Integrate Goose with Live NetSuite Data via CData Connect AI
Goose is an open source AI agent that runs locally on your machine and works with a wide range of LLM providers. It supports the model context protocol (MCP) through its extensions framework, so you can add external tools and data sources and give the agent access to live systems beyond the model's training data.
By integrating Goose with CData Connect AI through the built-in MCP Server, Goose gains governed, real-time access to live NetSuite data. You can list catalogs, explore schemas, and query records from NetSuite data using natural language prompts, with all data access running securely against authorized sources.
This article explains how to configure NetSuite connectivity in Connect AI, generate the required personal access token, install and set up Goose, add the Connect AI MCP Server as a custom extension, and verify the integration by querying live NetSuite data from the Goose chat.
About NetSuite Data Integration
CData provides the easiest way to access and integrate live data from Oracle NetSuite. Customers use CData connectivity to:
- Access all editions of NetSuite, including Standard, CRM, and OneWorld.
- Connect with all versions of the SuiteTalk API (SOAP-based) and SuiteQL, which functions like SQL, enabling easier data querying and manipulation.
- Access predefined and custom reports through support for Saved Searches.
- Securely authenticate with Token-based and OAuth 2.0, ensuring compatibility and security for all use cases.
- Use SQL stored procedures to perform functional actions like uploading or downloading files, attaching or detaching records or relationships, retrieving roles, getting extra table or column info, getting job results, and more.
Customers use CData solutions to access live NetSuite data from their preferred analytics tools, Power BI and Excel. They also use CData's solutions to integrate their NetSuite data into comprehensive databases and data warehouse using CData Sync directly or leveraging CData's compatibility with other applications like Azure Data Factory. CData also helps Oracle NetSuite customers easily write apps that can pull data from and push data to NetSuite, allowing organizations to integrate data from other sources with NetSuite.
For more information about our Oracle NetSuite solutions, read our blog: Drivers in Focus Part 2: Replicating and Consolidating ... NetSuite Accounting Data.
Getting Started
Step 1: Configure NetSuite connectivity for Goose
Connectivity to NetSuite from Goose is made possible through Connect AI's Remote MCP Server. To interact with NetSuite data from Goose, start by creating and configuring a NetSuite connection in Connect AI.
- Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection
- Select NetSuite from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to NetSuite.
The User and Password properties, under the Authentication section, must be set to valid NetSuite user credentials. In addition, the AccountId must be set to the ID of a company account that can be used by the specified User. The RoleId can be optionally specified to log in the user with limited permissions.
See the "Getting Started" chapter of the help documentation for more information on connecting to NetSuite.
- Click Save & Test
- Navigate to the Permissions tab and update user-based permissions
Add a Personal Access Token
A Personal Access Token (PAT) is used to authenticate the connection to Connect AI from Goose. It is best practice to create a separate PAT for each integration to maintain granular access control.
- Click the gear icon () at the top right of the Connect AI app to open Settings
- On the Settings page, go to the Access Tokens section and click Create PAT
- Give the PAT a descriptive name and click Create
- Copy the token when displayed and store it securely. It will not be shown again
With the NetSuite connection configured and a PAT generated, Goose can now connect to NetSuite data through Connect AI.
Step 2: Install and set up Goose
Next, install Goose, choose an LLM provider, and add the Connect AI Remote MCP Server as a custom extension so the agent can discover and call live data tools through Connect AI.
- Download and install Goose by following the official installation guide, then launch the application
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On the Welcome to goose screen, choose an AI provider. Select Use Free/Local Providers to run a local model, or Connect to a Provider to configure a provider such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google, and enter the required API key
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In the left navigation, click Extensions, then click + Add custom extension
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In the extension dialog, configure the server with the following values:
- Extension Name: CData MCP, or any name of your choice
- Type: Streamable HTTP
- Endpoint: https://mcp.cloud.cdata.com/mcp
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Under Request Headers, add the following two headers and click + Add after each pair:
- Authorization: Basic your_base64_encoded_email_PAT
- Content-Type: application/json
Note: Goose will use Basic authentication with Connect AI. Combine your Connect AI user email and the PAT you created earlier in the format email:PAT, base64 encode the combined string, and prefix it with Basic. For example, given [email protected]:ABC123...XYZ789, the Authorization header value becomes something like: Basic dXNlckBkb21haW4uY29tOkFCQzEyMy4uLlhZWjc4OQ==
- Click Save to save the configuration
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Return to the chat, click the extensions icon at the bottom of the chat input, and confirm that the configured MCP is enabled
With the MCP server added and an LLM provider configured, Goose is ready to query live NetSuite data through Connect AI.
Step 3: Query live NetSuite data from Goose
With the integration complete, use the Goose chat to interact with live NetSuite data through natural language prompts handled by the configured LLM.
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With the CData MCP extension enabled, type a prompt in the chat, for example:
- List catalogs from my CData MCP
- Show the available schemas and tables for NetSuite
- Query the top 5 records from a table in NetSuite data
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Goose calls the Connect AI MCP Server and returns live results from NetSuite data
At this point, your Goose agent communicates with the Connect AI MCP Server and retrieves live NetSuite data through remote MCP tools directly from the chat.
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