Iaptic Data Interface Gateway

This Model Context Protocol (MCP) service acts as a conduit for connecting large language models, such as Claude, to proprietary data hosted within the Iaptic Ecosystem. It facilitates querying relational data encompassing clientele records, procurement events, fiscal movements, and aggregated performance figures.

Deployment Instructions

Automated Installation (Smithery)

For seamless integration with Claude Desktop, utilize the Smithery CLI utility:

bash npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-server-iaptic --client claude

Direct Execution

Execute directly utilizing Node Package Execute: bash npx mcp-server-iaptic --api-key YOUR_SECURE_KEY --app-name YOUR_IDENTIFIER

Or, after global installation

npm install -g mcp-server-iaptic mcp-server-iaptic --api-key YOUR_SECURE_KEY --app-name YOUR_IDENTIFIER

Configuration for Claude Desktop

Integrate the following configuration block into your Claude Desktop initialization file:

{ "iaptic": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-server-iaptic", "--api-key", "your-secure-key-here", "--app-name", "your-identifier-here" ] } }

Exposed Functionality (Tool Definitions)

Client Records Management

• customer_list: Enumerates all registered clientele.
• customer_get: Fetches comprehensive attributes for a specific client, identified by their unique identifier.

Procurement Operations

• purchase_list: Yields a dataset of recorded acquisitions.
• limit: Cap on the quantity of purchases retrieved (Default: 100; Maximum: 1000).
• offset: Paging control; how many initial records to bypass.
• startdate: Temporal filter; restrict results to acquisitions occurring after this date (ISO 8601 format).
• enddate: Temporal filter; restrict results to acquisitions occurring prior to this date (ISO 8601 format).
• customerId: Specific identifier used to isolate transactions linked to a single customer.
• purchase_get: Retrieves granular details for an individual purchase record.

Financial Movements

• transaction_list: Retrieves a log of financial transactions, supporting temporal and volume controls.
• limit: Maximum volume of transactions returned (Default: 100; Maximum: 1000).
• offset: Skip count for paginated retrieval.
• startdate: Begin date for transaction logging (ISO 8601).
• enddate: End date for transaction logging (ISO 8601).
• purchaseId: Identifier linking transactions back to their originating procurement event.
• transaction_get: Obtains the complete specification of a single transaction record.

Performance Metrics

• stats_get: Provides aggregated, high-level performance statistics pertaining to overall transactional volume and generated revenue.
• stats_app: Retrieves operational metrics specific to the currently configured application instance.

System Events

• event_list: Lists recent system activities, subject to temporal and pagination parameters.
• limit: Maximum number of events displayed (Default: 100).
• offset: Starting point for event enumeration.
• startdate: Chronological boundary for event logging (ISO 8601).
• enddate: Chronological boundary for event logging (ISO 8601).

Application Context Control

• iaptic_switch_app: Dynamically alters the target Iaptic application context.
• appName: Identifier of the desired application.
• apiKey: Authentication credential required for the alternate application.
• iaptic_reset_app: Reverts the operational context to the system's default Iaptic configuration.
• iaptic_current_app: Reports details regarding the active application context.

Development Lifecycle

bash

Dependency acquisition

npm install

Local testing execution

npm run dev

Production artifact compilation

npm run build

Operational launch of compiled service

npm start

Prerequisite Conditions

• Runtime environment: Node.js version 18 or newer.
• Authentication assets: Valid Iaptic service credentials (API Key and Application Identifier).

Licensing

This software is distributed under the MIT License.

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