Snowflake Native Apps: Cortex Agents and MCP servers (General availability)

GAAug 7, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Cortex Agents and MCP servers in Snowflake Native Apps are now generally available. Providers can create the following objects in an app’s setup script: Apps can also use inter-app communication so that one app’s agent calls another app’s agent or MCP server.

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