Getting Started with M-Power Analytics MCP In Claude

M-Power Analytics lets you ask questions about your M-Power data (sales, quotes, invoices, jobs and more) in plain English, using Claude. Claude only sees your company's data, and it can only read it: it can't change anything in M-Power. M-Power Analytics requires an additional M-Power subscription for access.

This is a new feature and is being provisioned for a select set of beta testers. Reach out to us if you want to be considered for the beta test group.

Time: about 6 minutes.

Before you start

• Your M-Power invite email. It has a temporary password that expires 7 days after it was sent. If it has expired, ask M-Power support for a new one.
• A Claude account at claude.ai. The free plan works. If your company uses Claude Team or Enterprise, your administrator may already have added M-Power Analytics: skip to step 9.
• An authenticator app on your phone, such as Microsoft Authenticator or Google Authenticator. You'll need it to finish your first sign-in.
• Ensure you (or your Claude admin) have added the M-Power Analytics MCP to Claude, view more about this here.

You don't sign in to a website first. Your first sign-in happens inside these steps, when you click Connect in Claude.

Sign in for the first time

To trigger your login to M-Power Analytics for the first time after connecting the MCP, start a new chat and enter 'Using M-Power Analytics what tenants do I have access to?'.

This will trigger Claude to check and try to access M-Power Analytics, and in turn as you to connect your Claude Login to M-Power Analytics. Follow the steps below to complete this process.

1. Click Connect. The M-Power sign-in page opens.
   
2. Enter your email address in the top box and click Next. Ignore the Corporate email box: it's for M-Power staff.
   
   
3. Enter the temporary password from your invite email, then click Continue.
4. Choose your own password (at least 12 characters, with a number, a lowercase letter and an uppercase letter), enter it again to confirm, and click Change password.
5. Set up your authenticator app: scan the QR code with the app, enter the 6-digit code it shows, and click Sign in.
6. Optional, recommended: click Add passkey to sign in next time with your fingerprint, face or device PIN instead of a password and code. Or click Not now.

You're taken back to Claude, and M-Power Analytics shows as connected.

Check it works

15. In Claude, click New and ask: What companies can I access in M-Power Analytics?
16. Claude asks to use M-Power Analytics: click Always allow (or Allow once).
17. Claude answers with your company's name.

Questions to try

• What were our sales by month this financial year?
• Which customers ordered the most last quarter, and how does that compare with the same quarter last year?
• How many quotes did we send last month, and how many became orders?
• Which open jobs are on hold?
• Or check out What can I do with M-Power Analytics for more ideas.

Good to know

• Your data only. Claude can only see your company's data, and only while you're signed in.
• Signed in for 7 days. After that, Claude asks you to sign in again with your password and code (or passkey).
• Sales means orders. "Sales" is orders by order date. Ask for "invoiced sales" if you mean invoices.
• Check important numbers. Claude can make mistakes. For figures you'll rely on, ask Claude to show how it worked them out, or check them in M-Power.
• Your conversations stay in your Claude account, under Anthropic's terms for your plan. M-Power records which questions were run against your data, for security and support.

Problems

M-Power support: support@mpowersoftware.zendesk.com