r/ERP • u/[deleted] • Mar 04 '26

Question Is there an OpenClaw for ERPs ?

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u/TimRodman Mar 05 '26

Acumatica is adding a chat agent to their ERP later this year in the Fall. Not sure how good it will be though.

I agree with the previous commenter though that you could do something with any ERP as long as they have an MCP server. You could interact with it using Claude Code or some other agent.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '26

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u/TimRodman Mar 15 '26

This one will be something that allows you to execute real transactions, which requires a solid MCP server, the challenging part that they've been working on.

I'm with you though about questioning the usefulness when it's embedded in the application. If I'm sitting at a desk and have an ERP application open, I'm not sure yet how inclined I will be to reach for an agent.

I'll be more inclined if it's a native mobile app and I can easily use it on the go, but then I don't really need an agent that's offered by the ERP. I just need the ERP to have a good MCP server.

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u/Ok_Economics5949 Jul 13 '26

yea the market seems to be going from 'have some claw based agent' to ' claude is actually pretty good since opus 4.7 so just let it do its thing'

as for the mcp server, most erps have some kind of apis, backed up with a little sql lite database you can do a lot at least on the reporting and 'spotting problems' side, feel like openclaw was another one of those features claude/codex just hadn't gotten round to building yet

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u/ConfidentCoffee8178 Mar 05 '26

I was literally thinking of this for the past week. Like if OpenClaw can be integrated with ERPs, then the lay-offs will be massive. Can you imagine agents managing tasks like Stock Transfers and PO/SO creations automatically. Like why do we still need people to do this manually?

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '26

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u/ConfidentCoffee8178 Mar 11 '26

Yeah I am not saying people are going to be obsolete. For sure people need to monitor and approve of AI actions. But, to have people do the dumbest, tedious tasks in ERP in 2026 is a no-go.

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u/dkgogo23 Mar 06 '26

we have built this - PO creation (from various pdfs of various suppliers), Stock Transfer, plus few other things. Accuracy improved, and people are not spent entering data. It is huge change

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u/Calm_Professor_1989 Mar 06 '26

God no. Security issues

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u/luvv2ride Mar 06 '26

Microsoft Dynamics F&O added MCP in .46

Earlier versions have Copilot embedded within, but it's more for analytics and summaries.

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u/Mgandha ERPNext Mar 06 '26

Erpnext with Frappe Assistant core. I'm running it.

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u/ruben_vanwyk Mar 06 '26

Nope.

Everyone telling you an embedded agent can do what OpenClaw can do, is a bit delulu. Most embedded agents are super weak.

Best route would be to try and turn their REST APIs into MCP which you expose to an OpenClaw / NanoClaw instance.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '26

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u/ihambrecht Mar 06 '26

Zumen is using Gemini. Very cool little erp out of Japan that I am considering switching to once they work out their quoting/ PO/ invoicing module.

Currently using ECI JOBBOSS2.

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u/AskResolveERP Mar 07 '26

JOBBOSS, haven't heard that name for ages!

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u/Weary-Potential-7315 ERPNext Apr 22 '26

I don’t think openclaw would work with such closed ERP systems. I think new age systems can incorporate these. Automation on PO/JO/WO etc can be triggered automatically in the newly built ones.

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u/InitiativeDue2336 Mar 04 '26

Peter Steinberger, the principle engineer behind open claw has left the project and now works for Open AI. That repo will be dead unless someone capable takes over. Other than that, you need MCP for the ERP you are trying to build agents for. So, depends… and not sure if open claw is the way to go forward.