Manage connected AI tools

Overview

Connected AI tools are the AI assistants — such as Claude, ChatGPT, or Perplexity — that your employees connect to Ramp through the Ramp CLI and the official Ramp MCP server. This article is for Admins and managers who oversee those connections: reviewing what's connected and controlling who can connect. If you're an employee looking to connect a tool, see Ramp MCP.

How connected AI tools work

• A connected tool uses the employee's permissions. It can only access what that employee's Ramp role allows — it can never do more than they can.
• Its actions are attributed to the employee. Everything a connected tool does is logged as that employee's own activity but marked as executed by an agent, so you can see what was done through AI tools.
• Access refreshes automatically. While a connection is in use it stays active and re-authenticates in the background. If a connection goes unused long enough to lapse, the employee reconnects from their AI tool to restore it.

Review connected AI tools

Admins and managers can review connected AI tools at Settings > Developer > Connected AI tools. Admins see every connected tool across the business; managers see tools connected by members of their team.

This is a read-only overview of the AI tools connected to your company's Ramp data — showing who connected each one, its status, and when it was last used.

Control who can connect

You can control who can connect AI tools at two levels:

• Company-wide (all plans). An Admin can turn AI-tool access on or off for the whole business, or limit it to specific users or teams, from the integration's Manage Access settings. See Ramp MCP for steps.
• Per role (Ramp Plus). On Ramp Plus, an Admin can control access at the role level by enabling the Manage connections to Ramp via MCP, CLI and other AI connectors permission (under the AI agents group) for a role at Settings > Roles and permissions — see Customizing roles and permissions.

Employees with access connect their own tools — see Ramp MCP for the setup steps.

Frequently asked questions

How do employees connect an AI tool?

From the AI tool itself (such as Claude, ChatGPT, or Perplexity) or from My Automations in Ramp. See Ramp MCP for step-by-step setup.

Can a connected AI tool do more than the employee who connected it?

No. A connected tool inherits that employee's Ramp permissions and can never do more than they can.

Who can connect AI tools?

Employees can connect when AI-tool access is enabled for your company and their role allows it. Company-wide access is set from the integration's Manage Access settings (all plans). Per-role control requires Ramp Plus (see Ramp Plus overview) — on Ramp Plus, enable the Manage connections to Ramp via MCP, CLI and other AI connectors permission (under the AI agents group) at Settings > Roles and permissions.

Can I remove a tool an employee connected?

The Connected AI tools page is currently a read-only overview. Access lapses automatically when a connection goes unused. To change access going forward, turn AI-tool access off company-wide from the integration's Manage Access settings, or adjust role permissions at Settings > Roles and permissions (Ramp Plus).

What happens when a connection expires?

The tool stops working until the employee reconnects from their AI tool.

Where can I learn more about Ramp CLI and MCP?

See Ramp MCP for setup options and supported use cases.