Custom Agents

REST API for any MCP-compatible agent. Full data access with RBAC enforcement.

Full data access
RBAC enforcement
Webhook support

What teams actually build

Real workflows powered by connected data

AI-Powered Support

Give your support bot access to customer data, tickets, and documentation. It answers with real context, not hallucinations.

User asks about order status → Agent queries Salesforce + Stripe → Responds with accurate info

Internal Q&A

Employees ask questions about company data without searching five tools. "What were Q3 sales?" gets a real answer.

"What were Q3 sales?" → Agent queries databases → Returns formatted answer

Automated Reporting

Workflows that generate reports on a schedule. Weekly sales → agent queries → dashboard created → sent to Slack.

Weekly sales report → Agent queries analytics → Creates dashboard → Sends to Slack

Simple REST API

Query collections, search data, create dashboards—all via API

example.js
// Search across your data
const results = await fetch('https://api.ballast.sh/v1/search', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query: "customer complaints last week",
    collections: ["support", "salesforce"],
    limit: 10
  })
});

// AI generates insights
const insights = await results.json();
console.log(insights.answer); // Summarized response
console.log(insights.sources); // Source documents

Your AI tools, finally grounded in truth

Connect your data. Give AI access. Build powerful workflows.

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