Breathe MCP connector for Claude and ChatGPT | Tugger
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Breathe Tugger

Ask your Breathe data anything.

Employees, absences, leave requests, departments. Ask away.

Tugger® connects Breathe to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini through one secure, read-only MCP. Ask a question in natural language. Get an answer backed by your own numbers. No SQL. No exports. No waiting.

10-day free trial. No card needed.

Compatible with Claude ChatGPT Gemini + more

Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and any MCP-compatible assistant.

Illustrative example

What does the Breathe connector do?

The Tugger connector for Breathe syncs your Breathe data into Tugger's secure environment, then makes it available to your AI assistant through MCP.

It syncs automatically, so answers stay up to date. Nothing to build. Nothing to maintain. No code.

Got more than Breathe? Connect Xero, Deputy and 60+ other apps, and ask one question across the lot.

What Breathe data comes across?

Employees Absences Leave requests Departments Expenses Training courses Locations Salaries

Want the full list? Connect Breathe and ask your AI what's there.

What can you ask your Breathe data?

If it's in Breathe, you can ask about it.

Type it the way you'd say it. Then keep going. Ask a follow-up, drill into the detail, or bring Xero into the same question.

Breathe

“How much holiday is left to take, by department?”

Breathe

“Which training courses expire in the next 60 days?”

Breathe Deputy

“Do leave requests line up with gaps in our Deputy rota?”

Breathe iHasco

“Which staff haven't completed their iHasco courses?”

Breathe's better with company

Ask across Breathe and the rest of your business in one question.

Xero Deputy iHasco TrainAR QuickBooks RotaCloud +65

What's MCP, and why use Tugger's?

MCP is how AI assistants connect to business data.

It stands for Model Context Protocol, and it's the standard Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini all use. Tugger's MCP is the secure route between your assistant and your Breathe data. One connection covers every app you've connected to Tugger.

Ask anything.Break nothing.

Why's Tugger's MCP read‑only?

Because your AI assistant should answer questions about Breathe, not make changes to it.

Tugger reads from Breathe. It never writes back. So nothing an assistant does can change, delete or create a record.

Why use Tugger's MCP?

  • One question, every appAsk across Breathe, Xero, Deputy and the rest in a single conversation. Tugger handles the joins.
  • AI that understands BreatheYour data arrives structured and described, so your assistant knows what each record is and how they fit together.
  • As much history as you wantPick how far back to go when you connect Breathe. Trends and year-on-year comparisons are there to ask about.
  • Your choice of assistantClaude today, something else tomorrow. Same connection, same data, same controls.

What can AI see of your Breathe data?

Only what you allow.

AI privacy controls, built in

Breathe holds more than employees. Staff pay rates. Notes somebody typed three years ago. Customer email addresses. You decide, category by category, what an AI assistant gets to see.

  • Hidden means hiddenSet a category to Hidden and it's withheld inside Tugger before the answer leaves. The AI can't filter, count or total on it either.
  • Staff and customers, set separatelyKeep staff names visible for scheduling questions while customer details stay hidden. Or the reverse.
  • Different rules where you need themSet rules for your whole account, then override them for Breathe, a single connection or an individual user.

See how AI privacy controls work →

Personal Data For AI
Name, email, phone Staff: Visible External: Hidden
Pay, pensions, tax codes Staff: Hidden External: not held
Notes and free text Staff: Hidden External: not held
Special category data Staff: Hidden External: not held

Illustrative. Anything set to Hidden is withheld inside Tugger before the answer leaves.

Your next dashboard is a conversation away.

Tell Claude what you want to see. It builds the dashboard from your Breathe data, there and then.

Want it changed? Just say so.

Want it next month? Refresh it.

Same dashboard. Up-to-date numbers. No build project, no waiting on a developer.

Already on Power BI, Tableau or Excel? They plug into the same Breathe data, and it refreshes automatically.
Build me a dashboard of holiday taken by department this year.
Here's your dashboard, built from Breathe.
Holiday taken by departmentBreathe
86
Employees
2.9%
Absence rate
412
Holiday days left
Operations384
Sales296
Warehouse268
Finance142
Admin118

Illustrative. Ask for a change and Claude rebuilds it.

How do you connect Breathe to Claude?

Three simple steps.

  1. 01

    Connect Breathe

    Connect Breathe to Tugger in a few clicks. No code.

  2. 02

    Switch on AI Insights

    Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini through Tugger's MCP.

  3. 03

    Ask away

    Type a question in natural language. Get the answer in seconds.

What Tugger customers say

Don't just take our word for it.

One of our customers wants a monthly evaluation pack built from thousands of Simpro jobs. It used to take a full day. Now our data reaches Claude through Tugger and the pack comes back in ten minutes, exactly how they want it.
John Trickett
Head of Digital & Technology · Severnside Security Limited
With Tugger we are now utilising Claude AI and Cowork to carry out analysis that was never before available to us. This has been a paradigm shift in speed and accuracy of management decision making in our business.
Jeff Smith
Partner & Director of Digital Disruption · Envirotech Group
Batch invoicing and reporting used to eat hours of admin time each week, chasing details back and forth between Simpro and our spreadsheets. Now it runs on its own, and because Tugger guides the AI to the right figures, I can trust what comes out.
Beau Berg
Operations Manager · Australian Airport Services

Customer success stories

Real businesses. Real results.

Feeling supported with stronger business reporting

GridTec improved business reporting by integrating Tugger with Simpro®. The solution has enabled automated, clear data extraction, transforming insights into actionable decisions. Enhanced support and flexibility has made Tugger an essential tool for their operations.

From weeks of digging, to just asking.

Jeff Smith used to spend weeks pulling one piece of analysis together. Now he asks Claude, through Tugger, and his Simpro and Xero data answers back.

See all customer success stories →

Pricing that grows with you

Pay monthly with no contract. Or pay for the year and save 5%.

From
£300 per month

Breathe connector, storage and AI Insights included.

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Breathe and Tugger. Your questions, answered.

Can I connect Breathe to Claude or ChatGPT?

Yes. Tugger connects your Breathe data to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and any other MCP-compatible assistant. Connect Breathe to Tugger, switch on AI Insights, and ask questions in natural language.

What is MCP?

MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It's the standard way AI assistants connect to business data. Tugger's MCP gives your assistant secure, read-only access to your Breathe data, and to every other app you've connected to Tugger.

Can AI change or delete my Breathe data?

No. Tugger's MCP is read-only. Tugger reads from Breathe and never writes back, so nothing your AI assistant does can change, delete or create a record in Breathe.

Can I control what AI sees in my Breathe data?

Yes. Tugger's AI privacy controls let an administrator set each category of personal data to Visible or Hidden, separately for staff and for customers. Anything hidden is withheld inside Tugger before the answer leaves, and every AI call is recorded.

Can Claude build dashboards from my Breathe data?

Yes. Describe the dashboard you want and Claude builds it from your Breathe data. Ask for changes in the same conversation, and refresh it whenever you want up-to-date numbers.

Does Tugger work with Power BI?

Yes. Power BI, Tableau and Excel all plug into the same Breathe data your AI assistant uses, and it refreshes automatically.

Can I combine Breathe with Xero, Deputy and other apps?

Yes. Connect as many apps as you need and ask one question across all of them. Tugger handles the joins.

What Breathe data does Tugger sync?

Tugger syncs employees, absences, leave requests, departments, expenses, training courses, locations, salaries and more.

Where is my Breathe data stored?

In the UK by default. Need it held in your own region? Talk to us about hosting it there.

Is my Breathe data used to train AI models?

Not by Tugger. We don't use your data to train models. Your chosen AI provider handles data under its own terms, and we'll point you at the right documentation for whichever one you use.

How long does it take to set up?

Connecting Breathe takes a few clicks, and Tugger does the rest. Your first sync then runs on its own, and we'll email you when your data's ready. How long that takes depends on how much Breathe data you've got.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. You get a 10-day free trial, and you don't need a card to start. Connect Breathe, switch on AI Insights and start asking questions.

How much does Tugger cost?

Plans start from £300 per month, with the connector, storage and AI Insights included. Pay monthly with no contract and cancel anytime, or pay for a year up front and save 5%.

Your Breathe data's ready. Are you?

Start asking the questions your Breathe data's been waiting to answer.

10-day free trial · No card needed · Ask away

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