iManage ConnectLive 2026: MCP Server, AI Agent Activity Monitoring, Client/Matter-Level AI Restrictions

iManage announced the next evolution of its platform at ConnectLive 2026 with three categories of updates directly relevant to KM infrastructure. Knowledge accessibility: iManage MCP Server (available for Insight+) enables AI agents and LLMs to search and surface context from governed iManage knowledge in a permission-bound, auditable way — making the DMS accessible to any compliant AI agent without custom API integration. Multi-Region Search delivers unified search across jurisdictions. Native OCR makes scanned documents searchable to AI for the first time. AI governance: Security Policy Manager is evolving to support client- and matter-level AI use restrictions, creating a governance layer distinct from (and more granular than) existing ethical walls; iManage Threat Manager now surfaces AI agent activity in user activity reporting in real time, giving security teams visibility into what agents are accessing, moving, and modifying. Collaboration: Collaboration Links enable secure external document sharing with M365 co-authoring intact. iManage is also now a member of Anthropic's partner ecosystem — Claude can access governed iManage knowledge through MCP Server. For KM directors: the MCP Server + matter-level AI restrictions + agent activity monitoring combination is the enterprise KM architecture for 2026 — it allows the firm to give AI tools access to governed knowledge while maintaining the audit trail and access controls that professional obligations require.