Use AI to chat directly with Cinode – thanks to MCP (Video)

Imagine being able to ask questions to your Cinode data, get real-time insights, analyze availability, match consultants to projects, and create reports in seconds — all through a simple chat.

With MCP (Model Context Protocol), we’re creating brand-new ways to interact with Cinode.

👉 In the video below, we’ll show you how you can chat directly with Cinode — without clicking through menus or exporting data to Excel. MCP also enables interaction between AI agents and different systems, opening up entirely new possibilities for automation and collaboration.

🧠 What is MCP?

MCP stands for Model Context Protocol — an open standard protocol that enables AI models (like ChatGPT and Claude) to connect directly to external systems, such as Cinode.

This means you can use AI to:

• Get direct answers from your Cinode data.
• Ask complex questions in natural language.
• Execute actions and run analyses without leaving the chat.

In short: You ask – Cinode delivers the answers.
And thanks to MCP, you can also let AI agents collaborate with your Cinode data for even smarter automation.

💬 How to use the Cinode chat

📊 1. Consultant & Skills Analysis

• Which consultants have capacity in November?
• List all with .NET skills at level 4 or higher.
• Create a skill matrix for Team X.
• What does utilization look like for next quarter?

💼 2. Project & Customer Insights

• Show all active projects and booked consultants.
• Which customers have had no activity in the past 30 days?
• How many assignments are currently in the pipeline?

📅 3. Staffing & Resource Planning

• What does the utilization look like in week 46?
• Who is overbooked next month?
• Show all staffing conflicts.

🏢 4. Organization & Team Analysis

• Which teams have the most senior developers?
• Show a skill matrix for Team Backend.
• Which teams currently have the highest availability?

📈 5. Sales Insights

• How many meetings have our salespeople had in the past month?
• Show projects in the proposal stage.
• Which customers have the most open opportunities?

🛠️ A few advanced use cases

• Find the best consultant for Project X based on skills, location, and availability.
• Forecast utilization for Q1 next year.
• Identify low-activity customers and match them with available consultants.
• Visualize a heatmap of all .NET skills across the organization.
• Provide decision-making insights for management for the next three months.

🤖 What’s happening under the hood

MCP acts as a “common language” between Cinode and AI:

• The MCP server in Cinode exposes data and functions.
• The chat (e.g., in ChatGPT or Claude) connects and uses these resources.
• The result is delivered as understandable text, tables, or visualizations.

You no longer have to search the system manually — just ask, and you’ll get the answer.

🌟 Try it yourself – it’s included in your Cinode subscription!

If you’re a paying Cinode customer, you already have access to MCP.
Contact our support team, and we’ll help you get set up so you can start chatting right away. A quick way to get started is to connect Cinode MCP to Claude with our guide.

This is just the beginning of a much more interactive, fast, and smart way to work with Cinode.