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Summary
AFAS Profit — Dutch ERP and HR: read any published GetConnector, list what is available, and inspect a connector's metadata. Token auth with AFAS's base64-wrapped XML token.
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AFAS Profit + Gemini
AFAS Profit — Dutch ERP and HR: read any published GetConnector, list what is available, and inspect a connector's metadata. Token auth with AFAS's base64-wrapped XML token.
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
AFAS_ENVIRONMENT, AFAS_TOKEN
Step 1 — Get credentials
AFAS exposes nothing until somebody publishes a GetConnector. That is the whole model, and it is why this adapter takes the connector name as a parameter rather than hard-coding entity paths.
- In AFAS open Algemeen → Beheer → App connector and create an app connector for the integration.
- Add the GetConnectors the agent should reach. The typed tools use the standard
Profit_Debtor,Profit_Debtor_Invoices(outstanding debtor items) andProfit_Employees; anything else, including your own custom GetConnectors, goes throughafas_profit_get_data. A GetConnector that has not been added to the app connector does not exist as far as the API is concerned.
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in Gemini
Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide showsYOUR_SERVER_ID.
Gemini CLI reads MCP servers from ~/.gemini/settings.json (or %APPDATA%\gemini\settings.json on Windows). Add:
{
"mcpServers": {
"anythingmcp": {
"httpUrl": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID",
"headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
}
}
}
- Get your MCP API key from AnythingMCP → MCP Servers → your server → API keys.
- Save the file and restart
gemini. - Run
/mcpinside the Gemini CLI —AFAS Profitshould be listed as available. - Vertex AI Studio: pass
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_IDto thetoolsarray of your request with the sameX-API-Keyheader.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
afas_profit_list_connectors | List the GetConnectors and UpdateConnectors published to this app connector |
afas_profit_get_connector_metadata | Read one GetConnector's field definitions: the field ids, their types and lengths |
afas_profit_get_data | Read rows from a GetConnector with AFAS's positional three-list filter |
afas_profit_get_debtors | Read the Profit_Debiteuren GetConnector — customers with their debtor number, name, address and credit data |
afas_profit_get_invoices | Read the Profit_Facturen GetConnector — invoices with their number, date, debtor and amounts |
afas_profit_get_employees | Read the Profit_Medewerkers GetConnector — employees with their number, name, department and employment data |
FAQ
Does Gemini 1.5 Pro or 2.x support MCP? Yes — Gemini CLI ≥ 0.4 and Vertex AI tools API both accept MCP httpUrl connectors with custom headers.
Next steps
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