How to Connect TallyPrime to Gemini via MCP

💡 TallyPrime runs on your own computer, so AnythingMCP has to reach it. Run AnythingMCP on the same network (see below), or use cloud.anythingmcp.com with a secure tunnel or VPN to the TallyPrime port. The port has no password: never expose it to the internet without access control.

TallyPrime + Gemini

TallyPrime accounting (Tally Solutions) over its XML/HTTP interface: companies, ledgers, groups, stock items, Trial Balance, Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, Day Book, ledger statements and outstanding receivables and payables. Read-only.

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:

TALLY_URL

Step 1 — Get credentials

1. In TallyPrime press F1 (Help) → Settings → Connectivity → Client/Server configuration (in older releases Exchange → Data Synchronization). Set TallyPrime acts as to Server (or Both), enable ODBC, keep the port (default 9000) and accept. Restart TallyPrime if asked.
2. Open (load) the companies you want to read. Only companies that are open in the running TallyPrime are visible.
3. Make the port reachable from AnythingMCP (see Network below) and put the address and port in TALLY_URL, for example http://192.168.1.20:9000, with nothing after the port. Opening that address in a browser on the same network shows "TallyPrime Server is Running".
4. Install the connector and run tallyprime_list_companies. It lists the open companies with their exact names, which every other tool needs.

Network: TallyPrime runs on your own computer or server, so AnythingMCP must be able to reach it. AnythingMCP Cloud cannot reach a LAN address such as 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x. Run a self-hosted AnythingMCP on the same network (allowed to reach the TallyPrime host in its outbound address allow list), or publish the port through a secure tunnel or VPN. The Tally port has no password: anyone who can reach it can read and import data, so never open it to the internet without access control in front of it.

Read-only: the AI reads companies, ledgers, groups, voucher types, stock items, the Trial Balance, Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, Day Book, ledger statements and outstanding receivables and payables. It does not create or change any voucher or master.

Exact values: company, ledger, group and voucher type names must match TallyPrime exactly (for example Sharma & Sons). Dates are YYYYMMDD (20250401), and Indian financial years run 1 April to 31 March: a period outside the company's books returns an empty report. Amounts follow Tally's sign convention: debit negative, credit positive.

Where to start: after tallyprime_list_companies, tallyprime_get_trial_balance gives an overview, tallyprime_get_bills_receivable shows who owes money (it needs bill-wise details enabled on the customer ledgers), tallyprime_get_ledger_vouchers gives one party's statement and tallyprime_get_day_book lists the vouchers of a short period. Large reports over a long period can take several seconds and return a lot of data, so keep ranges to about a month.

Common errors: "Could not set SVCurrentCompany" means the company is not open in TallyPrime or its name differs. When Tally reports a failure, the connector returns it as an error with Tally's own text.

Version 1 does not post vouchers or create and edit ledgers, groups or stock items.

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 shows YOUR_SERVER_ID.

Gemini CLI reads MCP servers from ~/.gemini/settings.json (on Windows %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json). Add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anythingmcp": {
      "httpUrl": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID",
      "headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

1. Create an MCP API key in AnythingMCP under MCP Servers → your server → API keys, and paste it in place of YOUR_MCP_API_KEY.
2. Save the file and restart gemini.
3. Run /mcp inside Gemini CLI (or gemini mcp list in your shell): anythingmcp should show as connected.
4. Start prompting: Gemini CLI can now call the TallyPrime tools.

Available tools

Example prompts

• "Show the Trial Balance of our company for September 2026 and point out any unusual balances."
• "Which customers owe us money, and which of their bills are more than 60 days overdue?"
• "Give me the ledger statement of Sharma & Sons for last month with the closing balance."
• "List all Sales vouchers entered last week with the party and amount of each."

FAQ

Where does Gemini CLI look for MCP servers? In ~/.gemini/settings.json for your user, or in .gemini/settings.json inside a project. gemini mcp list shows each server and whether it connects.

Next steps

• Connector landing page
• Connect to Claude
• Connect to ChatGPT