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Epic MCP connector

The Epic connector brings appointments, allergies, care plans, care teams, accounts, claims and patient communications into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and the Elaichi Agent, where each person works inside their own Epic access with every call logged.

  • How it connects. Connects over OAuth. 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 Epic to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Epic once

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

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

  3. Supply your own Epic app, then approve. Epic needs an OAuth app you register yourself, so bring its client ID and secret. One person does this once for the organization.

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

Add connection

Choose a connector.

epic
Epic
Canvas Medical
drchrono
eClinicalWorks
Metriport
Open Dental
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.

Epic 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.

Epic 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.

Epic 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 Epic 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 Epic through Elaichi

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

  • Scheduling

    See the day's appointments at a glance

    Ask for today's Epic appointments, pull up a single visit to confirm the time and provider, and answer a patient's phone call without clicking through the schedule.

  • Nursing

    Check allergies before a visit starts

    Review a patient's recorded allergy intolerances in Epic before they are roomed, and record a newly reported allergy so it is on the chart before the clinician walks in.

  • Patient safety

    Review adverse events across the unit

    List the adverse events recorded in Epic this week, open any one of them for the detail, and prepare the summary for the safety huddle.

  • Care coordination

    Find out who is on a care team

    Search Epic care teams for a patient, read the current care plan, and know exactly who to call about a discharge or a follow-up.

  • Revenue cycle

    Look up an account or a claim

    Pull a patient account or a specific claim from Epic to answer a billing question while the caller is still on the line.

  • Health information

    Log a communication to the record

    Record a call, a letter or a message as an Epic communication so the patient record shows what was said and when, and list past communications when a question comes back.

Try asking

  • “List today's appointments and flag any patient with a documented allergy.”
  • “Who is on the care team for the patient on account 48213?”
  • “Summarize the adverse events recorded this week.”

See all 143 Epic tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Epic

All three can connect Epic 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 Epic, 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 Epic tools Allow or restrict single Epic 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 Epic 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

Epic tools for your AI agents

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

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Epic gets you

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

The agent

Ask Epic a question, get a live answer.

Appointments, allergies and care plans answered in plain language from current Epic records.

  • appointments
  • care plans
  • allergy intolerances
  • communications

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

List today's appointments and flag any patient with a documented allergy.

Who is on the care team for the patient on account 48213?

Summarize the adverse events recorded this week.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

One Epic endpoint for every AI client.

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor connect over OAuth, with 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

143 Epic tools, ready without writing code.

Appointments, allergies, care teams, claims and communications covered, with no custom code to maintain.

  • Get single Epic account by ID
  • List all Epic accounts
  • Get single Epic adverse event by ID
  • List all Epic adverse events
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Get single Epic account by ID Get Get a single Account (premium billing) from Epic by its FHIR id. Returns the FHIR R4 Account resource. Returns: resourceType, id, identifier, name, status, type, and more. Required: id.
List all Epic accounts List Search Accounts in Epic. Returns the matching FHIR R4 Account resources from the search Bundle. Epic needs patient or subject for most clinical searches. Page size is set with limit (sent as _count, 1 to 999); pages follow the Bundle next link. Returns: resourceType, id, identifier, name, status, type, and more. Required: none strictly; see the search rules above.
Get single Epic adverse event by ID Get Get a single AdverseEvent from Epic by its FHIR id. Returns the FHIR R4 AdverseEvent resource. Returns: resourceType, id, actuality, adverse-event-comments, adverse-event-expected, adverse-event-resolved-date, and more. Required: id.
List all Epic adverse events List Search AdverseEvents in Epic. Returns the matching FHIR R4 AdverseEvent resources from the search Bundle. Epic needs patient or subject for most clinical searches. Page size is set with limit (sent as _count, 1 to 999); pages follow the Bundle next link. Returns: resourceType, id, actuality, adverse-event-comments, adverse-event-expected, adverse-event-resolved-date, and more. Required: none strictly; see the search rules above.
Get single Epic allergy intolerance by ID Get Get a single AllergyIntolerance from Epic by its FHIR id. Returns the FHIR R4 AllergyIntolerance resource. Returns: resourceType, id, category, clinicalStatus, code, criticality, and more. Required: id.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Epic toolbox.

Scheduling, nursing and billing each work from a toolbox scoped to their job.

  • Scheduling
  • Nursing
  • Care coordination
  • Revenue cycle
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Scheduling toolbox

Epic · appointments and care teams

Epic starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Nursing toolbox

Epic · allergies and adverse events

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Care coordination toolbox

Epic · care plans and care teams

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Revenue cycle toolbox

Epic · accounts and claims

Epic starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Patient safety toolbox

Epic · adverse events and body structures

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Health information toolbox

Epic · communications and documents

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Share Epic access, never share a credential.

One person connects Epic, teams work through it, and nobody else sees a secret.

  • Front desk
  • Nursing
  • Care coordination
  • Revenue cycle
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
EP

Epic (Front desk)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
EP

Epic (Nursing)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
EP

Epic (Care coordination)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
EP

Epic (Revenue cycle)

Connected by Tyler Reed

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

Epic (Patient safety)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
EP

Epic (Health information)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Epic call is on the record.

Who touched which appointment, allergy or claim, and when, 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]

Epic Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Epic Appointments Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Epic Appointments 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 starts real Epic work.

Appointments are fetched, grouped and drafted into a digest a person approves before posting.

Epic digest

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

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch appointments

    Epic

    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

    Epic

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Epic health numbers, computed with no model.

Four metrics, 14 days of records created and a team breakdown, refreshed on a schedule.

Epic health

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

Live

Appointments

1,284 ↓ 12%

Care plans

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Appointments created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Front desk 34%

Nursing 27%

Care coordination 21%

Revenue cycle 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Epic to Claude?

First, register an OAuth application inside Epic and bring its client ID and secret into Elaichi once, when you connect Epic. After that, each person signs in through Epic's own login page and never handles the secret themselves. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp as the endpoint. Claude asks you to sign in to Elaichi and Epic is ready to use.

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

Yes. Once Epic 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 Epic once and every client uses that one connection.

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

It can list and open appointments, allergy intolerances, adverse events, care plans, care teams, accounts, claims, documents and communications in Epic, and it can record a new allergy, a new communication or a body structure note. The AI client does not see a list of every Epic action; it searches for the right one and runs it, so short concrete asks like "list today's appointments" work better than long sentences. Anything you ask for runs inside your own Epic access.

Does connecting Epic give the AI access to every patient chart?

No. Every call to Epic runs as the person who signed in, so the AI sees only the patients, departments and records that person could already open in Epic. Elaichi can narrow that further by hiding actions or whole areas, but it never widens what Epic itself allows.

Can my team share one Epic connection?

Yes. One person registers the Epic OAuth application and connects it in Elaichi, then shares it with a team, and nobody else ever handles the client ID or secret. Each person still signs in to Epic as themselves, so the audit log names the actual nurse, scheduler or biller behind every call.

Can I stop an agent from changing things in Epic?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading Epic appointments and care plans while blocking the creation of allergies or communications. A restricted action is left out of the AI client's list entirely and cannot be called, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to an Epic connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding that person in Elaichi ends their Epic access through every AI client at once. A shared Epic connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you ever want to remove Epic completely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client at the same time.

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

Yes. Epic 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 Epic?

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

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Epic?

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 Epic: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Epic in front of your team

14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

Works with
Claude ChatGPT Cursor and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
When the trial ends
Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.