Integrate OpenCode with Live Zuora 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 Zuora data. You can list catalogs, explore schemas, and query records from Zuora data using natural language prompts, with all data access running securely against authorized sources.

This article explains how to configure Zuora 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 Zuora data from OpenCode.

Step 1: Configure Zuora connectivity for OpenCode

Connectivity to Zuora from OpenCode is made possible through Connect AI's Remote MCP Server. To interact with Zuora data from OpenCode, start by creating and configuring a Zuora connection in Connect AI.

1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection

2. Select Zuora from the Add Connection panel

3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Zuora.

   Zuora uses the OAuth standard to authenticate users. See the online Help documentation for a full OAuth authentication guide.

   Configuring Tenant property

   In order to create a valid connection with the provider you need to choose one of the Tenant values (USProduction by default) which matches your account configuration. The following is a list with the available options:

   • USProduction: Requests sent to https://rest.zuora.com.
   • USAPISandbox: Requests sent to https://rest.apisandbox.zuora.com"
   • USPerformanceTest: Requests sent to https://rest.pt1.zuora.com"
   • EUProduction: Requests sent to https://rest.eu.zuora.com"
   • EUSandbox: Requests sent to https://rest.sandbox.eu.zuora.com"

   Selecting a Zuora Service

   Two Zuora services are available: Data Query and AQuA API. By default ZuoraService is set to AQuADataExport.

   DataQuery

   The Data Query feature enables you to export data from your Zuora tenant by performing asynchronous, read-only SQL queries. We recommend to use this service for quick lightweight SQL queries.

   Limitations
   • The maximum number of input records per table after filters have been applied: 1,000,000
   • The maximum number of output records: 100,000
   • The maximum number of simultaneous queries submitted for execution per tenant: 5
   • The maximum number of queued queries submitted for execution after reaching the limitation of simultaneous queries per tenant: 10
   • The maximum processing time for each query in hours: 1
   • The maximum size of memory allocated to each query in GB: 2
   • The maximum number of indices when using Index Join, in other words, the maximum number of records being returned by the left table based on the unique value used in the WHERE clause when using Index Join: 20,000

   AQuADataExport

   AQuA API export is designed to export all the records for all the objects ( tables ). AQuA query jobs have the following limitations:

   Limitations
   • If a query in an AQuA job is executed longer than 8 hours, this job will be killed automatically.
   • The killed AQuA job can be retried three times before returned as failed.
   
4. Click Save & Test
5. 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.

1. Click the gear icon () at the top right of the Connect AI app to open Settings
2. On the Settings page, go to the Access Tokens section and click Create PAT
3. Give the PAT a descriptive name and click Create

4. Copy the token when displayed and store it securely. It will not be shown again

With the Zuora connection configured and a PAT generated, OpenCode can now connect to Zuora data 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.

1. Download and install OpenCode by following the official installation guide
2. Create a new folder for your project, or open an existing project directory
3. 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==

4. 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
5. 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 Zuora data through Connect AI.

Step 3: Query live Zuora data from OpenCode

With the integration complete, use OpenCode to interact with live Zuora data through natural language prompts handled by the configured LLM.

1. 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 Zuora
   • Query the top 5 records from a table in Zuora
2. OpenCode calls the Connect AI MCP Server and returns live results from Zuora data

At this point, OpenCode communicates with the Connect AI MCP Server and retrieves live Zuora data through remote MCP tools directly from your AI coding agent.

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