usefulapiHousecall Pro MCP server
Manage Housecall Pro customers, jobs, estimates and leads; schedule and dispatch jobs. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
What can I ask?
Turn on the Housecall Pro connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
- What jobs are scheduled for this week and who are they dispatched to?
- Which invoices are still unpaid and how old are they?
- Show my newest estimates with each option's approval status.
- Add a note to Jane Smith's latest job saying the gate code is 4521.
What you can do with Housecall Pro in Claude and ChatGPT
For home service business owners and dispatchers who run jobs and estimates in Housecall Pro.
See this week's jobs and who they are dispatched to
The AI lists jobs in a scheduled window with customer, address, schedule and assigned employees. You can also filter by work status or employee.
Find open and overdue invoices
The AI lists invoices filtered by status, customer and due or paid dates, with amounts. You see which are unpaid and how old they are.
Review estimates and which options were approved
The AI lists estimates and reads one with its options and the approval status of each option.
Look up, add or update a customer
The AI searches customers by name, email, mobile number or address, and reads their addresses. It can create a customer or change contact details and tags.
Changes dataCreate a job or an estimate for a customer
The AI creates a job or an estimate for an existing customer address, with line items priced in cents. A job can also be scheduled and assigned.
Changes dataReschedule or dispatch a job, or add a note
The AI changes a job's start, end and arrival window, sets which employees are dispatched, or adds a text note to the job.
Changes dataHow do I connect Housecall Pro?
Before you connect
The login page asks for your Housecall Pro API key.
Optional: Company / location ID.
Find the key in Housecall Pro → My Apps → All Apps → API Key Management → Generate API Key (account admins only; API access requires the MAX plan). The company ID is only for multi-location accounts, to pin one location (sent as X-Company-Id); leave it blank otherwise. Your key is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; it is never shown to anyone.
Claude claude.ai · Desktop
- Open Customize → Connectors, then click + Add → Add custom connector.
- Enter the name Housecall Pro and this URL, then click Add:https://
housecall-pro. usefulapi. io/ mcp - Claude opens the login page: enter your Housecall Pro API key.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and turn on Housecall Pro.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
ChatGPT chatgpt.com
- Open Plugins, click +, then Add custom MCP server.
- Enter the name Housecall Pro and this URL, choose OAuth as the authentication, confirm the warning and create it:https://
housecall-pro. usefulapi. io/ mcp - ChatGPT opens the login page: enter your Housecall Pro API key.
- In Plugins, install Housecall Pro, then choose it in a chat.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Claude Code
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Cursor
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"housecall-pro": {
"url": "https://housecall-pro.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} VS Code
Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"housecall-pro": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://housecall-pro.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Codex
Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Other clients
Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Housecall Pro API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+per user | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this Housecall Pro server only. Ask your AI to run housecall_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with housecall_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with housecall_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to support@usefulapi.io.
Tools 29
Show all 29 tools (the AI picks them for you)
Read only · 16
- Get the company
housecall_get_companyFetch the Housecall Pro company this key belongs to — name, contact details, address, time zone, service-area zip codes and (multi-location) its locations. A cheap way to confirm the key works. - List customers
housecall_list_customersList or search customers, with their phone numbers, tags and addresses. `q` searches name, email, mobile number and address. - Get one customer
housecall_get_customerFetch a single customer by id, including their addresses (whose ids you need to create a job or estimate). - List jobs
housecall_list_jobsList jobs, filterable by scheduled window, customer, assigned employees and work status. Each job carries its customer, address, notes, schedule, assigned employees and totals. - Get one job
housecall_get_jobFetch a single job by id — customer, address, work status and timestamps, schedule, assigned employees, notes and totals. - List a job's line items
housecall_list_job_line_itemsList the line items (services, materials, labor, discounts) on one job, with unit price, cost, quantity and amount in cents. - List a job's invoices
housecall_list_job_invoicesList the invoices raised for one job, with status, amounts, due and paid dates, items, taxes, discounts and payments. - List invoices
housecall_list_invoicesList invoices across the company, filterable by status, customer, and created / due / paid date ranges — e.g. everything open and overdue. Amounts are in cents. - List estimates
housecall_list_estimatesList estimates, filterable by scheduled window, customer, assigned employees and work status. Each carries its customer, address, schedule and options. - Get one estimate
housecall_get_estimateFetch a single estimate by id, including its options and each option's approval status. - List employees
housecall_list_employeesList the company's active employees with their role, contact details and permissions. Use their ids to assign or dispatch jobs. - List leads
housecall_list_leadsList leads, filterable by status (open / won / lost), customer, assigned employees, tags and lead source. - Get one lead
housecall_get_leadFetch a single lead by id — its customer, address, lead source, tags, assigned employee, status and pipeline status. - List job types
housecall_list_job_typesList the company's job types (e.g. Repair, Install, Maintenance). Use an id as job_type_id when creating a job or estimate. - List tags
housecall_list_tagsList the tags defined in the company. - List price book services
housecall_list_price_book_servicesList or search the price book's services — name, task number, price and cost (cents), taxable and online-booking flags; optionally with their materials and labor rates.
Changes data · 9
- Create a customer
housecall_create_customerCreate a new customer, optionally with one or more addresses. - Update a customer
housecall_update_customerChange a customer's name, contact details, tags, lead source, notes or notification setting. Only the fields you pass are sent. - Add an address to a customer
housecall_create_customer_addressAdd a service address to an existing customer. Returns the address id to use when creating a job or estimate. - Create a job
housecall_create_jobCreate a job for an existing customer at one of their existing addresses, optionally scheduled, assigned, tagged and with line items (prices in cents). Get address ids from housecall_get_customer. - Reschedule a job
housecall_update_job_scheduleSet or change a job's scheduled start/end and arrival window, optionally dispatching employees and notifying the customer and/or the pro. Jobs with more than one appointment (multi-day) cannot be rescheduled here. - Dispatch a job to employees
housecall_dispatch_jobSet which employees a job is dispatched to. This REPLACES the current dispatch list — pass everyone who should be on the job. - Add a note to a job
housecall_add_job_noteAdd a text note to a job. - Create an estimate
housecall_create_estimateCreate an estimate for a customer with one or more options (e.g. Good / Better / Best), each with line items priced in cents. Give an existing address_id or a new address. - Create a lead
housecall_create_leadCreate a lead, either for an existing customer (customer_id) or with a new customer inline (customer). Optionally with an address, lead source, assigned employee, tags, note and line items priced in cents.
Your usefulapi plan · 4
- Usage status (free-tier meter)
housecall_usage_statusReport the caller's current usage: the plan, calls used this month, the limit of the plan (the free monthly cap or the Pro fair use limit), remaining, and whether the limit is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. - Request a missing feature
housecall_request_featureTell usefulapi that the user needs something the Housecall Pro tools cannot do yet (a missing tool, field or filter). Call it only when the user asks for something none of the tools can do, and tell the user that you send the request. Do not call it for errors or for normal requests. Do not include personal data, credentials or customer records. Stored with the product name and the client type (for example Claude or Cursor), without the user's account. At most 5 requests per day. Does not count against the meter. - Upgrade to Pro or Pro+
housecall_upgradeGet a paid plan for Housecall Pro (the free tier caps monthly usage). Pro: 10,000 tool calls a month, for normal use — plan "monthly" ($9/month) or "yearly" ($90/year, 2 months free). Pro+: 100,000 tool calls a month, for automations and heavy use — plan "plus" ($39/month) or "plus_yearly" ($390/year). Without a plan it returns both Pro and Pro+, each with a payment link, for the user to choose; with a plan, one link. An existing Pro subscription changes to Pro+ in place: call without confirm first, as the reply states the exact charge for this account (the price difference for the rest of the period, or in a free Pro trial the full Pro+ price, as the trial ends); then call with confirm: true. Cancel any time: the plan then runs to the end of the paid period, so it also suits a one-time job. A link opens Stripe Checkout in the browser; after payment the account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. - Cancel the Pro subscription
housecall_cancel_subscriptionCancel the caller's Housecall Pro Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; Pro continues until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run housecall_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter.
FAQ
What can I do with Housecall Pro in Claude or ChatGPT?
See this week's jobs and who they are dispatched to. Find open and overdue invoices. Review estimates and which options were approved. Look up, add or update a customer. Create a job or an estimate for a customer. Reschedule or dispatch a job, or add a note. See what you can do for the details.
Is this an official Housecall Pro product?
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Housecall Pro. The server calls the Housecall Pro API with your own Housecall Pro access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Can I connect Housecall Pro to Claude or ChatGPT?
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
What do I need to connect?
The login page asks for your Housecall Pro API key. See Before you connect for where to find it.
Do I put my Housecall Pro key or an Authorization header in the client config?
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Housecall Pro API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
How do you keep my Housecall Pro credentials?
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Housecall Pro API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Housecall Pro.
Can the AI change my Housecall Pro data?
Yes, if you approve it. 9 of the 25 Housecall Pro tools can create or change data. The other 16 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
What does it cost?
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this Housecall Pro server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run housecall_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
How do I subscribe or cancel?
Ask the AI to run housecall_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run housecall_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
What if a Housecall Pro tool that I need is missing?
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with housecall_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Which AI clients can I use?
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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