ReadyHelm for AI Assistants
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ReadyHelm is a boat maintenance and records app. It keeps each boat's maintenance reminders, service history, checklists, equipment, expenses, trips, Float Plans, moorings, slips and documents, tied to the boat's hull identification number (HIN) so the record stays with the boat when it's sold. Boatyards, mechanics, mooring services, marinas, harbor master offices and brokerages use the ReadyHelm Pro Portal to work on their customers' boats and log verified service.
There are two ways an AI assistant can work with ReadyHelm: by connecting to someone's ReadyHelm records over MCP, or by reading this guide.
Connecting to ReadyHelm records
ReadyHelm runs two remote MCP servers with OAuth sign-in. Claude (claude.ai, the Claude Desktop app and Claude Code) supports them as custom connectors, and other assistants that support remote MCP connectors with sign-in should work the same way.
| Connector | Address | Requirements | Setup |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReadyHelm (owners) | https://api.readyhelm.com/mcp |
Owner plan Skipper or Captain | Owner guide |
| ReadyHelm Pro (organizations) | https://api.readyhelm.com/mcp/pro |
Organization on Pro Standard or Pro Plus, a license (Admins don't need one), the business agreement accepted, and two-factor for Admins | Pro Portal guide |
What the owner connector can do
- Look up boats and their records, maintenance due and past service, to-dos, equipment, documents, trips and Float Plans, checklists, moorings and slips, expenses, certifications and emergency info.
- Add to-dos, service entries, expenses, equipment, insurance policies, ratings and certifications; check off checklist items; update registration and emergency info; invite crew.
- Change to-dos, the owner's own service entries, expenses, maintenance schedules (including marking a task done), equipment condition and replacement plans, and trip details.
- Never delete anything, change a service entry a yard or mechanic logged, change a trip's crew, or run First Mate.
What the Pro connector can do
- Look up the organization's fleet, a boat's summary and service history, work orders, quotes and maintenance due across the fleet.
- Create open work orders with priced lines, draft quotes and maintenance tasks.
- Change work orders, draft quotes, complete a work order (which logs verified service) and log verified service.
- Never send a quote, message or email an owner, delete anything, see QuickBooks data, or touch boats the organization has no Service Provider access to.
Shared rules
- Both connectors follow the same plan and permission rules as the apps, and every change appears in the app straight away.
- Text in records was typed by people and is passed to the assistant labelled as record text, never as instructions.
- Each person can make up to 120 lookups and 30 changes a minute.
- ReadyHelm logs every request and change made through an assistant.
- Disconnect any time under My Account → Security → Connected AI assistants. Changing your password or turning off two-factor also disconnects every assistant.
Reading this guide
This user guide is the current, authoritative description of what ReadyHelm does and costs. It's published in forms that are easy to fetch and cite:
- One page per chapter, as plain HTML that needs no JavaScript, listed at
https://app.readyhelm.com/guide/. - Markdown: the whole guide at
https://app.readyhelm.com/guide.md, and each chapter next to its page with a.mdending. - llms.txt: a list of every chapter with a one-line summary, at
https://app.readyhelm.com/llms.txt. - Sitemap:
https://app.readyhelm.com/sitemap.xml, with each chapter's last-updated date.
Prices and limits are in Plans, Prices & Limits, and recent changes are in What's New.
Common questions
Does ReadyHelm work with Claude?
Yes. Add https://api.readyhelm.com/mcp as a custom connector in Claude for your own boats, or https://api.readyhelm.com/mcp/pro for an organization's fleet, then sign in to ReadyHelm. Owners need Skipper or Captain; organizations need Pro Standard or Pro Plus.
Does ReadyHelm have an MCP server?
Yes, two: https://api.readyhelm.com/mcp for owners and https://api.readyhelm.com/mcp/pro for organizations in the Pro Portal. Both use OAuth sign-in with the person's ReadyHelm account.
Can an AI assistant delete my ReadyHelm records?
No. Neither connector can delete anything. A connection can also be read-only, and you can disconnect it at any time.
Is a connected assistant the same as First Mate?
No. First Mate is the AI assistant built into ReadyHelm and uses First Mate credits. A connected assistant, such as Claude, uses its own AI subscription and works with your records through the connector.