# Smithery Connect Projects at AI Tinkerers

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Smithery Connect simplifies AI agent development: it provides a managed service for integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, handling all authentication and connection lifecycle.

Smithery Connect is the managed service for AI agent developers: it streamlines Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integration. We eliminate complex setup with zero OAuth configuration and automatic token refresh (credentials stay valid). The platform provides immediate access to a large ecosystem of MCP servers (3,703+ apps): agents can dynamically select and integrate tools like Gmail, Notion, or GitHub. This service manages the full connection lifecycle, offering secure, encrypted storage for API keys and tokens, so developers focus strictly on agent logic.

- Official technology site: https://smithery.ai
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 1
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [Give Your Agent Keys, Not the Kingdom](https://singapore.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_kNnv3KNH8yA)

A live demo of Smithery Connect — a managed service that handles the messy parts of connecting AI agents to tools (OAuth flows, credential storage, token refresh) so you don’t have to. I’ll show how to set up a connection to an MCP server in seconds without configuring redirect URIs or client secrets, then do a deep dive into token scoping: creating short-lived, fine-grained tokens that let you safely expose tool access to browsers, mobile apps, and AI agents. We'll explore the idea of Biscuit tokens and attenuation — tokens can only be narrowed, never widened — so you can hand a scoped token to untrusted code and know it can’t escalate its own permissions.

- Event context: AI Tinkerers - The Age of AI & Infrastructure (Singapore) — 2026-02-11 — Singapore
- Public talk page: https://singapore.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_kNnv3KNH8yA

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- [Biscuit](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/biscuit) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/biscuit.md)) — 1 public demo
- [Biscuits](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/biscuits) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/biscuits.md)) — 1 public demo
- [MCP](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/mcp) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/mcp.md)) — 129 public demos
- [OAuth](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/oauth) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/oauth.md)) — 5 public demos