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Workato

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Velocity6.3

Workato is rebuilding around agents — Genies, MCP apps and servers, and credit-based packaging.

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◆Current state
Workato's recent releases are dominated by its agentic stack: Genie assistants gaining native Slack and Teams channels, conversation-log streaming for compliance, and MCP as a first-class surface — MCP Apps that render interactive UI inside Claude and ChatGPT, plus a growing catalog of MCP Servers in AI Hub. Underneath, the classic iPaaS work continues (monthly connector updates, on-prem SAP improvements) and a credit-based commercial model now spans Embed at parity with Direct.
◆Where it's heading
The platform is repositioning from integration plumbing to an agent operations layer: build agents (Agent Studio), expose them everywhere users already work (Slack, Teams, Claude, ChatGPT via MCP), and govern them (log streaming, VUA connection flows, branding). Connectors are becoming the tool library those agents call rather than the product itself. The credit model is the monetization scaffolding under that shift.
◆Prediction
Expect continued MCP surface expansion (more servers, richer MCP App UI), broader Genie channel and governance features, and connector releases increasingly framed as agent-callable tools.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2d ago

    Enterprise Context by Workato

  2. 4d ago

    On-Prem Agent 32.1

    On-Prem Agent 32.1 optimizes IDoc processing for non-Unicode SAP systems (multibyte encodings) and applies OWASP-driven security library updates. A focused reliability release for SAP-heavy on-prem deployments, orthogonal to the agentic push.

  3. 15d ago

    Credit Model for Workato Embed — Now Generally Available

    The credit model reaches general availability for Workato Embed, unlocking Agent Studio, MCP, and Data Pipelines for Embed customers at parity with Direct. A commercial-packaging move that brings the agentic surface to OEM/embed customers.

  4. 25d ago

    MCP Apps — Now Generally Available

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    MCP Apps go generally available, letting any skill on Workato Enterprise MCP render interactive cards, widgets, and forms directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP clients. This pushes Workato's agent surface from text responses into interactive UI hosted inside third-party AI clients.

  5. 27d ago

    Platform Connectors – May 2026

    The May 2026 connector batch adds a Microsoft Word connector, new NetSuite REST triggers, GPT-5 support in OpenAI, and reliability upgrades. Steady iPaaS breadth work that keeps the connector library — increasingly the agents' toolset — current.

  6. 28d ago

    Genie Conversation Log Streaming

    Genie conversation logs now stream to S3, Azure Monitor, Splunk, Datadog, and other destinations, giving security and compliance teams step-by-step visibility. Governance tooling that makes Genies deployable in regulated environments.