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Alibaba Sourcing MCP Server

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Alibaba Sourcing MCP Server

MCP server for end-to-end B2B procurement on Alibaba.com, integrated with Prizm ERP.

Features

  • Product Search — Search Alibaba.com for products by keyword

  • Supplier Discovery — Find and evaluate suppliers with trust signals

  • RFQ Management — Create, post, and track Requests for Quotation

  • Quotation Harvesting — Collect and score supplier quotations

  • Relevance Scoring — Automatic noise filtration (< 0.8 = noise)

  • Supplier Comparison — Side-by-side Top 3 with pros/cons

  • ERP Sync — Sync suppliers and quotations to Prizm ERP

21 MCP Tools

Tool

Description

alibaba_search_products

Search products by keyword

alibaba_get_product_details

Fetch product page details

alibaba_search_suppliers

Search suppliers by keyword

alibaba_create_rfq

Create a sourcing RFQ

alibaba_post_rfq

Post RFQ to Alibaba

alibaba_list_rfqs

List all RFQs

alibaba_get_rfq

Get RFQ details

alibaba_add_quotation

Add a supplier quotation

alibaba_list_quotations

List quotations for an RFQ

alibaba_compare_quotations

Compare top quotations

alibaba_shortlist_quotation

Shortlist a quotation

alibaba_save_supplier

Save supplier profile

alibaba_list_suppliers

List saved suppliers

alibaba_get_supplier

Get supplier details

alibaba_sync_supplier_to_prizm

Prepare supplier for ERP sync

alibaba_mark_supplier_synced

Mark supplier as synced

alibaba_sync_quotation_to_prizm

Prepare quotation for ERP sync

alibaba_sourcing_pipeline

Pipeline overview dashboard

alibaba_update_rfq_status

Update RFQ status

alibaba_delete_rfq

Delete RFQ and quotations

alibaba_rescore_quotation

Re-score quotation relevance

Setup

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # or .venv\Scripts\activate on Windows
pip install -r requirements.txt
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your credentials
python alibaba_mcp_server.py

Deployment (Hetzner)

# Copy files
scp -r . root@server:/opt/alibaba-mcp/

# Setup venv
cd /opt/alibaba-mcp && python3 -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

# Install service
cp alibaba-mcp.service /etc/systemd/system/
systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl enable alibaba-mcp && systemctl start alibaba-mcp

# Nginx + SSL
cp alibaba-mcp.nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
certbot --nginx -d alibaba-mcp.prizm-energy.com
nginx -t && systemctl reload nginx

Architecture

Same pattern as QuickBooks MCP:

  • Runtime: Python 3.12 + FastMCP + Starlette + uvicorn

  • Database: SQLite (WAL mode) for local state

  • Auth: Bearer token for MCP, Basic Auth for admin, OAuth2 for Alibaba API

  • Port: 8766

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