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Dr. Schauer | CRM and a conversational Kanzlei stack · DATEV MCP

How Metawork built lead qualification in Pipedrive plus an MCP tool layer and a DATEV Connect integration for a German tax firm.

Duration 3 months
Tasks 72
Meetings 1

What was built

An MCP server wrapping the DATEV Connect API, so the accounting data a German firm keeps in DATEV is reachable from an AI assistant instead of only from the DATEV client. Reads are the primary use; writes go where the API allows them, and only with the firm named in the confirmation.

Area Description
Endpoint inventory The DATEV API documentation turned into a capability matrix and a prioritised tool list, rather than wrapping endpoints at random
Client & master data The pull tools the firm actually needs first, validated against a real DATEVconnect environment
Multi-tenancy Fail-closed firm resolution and firm-named write confirmations, so a tool call can never touch the wrong firm's books
On-prem agent A polling agent with an allowlisted command executor for the DATEVconnect installations that never leave the firm's network
Cloud deployment Azure Container Apps with Bicep infrastructure, Entra ID app registrations, test users and role groups in a dedicated sandbox tenant
CI/CD Containerised builds where a docs-only commit does not rebuild the image, and a red test job does not silently ship
Compliance AVV under Art. 28 and the professional-secrecy commitment under §203 StGB handled from day one, not retrofitted

Dr. Schauer is the pilot firm. The design target is a connector that a second and third firm can be onboarded onto without rebuilding it.

Tech stack

Technology Role
DATEV The accounting system being wrapped, via DATEVconnect and the cloud API
Pipedrive The CRM side the same assistant reaches through MetaPipe

Project stats: 67 tasks, ~23h, running since May 2026.

Recently touched

  • 2026-09-06 M8 — Schauer pilot rollout & compliance Open
  • 2026-09-06 Auth & connection handling (DATEVconnect / cloud) In Progress
  • 2026-09-05 Schauer tenant onboarding: ComputerBauer credentials into vault + first deploy attempt Open
  • 2026-09-04 M5 — On-prem relay agent (.NET 8, MSI, signed) Open
  • 2026-09-04 Windows CI: build + sign + MSI smoke matrix Open

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