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Coupa MCP connector

Connecting Coupa to Elaichi lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client look up requisitions, purchase orders, suppliers and invoices, and raise new requisitions, inside each person's own access and fully logged.

  • How it connects. App credentials. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Coupa to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Coupa once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Coupa.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Paste your Coupa app credentials. Coupa authenticates the app rather than a person. One person supplies the credentials once, and everyone else works through Share with.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

coupa
Coupa
Acumatica
AngelList
Bexio
BlackLine
Buildium
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Coupa 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.

Coupa 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.

Coupa 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 today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Coupa 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.

Connect Coupa 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.

Use cases

What teams do with Coupa through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Procurement

    Raise a requisition from a team's request

    Turn a request for new laptops into a Coupa requisition with the right items and supplier, without opening the form yourself.

  • Accounts payable

    Match an invoice to its purchase order

    Pull up a supplier's invoice and the purchase order behind it side by side to check quantities and amounts before it is paid.

  • Finance

    See what is committed with each supplier

    List open purchase orders by supplier and currency to understand spend commitments before month end close.

  • Supplier management

    Onboard a supplier and keep details current

    Add a new supplier to Coupa and update contact or payment details when they change, straight from the chat.

  • Operations

    Find the right catalog item before ordering

    Search Coupa items and supplier items to check what is already on contract and at what price.

  • Office management

    Check where a requisition is stuck

    Ask which requisitions are still waiting and who raised them, then chase the right person.

Try asking

  • “Show me open requisitions waiting for a purchase order”
  • “Which suppliers invoiced us this month and for how much?”
  • “Create a requisition for 20 standing desks from Steelcase”

See all 62 Coupa tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Coupa

All three can connect Coupa 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 Coupa, 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 Coupa tools Allow or restrict single Coupa 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 Coupa 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 $15 per user per month. 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.

AI tools

Coupa tools for your AI agents

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

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Coupa gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Coupa account.

The agent

Ask about purchase orders in plain language.

Elaichi's agent answers from live Coupa requisitions, suppliers and invoices, not a stale export.

  • purchase orders
  • requisitions
  • suppliers
  • invoices

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Show me open requisitions waiting for a purchase order

Which suppliers invoiced us this month and for how much?

Create a requisition for 20 standing desks from Steelcase

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

One Coupa endpoint for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.

Every MCP client reaches Coupa through one endpoint, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

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

Tool catalog

62 Coupa tools, ready without writing code.

Purchase orders, requisitions, suppliers, invoices, items and accounts, cataloged with every method.

  • List all Coupa accounts
  • Get single Coupa account by ID
  • Create a Coupa purchase order
  • List all Coupa purchase orders
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Coupa accounts List List Coupa accounts. Returns: id, created_at, created_by, updated_at, updated_by, created-at, updated-at, status, notes, deactivate-from-user-after-reassignment, requested-reassignments, from-user, to-user, created-by, updated-by. Coupa recommends filtering large data sets with criteria.
Get single Coupa account by ID Get Get a single Coupa account by id. Returns the full account object including id, name, code, active, account_type, segments 1-20, created_at, and updated_at. Required: id.
Create a Coupa purchase order Create Create an external purchase order in Coupa as part of the external purchase orders feature. Returns the created purchase order with id, po_number, status, supplier, and order_lines. Required: po_number, supplier, ship_to_user, order_lines, version. Not for Coupa-based POs.
List all Coupa purchase orders List Query purchase orders in Coupa. Returns purchase order records with id, po_number, status, supplier, and order_lines. Limit large result sets with filter criteria.
Get single Coupa purchase order by ID Get Get a purchase order in Coupa by its id. Returns the full order record including id, po-number, status, supplier, order-lines, total, currency, and created-at / updated-at timestamps. Required: id (Coupa's internal purchase order ID).

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Coupa toolbox.

Procurement raises requisitions, accounts payable reads invoices, each team scoped to its own toolbox.

  • Procurement
  • Accounts payable
  • Finance
  • Operations
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Procurement toolbox

Coupa · requisitions and purchase orders

Coupa starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Accounts payable toolbox

Coupa · invoices and suppliers

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Finance toolbox

Coupa · accounts and currencies

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Operations toolbox

Coupa · items and supplier items

Coupa starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Supplier management toolbox

Coupa · supplier records and onboarding

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

IT toolbox

Coupa · users and access

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Share a Coupa connection, never a credential.

One person connects Coupa, teammates work through it, and nobody else sees the app credentials.

  • Procurement
  • Accounts payable
  • Finance
  • Operations
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
CO

Coupa (Procurement)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
CO

Coupa (Accounts payable)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
CO

Coupa (Finance)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
CO

Coupa (Operations)

Connected by Tyler Reed

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

Coupa (Supplier onboarding)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
CO

Coupa (EMEA office)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Coupa call is logged with a name.

When, who, what happened and which supplier or requisition, in an append-only log.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
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]

Coupa Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Coupa Purchase orders Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Coupa Purchase orders List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule drafts the invoice digest, you approve.

Invoices are fetched, grouped by supplier, summarized, approved by a person, then posted to Coupa.

Coupa digest

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

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch purchase orders

    Coupa

    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 Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Coupa

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Coupa spend health, computed without a model.

Four metrics, 14 days of purchase orders created, a breakdown by team, refreshed on schedule.

Coupa health

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

Live

Purchase orders

1,284 ↓ 12%

Requisitions

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Purchase orders created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Procurement 34%

Accounts payable 27%

Finance 21%

Operations 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Coupa to Claude?

Connect Coupa in Elaichi first: Coupa uses app credentials, so you paste the credentials your Coupa administrator issues, with no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Claude asks you to sign in to Elaichi, and from then on it can work with your Coupa requisitions, purchase orders, suppliers and invoices.

Does Coupa work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Coupa is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Coupa once and every client you use picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Coupa data?

It can look up Coupa requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, suppliers, catalog items and accounts, and answer questions like which invoices arrived from a supplier this month or which requisitions are still open. It can also raise a new requisition or purchase order, add a supplier, and update a supplier's details or an open requisition. Short, concrete asks work best, such as 'list open requisitions over 5,000' rather than a long paragraph.

Does connecting Coupa give the AI every purchase order and invoice in the company?

No. The connection carries the access of the Coupa app credentials it was set up with, and each person signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so an agent sees only the Coupa requisitions, orders, suppliers and invoices that access allows. Elaichi can narrow that further by team or by action, and it can never widen it beyond what Coupa itself permits.

Can my team share one Coupa connection?

Yes. One person connects Coupa in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever handles the app credentials. Each teammate still signs in as themselves, so every Coupa call in the audit log names the person who made it, not the person who connected it.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Coupa?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow reading Coupa invoices and purchase orders while blocking the ability to delete a requisition or change a supplier. A restricted action is left out of the AI client's tool list entirely, so it cannot be called no matter how the prompt is phrased.

What happens to a Coupa connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Coupa through every AI client at once. If they had shared a Coupa connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else. If you want it gone entirely, disconnecting Coupa once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client at the same time.

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

Yes. Coupa 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, 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 Coupa?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Coupa. 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 Coupa call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Coupa?

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 Coupa: 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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