AI assistants
Ask your inventory a question in plain words.
Inventory Now has a built-in MCP server, so ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants can read and update your stock. Ask what is running low, record a sale or a delivery, or fix twenty item prices in one sentence. Every change goes through the same rules as the app.
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Answers without a report
"How many blue mugs are left?" "What is low in the back room?" Search by name, SKU, barcode, category or location and get the stock on hand.
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Changes in one sentence
Record a sale or a purchase, add an item, change prices or locations, or cancel an order and put the stock back. Orders move stock exactly like they do in the app.
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Only the access you give it
The connection is an API key. A Read Only key can look but not change anything, a Point of Sale key can also record orders, and every change lands in the audit log.
Set it up
Connect an assistant in two minutes.
- Step 1
Create an API key
Sign in to the web app at inventorynow.app, open Developer API and create a key. Pick Read Only if the assistant should only look.
- Step 2
Add the server
The server address is https://www.inventorynow.app/mcp. In Claude Code run: claude mcp add --transport http inventory-now https://www.inventorynow.app/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY". Other MCP clients take the same address and header.
- Step 3
Or sign in from ChatGPT
ChatGPT can sign in with your Inventory Now account instead of a pasted key. You choose its access on the consent screen, and the connection shows on your API Keys page.
- Step 4
Revoke any time
Delete the key on the API Keys page and the assistant loses access straight away.
What it can do
The tools an assistant gets.
Search items and open one with its stock, prices and custom fields. See an item's stock history with the order or stocktake behind each change, or browse item photos to find something from a picture. List recent buy and sell orders. Record a sale or a purchase of stock, create, update, delete or restore items, and cancel an order with its stock returned.
Each tool calls the same API the app uses, so key permissions and Shopify, eBay and Etsy quantity updates all apply. In ChatGPT, an Inventory panel shows a searchable list of your items with stock levels.
Questions
Good to know
The Model Context Protocol is the standard way AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude connect to other apps. Inventory Now runs an MCP server, so an assistant can use your inventory through named tools instead of raw API calls.
Free for your first ten items.
No account, no card. When the shelf gets crowded, Personal is $10 a month.