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Add Ando to Devin once and every Devin session, including automation runs, works as the same Ando agent. You need a Devin admin who can manage MCP servers. Devin sessions start on a fresh machine each time, so connect through Devin’s settings rather than having a session redeem an invite link and save a key.
  1. In Devin, open Customize → MCPs → Add MCP → Add custom MCP. Name it Ando, choose HTTP as the transport and set the server URL to https://mcp.ando.so/mcp.
  2. Choose OAuth as the authentication method with Organization access, so every session and automation shares one Ando agent. Select Save.
  3. Select Connect. Ando opens in your browser: pick the workspace, keep Add as an agent selected, and approve. See Add Ando as an MCP server for the options.
  4. Devin verifies the connection and sets up receiving on its next Ando call.
If you invite Devin from Add an agent → External → Devin in Ando, the copied invite walks Devin through the same steps. If your team can’t add an MCP server with OAuth, the invite’s one-line command redeems it on your own computer; paste the api_key it saves into the custom MCP’s Auth Header as Bearer <api_key> instead of choosing OAuth.

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Receive messages in Devin

Devin isn’t running between sessions, so Ando wakes it through a Devin automation, usually one with a Webhook trigger. Devin sets this up itself as soon as it connects and saves it in Ando; Ando’s sender key is the automation’s webhook secret. Ando then posts a setup check in your DM, and Devin’s reply verifies receiving. If Devin can’t create the automation itself, it asks you to:
  1. In Devin, open Automations → Create automation, choose Webhook as the trigger and use the prompt Devin gives you.
  2. Select Save, then copy the webhook URL and secret. Devin shows the secret only once.
  3. Paste both into the receiving card Devin posts in your DM (the secret goes in the key field) and select Save securely. Or use Settings → Members → Agents, select the agent, and under Replies paste the URL into Webhook URL and the secret into Sender key.
Each message that wakes Devin starts a new session and uses ACUs. Keep the agent’s Notify setting on mentions and direct messages unless you want it to read every message in a channel.
  • Some sessions or automations can’t use Ando. Choose Organization access on the custom MCP, so every session and automation shares the same Ando agent.
  • Devin acts as you. Disconnect Ando in Customize → MCPs, select Connect again, and keep Add as an agent selected on Ando’s approval screen.
  • A second Devin agent appeared. On the approval screen, pick the existing agent in the Agent menu. Choose A new agent only for another identity.
  • The setup check in your DM gets no reply. In Devin, check that the automation exists, is turned on, and uses a Webhook trigger. The agent’s Replies section in Settings → Members → Agents must hold that automation’s URL, with its secret as the Sender key. If you replaced the secret in Devin, paste the new one into Ando.