From 3c0bec565b2ac7bbe1a319bc548ce2a23bbdf53b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dimitrie Hoekstra Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:40:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] changelog: connect your own AI agent, with the 3.0 feature catalog entry --- nuxt/content/feature-catalog.yml | 8 +++ .../2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md | 26 +++++++++ .../2026/08/images/connect-your-own-agent.svg | 55 +++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 89 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md create mode 100644 src/changelog/2026/08/images/connect-your-own-agent.svg diff --git a/nuxt/content/feature-catalog.yml b/nuxt/content/feature-catalog.yml index 043b9f695c..34ec4d8fa9 100644 --- a/nuxt/content/feature-catalog.yml +++ b/nuxt/content/feature-catalog.yml @@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ sections: beta: true showOnPricing: false tiers: { edge: true, hub: true, fleet: true } + - id: third-party-agents + title: Connect Your Own AI Agent + description: "Point the AI agent your company already uses at FlowFuse, so it can query your teams and instances and build Node-RED applications, with you deciding which teams it reaches and whether it can make changes." + docsLink: /docs/user/expert/third-party-agents/ + changelog: + - url: /changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent/ + release: "3.0" + tiers: { edge: true, hub: true, fleet: true } - id: mcp-servers title: Agentic Operations description: "Expose your Node-RED flows as tools an AI agent can call directly, so agents can query the state of the factory or trigger actions without custom integration work." diff --git a/src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md b/src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..27ccd42b5f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +title: Connect your own AI agent to FlowFuse +description: The AI agent your team already uses can now work your platform and build Node-RED applications, with you deciding what it may reach. +date: 2026-08-27 12:00:00 +release: "3.0" +authors: ["dimitrie-hoekstra"] +tags: +- changelog +issues: +- https://github.com/FlowFuse/flowfuse/issues/8192 +--- + +FlowFuse Expert is no longer the only AI that can work your platform. FlowFuse now acts as an MCP server, so the agent your team already uses can query your teams and instances, and build Node-RED applications for you. + +![Your own AI agent signs in to one FlowFuse address, and FlowFuse reaches your instances and your open editor session](./images/connect-your-own-agent.svg) +*Your agent talks to one address. FlowFuse reaches the instances, so they stay unexposed.* + +Add the FlowFuse address in your agent's connector settings, sign in, and choose which teams the agent may reach and whether it may make changes. Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and Claude all connect this way, and so do command-line and editor agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Visual Studio Code. + +This matters most where company policy only permits an approved AI assistant. Until now that meant no AI on the platform at all, because the only way in was our own. Now the assistant your company already sanctioned can do the work. + +The access you grant is enforced on every call, so a read-only grant is refused whatever the agent tries. Nothing an agent reaches through FlowFuse can delete an instance, an application, a snapshot or a team, and deploying stays yours. + +Flow building happens on the canvas in front of you. Open the instance, turn on the MCP toggle in the page header, and you watch the agent work. + +This is available to all FlowFuse Cloud users and to Enterprise self-hosted installations from v3.0, across FlowFuse Hub, Edge and Fleet. See [connecting your own agent](/docs/user/expert/third-party-agents/) for setup, including what to check on an instance before asking for a flow. diff --git a/src/changelog/2026/08/images/connect-your-own-agent.svg b/src/changelog/2026/08/images/connect-your-own-agent.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9ec26d3f53 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/changelog/2026/08/images/connect-your-own-agent.svg @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ + + How your own agent reaches FlowFuse + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Your own AI agent + Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude + + + signs in + + + + WHAT YOU GRANTED + + + + One FlowFuse address + which teams it may reach, + and whether it may change them + + + + + + FlowFuse + your platform + + + + + + + Instances + and remote + + + Your editor + when you open it + + + Your agent talks to one address. FlowFuse reaches the instances, so they stay unexposed. + + From 3035b2f5d29102656395816e8ec4553b2eb65b7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dimitrie Hoekstra Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:22:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] changelog: drop the exposure wording from the diagram and its caption --- src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md | 2 +- src/changelog/2026/08/images/connect-your-own-agent.svg | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md b/src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md index 27ccd42b5f..c20809a56c 100644 --- a/src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md +++ b/src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ issues: FlowFuse Expert is no longer the only AI that can work your platform. FlowFuse now acts as an MCP server, so the agent your team already uses can query your teams and instances, and build Node-RED applications for you. ![Your own AI agent signs in to one FlowFuse address, and FlowFuse reaches your instances and your open editor session](./images/connect-your-own-agent.svg) -*Your agent talks to one address. FlowFuse reaches the instances, so they stay unexposed.* +*Your agent talks to one address. FlowFuse reaches the instances, so they are never opened up.* Add the FlowFuse address in your agent's connector settings, sign in, and choose which teams the agent may reach and whether it may make changes. Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and Claude all connect this way, and so do command-line and editor agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Visual Studio Code. diff --git a/src/changelog/2026/08/images/connect-your-own-agent.svg b/src/changelog/2026/08/images/connect-your-own-agent.svg index 9ec26d3f53..118c1de9d1 100644 --- a/src/changelog/2026/08/images/connect-your-own-agent.svg +++ b/src/changelog/2026/08/images/connect-your-own-agent.svg @@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ when you open it - Your agent talks to one address. FlowFuse reaches the instances, so they stay unexposed. + Your agent talks to one address. FlowFuse reaches the instances, so they are never opened up. From c422fb4e7760828888938c3bfc243684e2ca56e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dimitrie Hoekstra Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:41:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] changelog: set the author --- src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md b/src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md index c20809a56c..73a065319d 100644 --- a/src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md +++ b/src/changelog/2026/08/connect-your-own-ai-agent.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Connect your own AI agent to FlowFuse description: The AI agent your team already uses can now work your platform and build Node-RED applications, with you deciding what it may reach. date: 2026-08-27 12:00:00 release: "3.0" -authors: ["dimitrie-hoekstra"] +authors: ["serban-costin"] tags: - changelog issues: