The Retraced MCP connects your company's Retraced data to the AI assistant your team already uses, such as Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot. Instead of exporting data or clicking through the platform, you ask a question in plain language. The assistant pulls the relevant data from Retraced and gives you the answer: a quick table, a summary or a full interactive dashboard.
MCP stands for Model Context Protocol, an open standard that lets AI assistants connect securely to other tools and data sources.
Availability: the Retraced MCP uses the Retraced Public API, so it is only available if the API is part of your Retraced subscription. If you are not sure, or would like to add it, please contact your Customer Success Manager.
What you can do with the Retraced MCP
Ask questions about your data in plain language, for example "Which of my suppliers have open CAPA findings?"
Build your own dashboards and reports by describing what you want to see. No exports or dashboard-building skills needed.
Combine Retraced data with your own files and tools in the same conversation, for example a spreadsheet you upload to the AI assistant.
What the Retraced MCP covers
The MCP is read-only. It can read your company's data, but it cannot create, change or delete anything in Retraced.
Covered (read-only) | Not covered |
Your supplier network and company profiles, including ESG data | Creating, editing or deleting data |
Products (styles, variants, SKUs) and product types | Questionnaires and supplier assessments |
Bills of materials (BOMs) and components | Supply chain maps and traceability data |
Material and fibre composition | Uploaded documents and file downloads |
Orders and order lines | Data that is only available in the Retraced platform and not through the Public API |
Audits and audit history | Data of other companies: one API key gives access to one company's data only |
CAPA: findings, corrective actions and plans |
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Certificates |
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Before you start
The API is included in your Retraced subscription. See "Availability" above.
Your company allows the AI tool you want to use. When you ask a question, the data needed to answer it is shared with that AI tool. Check with your IT team that the tool is approved for company data. Some companies restrict external AI tools.
You have a Retraced company API key. In the Retraced platform, go to Company Settings → API Keys → Add API Key, then create and copy the key. The key is only shown once, so store it somewhere safe. If you cannot see this section, ask your Retraced account admin. For step-by-step instructions with screenshots, see Retraced API: connect your systems to your Retraced data.
Treat your API key like a password: do not share it in chats, emails or shared documents. Anyone with the key can read your company's data through the API.
Set up the Retraced MCP
The setup page at mcp.retraced.com/setup gives you the exact steps for your AI tool, with your key already filled in.
Open mcp.retraced.com/setup.
Paste your company API key, give the connection a label (for example "Retraced") and click Verify key. The key is sent once to check that it works and is never stored or logged.
Select your AI tool and follow the instructions shown on the page.
The setup page currently supports Claude (Desktop and Code), ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot (including Copilot Studio for Microsoft 365 and Teams), GitHub Copilot in VS Code, Copilot CLI, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, LibreChat, Open WebUI, LM Studio and Cherry Studio, as well as the OpenAI and Anthropic APIs for developers.
Some tools, such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot in a company workspace, need an admin to enable the connection for your organisation first. The setup page tells you when this is the case.
Check that it works
Start a new conversation in your AI tool and ask, for example: "Use the Retraced MCP to list a few styles for my company." If your data comes back, you are connected.
Example prompts
Paste these into your AI assistant and adjust them to your needs.
Social compliance dashboard
Build me a dashboard of my social-compliance status. Pull all my suppliers' audits and their CAPA findings, group the open findings by impact area (fire safety, wages, working hours…) and by supplier, and show how they've trended over the last two years. Flag any corrective actions that are overdue, and highlight suppliers where the same finding keeps recurring.
Certificate overview
Show me all certificates in my supplier network, grouped by certificate type and supplier. Highlight certificates that expire in the next 90 days.
Material composition
Give me an overview of the fibre composition across my styles. Which fibres are used most, and which styles contain recycled materials?
Good to know
Always check important results. AI assistants can make mistakes or misread data. Verify figures in the Retraced platform before you rely on them for decisions or reporting.
One key, one company. The connection only sees the data of the company the API key belongs to.
No expiring tokens. Company API keys are long-lived, so you do not need to reconnect regularly. If you delete or replace the key in Retraced, update it in your AI tool as well.
Troubleshooting
The Retraced tools don't appear in your AI tool: fully restart the app (in Claude Desktop, closing the window is not enough) and check the steps on the setup page again. In a company workspace, ask your admin to check that the Retraced connection and all its tools are enabled.
The key is rejected: make sure you copied the full key and that it hasn't been deleted in Retraced. If needed, create a new key.
You get no data back: check that the API is part of your subscription and that the data you're asking about is covered (see the table above).
Still stuck? Contact our support team through the chat in the Retraced platform.