# Handle programs: connect

URL: /code/mcp/handle/verbs · Id: `page:code/mcp/handle/verbs`

> The Handle Verbs connect as MCP do programs, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Handle](/business/nouns/handle), one group of [Handle programs](/code/mcp/handle).

### Handle.connect
Connect binds a Handle to the Integration credential it publishes through, once the platform confirms the account. [Verb page](/business/nouns/handle/connect?interface=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Handle.connect(input)
```

Emits [`Handle.connected`](/business/events/Handle.connected).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | [Handle](/business/nouns/handle) | Yes | The Handle. |
| `integration` | [Integration](/business/nouns/integration) | Yes | The Integration credential. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | [Handle](/business/nouns/handle) | Yes | The connected Handle. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Handle.connect({ handle: 'handle_FcnNwYQujc', integration: 'integration_alVwjQcmRy' })"
  }
}
```