Build with AI

Connect Claude or ChatGPT to your AssetLab account through the Model Context Protocol and work with your data conversationally.

AssetLab ships a first-class MCP server. Connect an AI assistant once, and it can read and write your AssetLab data with your permission - every major resource in the platform is available as a tool.

What this looks like in practice

"Show me all overdue work orders at the arena, sorted by priority."

"Create a work order for the broken pump in Building 3, assign it to Sam, due Friday."

"Turn this manufacturer's maintenance recommendation PDF into a monthly PM with an inspection checklist."

"Which projects are over budget, and by how much?"

The assistant calls AssetLab tools - list_work_orders, create_work_order, create_form_template, and 200+ more - and works with live data from your organization. You review what it proposes; it does the clicking.

Set up your whole environment this way

The same tools that answer questions can build the environment in the first place. If you are comfortable working with an assistant, you can hand it your old CMMS export, a consultant's condition study, or a folder of inconsistent spreadsheets and have it create your classifications, sites and buildings, asset register, PM program, and forms - reading the sources, asking about what's ambiguous, and writing the records in dependency order.

It is a real alternative to the import wizard, and it shines exactly where the wizard struggles: messy sources, and structure that has to be designed rather than mapped. See Set up & import with AI for the build order, the bulk tools, what stays in the app (users, roles, settings), and the guardrails.

How the pieces fit

PieceRole
Your API keyCreated in Settings → API Keys - bound to your organization, restricted by scopes
The MCP server (mcp.assetlab.ca)Translates assistant tool calls into AssetLab API calls under that key
Your assistantClaude, ChatGPT, or any MCP-compatible client

The assistant never gets more access than the key's scopes allow - a read-only key makes every write tool unavailable. See the security model.

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