Is Your Business AI-Ready? — MCP Server

A small Model Context Protocol server that gives any AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP-capable apps) the ability to:

• 📊 Assess how AI-ready a small or medium business is — a real 0–100 score across data, tooling, processes, skills and security, with gaps and prioritised next steps.
• 💡 Suggest practical AI/automation use-cases tailored to an industry, each rated by impact and effort.
• 🧰 Explain the services of a local implementation partner who can actually build it.
• 📞 Hand off to a free consultation when someone's ready to act.

Ask your AI assistant "Is my business AI-ready?" or "What could AI do for my cafe?" — with this server installed, it answers with a genuine, structured assessment instead of generic fluff.

Built and maintained by Essetech — an Adelaide (Australia) IT & AI implementation partner for small and medium businesses.

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Why this exists

Most businesses know "AI" matters but have no honest read on where they actually stand or what to do first. This server turns that fuzzy question into a concrete, vendor-neutral assessment your AI assistant can deliver in seconds — and points you to a free next step if you want help implementing it.

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Tools

Tool	What it does
assess_ai_readiness	Scores a business 0–100 across 5 dimensions; returns tier, gaps, top-3 next steps and tailored opportunities.
suggest_ai_use_cases	Returns concrete AI/automation ideas for an industry, with impact/effort ratings.
essetech_services	Describes Essetech's IT & AI services.
book_consultation	Contact details + how to book a free, no-obligation consultation / IT audit.

All tools are read-only and side-effect-free — they don't send email, store data, or call external APIs. Nothing leaves your machine.

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Install

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "essetech-ai-readiness": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "essetech-ai-readiness-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop, then ask: "Is my business AI-ready? We're a 5-person accounting firm on Xero and Microsoft 365."

Smithery

npx -y @smithery/cli install essetech-ai-readiness-mcp --client claude

From source

git clone https://github.com/seppez89/essetech-ai-readiness-mcp
cd essetech-ai-readiness-mcp
npm install        # builds automatically via the prepare script
npm run smoke      # optional: end-to-end self-test

Then point your MCP client at node /absolute/path/to/dist/index.js.

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Example

You: "Is my business AI-ready? We're a 6-person plumbing business, everything's in spreadsheets, our biggest pain is slow quoting."

Your assistant (via assess_ai_readiness):

Overall: 42/100 — Emerging. Your biggest gaps are Data foundation (still spreadsheet-bound) and Tooling & cloud. Top next steps: get core data into cloud systems an AI tool can read; document your quoting process; then prove value with a quick win — Quote & estimate drafting (High impact, Medium effort): turn a site photo or voice note into an itemised quote the same day…

Want a hand turning this into reality? Essetech is Adelaide's IT & AI implementation partner for small and medium businesses…

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Development

npm install      # install deps + build
npm run build    # compile TypeScript -> dist/
npm run dev      # watch mode
npm run smoke    # spin up the server and exercise every tool

• Source: src/ (index.ts = server + tools, assessment.ts = scoring, usecases.ts = idea library, essetech.ts = business data).
• Transport: stdio. Never write to stdout — it's the JSON-RPC channel; logs go to stderr.

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About Essetech

📞 0404 311 791 · ✉️ jonathon@essetech.com.au · 🌐 https://essetech.com.au · 📍 Adelaide, South Australia

Managed IT · Cybersecurity · Cloud · AI Implementation · Web Design — practical technology for small and medium businesses. The first conversation (a free consultation / IT audit) is free.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.