ARC-1 and the SAP ADT VS Code extension growing together. A supporting diagram shows Copilot using ARC-1 and the SAP ADT MCP server to open ABAP source in the extension.

ARC-1 and SAP ADT: Growing Together

When I started ARC-1, there were already MCP servers for SAP’s ADT APIs. My main goal was enterprise-ready access: a service hosted on SAP BTP, with central control over who can use it and what they are allowed to do. For a team, that means being able to give some users read access and others permission to make changes, restrict where changes are allowed, and manage the service centrally. ARC-1’s authorization model combines those controls with the SAP user’s backend permissions. That has been the purpose of the project from the beginning. ...

October 27, 2026 · 6 min · 1122 words · Marian Zeis