Configure custom MCP server settings

The extra_settings variable allows you to pass a list of custom setting and value pairs to the MCP server for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform within the mcp section of the AnsibleAutomationPlatform custom resource.

Before you begin

You have installed the Ansible Automation Platform Operator.
You have deployed the MCP server for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform on your operator-based installation. For more information, see Enable the MCP server on an existing OCP deployment.

Procedure

Log in to Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.
Go to Operators > Installed Operators.
Select your Ansible Automation Platform Operator deployment.
Select All Instances and go to your Ansible Automation Platform instance.
Click the ⋮ icon and then select Edit Ansible Automation Platform.
In the YAML view, locate the spec.mcp section.
Add the extra_settingslist under the existing mcpsection. The following example configures the default page size for list-type API responses:
```
spec: 
  mcp:
    disabled: false 
    allow_write_operations: false 
    extra_settings: 
      - setting: DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE 
        value: "25" 
```
Click Save.

What to do next

The MCP server pod restarts with the updated configuration. To verify the new setting, query a list-type API endpoint through your AI agent and confirm that the response returns the expected number of results per page.