Maximo Enterprise MCP Server

IBM Maximo MCP server: assets, work orders, inventory, purchasing, labor, OSLC tools.

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What is the Maximo Enterprise MCP MCP server?

Maximo Enterprise MCP MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Maximo Enterprise MCP directly instead of describing what you should do. IBM Maximo MCP server: assets, work orders, inventory, purchasing, labor, OSLC tools.

What you get

A production-focused integration that brings IBM Maximo Asset Management into AI workflows through the Model Context Protocol.

Setting it up

Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.

What the assistant can call

Once Maximo Enterprise MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Cursor — Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (per project):
  • OpenAI — Use GET /v1/providers/openai-tools to retrieve OpenAI-compatible tool definitions, then execute the selected tool via POST /v1/tools/{tool_name}
  • Gemini — Use GET /v1/providers/gemini-tools to retrieve Gemini function declarations from the same shared tool registry
  • Grok — Use GET /v1/providers/grok-tools. The payload is OpenAI-compatible so the same orchestration pattern works
  • Build — The Build tool exposed by this server
  • Azure — The Azure tool exposed by this server

Configuration and credentials

You will need 8 environment variables: MAXIMO_URL, MAXIMO_HOST, AUTH_MODE, MAXIMO_USERNAME, MAXIMO_PASSWORD, CURRENT_USER_ROLE, MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN, REDIS_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Before you rely on it

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the maximo enterprise mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

This sits in the AI and media services group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Maximo Enterprise MCP's toolset — Cursor, OpenAI, Gemini and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by MaxisTechnology-Dev; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Maximo Enterprise MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
CursorAdd to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (per project):
OpenAIUse GET /v1/providers/openai-tools to retrieve OpenAI-compatible tool definitions, then execute the selected tool via POST /v1/tools/{tool_name}.
GeminiUse GET /v1/providers/gemini-tools to retrieve Gemini function declarations from the same shared tool registry.
GrokUse GET /v1/providers/grok-tools. The payload is OpenAI-compatible so the same orchestration pattern works.
BuildThe Build tool exposed by this server.
AzureThe Azure tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Maximo Enterprise MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "maximo": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["maximo-enterprise-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "MAXIMO_URL": "https://your-maximo-host.com/maximo/oslc",
        "MAXIMO_HOST": "https://your-maximo-host.com",
        "AUTH_MODE": "basic",
        "MAXIMO_USERNAME": "your-username",
        "MAXIMO_PASSWORD": "your-password",
        "CURRENT_USER_ROLE": "readonly"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
MAXIMO_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
MAXIMO_HOSTEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Optional
AUTH_MODEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
MAXIMO_USERNAMEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
MAXIMO_PASSWORDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
CURRENT_USER_ROLEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
MCP_ACCESS_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
REDIS_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Maximo Enterprise MCP to Cursor.
  • Use Maximo Enterprise MCP to OpenAI.
  • Use Maximo Enterprise MCP to Gemini.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Maximo Enterprise MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 6 tools (Cursor, OpenAI, Gemini, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Maximo Enterprise MCP directly.