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MCP Server for Progress OpenEdge

Make Your OpenEdge Applications AI‑Ready

The Progress® OpenEdge® MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server that connects your trusted OpenEdge business applications to modern AI assistants and agents securely, instantly and without needing to rewrite code.

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What Is an MCP Server?

An MCP Server is a secure integration layer that allows AI assistants and agents to safely interact with enterprise applications. Instead of just answering questions, AI can invoke approved business operations under strict governance using existing APIs and rules.

Key Benefits

  • Fast

    Deploys AI automation within weeks, not months

  • Efficient

    Requires zero custom coding when APIs already exist

  • Easy

    Simplifies everything through setup wizard

  • Powerful

    Executes end‑to‑end AI automation with agentic retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)

  • Flexible

    Runs on‑premises, in private cloud or hybrid environments 

Why MCP Servers Exist

Organizations want AI that acts, not just answers questions. But traditional AI integrations require long development cycles and custom code and introduce potential security risks.

The OpenEdge MCP Server removes that barrier by securely transforming your existing APIs into AI‑ready operations in hours, not months.

What the MCP Server Delivers

Accelerated Innovation

Enables AI-driven automation and insights instantly across existing OpenEdge systems, driving faster business outcomes

Seamless Integration

Exposes OpenEdge capabilities to AI with minimal effort and zero coding required, reducing time to value and IT overhead spend

Operational Confidence

Safeguards system reliability and performance with built-in guardrails, rate limiting and monitoring, even in complex environments

Robust Security & Compliance

Protects sensitive data and meets regulatory compliance through enterprise-grade authentication, granular access controls and audit logging

How the OpenEdge MCP Server Works

Exposes Existing APIs

The OpenEdge MCP Server is designed to securely expose business logic and data to AI workflows using the MCP. Where applicable, this exposure is represented through OpenAPI visibility and related configuration practices described in the documentation.

Applies Governance and Controls

The documentation emphasizes enterprise operations, including security, observability/logging and operational best practices. It also includes rate limiting and operational guidance, such as upgrades and key/certificate rotation, to maintain a secure deployment.

Facilitates AI-Initiated Operations

The Server is a production-grade implementation of the MCP open standard, enabling AI workflows to interact with exposed OpenEdge logic and data.

Operates Inside the OpenEdge Platform

The Server exposes OpenEdge business logic and data to AI workflows so the OpenEdge platform remains the authoritative system for AI-initiated interactions by design.

Result

All of these contribute to an overall production-grade, enterprise-oriented approach for integrating AI workflows while incorporating documented operational capabilities.

Harness Even More Power with the Progress Agentic RAG Solution

Pair the MCP Server with the Progress® Agentic RAG solution for a complete ecosystem where AI can:

Retrieve and reason over enterprise knowledge
Understand your business context
Execute operations securely and instantly

Together, they enable AI that understands and acts.

EXPLORE AGENTIC RAG

MCP Server vs. Traditional AI Integrations

Traditional AI IntegrationOpenEdge MCP Server
Custom integration code Supported APIs
Tightly coupled systems Decoupled, protocol-based integration
Higher security risk Built-in governance and controls 
Longer time to value Faster enablement using existing APIs 
Difficult to scale Specially designed for AI and agentic workflows

Real‑World Use Cases 

Manufacturing

AI checks inventory, spots shortages and creates purchase orders.

Financial Services

AI processes refunds and updates accounts.

Healthcare

AI automates appointment scheduling and patient record updates.

Wholesale & Distribution

AI generates quotes instantly to accelerate sales cycles.

Industries

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Manufacturing

AI checks inventory, spots shortages and creates purchase orders.

AI checks inventory, spots shortages and creates purchase orders.

With the OpenEdge MCP Server, manufacturers can expose existing REST endpoints as AI-callable tools. This allows AI assistants to retrieve inventory data and invoke approved purchasing operations using existing business rules. Meanwhile, all validation and logic remain in the OpenEdge application. 

This establishes AI-assisted workflows where inventory checks can lead to purchase order creation through explicitly approved APIs—reducing potential stockouts without changing application code or bypassing controls. 

Industries

1 of 9 Industries

Financial Services

AI processes refunds and updates accounts.

AI processes refunds and updates accounts.

Financial institutions can use the MCP Server to make approved REST APIs available as AI-callable tools, enabling assistants to securely connect to existing refund and account-update operations. All while authorization, validation and transaction rules continue to be enforced by the OpenEdge platform.

By routing routine service actions through MCP-exposed APIs, organizations can reduce call-center load while maintaining auditability, security controls and compliance requirements.

Industries

1 of 9 Industries

Healthcare

AI automates appointment scheduling and patient record updates.

AI automates appointment scheduling and patient record updates.

Healthcare organizations running the OpenEdge platform can expose scheduling and record-update APIs through the MCP Server so AI assistants can surface approved administrative actions using existing workflows. And AI access is limited to the endpoints you explicitly expose. 

This supports faster appointment booking and routine record updates while maintaining governance through authentication, audit logging and deployment controls aligned with regulated healthcare environments. 

Industries

1 of 9 Industries

Wholesale & Distribution

AI generates quotes instantly to accelerate sales cycles.

AI generates quotes instantly to accelerate sales cycles.

Distributors can use the MCP Server to expose pricing, inventory and order-creation APIs as AI-callable tools, allowing assistants to tap into quote-generation workflows based on live ERP data and existing pricing logic. 

Sales teams can use natural-language prompts to trigger approved quote and order operations through AI, reducing cycle times while keeping all business rules and approvals within the platform. 

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The Bottom Line

AI is essential, but connecting it to your core systems shouldn’t be the hardest part. This is where the OpenEdge MCP Server comes in. It turns your existing APIs into secure, AI‑ready tools that quickly enable real automation and business value.

Combine the Server with the Progress Agentic RAG solution to unlock an AI ecosystem that understands your data and executes your business logic—all with the reliability you’ve come to expect from Progress.

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