- MCP Server
- PowerOffice
Query and update PowerOffice with AI
Connect PowerOffice to Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client through Peliqan. Ask questions in plain English, get answers from a SOC 2 Type II warehouse, and post vouchers or update invoices back in PowerOffice – no custom OAuth code, no API rate-limit pain, no read-only compromises.
Pulling answers out of PowerOffice still takes too many clicks
PowerOffice runs your accounting, invoicing, and payroll – but every quick question means logging in, filtering reports, exporting CSVs, and pasting numbers into Excel. Finance, controlling, and accountancy teams lose hours on questions Claude could answer in seconds.
No natural language interface
"Show me overdue invoices over 30 days for client X" still means filters, exports, and pivot tables
PowerOffice API is rate-limited
Heavy AI workloads compete with your bank sync, payroll uploads, and EHF e-invoice flows for API throughput
No cross-source joins
Combining PowerOffice with CRM, Tripletex, or HR data means custom scripts and a warehouse
No native PowerOffice MCP exists
Searches for "PowerOffice MCP" return Microsoft Office MCP servers, not your accounting system. Generic Zapier wrappers don't cover Norwegian SAF-T or EHF specifics.
- What you get
Query invoices, GL accounts, customers, vouchers, and payroll in plain English
Write changes back - create invoices, post vouchers, update customers, upload payroll lines
Join with 250+ apps - combine PowerOffice with CRM, banking, payroll, or any source
SOC 2 Type II certified – enterprise-grade security
Type
Norwegian cloud accounting and payroll for SMEs
Customers
65,000+ businesses across Norway
Website
- The solution
One MCP server. Read, write, and join across 250+ sources.
Peliqan syncs your PowerOffice data into a built-in Postgres warehouse, exposes it via MCP for instant AI access, and routes writebacks through Peliqan’s connector layer so your live accounting system stays protected from rate limits and unsafe writes.
Full read + write through MCP
Where most generic MCP wrappers stop at read-only, Peliqan supports full writeback. Create invoices, post vouchers, update customers, upload payroll lines, query GL accounts - all from Claude, ChatGPT, or n8n. The first Peliqan-native PowerOffice MCP that closes the loop.
Cached warehouse, never the live API
Your AI queries a Postgres warehouse, not PowerOffice API directly. No rate limits, no slowdowns during month-end VAT close. Sync runs incrementally on your schedule (every 15 minutes by default).
Cross-source queries in one SQL statement
Join PowerOffice invoices with HubSpot CRM, Tripletex projects, or Norwegian bank data in a single query. Federated via Trino, all in Peliqan's shared warehouse.
SQL + RAG on vouchers and attachments
Combine structured SQL queries with semantic search across voucher attachments, invoice PDFs, expense receipts, and contract notes. The only MCP that answers questions about both your numbers and your documents.
Total outstanding: NOK 1,847,200 across 52 customers.
- Nordlys AS — NOK 98,500 (74 days)
- Bergen Bygg — NOK 67,200 (68 days)
- Fjell Industri — NOK 54,800 (63 days)...
- Data access
Key PowerOffice data available via MCP
Peliqan syncs PowerOffice API entities into structured warehouse tables that your AI can query directly.
| Entity | What your AI can answer | Writeback |
|---|---|---|
| OutgoingInvoices / Lines | Revenue by customer, overdue invoices, aging analysis, payment status | ✓ |
| GeneralLedgerAccounts / Vouchers | P&L by department, GL drill-down, journal entries, period close | ✓ |
| Customers / Suppliers | Receivables and payables, debtor/creditor aging, VAT number lookup | ✓ |
| Employees / PayItems | Payroll cost per period, salary breakdown, holiday pay accruals | ✓ |
| Projects / TimeEntries | Project profitability, billable vs non-billable hours, budget vs actuals | ✓ |
| SalesOrders / Products | Sales pipeline, product mix, order-to-invoice cycle, product margins | ✓ |
| DebtCollectionCases | Open collection cases, recovery rate, follow-up status, write-offs | ✓ |
| TravelExpenses / Receipts | Travel cost by employee, mileage, expense categories, reimbursement | ✓ |
| VAT / Departments | VAT codes, period totals for Skatteetaten, department-level reporting | Read |
| Attachments / Documents | Voucher PDFs, EHF invoices, contract attachments – queryable via RAG | Read |
- Use cases
What finance teams build with PowerOffice MCP
Cash collection
Daily debtor briefings
"Pull all overdue PowerOffice invoices over 30 days, group by customer, and rank by exposure - draft a follow-up plan I can send to the credit team." Claude queries your PowerOffice warehouse and returns a Slack-ready summary in seconds.
Useful for: Controllers, finance managers
Accounting automation
Voucher posting agent
Build an AI agent that runs daily, classifies incoming bank transactions against PowerOffice GL accounts, drafts vouchers, and posts them to Journal Entry. Peliqan writeback creates the voucher and attaches the receipt automatically.
Powered by: n8n + Peliqan MCP
Month-end close
VAT and Skatteetaten reporting
"Summarise VAT totals by period, flag any vouchers missing VAT codes, and give me a checklist of items to fix before submission to Skatteetaten." Joins PowerOffice vouchers, GL accounts, and VAT codes in one query.
Useful for: Accountants, auditors
Multi-client accountancy
Practice-wide reporting
For accounting firms running PowerOffice across dozens of clients - ask Claude to surface clients with payroll-tax exposure, declining margins, or overdue receivables. One query covers every client portfolio without manual file-switching.
Useful for: Norwegian accounting firms (regnskapsbyrå)
- How it works
Always-fresh copy, never the live API
Peliqan keeps a working copy of your PowerOffice data in a Postgres warehouse, refreshed on your schedule. AI queries the warehouse for speed and safety. When AI needs to make a change, Peliqan routes the writeback through its connector layer – never letting AI hit the live PowerOffice API directly.
AI never hits the PowerOffice API directly
All queries route through Peliqan's warehouse. Writebacks route through Peliqan's connector. Your live accounting system never sees a raw AI request.
No rate limit pain
PowerOffice API limits don't slow your AI down. The warehouse absorbs query load - even during heavy month-end close, payroll, or EHF e-invoice flows.
Always fresh, on your schedule
Incremental syncs run as often as every 5 minutes. You decide the cadence based on how fresh your finance, accounting, or controlling team needs the data.
Full data, every record
Every entity, every voucher, every invoice, every client. Ready for cross-source joins, Text-to-SQL, and RAG on attached documents.
- Setup
How to set up the PowerOffice MCP server
No DIY OAuth, no custom Python project, no GitHub repo to clone. Authenticate once in Peliqan and your MCP server is live.
1
Authenticate PowerOffice
Click the PowerOffice connector in Peliqan and authorise via OAuth – using your Application Key and Client Key from PowerOffice. Peliqan handles token refresh and rotation. Setup guide →
2
Select and materialize tables
Choose which entities to sync – invoices, GL accounts, customers, vouchers, payroll, projects, departments. Peliqan materializes them into Postgres on your schedule (default: every 15 minutes). Stay well within PowerOffice API rate limits. Materializing tables →
3
Create your MCP API handler
Use Peliqan’s built-in MCP template to expose the PowerOffice tables and operations your AI agents need. Set role-based permissions for read, write, or both – column-level masking for sensitive payroll and personal data supported. AI agents docs →
4
Connect Claude or ChatGPT
Run pip install mcp-server-peliqan, add your Peliqan API credentials, and start querying PowerOffice with natural language. Open source on GitHub.
Peliqan vs other PowerOffice MCP options
There’s no native PowerOffice MCP server today – so most teams reach for Zapier or Pipedream wrappers, or roll their own. Here’s how the options compare.
| Zapier MCP | Pipedream MCP | Peliqan MCP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writeback to PowerOffice | Action-based | Limited | ✓ Full read + write |
| Cross-source queries | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ 250+ sources |
| Built-in warehouse | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Postgres + Trino |
| RAG on vouchers and EHF invoices | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ SQL + RAG combined |
| Multi-client handling | Manual | Manual | ✓ Automatic |
| EU data residency | US-hosted | US-hosted | ✓ EU-hosted |
| BI + ETL + reverse ETL | ✗ MCP only | ✗ MCP only | ✓ Full data platform |
| Security certification | SOC 2 | SOC 2 | ✓ SOC 2 Type II |
Enable MCP for PowerOffice
Learn how to enable the MCP server for PowerOffice in Peliqan. See how to connect AI assistants like Claude to your live PowerOffice invoices, vouchers, GL accounts, and payroll data in just a few steps.
- Beyond MCP
The full Peliqan PowerOffice integration
MCP is one part of what Peliqan offers for PowerOffice. The full integration gives you a complete data platform for finance reporting, accounting automation, and AI-powered analytics.
Connect your favourite BI tool, write data transformations in SQL or Python, and set up data quality checks – all on the same platform.
ELT connector
Full sync into built-in warehouse
MCP server
Claude, ChatGPT, n8n, Make
Text-to-SQL
Plain English financial queries
Reverse ETL
Push data back to PowerOffice
RAG + Graph RAG
Semantic search on documents
Data quality
SQL checks + Slack/email alerts
PowerOffice MCP, answered
What is the PowerOffice MCP server?
The PowerOffice MCP server is a Model Context Protocol endpoint that exposes your PowerOffice accounting data to AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor. Peliqan’s PowerOffice MCP server lets AI query invoices, vouchers, GL accounts, customers, and payroll in plain English, and write updates back to PowerOffice – without writing OAuth integration code.
Is this MCP for PowerOffice accounting or Microsoft Office?
This is for PowerOffice – the Norwegian cloud accounting and payroll system used by 65,000+ SMEs across Norway. It’s unrelated to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or Office 365 MCP servers. Searches for “PowerOffice MCP” sometimes return Microsoft Office results – this page is specifically for PowerOffice accounting data.
How do I connect PowerOffice to Claude or ChatGPT?
Authenticate PowerOffice in Peliqan with your Application Key and Client Key, pick the entities to sync, and add the Peliqan MCP endpoint to Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, or n8n. Most finance teams go from PowerOffice authentication to first AI query in under 30 minutes. Full setup steps are in the guide above.
Does the PowerOffice MCP support writeback, or is it read-only?
Peliqan supports both read and write. Your AI agent can query PowerOffice data and also create invoices, post vouchers, update customer records, upload payroll lines, and trigger other PowerOffice API actions, with full audit logging. Generic Zapier or Pipedream MCP wrappers tend to be action-based and task-quota-capped, which gets expensive at scale.
Will AI queries hit PowerOffice API rate limits?
No. Peliqan caches your PowerOffice data in a built-in Postgres warehouse and AI queries hit the cache, not the live PowerOffice API. Your bank syncs, EHF e-invoice flows, payroll uploads, and other integrations never compete with AI for API throughput. Sync runs incrementally on your schedule (every 15 minutes by default).
Does it work for accounting firms with multiple PowerOffice clients?
Yes. Peliqan handles multi-client PowerOffice automatically – one connection covers all client books in your accountancy practice. Your AI agent can run queries like “compare gross margin across all 30 clients last month” without per-client logins or manual file-switching. Particularly powerful for Norwegian accounting firms (regnskapsbyrå) running PowerOffice across portfolios.
Is PowerOffice accounting data secure with AI agents?
Peliqan is EU-hosted, SOC 2 Type II certified, and GDPR-compliant. Row-level and column-level access control let you mask or exclude sensitive fields (payroll details, personal numbers, bank account data) from AI agents while still allowing operational queries. Every AI query and writeback is logged with full audit trail.
How is Peliqan different from Zapier or Pipedream PowerOffice MCP wrappers?
Zapier and Pipedream offer generic MCP wrappers that point at the PowerOffice API – they burn tasks per call, cap on credits, and don’t have a cached warehouse. Peliqan is the only PowerOffice MCP that supports full writeback, includes a built-in Postgres + Trino warehouse, joins PowerOffice with 250+ other connectors (CRM, banking, payroll, HR, BI), and is EU-hosted with SOC 2 Type II – which matters for Norwegian SMEs and accounting firms handling Skatteetaten reporting.
Do I need a data warehouse to use PowerOffice MCP?
No. Peliqan includes a built-in Postgres + Trino warehouse. Your PowerOffice data lands there automatically – no Snowflake, BigQuery, or dbt project required. If you already have a warehouse, Peliqan can sync to it as well, so your existing BI dashboards and reporting stay intact.
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Peliqan is secure
Security, compliance, trust, privacy and availability are our highest priority. If you want more details, if you require a certificate or a copy of Peliqan’s operating procedures, contact us now.
SOC 2 Type 2 validates our security controls, ensuring your data is protected by independently audited security measures.
ISO 27001 certification ensures enterprise-grade information security, protecting your business with globally recognized standards.
GDPR compliance guarantees EU data protection compliance, keeping PII data secure within EU boundaries.
Skip read-only. Start writing back from day one.
Connect PowerOffice, publish your MCP server, and let Claude (or ChatGPT, or n8n) answer accounting, finance, and payroll questions and update records – in minutes.
No credit card required · SOC 2 Type II certified · 2 weeks custom connector SLA