WorkbenchLM
Chat with your datapack in the Meko portal without installing an MCP client
WorkbenchLM is Meko's built-in chat experience in the Meko portal. Use it to try memory, knowledge, and traces without configuring Cursor, Claude, or another external MCP client.
Free tier
Free accounts are limited to 1,000 conversations and 10M WorkbenchLM tokens. When a cap is reached, the chat composer is disabled. See Meko pricing for plan details and upgrade options.
When to use WorkbenchLM
- First session: Onboarding offers Try the WorkbenchLM so you can explore a sample knowledge base and see memories form in real time.
- Quick experiments: Upload a document, ask questions, and inspect traces and memories from the same UI.
- No local install: WorkbenchLM runs entirely in the portal; you do not need to set up an MCP server with an MCP config file or run the installer.
Use WorkbenchLM
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Sign in to your account.
The first time you sign in, Meko displays the Welcome to Meko page.
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Click Try the WorkbenchLM.
If it is not your first time signing in, do the following:
- Sign in to the Meko portal.
- Select WorkbenchLM in the left sidebar.
What you can do
- Pick a datapack: Choose any datapack you own or that was shared with you as maintainer or contributor (viewer-only shares cannot use chat).
- Knowledge: Upload or manage knowledge-base documents in the left panel. Chat is available after a document has finished indexing.
- Chat: Send messages in the center panel. Meko routes requests through the inference gateway and MCP tools on your behalf.
- Live observation: The right panel shows memories, shared knowledge, and conversations, updated as you chat.
- Traces: Expand Decision trace above each reply, or click View execution trace under it to view decision traces. See Observability.
WorkbenchLM vs Choose your tool (via external MCP clients)
| WorkbenchLM | Choose your tool | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | None in the portal | Shared MCP URL (https://mcp.mekodata.ai/mcp) + user API key |
| Authentication | Your portal session | Long-lived mko_tkn_… key from Settings>API Keys |
| Best for | Trying Meko, demos, light Q&A | IDE-integrated development |
External clients authenticate with an API key. WorkbenchLM uses your signed-in session and server-side credentials for the selected datapack — you don't need to provide an API key to use WorkbenchLM.