AuraVMS
Procurement: manage suppliers, send RFQs, compare supplier quotes and place purchase orders.
Documentation
Manage suppliers, send RFQs, compare quotes and place purchase orders by asking your AI assistant. It works with your existing AuraVMS workspace and permissions.
Before you start
You need an AuraVMS account with an active plan or trial. Sign up at app.auravms.com.
Connect in Claude
- 1Open the AuraVMS listing in the Claude directory, or in Claude go to Settings → Connectors and search for AuraVMS.
- 2Click Connect. You are sent to AuraVMS; sign in if asked.
- 3Review what Claude will be able to do and click Allow. You return to Claude, connected.
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Connect in ChatGPT
- 1In ChatGPT, open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode.
- 2Go to chatgpt.com/plugins, click Create MCP app, name it AuraVMS and enter the server URL above.
- 3Sign in to AuraVMS and click Allow.
- 4In a new chat, pick AuraVMS from the tools menu and ask away.
Muse by Meta
In Muse, open Connectors and search for AuraVMS. Click Connect, sign in to AuraVMS and click Allow, then ask Muse to run your RFQs.
Things to ask
- “Which suppliers do we have for packaging?”
- “Create an RFQ for 500 kg of 2 mm cold-rolled steel, due 15 November, and invite our steel suppliers.”
- “Compare the quotes on our Q4 production materials RFQ and tell me the cheapest supplier for each item.”
- “Remind every supplier who hasn’t quoted on the Q4 RFQ yet.”
- “Place the order for the M8 bolts with the lowest quote.”
What the assistant can do
| Tool | What it does | Type |
|---|---|---|
list_suppliers | Search or list your suppliers. | Read |
add_supplier | Add a supplier. Existing emails are reused, not duplicated. | Write |
list_rfqs | List RFQs, optionally by status or search term. | Read |
get_rfq | Show an RFQ’s line items and which suppliers have responded. | Read |
get_quotes | Compare supplier quotes for a line item with L1/L2/L3 ranking. | Read |
create_rfq_draft | Save an RFQ draft with items and invited suppliers. Nobody is emailed. | Write |
send_rfq | Email a draft RFQ to its suppliers. | Emails suppliers |
send_reminders | Remind suppliers who have not quoted (once per RFQ per day). | Emails suppliers |
place_order | Award a line item to a quote and email the purchase order. | Emails suppliers |
close_rfq | Close an RFQ to further quotes. | Cannot be undone |
request_feature | Send a feature request or feedback to the AuraVMS team, with your account details so we can follow up. | Write |
Tools that email a supplier, place an order or close an RFQ are labelled as such to Claude and ChatGPT. To review each one before it runs, set it to Needs approval in Claude under Settings → Connectors → AuraVMS. The connector cannot change billing, team members or organization settings.
Disconnect
Remove the connector in Claude or ChatGPT, or revoke its key under Settings → API Keys in AuraVMS (it is named after the assistant, for example “Claude (AI connector)”). A revoked key stops working immediately.