Icons to Identify Updates Made by Agents, API, and MCP

TL;DR

Icons in your work item’s stream and Inbox identify API, MCP, and personal agent updates. Account owners and admins control who sees them. Attribution isn’t available in emails or printed items.

Overview

You can identify updates made by agents and external connections in your work item’s stream and Inbox. These details help you understand whether a person, an agent, or an external connection made an update.

What you see depends on your account’s AI tools visibility setting.

How to Identify an Agent Update’s Source

1. Open a work item’s stream, or your Inbox.
2. Look for attribution details and an icon next to the update:

• API: Indicates an update made through an Application Programming Interface (API).

• MCP: Indicates an update made through Model Context Protocol (MCP), including updates from independent or personal agents.
• Personal agent: Displays the logo set for the personal agent created in your space when that agent performs the activity.

Some API or MCP updates don’t include an agent’s identity.

How to Manage Attribution Visibility

Account owners and admins can control who sees non-human attribution for actions performed through a human user’s identity.

1. Click your profile image 1 in the sidebar.

2. Select Settings 2 from the drop- down menu.

   

3. Under Account management, select Security 3.
4. Scroll down to API and MCP icons 4.
5. Select the audience that can see attribution details.
   • All account admins (including account owner)
   • All account admins and regular users
   • Everyone (including external users, collaborators and viewers)
6. Click Save changes 5.

The default audience for new and existing accounts is Admins and regular users.

Limitations

• Email notifications don’t include these new attribution details and remain unchanged.
• Traceability information isn’t supported when you print a work item.

What’s Next?

• Monitor AI Agent Activity