DOMMCP

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What is DomMCP?

DomMCP connects AI assistants with your HCL Domino environment. You describe in natural language what you want to know or get done. DomMCP gives the AI the Domino tools it needs for that.

EXPLAINED BRIEFLY

DomMCP makes Domino usable for AI.

An ordinary AI does not know your Domino environment. DomMCP closes that gap.

An ordinary AI does not know which databases are on your server, which fields an application has, which users have access or what state a server is currently in. DomMCP gives it defined tools for HCL Domino. This way the AI can not only talk about Domino, but work with Domino.

A tool is a function that the AI assistant may call, for example: read view or search document. You decide which tools it may use. The connection runs via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open protocol through which AI assistants can use the tools of a system.

DomMCP is an add-in for HCL Domino and runs as a server task on your Domino server. Your Notes applications become accessible to AI: to read, to analyse and, if you want, to build. No migration, no new platform, on the server where your data already resides.

WHY DOMMCP EXISTS

The applications keep running. The knowledge about them does not.

The usual way out is migration. It costs years, budget and exactly the business logic that nobody can describe any more. DomMCP takes the other route: the application stays where it is.

Twenty years of business logic

Legacy

Forms, views, agents, formulas: correct in terms of business, but rarely documented. Those who built them are almost never with the company any more.

Data behind a wall

Access

What lies in NSF files (the name for Notes databases) never reaches any modern analysis. At least not without export, an intermediate layer and a second system that has to be maintained.

“Can’t the AI do that?”

Expectation

Today this question comes from every management team. The honest answer used to be: only with a project that costs more than it delivers.

IN PRACTICE

What does this mean in practice?

Instead of working your way through databases, Designer, Administrator, log files or console commands, you describe your goal.

“Which applications are on this server?” DomMCP examines the Domino environment and delivers the answer.
“Analyse this application and explain its structure to me.” DomMCP examines forms, views, fields, agents and other design elements.
“Create a small application for managing equipment for me.” From the description of a requirement, DomMCP can generate a Domino application structure with documents, forms, views and other elements.
“Why is this server or this application not working as expected?” DomMCP can examine server status, configuration, logs, permissions and further technical information.

THREE PERSPECTIVES

One product, three perspectives.

For users

Ask instead of searching.

The information is often already in Domino; you just have to know where. With DomMCP, users can find, evaluate and summarise data from Domino applications. DomMCP makes existing Domino data much easier to access.

“Show me all open cases.”
“Summarise these documents.”
“Which records meet these conditions?”
“Export the results for me.”

For developers

From wish to application.

Domino developers often have to understand existing applications before they can change them. DomMCP analyses existing applications and makes their structure understandable for the AI. This makes DomMCP a toolbox for Domino development.

Examine or recreate forms, views, pages, documents and agents
Analyse formulas and application logic
Prepare new applications from a description

For administrators

From problem to cause.

DomMCP gives an AI tools to examine a Domino environment and, depending on the authorised functions, to carry out administrative tasks. The administrator describes the problem or the desired result. DomMCP handles the technical communication with Domino. These functions belong to the Enterprise edition; the DMaaS services do not include server administration.

Check server status
Analyse configuration
Examine databases
Review permissions
Evaluate logs
Use read-only server console commands
Run agents

PROCESS

How DomMCP works.

You state your task
“Analyse our HelpDesk application.”
The AI understands your intent
It decides which information and work steps are needed.
DomMCP provides the necessary tools
For reading, analysing, developing or administering.
HCL Domino carries out the actions
The rights you have defined apply.
You receive the result in a clear, understandable form

DEMONSTRATION

WeiterWerk: an equipment market from a single sentence.

The task given to DomMCP was: invent an application and build it. No requirements specification. After 4 minutes the architecture was in place; after 15 minutes the application was running in the Notes client and in the browser.

The web interface lives in the same NSF file, so no second platform is needed. The equipment market has a detail dialog and is fully responsive. The start page in the Notes client shows key figures, available equipment and open repairs. In total 38 design elements, plus test agents that nobody had asked for.

Example from the product documentation (as of September 2026).

OPERATIONS

One file, three platforms.

Platforms

Linux x86_64
Windows x64
HCL domino-container

Domino versions

Domino 12.0.2
Domino 14.0
Domino 14.5

Installation

Installing means: copy the file, add it to ServerTasks (the list of server tasks) and start it.

DOMMCP IN NUMBERS

30+
years of experience with HCL Notes and Domino
7
DMaaS stages you can choose individually
4
DomMCP editions
106
tools in the Enterprise edition¹
3
platforms: Linux, Windows, container

¹ Number depends on the product version.

EDITIONS

From the first look to full Domino operations.

DomMCP grows with your requirements. You can start small and use DomMCP step by step where it brings the greatest benefit.

Essentials

Get to know Domino and explore your own environment.

Analyst

Read and analyse data and applications, including DQL queries (Domino Query Language).

PRO

Create and change Domino applications.

Enterprise

Carry out more extensive administrative and operational tasks.

Four editions compared

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Each higher edition includes the features of the previous ones.

Feature / scope	Essentials	Analyst	PRO	Enterprise
Tools¹	7	37	83	106
Read content	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
DQL and aggregations	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Analyse application design	No	No	Yes	Yes
Write documents	No	No	Yes	Yes
Build design and agents	No	No	Yes	Yes
Console, ACL and users	No	No	No	Yes
Calls per day	100	5.000	25.000	unlimited
Term	permanent	1 year	1 year	1 year
Price	On request	On request	On request	On request

¹ Number of tools depending on the product version in this overview. Access remains subject to permission profiles and authorisations. Without a valid paid licence, Essentials remains available.

Draft: editions, feature scope and figures may still change.