From 4ec87247bfa920ef10003886193dcc6a39e4390a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mintlify[bot]" <109931778+mintlify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 23:47:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify MCP content filtering for authenticated users

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 ai/model-context-protocol.mdx | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ai/model-context-protocol.mdx b/ai/model-context-protocol.mdx
index 9381b3216..9850b6268 100644
--- a/ai/model-context-protocol.mdx
+++ b/ai/model-context-protocol.mdx
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ To protect availability, Mintlify applies rate limits to MCP servers.
 
 Your MCP server searches content that Mintlify indexes from your documentation repository. File processing and search indexing control what content is available through your MCP server.
 
-For documentation that requires authentication, your MCP server only indexes pages in [public user groups](/deploy/authentication-setup#make-pages-public). For documentation with partial authentication, your MCP server indexes public pages for unauthenticated users and any pages in public user groups.
+For documentation that requires authentication, your MCP server indexes [public pages and groups](/deploy/authentication-setup#make-pages-public) (those with `public: true`) along with any other pages the authenticated user has permission to access based on their [user groups](/deploy/authentication-setup#restrict-pages-to-specific-user-groups).
+
+For documentation with partial authentication, unauthenticated users can search public pages. Authenticated users can search public pages and groups, plus any additional pages they have permission to access based on their user groups.
 
 ### File processing with `.mintignore`