SAP + AI: which connector should I install?

Three drop-in SAP adapters — install in one click

AnythingMCP now ships three pre-configured SAP connectors. Pick the one that matches your tenant — credentials in, MCP server out, no JSON-wrangling required.

Click the adapter you need, paste your credentials, mint an MCP API key — done.

What's NOT covered (yet)

• SAP S/4HANA On-Premise — APIs are tenant-specific and reachable only inside your network. Use the DIY pattern below.
• SAP ECC (R/3 / 6.x) — Legacy. Reachable via Netweaver Gateway OData. DIY pattern below.
• SAP SuccessFactors — Requires OAuth 2.0 SAML Bearer assertion (X.509-signed). On the roadmap; open an issue to vote it up.
• SAP Ariba / Fieldglass / Commerce Cloud / Sales Cloud — Possible but not yet pre-configured.

DIY pattern for S/4HANA on-prem and ECC

Both legacy systems expose OData via SAP Netweaver Gateway. AnythingMCP works as a generic gateway: point it at your endpoints and it generates an MCP server.

Step 1 — Deploy AnythingMCP

git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && docker compose up -d

Step 2 — Create a REST connector pointing at your Gateway

In the AnythingMCP dashboard, set the base URL to your Gateway OData endpoint:

• S/4HANA On-Premise: https://your-sap-server:port/sap/opu/odata/sap
• ECC via Netweaver Gateway: same shape, requires sap-client header

Authenticate with Basic Auth (technical user) or OAuth 2.0 SAML Bearer if your tenant has SAP IAS. Add the sap-client header and, for write operations, x-csrf-token: fetch followed by the returned token.

Step 3 — Import OData $metadata as an OpenAPI spec

Fetch GET /sap/opu/odata/sap/{API_NAME}/$metadata, paste the XML into AnythingMCP's OpenAPI importer — the tools generate automatically.

Step 4 — Add the MCP server to Claude

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sap": { "url": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp" }
  }
}

Or on claude.ai → Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Bearer token = your MCP API key.

Security best practices

1. Dedicated technical user with the minimum SAP authorization profile required.
2. Read-only first — expose GET endpoints only; add writes one connector at a time.
3. Audit log on — every tool invocation is logged in AnythingMCP and reviewable.
4. Rate-limit — set per-tool quotas so a runaway prompt can't DoS your SAP box.

Next steps

• Connect SAP Business One to Claude
• Connect SAP S/4HANA Cloud to Claude
• Connect SAP Concur to Claude
• How to Convert REST APIs to MCP