# Welcome to the interop.io Community

**URL:** <https://community.interop.io/t/welcome-to-the-interop-io-community/319>\
**Category:** io.Connect Desktop\
**Created:** [October 31, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.interop.io/t/welcome-to-the-interop-io-community/319 "2025-10-31T13:45:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![toni.petrov](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.interop.io/toni.petrov/32/17_2.png) [@toni.petrov](https://community.interop.io/u/toni.petrov)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.interop.io/t/welcome-to-the-interop-io-community/319/1 "2025-10-31T13:45:06Z")

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Welcome aboard to our new members, and thanks for joining!  
@srinivasboda @timur @chinmaya.vijayananda @Valentin @oscar.hernandez @bhanuprakash.gandluri @ivan.pidov @max.colas @maheshadulla @kristen.risner @sarah.stone @mckenzie.irwin @eugene.sorenson @mary.seery @zahib.jameel @tejas.kotian @grossmanm @christopher.towndrow @rpoppema @lokwar @christen.harvey @anuj.shah @jhuh @ramandeep.kaur @fosullivan @RMcNeely @claytonsulby @AbhiInterop @arunnc @jsmith6690 @dsb @carlo.alvarez @wws @yleung @dnewport @rtugulea @Geke @john.ghidiu @nikola.nenovski  
would love to hear if there’s any tool you find particularly helpful when working with io.Connect, FDC3 or interoperability:

> [@\[Question\] Productivity tools you use](https://community.interop.io/t/question-productivity-tools-you-use/317/):
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> Can anyone recommend tools you think help you be more productive when working with io.Connect and in general? Is there an IDE extension, MCP server or app that made your life easier? I’ve tried playing with Copilot and Codex lately, but haven’t been impressed - I think because of knowledge cutoff and irrelevant context they make too many mistakes.