Integrate OpenCode with Live OData Data via CData Connect AI
OpenCode is an open source AI coding agent that connects to a wide range of LLM providers. It supports the model context protocol (MCP), allowing you to configure local or remote MCP servers in its configuration files to add external tools and data sources and give the agent access to live data.
By integrating OpenCode with CData Connect AI through the built-in MCP Server, OpenCode gains governed, real-time access to live OData services. You can list catalogs, explore schemas, and query records from OData services using natural language prompts, with all data access running securely against authorized sources.
This article explains how to configure OData connectivity in Connect AI, generate the required personal access token, install OpenCode, add the Connect AI MCP Server in the project configuration file, configure an LLM provider, and verify the integration by querying live OData services from OpenCode.
About OData Data Integration
CData simplifies access and integration of live OData services data. Our customers leverage CData connectivity to:
- Access OData versions 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0, working with legacy services and the latest features and capabilities.
- Leverage advanced query options, including $filter, $select, and $expand, enhancing data retrieval from 3rd party tools.
- Use Server-side execution of aggregation and grouping to minimize data transfer and boost performance.
- Authenticate securely using a variety of schemes, including Azure AD, digest, negotiate, NTLM, OAuth, and more means secure authentication with every connection.
- Use SQL stored procedures to manage OData service entities - listing, creating, and removing associations between entities.
Customers use CData's solutions to regularly integrate their OData services with preferred tools, such as Power BI, MicroStrategy, or Tableau, and to replicate data from OData services to their databases or data warehouses.
Getting Started
Step 1: Configure OData connectivity for OpenCode
Connectivity to OData from OpenCode is made possible through Connect AI's Remote MCP Server. To interact with OData services from OpenCode, start by creating and configuring a OData connection in Connect AI.
- Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection
- Select OData from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to OData.
The User and Password properties, under the Authentication section, must be set to valid OData user credentials. In addition, specify a URL to a valid OData server organization root or OData services file.
- 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 OpenCode. 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 OData connection configured and a PAT generated, OpenCode can now connect to OData services through Connect AI.
Step 2: Install OpenCode and configure the Connect AI MCP Server
Next, install OpenCode, add the Connect AI Remote MCP Server in your project configuration file, and configure an LLM provider so the agent can discover and call live data tools through Connect AI.
- Download and install OpenCode by following the official installation guide
- Create a new folder for your project, or open an existing project directory
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In the root of that directory, create a file named opencode.json and paste the following configuration:
{ "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json", "mcp": { "cdata-connect-ai": { "type": "remote", "url": "https://mcp.cloud.cdata.com/mcp", "enabled": true, "oauth": false, "headers": { "Authorization": "Basic your_base64_encoded_email_PAT" }, "timeout": 30000 } } }Note: OpenCode 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==
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Open the project directory in OpenCode. Select the project from the project dropdown, or click Add project to point OpenCode at the folder that contains opencode.json
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Configure an LLM provider so the agent can interpret prompts and call MCP tools. Open the model selector (Ctrl + '), choose a provider such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google, and enter your API key
With the MCP server added in opencode.json and an LLM provider configured, OpenCode is ready to query live OData services through Connect AI.
Step 3: Query live OData services from OpenCode
With the integration complete, use OpenCode to interact with live OData services through natural language prompts handled by the configured LLM.
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In a new session, type a prompt in the chat input, for example:
- Use the cdata-connect-ai tools to list all available catalogs
- Show the available schemas and tables for OData
- Query the top 5 records from a table in OData
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OpenCode calls the Connect AI MCP Server and returns live results from OData services
At this point, OpenCode communicates with the Connect AI MCP Server and retrieves live OData services through remote MCP tools directly from your AI coding agent.
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