Control which tools Claude can use in your workspace
You decide exactly what a connected Claude is allowed to do in your workspace. Permissions are managed per tool, from the MCP Permissions page in your Tanvik dashboard.
Every tool the MCP server exposes falls into one of two categories:
Read-only
Let Claude view data — listing leads, reading a conversation, checking wallet balance. Enabled by default.
Actions
Let Claude change things — sending a WhatsApp message, creating a support ticket. Disabled by default (with one exception noted below), until you turn them on.
This split means that out of the box, connecting Claude is low-risk: it can answer questions about your workspace but can’t alter anything until you opt in.
Sending WhatsApp session messages is enabled by default so basic “reply to this customer” workflows work immediately. Every other action tool starts disabled.
In your Tanvik dashboard, go to the MCP Permissions page (linked from Settings → API Keys).
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Toggle tools on or off
Read-only tools appear in one section, action tools in another. Flip the switch next to any tool to enable or disable it. Changes take effect immediately — no reconnect needed.
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Verify in Claude
Newly disabled tools stop appearing in Claude’s available tools, and newly enabled ones become usable right away.
If a tool is disabled, Claude won’t even see it in the tool list, and any attempt to call it is rejected server-side — so disabling is a hard boundary, not just a UI hint.
Every tool call Claude makes is recorded, including which tool ran and when. This gives you an after-the-fact record of everything the assistant did in your workspace.
Some higher-risk operations are intentionally not exposed through the MCP server at all, and can’t be toggled on — they’re only available in the dashboard by a human. These include mass/broadcast campaign sends, team member invites or role changes, wallet top-ups and billing changes, and editing your AI agent’s configuration. This is by design: the MCP server is scoped to everyday read and messaging workflows, not account administration.
Enabling an action tool lets Claude perform that action autonomously when you ask it to. Review your enabled action tools periodically, and keep anything you’re unsure about switched off.
