Haystack (Preview)
Haystack is the intranet platform that centralizes your company's internal communication. Connect to Haystack to search your workspace for people, teams, posts, events, knowledge pages, glossary terms, files and links, and open the full content of any result. Haystack uses secure OAuth and respects your existing access controls, so you only see content you're already allowed to see.
This connector is available in the following products and regions:
| Service | Class | Regions |
|---|---|---|
| Copilot Studio | Premium | All Power Automate regions except the following: - US Government (GCC) - US Government (GCC High) - China Cloud operated by 21Vianet - US Department of Defense (DoD) |
| Logic Apps | Standard | All Logic Apps regions except the following: - Azure Government regions - Azure China regions - US Department of Defense (DoD) |
| Power Apps | Premium | All Power Apps regions except the following: - US Government (GCC) - US Government (GCC High) - China Cloud operated by 21Vianet - US Department of Defense (DoD) |
| Power Automate | Premium | All Power Automate regions except the following: - US Government (GCC) - US Government (GCC High) - China Cloud operated by 21Vianet - US Department of Defense (DoD) |
| Contact | |
|---|---|
| Name | Haystack Support |
| URL | https://www.haystackteam.com |
| support@haystackteam.com |
| Connector Metadata | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Haystack Intranet |
| Website | https://www.haystackteam.com |
| Privacy policy | https://www.haystackteam.com/legal/privacy |
| Categories | Communication;Collaboration |
Haystack
Haystack is the social intranet platform that centralizes your company's internal communication. The Haystack connector is an MCP server that lets agents search your company's Haystack workspace for people, teams, posts, events, knowledge pages, glossary terms, files and links, and open the full content of any result. Results always respect each user's existing Haystack permissions, so people only see content they are already allowed to see.
Publisher: Haystack
Prerequisites
You need the following to use this connector:
- A Haystack workspace for your organization.
- A Haystack user account. Each person who uses the connector signs in with their own Haystack account.
- Depending on your current Haystack plan, the connection may require a license add-on. To enable it for your organization or check your eligibility, contact your Haystack Customer Success Manager or email support@haystackteam.com.
Supported Operations
This connector exposes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Agents discover the following tools automatically when the connector is added.
Haystack AI Search
Searches the connected Haystack workspace for people, teams, posts, events, knowledge pages, glossary terms, files and links. Each result includes a human-readable title and a link back to the relevant page in Haystack.
Example prompts:
- "What is the 401(k) policy match?"
- "Do we have a loyalty program?"
- "Who is the CEO of the company?"
- "How much PTO does a full-time employee get?"
- "Do we have any presence in Europe?"
Haystack Get Entity
Opens the full content of a search result, such as a knowledge page, post, event, glossary term or link, using the identifiers returned by Haystack AI Search.
Example prompts:
- "What's the company history? Who is the founder?"
- "What is Gua Sha? I keep hearing about it."
- "What are the main benefits I get as a full-time employee?"
Obtaining Credentials
The connector uses OAuth 2.0. No API keys or client credentials are needed from users. When you create a connection, you are redirected to Haystack to sign in with your Haystack account and approve access. The connection acts on your behalf and uses your existing Haystack permissions; it does not expand them.
Getting Started
- Open your agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio.
- Go to Tools, select Add a tool, and search for Haystack.
- Select the Haystack MCP server and create a connection by signing in with your Haystack account.
- Make sure both tools, Haystack AI Search and Haystack Get Entity, are enabled.
- Test the agent with a prompt such as "What is the 401(k) policy match?"
Known Issues and Limitations
- The connector is read-only. It can search and open Haystack content but cannot create or modify content.
- Results are limited to content the signed-in user can access in Haystack.
- Links in results open the corresponding page in Haystack.
- The server does not offer the optional server-initiated event stream defined by the MCP Streamable HTTP transport. GET requests to the MCP endpoint return HTTP 405 (Method Not Allowed), as permitted by the MCP specification. This doesn't affect normal use.
- AI-generated answers can be inaccurate. Review important results in Haystack before acting on them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Haystack use my content to train AI models?
No. The connector does not use your content to train models.
Can users see content they don't have access to in Haystack?
No. Every request runs with the signed-in user's own Haystack permissions.
Who do I contact for support?
Email support@haystackteam.com or contact your Haystack Customer Success Manager.
Deployment Instructions
Use the instructions in Create a custom connector from an OpenAPI definition to deploy this connector as a custom connector, then add it to an agent as described in Getting Started.
Actions
| Search and read Haystack content |
Connects to the Haystack MCP server to search people, teams, posts, events, knowledge pages, glossary terms, files and links, and to open the full content of a search result. |
Search and read Haystack content
Connects to the Haystack MCP server to search people, teams, posts, events, knowledge pages, glossary terms, files and links, and to open the full content of a search result.