Connect AI to your inventory
Simple Inventory Management ships with a built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, secured with OAuth. Connect it once and AI can read and update your live stock in plain language.
Before you start
- A Simple Inventory Management account with at least one company and a few inventory items.
- An AI client that supports custom (remote) connectors, such as Claude, Grok, OpenAI, or Gemini.
- Your unique MCP endpoint URL (shown below, and in the app under AI / MCP Access).
https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/mcp
Connect in 4 steps
Sign in and open AI / MCP Access
Log in to Simple Inventory Management and open the company you want AI to manage. In the sidebar, choose AI / MCP Access (under Alerts & integrations; on a phone, tap Sections). It shows your MCP server URL with a Copy button and lists the AI clients you have connected. AI will only ever see the company you authorize.
Add the connector in your AI client
In your AI client (Claude, Grok, OpenAI, Gemini), open Settings → Connectors (or “Add custom connector”) and paste your MCP URL:
https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/mcp
Authorize with OAuth
Your AI client redirects you to a secure sign-in page. Log in with your Simple Inventory Management credentials and approve access. No API keys to copy or paste. Authorization uses the OAuth 2.1 standard, and you can disconnect it any time from AI / MCP Access.
Start chatting with your stock
Once connected, AI can answer questions and make changes against your real inventory. Try one of the prompts below.
What AI can do once connected
The connector exposes your inventory as a set of tools AI can call on your behalf:
- Look up stock. Check Stock, Receiving, Sending and Damaged quantities for any item.
- Find items. Search by name and surface what’s low or out of stock.
- Update quantities. Record receipts, usage and adjustments in conversation.
- Summarize. Ask for a rollup across locations or a reorder list.
Example prompts
- “Which items are below their warning level right now?”
- “Add 24 units to the M4 bolts and tell me the new total.”
- “Build me a reorder list for everything that’s critically low.”
- “How many blue enclosures do we have across all locations?”
- “How much bread flour is left, and is it enough for today?” (items tracked by weight or volume answer in their unit; see measured inventory over MCP)
If you belong to more than one company
Users can belong to multiple companies. When you authorize AI, you’ll be asked to choose which company this connection manages. That choice is bound to the connection, so AI can only see and change that company’s inventory. To manage a different company, add a second connector and authorize it for that company.
Troubleshooting
AI says it can’t reach the connector
Double-check the URL ends in /mcp and that you’re signed in to Simple Inventory Management in the same browser when authorizing.
It connected, but sees the wrong company
Remove the connector and re-add it, then pick the correct company on the authorization screen.
I want to revoke access
Remove the connector in AI, or open AI / MCP Access in your company and click Disconnect next to it under Connected AI clients. That revokes the connection and its tokens.