# Lovable — MCP 101: What it is and how it works in Lovable

- Company: Lovable (lovable.dev)
- Announced: 2026-08-18T03:35:00+00:00
- Category: not stated
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: no
- Group: routine
- Source: https://lovable.dev/blog/mcp-101
- Record: https://forck.live/items/12060-mcp-101-what-it-is-and-how-it-works-in-lovable
- Subject: Lovable / AI app builder

Lovable's guide explains Model Context Protocol (MCP) and details three ways to use it with Lovable: building from an AI assistant via the Lovable MCP server, adding an MCP server to published Lovable apps so users can interact with them from AI tools, and connecting personal tools like Notion, Linear, Jira, or Granola to bring context into Lovable. It notes that credits apply when the assistant creates or changes something, while read-only actions do not use credits.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://lovable.dev/blog/mcp-101:

> Credits apply when the assistant asks Lovable to create or change something. Read-only actions such as listing projects, inspecting files, and checking analytics do not use credits.

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