• AUDIT
  • CLEANUP
  • VALIDATION
  • HUMAN

How to review user permissions and groups with your AI

Connect Ping Identity to your AI client to run instant audits on access rights and group structures. You get direct visibility into your identity data without manual exports.

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Short answer

How can I check user permissions and group memberships?

Your AI pulls live data from Ping Identity to list users, check group contents, and inspect population partitions. You can then ask it to find specific permission gaps or verify metadata for any user. This breakdown shows how to turn those queries into actionable audits.

Audit outcomes

Where your data lands.

What you get after your AI scans your identity data.

AUDIT

Permission gap analysis

The AI compares group memberships against specific metadata to find users with unintended access. You get a clear list of who belongs where.

CLEANUP

Group membership review

Your agent identifies stale or redundant group assignments. This helps you prune access that is no longer needed.

VALIDATION

Population integrity checks

Verify that users are correctly partitioned into the right populations. This ensures your access rules are hitting the right targets.

HUMAN

Manual policy updates

The AI identifies the issues, but you must manually change permissions in the Ping Identity console. The AI cannot modify your security settings.

The workflow

What your AI does when the request arrives.

The AI uses specific tools to pull the data you need to make decisions.

  1. Identify users

    The agent scans your directory to find specific individuals or broad sets of users based on your description.

    list_users

  2. Map group structures

    It pulls the full list of groups and their specific members to see how access is organized.

    list_groupsget_group

  3. Check partitions

    The AI looks at how users are divided into populations to ensure logical separation.

    list_populations

  4. Verify individual profiles

    The agent retrieves specific user details to cross-reference metadata against group requirements.

    get_user

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to begin your audit.

Starting points

Swap out the names in brackets for your actual group or user names.

Ping Identity Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_ZxqgWh604I1POHOOcxBrHLwtrQ4rx2I1kp1TS0HB/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Ping Identity capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ping-identity-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_ZxqgWh604I1POHOOcxBrHLwtrQ4rx2I1kp1TS0HB/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • List all users in the [Admin_Access] group.

  • Show me all populations currently active in Ping Identity.

  • Check the metadata for user [jdoe@example.com] and tell me which groups they belong to.

  • Are there any users in the [Contractors] group who don't have the [External_Access] metadata tag?

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Cursor
  • VS Code
  • Windsurf
  • Claude Code
  • JetBrains
  • Cline

Start here

Connect Ping Identity once, then ask.

Just provide your credentials through the secure connection link. Your login stays encrypted, and you can start querying immediately.

Connect Ping Identity to your AI

FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI change user permissions?

    No. The AI can only read and report on existing permissions. You must make all changes manually in Ping Identity.

  • 02

    Can the AI delete groups?

    No. There are no tools provided to delete or modify groups, users, or populations.

  • 03

    How does the AI see my user data?

    The AI uses the provided tools to fetch specific user and group details only when you ask for them.

  • 04

    Can I audit specific identity metadata?

    Yes. The AI can pull user profiles to check specific attributes and metadata against group memberships.

  • 05

    Does the AI have access to my passwords?

    No. The tools only allow for reading identity metadata, group lists, and user profiles.

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