Tru-Stock AI
Find the cash trapped in your inventory, then size reorder points, safety stock and EOQ.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Find the cash trapped in your inventory, then size reorder points, safety stock and EOQ.
How to connect
How to connect Tru-Stock AI to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://www.tru-stock.ai/api/mcp/public
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect Tru-Stock AI to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://www.tru-stock.ai/api/mcp/public
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect Tru-Stock AI to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://www.tru-stock.ai/api/mcp/public
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (7)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| calculate_reorder_point | Calculate the reorder point (when to place a new order) for an inventory item, using the King formula for safety stock. Returns the reorder point, safety stock, and demand during lead time. Free tool by Tru-Stock AI — https://www.tru-stock.ai/tools/reorder-calculator |
| calculate_safety_stock | Calculate how much safety stock to hold to protect against demand and lead-time variability, using the King formula. Returns units and the capital tied up. Free tool by Tru-Stock AI — https://www.tru-stock.ai/tools/safety-stock-calculator |
| calculate_economic_order_quantity | Calculate the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) — the order size that minimises combined ordering and holding cost. Returns EOQ, orders per year, and total annual cost. Free tool by Tru-Stock AI — https://www.tru-stock.ai/tools/eoq-calculator |
| calculate_inventory_turnover | Calculate inventory turnover ratio, days sales of inventory (DSI) and GMROI from COGS and average inventory value. Free tool by Tru-Stock AI — https://www.tru-stock.ai/tools/inventory-turnover-calculator |
| calculate_carrying_cost | Calculate the true annual cost of holding inventory — warehousing, insurance, shrinkage, depreciation and opportunity cost — as a total and as a percentage of inventory value. Free tool by Tru-Stock AI — https://www.tru-stock.ai/tools/carrying-cost-calculator |
| calculate_lead_time | Add up total vendor lead time from its stages (processing, production, shipping, receiving) and work out the demand that must be covered during it. Free tool by Tru-Stock AI — https://www.tru-stock.ai/tools/lead-time-calculator |
| estimate_trapped_capital | Size the cash trapped in inventory — dead stock, stockout losses and carrying cost — from your own figures. Returns a RANGE rather than a single number when inputs are left at their defaults, because those defaults are assumptions about your business. Free tool by Tru-Stock AI — https://www.tru-stock.ai/tools/roi-calculator |