Connect your AFAS Profit administration with AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot and work faster and smarter with your accounting data. With the iWeb AI connector you ask questions in plain language, gain instant insight and let AI do the heavy lifting. Installation takes only a few minutes.
What exactly does AFAS AI Connect do?
AFAS AI Connect is an MCP connector that lets an AI tool such as ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot access your AFAS Profit administration. Instead of running reports or exporting data, you simply ask what you need and get an instant answer from your own figures. Safe and real time, without any technical knowledge.
You no longer have to navigate through menus and overviews. Ask your question in plain language, and the AI pulls the right data from AFAS Profit and shows it right away.
How do you work with it?
The way you add the connector differs per AI tool. In Claude you install our app directly, in the other tools you add a connector link. After that you connect your AFAS Profit environment once and simply ask your questions. Below you will find the exact steps for each tool.
This is the connector link you add to ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or Perplexity:
https://mcp-afas.iwebdevelopment.com
Choose your AI tool
Claude
AFAS AI Connect, by iWebDevelopmentConnect AFAS Profit to your AI assistant for live insight into your figures and actions with your approval.
1Click Install and log in with your Claude account. This works on all plans, including free.
2On the app page, click Install. If you work in a Team or Enterprise account without administrator rights, it will say Request and your request goes straight to your organisation's administrator.
3In Claude, click Connect next to the connector. Your browser opens the iWebDevelopment connection page. Enter the details of your AFAS Profit environment and connect. You only need to do this once.
4Open a new chat and ask your first question.
Tip: you turn the connector on and off per conversation via the + button at the bottom left, under Connectors.
Not working right away? Are you using the Claude desktop app? Close it completely (on Mac with Cmd+Q, the cross only closes the window) and start it again.
ChatGPT
Requires a paid ChatGPT subscription (Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Education). On Plus and Pro you enable Developer Mode yourself; with Business and Enterprise an administrator can arrange or restrict this. Developer Mode is still in beta.
1Go to Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer Mode. Confirm the notification.
2Go to Settings → Plugins (or open chatgpt.com/plugins directly).
3Click the plus button to create a developer-mode app.
4Give the connector a name (for example AFAS AI Connect) and paste the connector link into the server URL field. Choose OAuth as authentication.
5Click Create. You are redirected to the connector page of iWebDevelopment. Enter the details of your AFAS Profit environment and connect. You only need to do this once.
6Open a new chat, choose Developer mode via the + menu, turn on the connector and ask your first question.
Tip: mention in your question that you want to use AFAS AI Connect, so ChatGPT picks the right source right away.
Gemini
The standard Gemini app cannot yet add its own connector through a link. This works through the Gemini CLI (for technical users) or through Gemini Enterprise. Please note: Google is moving its CLI tooling to Antigravity CLI, so the exact commands may differ per version.
Through the command line
1Install Google's Gemini CLI on your computer. Follow Google's installation instructions; the tooling is shifting to Antigravity CLI.
2Add the connector to your MCP configuration under mcpServers, with the connector link as the server.{
"mcpServers": {
"afas-ai-connect": {
"httpUrl": "https://mcp-afas.iwebdevelopment.com"
}
}
}
3Start the CLI. In your browser you will be taken to the iWebDevelopment connection page. Enter your AFAS Profit details and connect.
4Type /mcp to check whether the connector is active and ask your question.
Working with Gemini Enterprise? Then an administrator registers the connector as a custom MCP datastore with the connector link and OAuth. We are happy to help you with that.
Copilot
Requires a Copilot Studio license. With a free 30-day trial you can test it first. Make sure generative orchestration is turned on.
1Open your agent in Copilot Studio and go to Tools.
2Click Add a tool and then New tool.
3Choose Model Context Protocol.
4Give the connector a name (for example AFAS AI Connect), a short description, and paste the connector link in the Server URL field.
6Click Create and then Add to agent. You will be redirected to the connection page of iWebDevelopment to connect your AFAS Profit environment.
Please note: Copilot Studio is an environment for building agents, not a regular chat. Have you not set that up yet? We are happy to help you get started.
Perplexity
Requires Perplexity Pro, Max or Enterprise.
1Go to Account settings and select All settings → Connectors.
2In the top right, click + Custom connector and choose Remote.
3Give the connector a name (for example AFAS AI Connect) and paste the connector link into the server URL field.
4Check the box confirming that you understand custom connectors can carry risks and click Add.
5Click the connector to start authorisation. You will be redirected to the connection page of iWebDevelopment. Enter your AFAS Profit details and connect. You only need to do this once.
6In the chat, click the + (Connectors and sources), turn on AFAS AI Connect and ask your question.
Tip: is the connector ready but you are not getting answers from your figures? Check that AFAS AI Connect is ticked under the + menu before you ask your question.
What can you do with it?
AFAS AI Connect does more than answer questions. It reads your figures, builds overviews and can also prepare things for you in AFAS Profit. A few concrete examples:
Questions and analyses
Overviews on request
Ask for an overview and the AI builds it right away from your AFAS figures. No separate reporting needed.
"Show my revenue per period for this financial year."
"Show my costs per general ledger account this month."
Accounts receivable and cash flow
See at a glance who still needs to pay and what that does to your liquidity.
"Which sales invoices have been open for more than 30 days and how much money is involved?"
"Which customers have the largest outstanding balances?"
Result and general ledger
View your result without building a report yourself.
"How is my result developing compared to last year?"
"Which cost item deviates the most from last quarter?"
Look up contacts
Quickly find the right sales or purchase contact, even while you are on the phone.
"Look up the details of sales contact X."
"Which purchase contacts have I used most this year?"
Actions and automation
Prepare a sales invoice
Have a draft sales invoice drawn up with the right contact and lines.
"Create a draft sales invoice for contact X with these three lines."
"Prepare a sales invoice like the one from last month, but for contact Y."
Purchase invoice from PDF
Add a purchase invoice and let the AI read it in and prepare it as a draft entry.
"Read this purchase invoice and prepare it as an entry in AFAS Profit."
"Check whether the amount on this purchase invoice matches the order."
Prepare an entry
Have an entry prepared in the right journal, split across the right general ledger accounts.
"Prepare a draft entry in journal Y for these costs."
"Split these costs across the right general ledger accounts."
Reminders and overviews
Have reminders drawn up or a recurring overview compiled whenever you ask for it.
"Write a reminder for customers with invoices older than 30 days."
"Give me an overview of the outstanding accounts receivable."
With write actions you stay in control: the AI first prepares an entry or invoice as a draft, and you approve it before it is finalised in AFAS Profit. What is possible depends on the rights you grant the App Connector.
Key benefits
AFAS AI Connect saves you time and gives you faster insight into your figures. Here is what it delivers:
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Set up in minutes. Install the app in Claude or add the connector link to your own AI tool, and connect your AFAS Profit environment once. Done.
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Plain language, direct answers. Ask questions the way you would ask a colleague.
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Always up-to-date data. The connector retrieves real-time data from AFAS Profit.
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You decide what the AI can do. Through the rights on the App Connector you decide exactly which data the AI may view and which actions are allowed.
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Safe and reliable. Through the official AFAS App Connector, hosted in the EU.
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Works with your favourite AI tool. Compatible with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and Perplexity.
Security & privacy
Your accounting data is sensitive. We know that better than anyone. That is why:
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Your data, your environment. Your administration stays in AFAS Profit. Through the App Connector permissions you decide exactly which data the AI may view and change.
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Secure authorization. The connection runs through the official AFAS App Connector.
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ISO 27001 certified. iWebDevelopment meets the strictest international security standards and is a certified AFAS partner.
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You control the access. You set the permissions and revoke the connector whenever you want.
Solving problems
Running into something? Below you will find the most common situations and how to solve them.
The AI does not recognize the connector
Are you using Claude? Check whether the app is installed and whether you clicked Connect. In the other AI tools, check whether the connector link has been copied correctly: https://mcp-afas.iwebdevelopment.com. Are you using a desktop app such as Claude Desktop? Close the app completely and start it again. On macOS you do that with Cmd+Q, the cross only closes the window.
You can't add connectors in Claude
In Team and Enterprise accounts, only the owner or an administrator may add connectors. The app page then shows Request instead of Install. Click it and your request goes straight to your organization's administrator.
You get a connection or authorization error
Check that you entered the details of your AFAS Profit environment correctly on the connection page, including the environment number and the token. Is everything correct but it still doesn't work? Then go through the connection step again.
The AI gives no results or empty answers
Check that the right permissions have been granted to the App Connector. Without the required permissions, the AI cannot retrieve certain data or carry out actions. We show which permissions are needed; set only part of them and only part will work.
Still having problems?
Get in touch with our team. We're happy to help you further.
Support & SLAs
You're not on your own. Our team helps you with the installation and thinks along about the right setup.
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Frequently asked questions
The connector works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity. You add the same connector link everywhere and connect your AFAS Profit environment once. Do keep an eye on the conditions per tool: with Claude it works on any subscription, with ChatGPT and Perplexity you need a paid subscription and Copilot requires a Copilot Studio license.
Yes. Besides answering questions, the AI can for example draft a sales invoice, read a purchase invoice from a PDF or prepare an entry in the right journal. Everything is first set up as a draft: you approve it before it is finally processed in AFAS Profit.
Your administration stays in AFAS Profit and the connection runs through the official AFAS App Connector, hosted in the EU. Through the permissions on that App Connector you decide exactly which data the AI may view and which actions are allowed, and you can revoke the connector again at any time. iWebDevelopment is also ISO 27001 certified and a certified AFAS partner.
No, the installation takes a few minutes. You paste the connector link into your AI tool, enter the details of your AFAS Profit environment on the connection page and connect once. Only with Gemini is the bar higher: there the connector runs through the command line or Gemini Enterprise.
First check whether the correct permissions have been granted to the App Connector: without those permissions the AI cannot retrieve certain data. Also check whether the connector link has been copied correctly and whether the connector is enabled in the conversation. If you use a desktop app, close it completely and restart it.
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