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ERPNext MCP Server

by yazelin

ERPNext MCP Server

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for ERPNext REST API, built with FastMCP and Python.

Features

  • CRUD — List, get, create, update, delete documents

  • Workflow — Submit and cancel submittable documents

  • Reports — Run ERPNext query reports

  • Schema — Inspect DocType field definitions, list all DocTypes

  • Inventory — Stock balance, stock ledger, item prices

  • Trading — Document conversion (e.g. Quotation → Sales Order), party balance

  • Helpers — Link search (autocomplete), document count, generic method calls

Requirements

  • Python >= 3.11

  • uv (recommended) or pip

  • ERPNext instance with API key/secret

Setup

# Clone the repo git clone <repo-url> && cd erpnext-mcp # Create .env file cat > .env << 'EOF' ERPNEXT_URL=https://your-erpnext-instance.com ERPNEXT_API_KEY=your_api_key ERPNEXT_API_SECRET=your_api_secret EOF # Install dependencies uv sync

Run

set -a && source .env && set +a && uv run erpnext-mcp

Available Tools

Tool

Description

list_documents

List documents with filters, sorting, pagination

get_document

Get a single document by name

create_document

Create a new document

update_document

Update an existing document

delete_document

Delete a document

submit_document

Submit a submittable document

cancel_document

Cancel a submitted document

run_report

Execute an ERPNext report

get_count

Get document count with optional filters

get_list_with_summary

List documents with total count

run_method

Call any whitelisted server-side method

search_link

Link field autocomplete search

list_doctypes

List all available DocType names

get_doctype_meta

Get field definitions for a DocType

get_stock_balance

Real-time stock balance from Bin

get_stock_ledger

Stock ledger entries (inventory history)

get_item_price

Item prices from price lists

make_mapped_doc

Document conversion (e.g. SO → DN)

get_party_balance

Outstanding balance for Customer/Supplier

MCP Client Configuration

Add to your MCP client config (e.g. Claude Desktop claude_desktop_config.json):

{ "mcpServers": { "erpnext": { "command": "uv", "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/erpnext-mcp", "run", "erpnext-mcp"], "env": { "ERPNEXT_URL": "https://your-erpnext-instance.com", "ERPNEXT_API_KEY": "your_api_key", "ERPNEXT_API_SECRET": "your_api_secret" } } } }

Project Structure

src/erpnext_mcp/ ├── server.py # MCP tool definitions (FastMCP) ├── client.py # ERPNext REST API client (httpx async) └── types.py # Pydantic models

License

MIT

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