CIPP Operations

The meta-layer — tools for managing CIPP itself rather than the tenants it manages. GDAP for the delegation chain, scheduler for recurring jobs, and health/version/log endpoints for verifying CIPP is reachable and functioning.

GDAP

cipp_list_gdap_roles

cipp_list_gdap_roles()

Returns the GDAP (Granular Delegated Admin Privileges) role definitions available — the AAD roles your CSP relationship can grant to your MSP technicians per-tenant.

cipp_list_gdap_invites

cipp_list_gdap_invites()

Returns pending GDAP relationship invites that customers have not yet accepted. Stale invites > 14 days are usually customers who lost the email — re-send via the CIPP UI.

GDAP is the modern replacement for AOBO/DAP. Each invite grants the MSP partner tenant a specific set of AAD roles in the customer tenant for a fixed duration. CIPP relies on active GDAP relationships for nearly every multi-tenant operation; broken GDAP = silent failures across the rest of the toolkit.

Scheduler

cipp_list_scheduled_items

cipp_list_scheduled_items()

Lists CIPP's scheduled tasks: recurring standards checks, BPA refreshes, alert evaluations, custom user-defined schedules.

cipp_add_scheduled_item

cipp_add_scheduled_item(name, command, parameters?, recurrence?, scheduledTime?)

Creates a new scheduled task in CIPP. Use cases:

• Schedule a daily BPA refresh for a high-risk tenant
• Schedule an end-of-quarter offboarding cleanup
• Run a recurring CSP license reconciliation

Pick recurrence deliberately — CIPP doesn't dedupe scheduled items, so re-running this tool with the same name creates a duplicate.

Health & diagnostics

cipp_ping

cipp_ping()

Liveness probe for the CIPP API. Returns immediately if CIPP is reachable. First call when troubleshooting "tools aren't working" — separates "MCP can't reach CIPP" from "CIPP can't reach Microsoft."

cipp_get_version

cipp_get_version()

Returns the deployed CIPP version (frontend + backend). Useful when reporting an issue to CIPP maintainers or comparing against the release notes for known regressions.

cipp_list_logs

cipp_list_logs(severity?, count?)

Application logs from the CIPP backend. Use for diagnosing failed background jobs, GDAP errors, or rate-limit hits against the Graph API.

Workflow patterns

Pre-flight check (before bulk operations)

ping = cipp_ping()
version = cipp_get_version()
gdap_invites = cipp_list_gdap_invites()

If any are unhealthy, halt the bulk operation. Bulk standards deployments or user creation against a CIPP with stale GDAP will silently fail or partially apply.

GDAP hygiene

Run weekly:

1. cipp_list_gdap_invites — chase pending > 14 days
2. Compare cipp_list_tenants against expected onboarded list — gaps usually mean revoked GDAP
3. cipp_list_gdap_roles — verify the MSP role template hasn't been altered (drift here breaks fine-grained access)

Diagnosing a failing tool call

When any other CIPP tool returns an error:

1. cipp_ping — is CIPP reachable at all?
2. cipp_get_version — is it the version you think it is?
3. cipp_list_logs(severity='error', count=50) — what does CIPP itself report?
4. Check cipp_list_gdap_invites and the affected tenant in cipp_list_tenants — broken GDAP is the #1 cause of partial failures.

Caveats

• cipp_add_scheduled_item doesn't validate the command parameter against CIPP's known job types — typos create scheduled items that fail silently. Verify with cipp_list_scheduled_items after creation.
• cipp_list_logs is bounded by what CIPP itself retains — for long-term log retention, ship CIPP logs to an external SIEM via the CIPP integrations panel.