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Connect EspoCRM to Microsoft Copilot via MCP

EspoCRM open-source CRM: accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, cases, calls, meetings and tasks, plus a generic entity route for custom entities. API-key auth against your own instance.

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EspoCRM

EspoCRM

EspoCRM open-source CRM: accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, cases, calls, meetings and tasks, plus a generic entity route for custom entities. API-key auth against your own instance.

tools

9

Region

INTL

Category

CRM

Authentication

API Key

Required env vars

ESPOCRM_URLESPOCRM_API_KEY
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Summary

EspoCRM open-source CRM: accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, cases, calls, meetings and tasks, plus a generic entity route for custom entities. API-key auth against your own instance.

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EspoCRM + Microsoft Copilot

EspoCRM open-source CRM: accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, cases, calls, meetings and tasks, plus a generic entity route for custom entities. API-key auth against your own instance.

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:

ESPOCRM_URL, ESPOCRM_API_KEY

Step 1 — Get credentials

Getting a key

  1. In EspoCRM go to Administration → API Users and create an API user. Choose API Key authentication (not HMAC — this adapter sends the plain key).
  2. Assign a role that grants read access to the entities the agent should see. EspoCRM enforces roles per entity and per field, so a restricted role produces fewer rows and fewer columns rather than an error.
  3. Copy the generated key into ESPOCRM_API_KEY and set ESPOCRM_URL to your instance root (no trailing slash, no /api/v1).

The header is X-Api-Key.

…(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 Microsoft Copilot

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 shows YOUR_SERVER_ID.

Microsoft Copilot uses MCP servers through agents built in Copilot Studio: you add AnythingMCP to an agent as a tool, then publish the agent to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams. Copilot Studio connects from Microsoft's cloud over Streamable HTTP, which AnythingMCP supports.

  1. In Copilot Studio, open your agent (or create one), go to Tools and choose Add a tool → New tool → Model Context Protocol.
  2. Enter a Server name (for example AnythingMCP), a Server description that says what the connector does, and the Server URL https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID. Copilot Studio uses the description to decide when to call the server.
  3. Under authentication, choose API key, set Type to Header and the header name to X-API-Key, then select Create.
  4. In Add tool, choose Create a new connection, paste an MCP API key from AnythingMCP (MCP Servers → your server → API keys) and select Add to agent.
  5. Try it in the agent's Test pane: ask for something that needs the EspoCRM tools.
  6. Select Publish, then Channels → Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams, keep Make agent available in Microsoft Copilot selected and choose Add channel. See agent in Teams installs it for you; in Microsoft 365 Copilot, type @ and pick the agent.

Prefer per-user sign-in? Choose OAuth 2.0 → Dynamic discovery instead of an API key: each user then signs in to AnythingMCP the first time the agent calls it.

Self-hosting? Use your instance's public HTTPS address instead of https://cloud.anythingmcp.com. Copilot Studio connects from Microsoft's cloud, so localhost does not work.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
espocrm_get_app_userRead the API user this key belongs to, with their roles and the entity permissions they carry
espocrm_list_entitiesList records of any entity type with a single where clause
espocrm_get_entityRead one record of any entity type by id, with every attribute the API user's role permits
espocrm_list_accountsList accounts — the customer companies — with their name, industry, website, phone, billing city and assigned user
espocrm_list_contactsList contacts with their name, account, e-mail, phone and title, to find the person before logging an interaction against them
espocrm_list_opportunitiesList opportunities with their name, account, amount, stage, probability and close date — the sales-pipeline view
espocrm_list_leadsList leads with their name, company, status, source, e-mail and phone — the top of the funnel, before conversion into an account
espocrm_list_casesList support cases with their number, subject, status, priority, account and assigned user
espocrm_get_relatedList the records linked to one record — the contacts on an account, the opportunities on a contact, the activities on anything

FAQ

Which Copilot is this for? Microsoft 365 Copilot at work, through agents built in Copilot Studio. The Microsoft Copilot app for personal accounts has no option to add your own MCP server.

What do I need? A work account with access to Copilot Studio (a license or a trial) to build the agent. People who use it in Microsoft 365 Copilot or Teams need access to the agent: share it with them, or ask an admin to publish it to the organization. If your organization applies data policies to Power Platform connectors, they cover MCP servers too.

The agent doesn't call the tools. Check that the header name is exactly X-API-Key and that the key belongs to the same MCP server as the URL, and make the server description specific: Copilot Studio uses it to decide when to call the server. Publish the agent again after each change; in an open chat, type "start over" to get the new version.

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