# View organizations and update users with the Clerk MCP server

Five new [Clerk MCP server](https://clerk.com/mcp) tools let your agent inspect organizations and memberships and update existing users in your application's development or production instance.

- `list_organizations`: List or search organizations with filters and pagination.
- `list_organization_memberships`: List an organization's members with their roles and permissions.
- `list_user_organization_memberships`: List the organizations a user belongs to, with their role and permissions in each.
- `update_user`: Update a user's first or last name, username, external ID, locale, or timezone. You can also set whether they bypass [Device Trust](https://clerk.com/docs/guides/protect/device-trust.md) (`bypass_client_trust`).
- `update_user_metadata`: Add or change a user's public, private, or unsafe metadata.

Existing connections may not have the new `organizations:read` permission. Ask your agent to run `whoami` to check. If the permission is missing, sign out of the Clerk MCP server and connect again.

See the [Clerk MCP server guide](https://clerk.com/docs/guides/ai/mcp/clerk-mcp-server.md) for setup instructions and the full tool list.