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Builder TrackTuesday, Sept 15 · 10:50 AM – 12:00 PM

Wire AI Into Everything: Your Data, Your Apps, Live

Make AI actually useful at work — connect it to your spreadsheets, books, and email, live, and watch it answer with your real numbers.

About This Session

Connect an AI agent to the systems a business actually runs — spreadsheets, a QuickBooks-style ledger, email, a job database — using MCP and plain APIs, live. Safety rails get built in as we connect, not bolted on after.

What We'll Cover

  • MCP in plain terms: one connector standard, every tool
  • Wiring a ledger, an inbox, and a job database live
  • Read-only first: scopes and guardrails set as you connect
  • The connector recipe you'll reuse for every system at work

You Leave With

A working multi-system connector recipe

Who Should Attend

Builders and technical staff who want AI answering with their company's real numbers — not generic chat. You'll connect an AI agent to spreadsheets, a ledger, email, and a job database live, and leave with a connector recipe that transfers to any system at work.

Part of a Full Day of Hands-On AI Training

This workshop is one of 20 at the AI Business Retreat — a one-day, hands-on AI training for business at The Island in Spooner, Wisconsin, within driving distance of Minneapolis–St. Paul, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Duluth, and Hudson. Can't make the drive? Every session, including this one, streams live for remote attendees.

Presenters and final session materials are being finalized and will be announced closer to the retreat.

Session Details

When
Tuesday, Sept 15, 2026 · 10:50 AM – 12:00 PM
Track
Builder Track
Where
The Island · Spooner, WI (or attend live remote)
Who it's for
Built for the builder who wants AI on real company systems

One registration covers the full retreat — every session, every track.

For Employees & Builders

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Wire AI Into Everything — Questions & Answers

MCP is an open standard for connecting AI models to tools and data sources — one connector format that works across spreadsheets, databases, email, and business applications, instead of a custom integration per vendor. This workshop explains MCP in plain terms and then uses it live to wire an AI agent into multiple real systems.
It is when the guardrails go in during the connection, not after. This session builds read-only access first, sets scopes so the agent can only touch what it's granted, and adds permissions as trust is earned — the same progression you'd use at work. Safety rails ride along with every connector you build.
This workshop is part of the AI Business Retreat on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at The Island in Spooner, Wisconsin. One registration covers the full day — all 20 sessions across the Leadership, Sales & Marketing, and Builder tracks, including this one. In person is $495 (working lunch included); attending live online is $250. Seats are limited.

This session is one of twenty.

One registration covers the whole day — every track, every workshop, the working lunch, and your written 90-day roadmap. Sept 15, 2026 · The Island, Spooner WI.