Why now
Two things are happening at once, and each makes the other more urgent.
The first is a protocol maturing fast. MCP has gone from a new idea to something that more and more enterprise software vendors are making available to their customers. CData estimates 30% of enterprise application vendors will launch an MCP server in 2026, and cites Gartner's projection that 75% of API gateway vendors will support it by year-end. This is becoming the default way software exposes itself to AI agents.
The second is wind-specific, and it's structural: fewer than 30 jack-up vessels globally can handle 12MW+ turbines, and WTIV day rates run $200K–$350K. Vessel day rates for specialized vessels have risen further amid continued supply tightness industry-wide.
Every one of those pressures makes a manual lookup (the extra minutes to leave your agent, log into Shoreline, find the answer, and come back) measurably more expensive than it used to be. Where these curves cross: for a platform that already sits under every work order, defect, and plan, exposing that data through the protocol AI agents already speak is the obvious thing to do.
What it does
The MCP Server exposes Shoreline's operational data layer as a set of MCP-compatible tools. Once turned on, any MCP-compatible agent can query: - Resources - Work orders - Defects - Work plans - Inventory - Assets - Reports.
Access is governed by a set of secrets generated at enablement. You control exactly what the agent can see. Every tool invocation is logged in Shoreline's audit trail against the agent's identity. Disabling the server immediately revokes the endpoint and secrets.
What it looks like day to day
- An O&M Planner can check work order status or flag a growing defect backlog without leaving their agent session.
- A Construction Planner or Site Manager can pull live progress data or support report generation on demand.
- An O&M or Construction Manager can ask an agent natural-language questions about fleet performance, outstanding work, or resource allocation instead of running a manual report.
- A Resource Manager can query resource data across projects to surface gaps or conflicts that would otherwise mean a spreadsheet exercise.
Every one of those is a manual, disconnected lookup today. The MCP Server turns it into a question asked in the environment you're already in.
What this isn't
To be precise about what's on offer: this is read access to your planning and execution data. It is not sensor-level predictive maintenance, not automated turbine control, and not a recommendation engine that decides things for you. The agent answers questions from your operational data; a person still makes the call. That's a deliberate product boundary.
Getting started
Already a Shoreline customer? Enable it directly from Account Settings, or contact your Customer Success Manager.
Not yet on the platform and want to see it against your own data? Request a demo.
