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How to give an AI agent safe, scoped access to data

In ADoor, each assistant, agent and app gets its own access: a space, one table, some fields or certain entries, with reading, adding, editing and deleting as separate actions. You approve requests for more, revoke at any time, and no agent gets more than the person who connected it.

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For builders

How to connect ChatGPT and Claude to the same data How to give an AI agent safe, scoped access to data A database for vibe-coded apps, with access built in

AI and engineering

Keep a daily work log Keep a prompt library for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor Let agents build on each other’s findings Run a task queue for your agents Share agent traces across a team Share research notes Track eval results over time Start an experiment tracker Keep a model training log Keep feature flags and config agents can read Keep bug reproductions and test cases Record deploy and release history Keep an inventory of API keys and services Start a dataset registry Collect standup notes from assistants Keep an incident log Log benchmarks and latency measurements Track GPU and compute spend Start a labeling and annotation queue

Personal

Keep a side-project idea backlog Start a habit tracker Start a reading log Track what you’re learning Track subscriptions Start a budget tracker Start a movie and TV tracker Start a home inventory Keep a plant care log Keep a car maintenance log Plan your travel Keep a tasting journal Track a collection Keep notes on the people you know Track job applications Keep a vocabulary list Track important documents Keep a food log Start a training log Keep a log of your own numbers Keep a schedule of what is due and when to refill Start a recipe collection Keep a list of things to buy Share a pet care log Keep a daily journal Keep gift ideas and birthdays

Business

Track consulting time Track freelance clients and invoices Track fundraising Start a lightweight issue tracker Back an internal tool Store a customer-facing app’s data Plan a content calendar Collect customer feedback and feature requests Manage event attendees and sponsors Report from many sources Start a customer list Track sales deals Keep a customer support log Track hiring Start an employee directory and onboarding checklist Track inventory Track orders and suppliers Start an asset and equipment register Track partners and resellers Track contracts and renewal dates Keep a price list and build quotes

Collaborative

Split expenses Share a research reading list Plan an open-source project roadmap Build a shared world-building bible Plan a house renovation Start a shared household list Share a household chores rota Keep a family schedule Track kids’ activities Plan a trip with friends Plan a wedding or party Run a book club Run a sports team or club Run volunteer and community sign-ups Run a student group project Start a neighborhood tool-lending list Share a weekly meal plan Write babysitter and caregiver handover notes Plan a shift schedule Plan a carpool rota Share a packing list Coordinate help for a parent

An example

@ADoor Add a bug: the login button does nothing on Safari.

ADoor Cursor could only read Bugs, so it asked you for add access. You approved, and it added 1 entry

Bugs

TitleReported byCustomer
Login button does nothing on SafariCursor agentHidden from Cursor

Each connection has its own access, for example:

WhoCan reachCan do
ChatGPTPersonal workspaceRead, add, edit
Cursor agentBugs table, without the Customer fieldRead
Run tracker appRuns tableAdd
GitHub Actions jobDeploys table, for 15 minutesAdd

Give each assistant its own access

  • Choose the space when it connects. ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Cursor sign in with OAuth, and you choose the space and approve.
  • Narrow it further. Access can name one table, and limit which fields and which entries a caller may use.
  • Agents ask for more. An agent that needs to add or edit asks through request_access, and you approve or deny.
  • Never more than you. An agent's access is capped by the person who connected it. Narrow that person's access, and the agent's shrinks too.
  • See what changed. The history shows which agent changed what, with the before and after.

Postgres enforces the access on every request. The grants and identities docs have the details.

Is MCP read only?

No. MCP itself doesn't limit what a tool can do. An MCP server decides. In ADoor, each connection's access sets it: give an agent read access only, and its writes are refused.

Revoke an agent in one step

Take an agent's access back in ADoor, and it applies from its next request. There is no shared password or connection string to rotate. What the agent wrote stays, with its name on it in the history.

How it compares with Postgres roles you set up yourself

On a database you run, on Neon or Supabase for example, you can create a read-only role, grant it one table, and give the agent its connection string. That's better when you already run the database and want full control.

ADoor fits when you'd rather not write roles for each agent: access per agent, down to specific fields or the entries that match a value you choose, approvals, and revoking from one page, with no connection string to hand out.

Questions people ask

How do you safely give an AI agent access to your data?

Give it its own connection with only the access it needs: one space or table, some fields, and read-only unless it has to write. Approve requests for more as they come, keep the history of what it changed, and revoke it in one step when you're done. In ADoor, an agent never gets more than the person who connected it.

Can I make an agent read-only?

Yes. Reading, adding, editing and deleting are separate, so an agent can have read access only.

Can an agent see just one table?

Yes. Its access can name one table, and leave out fields or entries in it.

Can two people share one connection?

No. Each person connects their own assistant and gets their own connection, with their own access and their own entries in the history.

Is it free?

A free workspace holds 1 space with 3 tables and 100 rows. Pro is $10 a month per workspace, with 1 GB of storage. See pricing.

How to start

  1. Sign in to ADoor and connect an assistant.
  2. Choose the space it can reach, then narrow it to the tables and fields it needs.
  3. Approve or deny when it asks for more.

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Updated October 20, 2026.

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