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Demand forecasts, reorder points, order quantities and inventory health for Shopify stores.
Remote server: your requests and data go to app.forthcast.io. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http forthcast-inventory https://app.forthcast.io/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
get_inventory_overview — Use this when the merchant asks for a broad inventory health check, an executive summary, their urgent/excess/no-demand counts, inventory vaget_reorder_recommendations — Use this when the merchant asks what to reorder, how much to buy, or which critical/warning items need action. Quantities reuse Forthcast's find_inventory_items — Use this when the merchant wants a bounded list of their items filtered by urgency, assigned supplier, or Shopify vendor, such as all excessget_inventory_item — Use this when the merchant names an exact SKU and needs its live stock, forecast demand, days of supply, reorder point, suggested quantity, list_purchase_orders — Use this when the merchant asks what is ordered, drafted, open, partially received, received, cancelled, overdue, expected, or associated wiget_supplier_performance — Use this when the merchant asks how suppliers are performing or wants rolling 24-month on-time rate, fill rate, actual versus promised lead calculate_reorder_point — Use this when someone asks how much safety stock to hold or at what stock level to reorder a product. Give a daily demand history (best) or calculate_order_quantity — Use this when someone asks how many units to order, given demand, lead time, stock on hand and on order, and supplier rules such as MOQ, casforecast_demand_series — Use this when someone pastes past sales numbers and asks what to expect next month, next quarter or next season. Takes 3 to 365 monthly, weescore_inventory_health — Use this when someone shares a list or CSV of products with stock and sales rates and asks which need reordering, which are overstocked, or explain_inventory_metric — Use this when someone asks what an inventory planning term means or how Forthcast calculates it: safety stock, reorder point, days of cover,Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.