Anaplan MCP server
Anaplan holds the planning models of finance, sales and supply chain teams. Through Flowplane an AI assistant can walk a model, its modules, line items, views, lists and versions, read a view’s cells as a table, and see which imports, exports and processes exist and how a run is going. It can also write cells, add, change or delete list items, upload an import file and run an action; those wait for your approval by default.
- Tools
- 14 read · 6 change
- Sign-in
- Your own account
- Approval, by default
- Changes wait for you
- MCP server
- Flowplane’s tools
What your assistant can do in Anaplan
14 tools that read and 6 that change something in Anaplan. Reads are allowed; a change marked “asks first” waits for the person’s approval by default, and your workspace’s rules decide the rest.
Reads14
- Check the connectionSee which account it uses and whether it works
whoami - List modelsYour models
list_models - List modulesThe modules of a model
list_modules - List line itemsThe line items of a module
list_line_items - List viewsThe views of a model
list_views - List listsThe lists of a model
list_lists - List filesThe files of a model
list_files - List versionsThe versions of a model
list_versions - Get current periodThe model's current period
get_current_period - Get taskHow a run is going
get_task - List the actionsThe imports, exports and processes
list_actions - Download a fileThe text of an import or export file
download_file - Read the cells of a viewA view's data as a table
read_cells - List the items of a listA list's items
list_list_items
Changesasks first6
- Write cellsChange values in a module, asked first
write_cells - Add list itemsNew items in a list, asked first
add_list_items - Update list itemsChange items of a list, asked first
update_list_items - Delete list itemsRemove items from a list, asked first
delete_list_items - Run an import, export or processStart an action, asked first
run_action - Upload a fileReplace the data an import reads, asked first
upload_file
Sign-in
Your Anaplan tenant security administrator registers an OAuth client in Anaplan once (Administration, Security, OAuth clients, type Authorization code grant, with the callback URL the Flowplane console shows and a rotatable refresh token). You paste its client ID and secret into Flowplane, and then each person signs in with their own Anaplan account, so the assistant acts as them. Flowplane keeps the secret and the login sealed; the assistant never sees them.
In Flowplane: In the Flowplane console, add Anaplan, choose your Anaplan environment (Global or your own region), paste the OAuth client ID and secret, and sign in with Anaplan.
Anaplan and MCP
Anaplan runs its own remote MCP server, AI Gateway: read-only, a separate subscription, and switched on per workspace by an AI administrator. Flowplane does not use it: it talks to Anaplan’s Integration API directly, which also lets the assistant change data and run actions, after your approval by default.
Things to ask
- “Which models can I open, and what modules does the FY27 Budget model have?”
- “Show the Revenue by Region view for the Forecast version as a table.”
- “Set Revenue for North in January to 12,500 in the Sales Plan module.”
- “Add “Ghent store” to the Locations list.”
- “Run the Load Actuals import and tell me when it has finished.”
Connect your assistant to Anaplan
One Flowplane address works in every assistant below, with the same rules and the same log. Step-by-step setup for each:
- Connect Claude to AnaplanClaude on the web and in the desktop app→
- Connect Claude Code to AnaplanAnthropic’s coding agent in the terminal→
- Connect ChatGPT to AnaplanChatGPT on the web→
- Connect Cursor to AnaplanThe Cursor code editor→
- Connect Codex to AnaplanOpenAI’s coding agent, in the terminal and the IDE→
- Connect GitHub Copilot to AnaplanCopilot Chat in VS Code, in agent mode→
- Connect Mistral Le Chat to AnaplanMistral’s assistant (Le Chat, now called Vibe)→
Questions
- What is left out on purpose?
- Opening and closing models, bulk deletes, the calendar and version switchover, deleting files and user administration. Uploading an import file only fills the file: nothing is imported until the import that reads it runs.
- Why does Anaplan refuse to show cells or change data?
- Anaplan only lets a Workspace Administrator of that workspace read cells and change data through its API. Ask an Anaplan administrator for that role.
- How much can it read or write at once?
- A view comes back as up to 2,000 lines per call, and Anaplan refuses views over a million cells, so narrow the page or pick a smaller view. One write changes up to 10,000 cells.
- Which AI assistants can use Anaplan through Flowplane?
- Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot and Mistral Le Chat, and any other client that supports remote MCP servers with sign-in. They all reach Anaplan through the same Flowplane address.
- What does it cost?
- Free for one person, with up to three apps and five assistants. Personal Pro is €9 a month including VAT; companies start at €99 a month for ten active users. Prices are indicative; see the pricing page.
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