Ranch.Bot

Connect Your AI Assistant

Ranch.Bot keeps your herd records structured, so the assistant you already use can work with them too. Connect once, sign in, and ask about your herd in plain language.

What connecting does

Ask about your herd

“Which ewes haven’t lambed this season?” — answered from your real records, not a guess.

Add records as you work

Describe a treatment, a birth, or a move in conversation and it lands as a structured record on the right animal.

You stay in control

Access starts with your sign-in, is scoped to your farms, shows up in Change History, and is revocable anytime in Settings.

Set it up

Ranch.Bot speaks MCP — the open standard assistants use to work with outside tools. You need a Ranch.Bot account and Node.js 22 or newer on your computer.

Claude Desktop

  1. Open Claude Desktop and go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config.
  2. Add Ranch.Bot to your configuration and save:

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ranchbot": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@ranchbot/mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}
  1. Restart Claude Desktop.
  2. Ask something like “list my farms” — the first request opens a browser sign-in with an 8-character code. Sign in once and you’re connected.

Claude Code

Run one command in your terminal:

Terminal

claude mcp add ranchbot -- npx -y @ranchbot/mcp-server

Other MCP clients

Any client that can run a stdio MCP server works the same way — point it at:

Command

npx -y @ranchbot/mcp-server

Full details, tools, and troubleshooting live in the MCP setup guide.

Common questions

Can I use Claude with my cattle or sheep records?

Yes. Ranch.Bot runs an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, the open standard assistants use to work with outside tools. Connect it to Claude Desktop or Claude Code, sign in once, and your assistant can look up and manage your animals, groups, and records.

What can my assistant do once connected?

It can list and look up animals, find an animal by ear tag or EID, create and update animals, manage groups, and read or add health, movement, feed, genetic, and other records — the same structured data you see in Ranch.Bot.

Is my farm data safe?

Access only exists because you signed in to grant it. It is scoped to your farms, every change lands in your Change History, and you can revoke access anytime in Settings. Your records stay encrypted in transit and at rest.

Can an assistant change records without me knowing?

Nothing connects itself: access starts with your sign-in and lasts until you revoke it. Every change an assistant makes is recorded in your Change History, so you can always see what happened and when.

Does this work with ChatGPT?

Today the smoothest path is Claude Desktop or Claude Code, which run MCP servers on your computer. A hosted connection that ChatGPT and other web assistants can use is in the works.

Do I need any of this to use Ranch.Bot?

No. Ranch.Bot works on its own in your browser, with the AI assistant built in. Connecting an outside assistant is optional — your records are useful either way, and always yours to export.

Start with your records

Connecting an assistant takes minutes once your herd is in Ranch.Bot. Start the free trial, add your first animals, then come back here.

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