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Device Management

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 and any MCP client, so each person can look up and update Snipe-IT records inside their own access.

  • How it connects. Connects with an API key. 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 Snipe-IT to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Snipe-IT once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Snipe-IT.

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

  3. Paste a Snipe-IT API key. One person generates a token in Snipe-IT and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

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

Add connection

Choose a connector.

snipe-it
Snipe-IT
Ayla Networks
Jamf
Iru (formerly Kandji)
ManageEngine MDM
Microsoft Intune
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.

Connect Snipe-IT to 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.

Connect Snipe-IT to 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.

Connect Snipe-IT to 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 Snipe-IT 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 Snipe-IT through Elaichi

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.”

See all 145 Snipe-IT tools below

AI tools

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.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Snipe-IT gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Snipe-IT account.

The agent

Ask about hardware, get real answers.

Plain language questions run against live Snipe-IT assets, licenses and audits.

  • hardware
  • licenses
  • audits
  • asset tags

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 or Cursor

MCP clients

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor read Snipe-IT.

One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, 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

Emma Laurent

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
S

Sofia Ricci

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
C

Clara Nowak

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

145 Snipe-IT tools ready to call.

Hardware, tags, serials, licenses and audits covered without custom code.

  • List all Snipe-IT hardwares
  • Create a Snipe-IT hardware
  • Get single Snipe-IT hardware by ID
  • Update a Snipe-IT hardware by ID
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Snipe-IT hardwares List List snipeit hardware assets. Returns each asset record including id, name, asset_tag, serial, status_label, model, category, location, assigned_to, created_at, updated_at, purchase_cost, and available_actions.
Create a Snipe-IT hardware Create Create a new snipeit hardware asset. Returns: id, name, asset_tag, serial, model, model_number, eol, status_label, category, manufacturer, supplier, notes, order_number, company, location, rtd_location, image, qr, alt_barcode, assigned_to, warranty_months, warranty_expires, created_at, updated_at, last_audit_date, next_audit_date, deleted_at, purchase_date, age, last_checkout, expected_checkin,…
Get single Snipe-IT hardware by ID Get Get details of a specific snipeit hardware asset by id. Returns: id, created_at, updated_at, deleted_at, name. Required: id.
Update a Snipe-IT hardware by ID Update Fully replace a specific snipeit hardware asset by id using PUT. Returns: status, messages. Required: id, asset_tag, status_id, model_id.
Delete a Snipe-IT hardware by ID Delete Delete a specific snipeit hardware asset by id. Returns an empty 204 response on success. Required: id.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own toolbox.

Curate Snipe-IT toolboxes per team so IT and Finance see different tools.

  • IT Operations
  • Helpdesk
  • Finance
  • Security
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

IT Operations toolbox

Snipe-IT · hardware and audits

Snipe-IT starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Helpdesk toolbox

Snipe-IT · checkouts and asset tags

9 Mar 2, 2026

Finance toolbox

Snipe-IT · licenses and asset values

24 Feb 27, 2026

Security toolbox

Snipe-IT · audit dues and overdues

Snipe-IT starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Procurement toolbox

Snipe-IT · new hardware and models

31 Jan 30, 2026

People Ops toolbox

Snipe-IT · onboarding device assignments

12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Share the connection, never the credential.

See who connected each Snipe-IT account and which teams and members use it.

  • IT EMEA
  • Helpdesk
  • Finance
  • Security
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
SN

Snipe-IT (IT EMEA)

Connected by Emma Laurent

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
SN

Snipe-IT (Helpdesk)

Connected by James Whitfield

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
SN

Snipe-IT (Finance)

Connected by Sofia Ricci

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
SN

Snipe-IT (Security)

Connected by Daniel Ortega

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

Snipe-IT (Procurement)

Connected by Clara Nowak

Personal • Active Not shared
SN

Snipe-IT (People Ops)

Connected by Michael Brennan

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Snipe-IT call is on record.

When, who, what happened, type and resource 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

Emma Laurent

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

James Whitfield

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

S

Sofia Ricci

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

D

Daniel Ortega

[email protected]

Snipe-IT Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

C

Clara Nowak

[email protected]

Snipe-IT Hardware Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

M

Michael Brennan

[email protected]

Snipe-IT Hardware 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 fires, a digest ships.

Fetch Snipe-IT hardware, group it, draft a digest, approve, post it back.

Snipe-IT digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emma Laurent

  1. Schedule

    Every weekday at 08:00

    0.2s
  2. Fetch hardware

    Snipe-IT

    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

    Snipe-IT

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Asset health counted, not asked for.

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

Snipe-IT health

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

Live

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%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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, 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 my team share one Snipe-IT connection?

Yes. One administrator connects Snipe-IT 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 to Elaichi as themselves, so every asset lookup, update or audit in the log carries their own name rather than a shared account.

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 blocking deletion of hardware, licenses or fields, or blocking updates entirely. A blocked action is never advertised to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any other client, so no prompt, however worded, can reach it in Snipe-IT.

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 and every other client in one step.

Put Snipe-IT in front of your team

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