# Forthcast Inventory Muse connector

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## Forthcast Inventory

Shows Shopify store owners what to reorder, how much to buy and which stock is running low or sitting idle.

- Record: https://musedirectory.ai/connector/forthcast-inventory
- Category: Shopping & Commerce
- Developer: Forthcast (https://forthcast.io)
- Muse status: Extra setup. Not in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
- Health: Working, 249ms, checked 2026-11-02T10:56:10Z
- Endpoint: https://app.forthcast.io/mcp
- Auth: No account needed; Pricing: unknown
- Screening: Screened, no issues found (2026-11-02T10:56:10Z)
- Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (io.forthcast/inventory) https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=io.forthcast%2Finventory

Connects to a Shopify store through Forthcast to show live stock, demand forecasts, reorder points, suggested order quantities, open purchase orders and supplier performance. Standalone calculators for safety stock, order quantity and demand forecasting work without a connected store. Read-only: it does not create or change purchase orders.

Example request: "Which of my Shopify products are at risk of running out in the next two weeks, and how many should I reorder from each supplier?"

How to connect: Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Paste this into Muse: "Use Forthcast Inventory to help me. It is a free service with an MCP server at https://app.forthcast.io/mcp. It does not need an API key. Ask me before you share anything with it." Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.

Tools:
- 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 valuation, or current PO workload. Requires a connected Forthcast store; the assistant will prompt to sign in.
- get_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 live lead-time, MOQ, case-pack, open-PO, location, and supplier minimum-order-value logic; this tool does not create a PO. Requires a connec
- 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 excess items or a supplier's critical SKUs. Requires a connected Forthcast store; the assistant will prompt to sign in.
- get_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, supplier, or open-PO coverage. Requires a connected Forthcast store; the assistant will prompt to sign in.
- list_purchase_orders: Use this when the merchant asks what is ordered, drafted, open, partially received, received, cancelled, overdue, expected, or associated with a named supplier. Results are grouped by PO; this tool does not approve, receive, cancel, or otherwise modify an order. Requires a connec
- get_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 time, spend, or invoice price accuracy, plus current open and overdue purchase-order counts. Requires a connected Forthcast store; the assis
- 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 an average daily demand with its variability, plus the supplier lead time and a service level. Returns safety stock, lead-time demand and th
- 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, case pack or a minimum order value. Sizes the line the way Forthcast sizes a purchase-order line and lists every rule that changed the quantity
- forecast_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, weekly or daily totals (oldest first) and returns the next periods with an 80 percent range, the model used (Holt-Winters seasonal, damped tren
- score_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 how healthy the inventory is. Up to 500 rows. Applies Forthcast's urgency bands (Order now, Plan ahead, On track, Excess, No demand), reorde
- 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, urgency bands, service level, ABC class, EOQ, order quantity, fill rate, on-time rate, lead time, intermittent demand. Works without a conn

Screening checks:
- MCP handshake: pass (Answered in 249ms)
- Domain against threat feeds (Cloudflare security DNS): pass (app.forthcast.io, forthcast.io not flagged)
- Published packages against the OSV malicious-package database: n/a (No npm or PyPI package published)
- Hidden instructions or invisible characters in tool text: pass (11 tools read, nothing found)
- Inputs asking for passwords, card numbers or seed phrases: pass (None found)
- Domain and redirects: pass (No redirects off the domain)
- AI review of purpose and tool behavior: pass (No concerns)