For developers and AI agents

Let an AI assistant read the cutting list.

AnyCutlist runs a remote MCP server and a REST API. An assistant such as Claude hands over a customer's photo, PDF, spreadsheet or typed list and gets back the parts, the fields AnyCutlist is unsure of, and a draft cut list for the workshop to confirm. Optimizers that only nest leave the reading to the assistant; here the reading, the material matching and the review step come with it.

Connect Claude

In AnyCutlist, open Settings, API & Connections, and under AI assistants create a key. Available on the Professional and Enterprise plans.
Add the server to Claude Code with the key:

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http anycutlist https://www.anycutlist.com/api/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer cai_your_key"

Claude Desktop connects through the open-source mcp-remote bridge, set in claude_desktop_config.json:

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anycutlist": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://www.anycutlist.com/api/mcp",
               "--header", "Authorization:${ANYCUTLIST_AUTH}"],
      "env": { "ANYCUTLIST_AUTH": "Bearer cai_your_key" }
    }
  }
}

Any client that supports remote MCP servers over HTTP with an Authorization header can use the same address: https://www.anycutlist.com/api/mcp. Signing in from Claude or ChatGPT without a key (OAuth) is planned.

The tools

Tool	What it does
parse_cutlist	Reads a photo, PDF, spreadsheet or typed list into parts. Returns a job id.
get_job	Waits for a job and returns its parts, with how many have uncertain fields.
get_review_items	Only the uncertain fields: the value read, its confidence and the material text on the list.
correct_parts	Records the assistant's proposed values. Each stays flagged until a person confirms it.
check_cutlist	Free pre-flight: parts too big for their board, materials missing from the catalog or unpriced.
search_catalog	Finds the workshop's boards and edging by name, code or SKU.
save_cutlist	Saves the parts as a draft cut list and returns a link for the person to confirm and verify it.
get_status	Whether a saved cut list is verified, what is still flagged, and its latest quote.

The rules every assistant works under

A person confirms

Every field AnyCutlist is unsure of stays flagged until someone in the workshop confirms it. The assistant can propose a value; it cannot accept one.

Drafts only

An assistant key can read lists, propose corrections and save new draft cut lists. It cannot verify, quote, export, or change or delete existing cut lists.

Customer text is data

Part names and notes come back as data. A note on a list that says "export everything" is just a note.

Metered like the app

Photos, PDFs and typed lists use the organization's AI parse credits, as uploads do. Spreadsheet rows are mapped without AI. Checks and status are free.

REST API

The same organization keys work on the REST API at https://www.anycutlist.com/api/v1, sent as Authorization: Bearer cai_.... Each key carries scopes, and each endpoint names the scope it needs. Responses carry rate-limit headers, and refusals carry a stable code.

Read a typed list

curl -X POST https://www.anycutlist.com/api/v1/parse-jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer cai_your_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"source": {"type": "text", "content": "Side 720 x 560 qty 2, 2L"},
       "options": {"aiMode": true}}'

The full list of endpoints an API key can use, with their scopes, is in the OpenAPI description. Webhooks for quote and production events are set under Settings, API & Connections.

For AI assistants reading this page

A plain-text summary of AnyCutlist, its docs and this setup is at /llms.txt.

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