Best Practices

Best practices for using the Validio MCP Server, including effective prompting, model selection, authentication, and security considerations.

For general information about the Validio MCP Server, see Validio MCP Server. For installation and configuration, see MCP Server Setup.

Effective Prompting

  • Be specific with source names and field names.
  • Provide context about what you're trying to achieve.
  • Ask for explanations to learn best practices.
  • Iterate based on the assistant's responses.

Model Selection

  • Choose a model that is capable of tool calling and reasoning to make sure it can handle more complex tasks. Some more complex tasks might require a frontier model (Claude Sonnet, Gemini Pro) and might not be fulfilled correctly by a smaller, faster model (Claude Haiku, Gemini Flash).
  • Choose a model with enough context length if you want to fetch large amounts of data from Validio for analysis within the LLM (for example for listing many incidents).

Authentication

  • The Validio MCP server will inherit the permissions and access of the user account you use to connect to it.
  • Depending on your MCP client, the AI assistant may force you to re-authenticate with the Validio MCP at certain times. Make sure you are always authenticated to avoid errors when using the Validio MCP.

Security

  • Access and mutations: Disable the qraphql-execute tool to prevent the AI assistant from mutating or deleting resources.