MCP Server for ERP Connect AI Assistants to Klipboard
Use the AI assistant you already have. Keep the rules you already trust.
Connect external AI assistants to Klipboard business software through Model Context Protocol (MCP), giving your teams another way to access operational information and work with established business processes.
Your AI assistant can work with capabilities exposed through Klipboard MCP, while permissions, business rules and transaction controls remain within Klipboard.
More connected AI. Less repeated work.
Your business software already manages the information and processes that keep your operations moving. Klipboard MCP gives external AI assistants a standardised way to interact with that functionality.
Instead of switching between applications to find information and progress a task, users can work through an AI assistant connected to their Klipboard software.
The difference is that the assistant can do more than provide general answers. It can request information and actions from the business systems your team uses every day.
And because those requests are handled by Klipboard, your existing permissions and business controls remain in place.
Connecting AI to the way your business works
Access business information
Ask an external AI assistant questions about information held in connected Klipboard products, with access determined by the user's permissions.
Work with existing business processes
Use capabilities exposed through Klipboard MCP to progress supported tasks, rather than transferring the underlying process into an AI application.
Use industry-specific functionality
Connect AI assistants to the specialist information and processes managed by Klipboard software.
Maintain control over access and actions
Keep access tied to user permissions and agent identities, with business rules, approvals and audit records supporting oversight.
A standard connection. Your existing business controls.
Model Context Protocol is an open standard that enables AI applications to discover and use tools provided by connected systems.
Klipboard MCP uses this standard to connect external AI assistants with selected capabilities exposed through Klipboard's established product APIs.
The assistant requests information or an action. Klipboard handles the request according to the permissions, business rules and controls already associated with the product.
This means businesses can introduce another way of working with their software without handing control of core business processes to the external AI assistant.
How the connection works:
Ask: A user makes a request through a connected AI assistant.
Connect: The assistant uses Klipboard MCP to request an available tool or action.
Control: Klipboard applies the relevant permissions, business rules and approvals.
Respond: The assistant returns the information or outcome to the user, with activity recorded through the applicable controls.
Related reading: What is Model Context Protocol?
From finding information to taking action
An AI assistant that can work with your business software.
Consider a distributor preparing to respond to a customer enquiry.
The salesperson asks their connected AI assistant whether a particular product is available for the customer.
Through Klipboard MCP, the assistant can request stock information from the connected ERP system. The response can reflect the information made available by that system, rather than relying on general AI knowledge.
The salesperson can then ask the assistant to progress the enquiry. Where the relevant action is exposed, the assistant can request the preparation of a sales order for review.
The ERP continues to apply the business rules and permissions governing that process.
What MCP adds: The salesperson can move from asking a question to working with ERP information and functionality through the AI assistant they already use.
Built around your industry
Klipboard MCP connects AI assistants with the specialist software businesses already use to manage their operations. That makes the available product capabilities, rather than the AI assistant alone, central to what can be achieved.
Distribution
Connect AI assistants with ERP information and supported workflows relating to products, stock, customers and orders.
The specific products and actions available through MCP are determined by the scope of the service.
Embedded intelligence. Governed connections.
Connect external AI without giving up control of your ERP.
Klipboard AI is built around the operational processes and industry-specific functionality within our business software.
Klipboard MCP extends that approach by allowing external AI assistants to interact with selected product capabilities, while the Klipboard systems themselves retain control of the underlying operations.
Governance is built into how access and actions are managed:
Controlled access
Licensing entitlements, named-user permissions and separate agent identities determine who and what can access the service.
Defined capabilities
Distinct permissions govern the retrieval of information and actions that make changes.
Appropriate oversight
Approval processes and audit records provide accountability for supported activity.
Existing business rules
Klipboard products continue to enforce the controls that govern their own transactions and workflows.
This gives organisations a controlled way to connect external AI assistants to operational software without bypassing established business processes.
Currently in private preview
Klipboard MCP is in private preview with participating customers.
The preview is limited to selected Klipboard products, exposed capabilities, validated AI assistants and defined user permissions. Not every MCP-enabled AI assistant or Klipboard product capability is automatically supported.
Klipboard is working with preview participants to validate practical workflows, assess customer requirements and refine the service.
Building towards more connected AI
AI is becoming another way for people to interact with the business systems they rely on.
Klipboard MCP brings that interaction closer to the operational information and functionality already managed within Klipboard software, while preserving the controls that businesses depend on.
It's part of our wider approach to practical, connected and industry-specific AI.
Frequently asked questions
Embedded Klipboard AI provides intelligence within Klipboard software and its workflows. Klipboard MCP provides an additional way for external AI assistants to interact with selected capabilities of that software.
Klipboard MCP uses controls including named-user permissions, separate agent identities, defined action scopes, approval processes and audit records. Business rules and transaction processing remain within Klipboard products. Customers should also consider the data-handling policies of any external AI assistant they connect.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that allows AI applications to connect with external tools and information sources. Klipboard MCP uses this standard to provide a governed connection between external AI assistants and selected Klipboard product capabilities.
The examples on this page illustrate how connected workflows can operate. Availability depends on the specific products, actions and integrations included in the preview.
Interested in exploring Klipboard MCP?
Talk to our team about the private preview and how connected AI could support your business.
