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Active Ants MCP connector

The Active Ants connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent look up orders, shipments, inbounds and products in your Active Ants fulfillment account, create or update them, and log every action to an audit trail.

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ChatGPT Elaichi connected

Where is order 48213 and has it shipped yet?

Working in Active Ants with Elaichi

  • List all Active Ants status
  • List all Active Ants settings gets
  • List all Active Ants orders
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Active Ants List all Active Ants orders Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Active Ants List all Active Ants settings gets Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Active Ants List all Active Ants status Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Active Ants Create a Active Ants order Megan Brooks · Claude · 9:38 AM Done
Active Ants Get single Active Ants order by ID Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Active Ants to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Active Ants MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Active Ants MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.

Terminal

$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.

Active Ants MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Active Ants MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Active Ants MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.

Server URL
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Type
Dynamic discovery

Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.

Connect Active Ants to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Connect Active Ants on Elaichi See pricing

What teams do with Active Ants through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Active Ants is logged.

  • Support

    Answer where is my order in seconds

    A customer writes in and the agent looks up the Active Ants order, checks the shipment and gives the tracking status without anyone opening the warehouse portal.

  • Operations

    Fix an order before it ships

    Change the delivery address or remove a line item on an Active Ants order the moment the customer calls, and attach the corrected paperwork to the order.

  • Purchasing

    Track inbound stock from supplier to shelf

    Ask which inbounds are due this week, what each one contains and whether the packing slip has been created, then create the slip when the goods leave the supplier.

  • Merchandising

    Add new products to the warehouse catalog

    Create the product in Active Ants with its dimensions and barcode, upload the image, and update details later when packaging changes.

  • Returns

    Open a return without leaving the chat

    When a customer wants to send something back, create the return merchandise authorization in Active Ants against the original order in one ask.

  • Finance

    Reconcile shipped orders at month end

    Pull the list of Active Ants orders and shipments for the period so invoices and fulfillment charges can be matched line by line.

Try asking

  • “Where is order 48213 and has it shipped yet?”
  • “List inbounds arriving this week and what each one contains.”
  • “Create a return authorization for order 51977, two items damaged.”

See all 39 Active Ants tools →

What connecting Active Ants gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Active Ants account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Where is order 48213 and has it shipped yet?

List inbounds arriving this week and what each one contains.

Create a return authorization for order 51977, two items damaged.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask where an order is, get the answer.

Plain questions about Active Ants orders, shipments and stock, answered from live records.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

 • Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

 • Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

 • Connected Yesterday

AI apps

One endpoint for every AI client you use.

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot reach Active Ants through one governed endpoint, no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Active Ants status List Check whether the Active Ants ShopApi is up and running. Requires no authentication and takes no input. Returns: messageCode, message, result.
List all Active Ants settings gets List Get the current client configuration settings from Active Ants: the ids, names and codes needed when referring to configuration entities on other endpoints. Returns: mainShippingMethods, shippingMethods, returnShippingMethods, orderTypes, countries, languages, returnReasons, paymentMethods. Takes no parameters; cache the result locally and refresh daily.
List all Active Ants orders List List all orders placed in Active Ants, with cursor-based pagination. Filter by orderedOn (before/after a date), externalOrderNumber, or reference, and optionally include related orderItems, deliveryAddress, billingAddress, or pickUpPoint. Returns each order's id, type, attributes, relationships, and included resources.
Create a Active Ants order Create Create an order with its orderItems and related addresses in Active Ants. Related resources must be supplied under included, with provisional ids for deliveryAddress and billingAddress; optional orderAttachment pdf documents can be included for printing. Returns the created order with id, type, attributes, relationships, included, and links.
Get single Active Ants order by ID Get Get a specific order by the id assigned by Paxon ⸗ Active Ants. Optionally include related orderItems, deliveryAddress, billingAddress, or pickUpPoint via include. Returns the order's id, type, attributes, relationships, included resources, and links. Required: id.

Tool catalog

39 Active Ants tools, ready without any code.

Orders, shipments, inbounds, products and returns covered, nothing for an engineer to build.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Operations toolbox

Active Ants · orders and shipments

 Active Ants starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Support toolbox

Active Ants · order status and returns

 — 9 Mar 2, 2026

Purchasing toolbox

Active Ants · inbounds and packing slips

 — 24 Feb 27, 2026

Merchandising toolbox

Active Ants · products and images

 Active Ants starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Returns toolbox

Active Ants · return authorizations

 — 31 Jan 30, 2026

Finance toolbox

Active Ants · shipped orders and reconciliation

 — 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Each team gets its own Active Ants toolbox.

Support sees orders and shipments, purchasing sees inbounds, each scoped to the team.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
AC

Active Ants (Operations)

Connected by Emily Carter

 Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
AC

Active Ants (Support)

Connected by Jake Morgan

 Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
AC

Active Ants (Purchasing)

Connected by Megan Brooks

 Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
AC

Active Ants (Merchandising)

Connected by Tyler Reed

 Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
AC

Active Ants (Returns)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

 Personal • Active Not shared
AC

Active Ants (Benelux Store)

Connected by Ashley Parker

 Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Share the connection, never share the key.

One person connects Active Ants, teammates work through it without ever seeing a credential.

ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM
E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

 Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM
J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

 Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM
M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

 Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM
T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

 Active Ants Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM
R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

 Active Ants Orders Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM
A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

 Active Ants Orders List Toolbox

Audit log

Every order change names who made it.

When, who, what happened, type and resource, for every Active Ants call.

From answering questions to doing the work

A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Workflows, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.

Active Ants digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch orders

    Active Ants

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s

  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Jake Morgan

    Approve

  6. Post the digest

    Active Ants

    Queued

Workflows

A schedule fires and the work gets done.

Orders are fetched, grouped and drafted into a digest, approved by a person, posted back.

Active Ants health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the orders collection

Live

Orders

1,284 ↓ 12%

Shipments

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Orders created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Operations 34%

Support 27%

Purchasing 21%

Merchandising 18%

Collections and dashboards

Fulfillment numbers arrive before anyone asks.

Orders created over 14 days, split by team, refreshed on a schedule with no model involved.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Active Ants

All three can connect Active Ants to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Active Ants, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Active Ants tools Allow or restrict single Active Ants tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Active Ants call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

Active Ants tools for your AI agents

39 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Active Ants, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

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Questions, answered

How do I connect Active Ants to Claude?

In Elaichi, choose Active Ants and paste the API key from your Active Ants account; there is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Claude signs you in through Elaichi and your Active Ants orders, shipments, inbounds and products are available in the chat.

Does Active Ants work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Active Ants is connected once in Elaichi, and the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. There is nothing extra to set up per client.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Active Ants data?

It can look up an Active Ants order and its shipment, create or change an order, attach a document to it, check inbounds and create packing slips, add or update products and their images, and open a return authorization. Short, concrete asks work best, such as where is order 48213, rather than a long paragraph. The connector covers orders, shipments, inbounds, products and returns.

Does connecting Active Ants give the AI access to my whole warehouse account?

The AI can only do what the Active Ants account behind the API key is allowed to do, and each person still signs in to Elaichi as themselves. Elaichi can then narrow that access, for example to reading orders and shipments only, but it can never widen what Active Ants itself permits.

Can my team share one Active Ants connection?

Yes. One person connects Active Ants with the API key and shares the connection with a team in Elaichi, and nobody else ever handles the key. Each teammate still signs in as themselves, so the audit log records who looked up an order or created a return.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing orders in Active Ants?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading Active Ants orders and shipments while restricting deletes or updates. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to an Active Ants connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding that person in Elaichi ends their access to Active Ants at once, in every client they used. A shared Active Ants connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you ever want to remove Active Ants entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client.

Does the Active Ants MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Active Ants is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Active Ants?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Active Ants. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Active Ants call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Active Ants?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Active Ants: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

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The same link for everyone on your team.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Microsoft Copilot