Does the AI assistant get direct database access?

No. Every tool calls Business Central through its APIs with the user's token, so Business Central permissions and posting rules apply.

Can we add our own tools?

Yes. Tools are code with a JSON schema; we add customer-specific ones (custom tables, reports, workflows) during the pilot or the managed service.

What about Business Central on-premises?

The server targets Business Central online. On-premises works when the environment exposes the Business Central APIs to the internet (web service access key) and the tenant administrator enables Allow on-premise in the Admin Center.

Do I need to install anything?

No. Open the plure-bc connector in your MCP client, press Connect and sign in with Microsoft. The Plur-e plugin adds both servers and the /plure-skills command.

Does it replace Plur-e Mobile?

No. Both use the same Business Central operations and permissions; the app is for scanning on the floor, the MCP server for asking and acting from your AI assistant.

Plur-e MCP · Business Central

Everything Plur-e Mobile does in Business Central, as AI tools

Receipts, put-away, picks and shipments, license plates, bins, inventory counts, purchase and transfer orders, sales, time sheets and payments — 262 operations behind 16 section tools, run with each user's own Business Central identity.

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Example conversationExample conversation

User
How much of item PROD-001 do we have, and is any of it reserved?
AI assistant⚙ bc_wms_inventory_counts({ method: "GetItemInventoryByLocationV2", parameters: [{ ItemNo: "PROD-001" }] })
Checking on-hand quantity for PROD-001 across all locations.
AI assistant
PROD-001 — on hand 412, reserved 60, available 352. MAIN: 300 (bins A-01: 180, A-02: 120). EAST: 112 (all in RECEIVE). The 60 reserved units belong to sales order SO-0001 for Customer example 1.
User
Create a sales order for Customer example 1: 40 of PROD-001 at list price.
AI assistant⚙ bc_sales({ method: "ProcessSalesOrders", parameters: [{ documentType: "Sales Order", customerNo: "CUST-001", lines: [{ id: "PROD-001", quantity: 40 }] }] })
Creating the order — it will not be posted.
AI assistant
Sales order SO-0001 created for Customer example 1, 40 × PROD-001 at $18.50, total $740.00. It is in Open status in Business Central for your review.

Quick answer

Plur-e MCP for Business Central is a Model Context Protocol server that exposes the 262 ProcessMethod calls Plur-e Mobile makes to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as 16 section tools (bc_wms_receipts, bc_sales, …) for any MCP client. Each section is documented by a skill the server serves itself; barcodes are decoded from photos, camera scanning and signatures happen on a one-time no-login page, and labels print through the Plur-e print queue. Tools default to read; writes and posting require an MCP role that grants them, run as the signed-in user and are fully logged.

What the server covers

Section tools

One tool per Plur-e Mobile module: the tool validates the method belongs to the section, injects the warehouse employee or salesperson Business Central expects and returns the answer as JSON.

Skills the server serves

Guides, one sheet per section with every method and its parameters, and end-to-end flows — read with bc_get_skill, as MCP resources or prompts. Tenant admins can customize them in the Admin Center.

Barcodes, camera and signatures

bc_decode_barcodes reads several codes from one photo; bc_handoff_start opens a one-time Plur-e Web page on the user's phone for camera scanning, signatures and file capture.

Printing

License plate labels, item barcodes and box labels go to the Plur-e print queue with bc_print_document and are tracked with bc_print_status.

Tools

Grouped by area. Read tools are on by default; write tools are enabled per role.

Warehouse

bc_wms_receiptswrite
Warehouse receipts. Read or write depending on the method; 26 methods.
bc_wms_put_awaywrite
Put-away. Read or write depending on the method; 9 methods.
bc_wms_picks_shipmentswrite
Picks and shipments. Read or write depending on the method; 27 methods.
bc_wms_license_plateswrite
License plates. Read or write depending on the method; 30 methods.
bc_wms_bins_movementswrite
Bins and movements. Read or write depending on the method; 13 methods.
bc_wms_inventory_countswrite
Inventory counts. Read or write depending on the method; 22 methods.

Orders & items

bc_purchase_orderswrite
Purchase orders. Read or write depending on the method; 8 methods.
bc_transfer_orderswrite
Transfer orders. Read or write depending on the method; 13 methods.
bc_sales_order_shipmentwrite
Sales order shipment. Read or write depending on the method; 14 methods.
bc_items_trackingwrite
Item card, lots/serials, bin contents. Read or write depending on the method; 18 methods.
bc_item_journalswrite
Positive/negative adjustments, reclassification. Read or write depending on the method; 11 methods.
bc_item_classificationwrite
Item classification with evidence. Read or write depending on the method; 10 methods.

Sales, payments & time

bc_saleswrite
Sales: customers, orders, attachments. Read or write depending on the method; 19 methods.
bc_paymentswrite
Payments (Business Central side). Read or write depending on the method; 9 methods.
bc_time_sheetswrite
Time sheets. Read or write depending on the method; 22 methods.
bc_setupwrite
Login, locations, users. Read or write depending on the method; 11 methods.

Discovery & codes

bc_get_skillread
Reads a skill by name — a section guide, a connect/writes/scanning guide, or an end-to-end flow.
bc_list_methodsread
Methods of a section, or a text search across the 262 documented methods.
bc_resolve_codesread
Turns scanned strings into typed references — bin, item, serial, license plate or document — the way the app does.
bc_decode_barcodesread
Decodes every barcode in a photo (EAN/UPC, Code 128, GS1-128, QR, Data Matrix, PDF417…), shelf order preserved.

Capture & printing

bc_handoff_startwrite
Opens a one-time, no-login Plur-e Web page (15 minutes) for camera scanning, a photo, a signature or a file.
bc_handoff_resultread
Reads what the user captured on the handoff page once they are done.
bc_list_printersread
Tenant printers and the label templates each one accepts.
bc_print_documentwrite
Queues a license plate, item barcode or box label on the Plur-e print queue.
bc_print_statusread
Checks whether a queued label has printed.

Example tool call (JSON)

bc_wms_receipts

{
  "name": "bc_wms_receipts",
  "arguments": {
    "method": "GetWarehouseReceipt",
    "parameters": { "WsheDocumentNo": "WHSE REC-000123" }
  }
}

Requirements

Requirements
Business Central	Online (Essentials or Premium) with the Plur-e extension from AppSource; the server calls the same bcProcessRequest action the app uses
Identity	OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration; sign in with the Microsoft account you use in the Admin Center. Warehouse and sales methods run as the Plur-e Mobile user with the same email or the tenant's ERP identity defaults
Permissions	MCP roles (Read / Write / Post per section) assigned in the Admin Center; without a grant the tool answers scope_denied
Clients	Any MCP client — desktop, IDE or web — plus the Plur-e plugin and custom agents on your AI provider's API / Agent SDK
Transport	Streamable HTTP, remote (mcp.plur-e.com/bc)
Hosting	Plur-e cloud (Azure) or customer Azure tenant

Method-by-method reference in the docs

Your AI assistant can also trigger the same receiving, picking and shipping flows your team runs in Plur-e Mobile. Plur-e Mobile

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