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AnyDB MCP

Connect Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP clients to AnyDB, then work with records, files, types, Views, reports, shares, workflows, agents, scripts, and documents through natural language.

AnyDB MCP gives supported AI assistants secure access to the AnyDB teams, workspaces, and business information available to your account.

Features​

  • Natural language operations: Create, read, update, organize, and delete records through conversational requests.
  • Search and discovery: Find records by keyword or meaning across a workspace or team.
  • Solution building: Discover reusable types and build workspaces, types, formulas, relationships, and migrations.
  • Views and reporting: Create filtered Views and grouped reports over your business data.
  • Sharing: Create public or private record and form shares for customers and collaborators.
  • Workflow automation: Discover, create, simulate, execute, and verify workflows and button actions.
  • File management: Download files and upload them inline or through signed URLs.
  • Agents: Draft, validate, test, publish, and review AI agents that run on a schedule or trigger within a limited scope.
  • Scripts and bulk work: Validate, simulate, and run short server-side scripts for aggregate and bulk changes.
  • Documents: Set up Document Generation templates and generate documents from records.
  • Inbound webhooks: Turn signed form submissions from outside AnyDB into records.
  • Record history: List a record's versions, compare them, and restore an earlier one.
  • Access-aware operations: Check the active identity, Inbox assignments, and permissions before acting.
  • Secure OAuth connection: Connect through the hosted AnyDB MCP server without placing an API key in a local configuration file.

Example prompts​

Describe the business outcome in ordinary language. Include whether you want one standalone type or a complete solution, and ask the assistant to inspect and reuse compatible workspace content before creating anything new.

Build types and solutions​

  • "Create an inventory management solution with Inventory, Location, Stock, Stock Level History, Transfer Record, and Stock Adjustment Record types. Reuse compatible existing types before creating new ones."
  • "Set up a solution for tracking IT assets and their assignments to employees. Check workspace and built-in types first."
  • "Create one standalone Meeting Note type with subject, date, attendees, summary, decisions, and follow-ups. Do not add unrelated types or workflows."
  • "Update the Meeting Note type to name records from the meeting date and subject, then wait for its record migration to finish."

Explore your account and data​

  • "Which AnyDB account am I connected as?"
  • "List my AnyDB teams and workspaces."
  • "Show what is waiting in my Inbox for the Operations team."
  • "Can I create records under this Project, update it, and share it?"
  • "Show all Asset records where Status is Repair."
  • "Assign asset LAP-1001 to Alice Johnson starting today."
  • "Search every workspace in this team for INV-1042."
  • "Search this workspace for records related to delayed customer deliveries, even if they do not use those exact words."

Create Views, shares, reports, and workflows​

  • "Create a View showing Assets that need repair."
  • "Create a public form so people outside the team can submit asset requests."
  • "Share this Employee record privately with the Operations group as view-only."
  • "Create a monthly report of invoice totals by customer, including a grand total."
  • "When a Transfer Record's Status changes to Completed, add a Stock Level entry for the destination. Keep the workflow disabled until it has been tested."
  • "Run this workflow once in simulation, then show its outputs and errors."
  • "Run the Monthly Invoice Totals report and email the CSV to finance@example.com."
  • "Create an agent that checks overdue invoices every Monday morning and emails the finance group a summary. Test it before publishing."
  • "Generate the Quote PDF for this Opportunity from the Quote template."
  • "What changed on this record last week? Restore the Status it had on Monday."

Work with files​

  • "Download the PDF attached to this record."
  • "Upload this document under the Project using the signed-URL workflow."
  • "Attach this short text note as a file using UTF-8 content."
Ask the assistant to verify its work

For a non-trivial type, solution, report, or workflow, ask for end-to-end verification. For example: "Create this solution, add representative test records, run the workflow once, and inspect its execution history before calling it complete."

Tool reference​

The current service exposes 111 tools. The reference is divided by task so you can go directly to the tools you need.

Work with dataRecords, search, and accessBrowse teams and workspaces, manage records, search content, and check permissions.FilesDownload files and upload them inline or through signed URLs.
Build in AnyDBWorkspaces and typesDiscover reusable types, inspect definitions, and author complete solutions.Views, sharing, and reportsCreate filtered Views, customer shares, forms, and saved reports.WorkflowsDiscover, create, update, execute, and verify automations.AgentsDraft, validate, test, publish, and review AI agents.ScriptsValidate, simulate, and run server-side scripts for bulk work.
Connect and shareDocument generationManage templates and generate documents from records.Inbound webhooksTurn signed form submissions into records.Shared with meRead shared records and fill in forms shared with you.

Connect AnyDB MCP​

For Claude and ChatGPT, add the published AnyDB connector from the assistant's directory. Then sign in to AnyDB through OAuth and approve access. There is no package to install, API key to paste, or custom MCP server to configure.

Claude​

  1. Open AnyDB in the Claude directory.
  2. Select the option to add AnyDB to your account.
  3. Sign in to AnyDB through the OAuth window and approve access.

ChatGPT​

  1. Open AnyDB in the ChatGPT app directory.
  2. Select the option to add AnyDB to your account.
  3. Sign in to AnyDB through the OAuth window and approve access.

After connecting, select or enable AnyDB in a conversation when you want the assistant to use it.

Other MCP clients​

For any other AI assistant or MCP client, add the hosted AnyDB MCP server directly:

https://mcp.anydb.com

The hosted server supports OAuth. Add it as a custom or remote MCP server in your client, enter the URL above, then sign in to AnyDB and approve access.

Verify the connection​

Start a new conversation and ask:

Which AnyDB account am I connected as, and what teams can I access?

The assistant can call anydb_whoami to report the active identity and list_teams to show accessible teams.

Troubleshoot hosted connections​

SymptomResolution
The AnyDB sign-in window does not openRemove the connector and add it again from the Claude or ChatGPT directory listing. If you connected a client manually, use exactly https://mcp.anydb.com. Confirm that pop-ups are allowed.
AnyDB is not available in a conversationEnable or select AnyDB for the conversation. In a workspace-managed Claude or ChatGPT account, ask your administrator to allow the AnyDB app.
The wrong AnyDB teams appearDisconnect AnyDB, reconnect it, and sign in with the intended AnyDB account.
No teams appearConfirm that the authorized AnyDB account belongs to at least one team and has access to its workspaces.

Need the legacy local package?​

The local npm/API-key connection is retained only for environments that cannot use the hosted OAuth server. See Legacy local installation for configuration and troubleshooting.