Snipe-IT MCP connector
The Snipe-IT connector brings your hardware assets, asset tags, serial numbers, audits, licenses and custom fields into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and any MCP client, so each person can look up and update Snipe-IT records inside their own access.
- Connects with an API key
- Free 14-day trial
- No credit card
Which hardware audits are overdue this month?
Working in Snipe-IT with Elaichi
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List all Snipe-IT hardwares
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Get single Snipe-IT hardware by ID
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List all Snipe-IT hardware bytags
How to connect Snipe-IT to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
Step by step, for each AI app
Snipe-IT MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
Snipe-IT MCP connector for Claude Code
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In a terminal, run
claude mcp addwith the endpoint.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Start Claude Code and run
/mcp. -
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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.
Snipe-IT MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
Snipe-IT MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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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.
Snipe-IT MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot
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In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.
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Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.
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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 Snipe-IT to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
What teams do with Snipe-IT through Elaichi
Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Snipe-IT is logged.
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IT
Find an asset by tag or serial
Type the asset tag or serial number from the sticker and get the full Snipe-IT record back, including model, status and notes, without opening the console.
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IT
Catch the record up after a repair
When a laptop comes back from the repair shop with a new screen or a new drive, tell the agent what changed and the Snipe-IT hardware record is updated on the spot.
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Help desk
Log new hardware the day it arrives
Read out the model, serial and purchase details from the box and a new hardware record appears in Snipe-IT before the device reaches anyone's desk.
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Compliance
Clear the overdue audit list
Ask which assets are due or overdue for audit, walk the floor, and record each audit in Snipe-IT as you confirm the device is where it should be.
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Finance
Check license counts before renewal
Pull every license Snipe-IT holds for a vendor, see how many seats are recorded, and correct the record when the renewal quote arrives.
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IT operations
Add a field across the asset catalog
Need a warranty end date or a cost center on every device? Create the custom field in Snipe-IT and start filling it in from the same conversation.
Try asking
- “Which hardware audits are overdue this month?”
- “Show laptops assigned to the Design team.”
- “List licenses with fewer than five seats left.”
What connecting Snipe-IT gets you
6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Snipe-IT account.
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
Which hardware audits are overdue this month?
Show laptops assigned to the Design team.
List licenses with fewer than five seats left.
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
The agent
Ask about hardware, get real answers.
Plain language questions run against live Snipe-IT assets, licenses and audits.
Copy the endpoint
AI apps
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot read Snipe-IT.
One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.
Tool catalog
145 Snipe-IT tools ready to call.
Hardware, tags, serials, licenses and audits covered without custom code.
Toolboxes
Every team gets its own toolbox.
Curate Snipe-IT toolboxes per team so IT and Finance see different tools.
Shared connections
Share the connection, never the credential.
See who connected each Snipe-IT account and which teams and members use it.
Audit log
Every Snipe-IT call is on record.
When, who, what happened, type and resource in an append only log.
From answering questions to doing the work
A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.
Snipe-IT digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
0.2s -
✓
Fetch hardware
Snipe-IT
1.4s -
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Group by owner
Transform
0.1s -
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Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
6.2s -
Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Jake Morgan
Approve Deny -
Post the digest
Snipe-IT
Queued
Automations
A schedule fires, a digest ships.
Fetch Snipe-IT hardware, group it, draft a digest, approve, post it back.
Snipe-IT health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the hardware collection
Hardware
1,284 ↓ 12%
Licenses
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Hardware created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
IT EMEA 34%
Helpdesk 27%
Finance 21%
Security 18%
Collections and dashboards
Asset health counted, not asked for.
Four metrics, 14 days of hardware created and a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.
For IT and engineering
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Snipe-IT
All three can connect Snipe-IT to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over Snipe-IT tools | Allow or restrict single Snipe-IT 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 Snipe-IT 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.
Snipe-IT tools for your AI agents
145 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Snipe-IT, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.
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Questions, answered
How do I connect Snipe-IT to Claude?
Connect Snipe-IT in Elaichi first, which takes one step: paste the API key from your Snipe-IT account and it is ready. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in as yourself and Snipe-IT is available in the conversation.
Does Snipe-IT work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Once Snipe-IT is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Snipe-IT once and every client you use picks it up.
What can an AI agent actually do with my Snipe-IT data?
An agent connected to Snipe-IT can look up any hardware asset by asset tag or serial number, create a record for a new device, update an existing one, and restore one that was deleted. It can list which assets are due or overdue for audit and record an audit when you confirm a device. It can also read, create and update licenses and custom fields. Snipe-IT exposes a lot of actions, so short, concrete asks such as "find asset tag 0451" work better than long paragraphs.
Does connecting Snipe-IT give the AI access to everything in my asset database?
No. Every call to Snipe-IT runs inside the access of the person who signed in, so the agent sees exactly the hardware, licenses and fields that person can already see in Snipe-IT, and nothing more. Elaichi can narrow that access further with restrictions, but it can never widen it beyond what Snipe-IT itself allows that person.
Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Snipe-IT?
Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading hardware records and recording audits while restricting deletion of hardware, licenses or fields, or restricting updates entirely. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot or any other client cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.
What happens to a Snipe-IT connection when someone leaves?
Offboarding that person in Elaichi ends their access to Snipe-IT through every client at once. If they were using a shared Snipe-IT connection, it keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you disconnect Snipe-IT in Elaichi altogether, it disappears from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client in one step.
Does the Snipe-IT MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?
Yes. Snipe-IT 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 Snipe-IT?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Snipe-IT. 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 Snipe-IT call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for Snipe-IT?
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 Snipe-IT: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
Put Snipe-IT in front of your team
14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.
When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.
Add one link to your AI app
The same link for everyone on your team.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
ChatGPT
Claude
Cursor
Microsoft Copilot