Which review this is
Approving Kowalah is a vendor review as well as a connector review. Kowalah has its own backend: it stores your programme and operating-model data, runs on its own hosting and uses its own sub-processors. So you’re approving a new supplier and application, not only the permissions a connector gets inside a system you’ve already approved. Our guide How to get an AI connector approved explains the two kinds of review and what goes in each pack. The prompts below follow the same structure, and fill in the free AI connector security review checklist.1
Gather what Kowalah publishes
Our Security section, the plugin’s source on GitHub, and our sub-processors.
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Run the connector review
Scopes, read and write actions, roles, authentication, logging and data flow.
3
Run the vendor review
What Kowalah stores, where, for how long, who processes it, and what happens when you leave.
4
Plan a staged pilot
One team, clear exit criteria, and any wider rollout as a separate decision.
Fill in the checklist
First pass from our docs
Turn the gaps into a vendor questionnaire
Review the plugin
What’s inside the package
Download the latest plugin release, unzip it and attach the folder, or point your tool at the GitHub repository.https://mcp.kowalah.com/api/mcp, signed in with OAuth.
What changed in a new version
Check the live connector
Connect a test account first, using a work email address so it joins your organisation. Run these in a fresh chat with only Kowalah switched on.List every tool and what it can do
Separate reads from writes
Test the boundary
Map the data flow
Authentication, roles and leavers
DPIA screening
Plan the pilot
Write the recommendation
Get our answers
If your review raises a question our docs don’t answer, ask your Kowalah contact or get in touch. We’d rather answer it up front than have it found halfway through your review.Security overview
The full security pack
Security FAQ
Common reviewer questions, answered
Sub-processors
Who processes your data, and where