usefulapiShopmonkey MCP server
Look up shop customers, vehicles, work orders and parts, and create orders or book appointments. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
What can I ask?
Turn on the Shopmonkey connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
- Clock a technician into a work order, then show their running time entry.
- List the shop's work orders with their status and assigned technicians.
- Which vehicles has Jane Smith brought in, and what was done?
- What appointments are on the calendar for tomorrow?
- Which brake pads do we have in stock and how many?
What you can do with Shopmonkey in Claude and ChatGPT
For auto repair shops that run work orders and appointments in Shopmonkey.
List work orders with their status and technicians
The AI lists the shop's work orders with status flags, totals and assigned technicians, and reads one order with its services and line items.
Find a customer, their vehicles and service history
The AI finds a customer by search or phone number, lists their vehicles with VIN and mileage, and lists their estimates, repair orders and invoices.
Check which parts are in stock
The AI searches inventory parts by name, part number or SKU. It shows quantity on hand, available and reserved, cost, bin location and vendor.
Add a customer and vehicle and open a work order
The AI creates a customer and a vehicle, then opens a new work order, which starts as an estimate.
Changes dataCheck the calendar or book an appointment
The AI searches appointments by date range, customer, order or technician, and books a new appointment for a customer, vehicle and technicians.
Changes dataMove a work order to another status or edit it
The AI moves an order to another workflow status or changes its status, complaint, due date or service writer. It can also archive the order.
Changes dataHow do I connect Shopmonkey?
Before you connect
The login page asks for your Shopmonkey API key.
A shop admin creates it in Shopmonkey → Settings → Integration → API Keys. The key has the same permissions as the user who created it and is shown only once. It is used only to call the Shopmonkey 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 Shopmonkey and this URL, then click Add:https://
shopmonkey. usefulapi. io/ mcp - Claude opens the login page: enter your Shopmonkey API key.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and turn on Shopmonkey.
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 Shopmonkey and this URL, choose OAuth as the authentication, confirm the warning and create it:https://
shopmonkey. usefulapi. io/ mcp - ChatGPT opens the login page: enter your Shopmonkey API key.
- In Plugins, install Shopmonkey, 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": {
"shopmonkey": {
"url": "https://shopmonkey.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} VS Code
Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"shopmonkey": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://shopmonkey.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 Shopmonkey 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.
Guides
- Book and reschedule Shopmonkey appointments from Claude or Cursor
Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor can read the Shopmonkey calendar, book a job for a customer's vehicle, and move or cancel an appointment when you ask.
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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 Shopmonkey server only. Ask your AI to run shopmonkey_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 shopmonkey_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 shopmonkey_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to support@usefulapi.io.
Tools 49
Show all 49 tools (the AI picks them for you)
Read only · 24
- Get the current user
shopmonkey_get_current_userFetch the user this API key acts as — id, name, company, default location and permissions. A cheap way to confirm the key works and to find your locationId. - Search customers
shopmonkey_search_customersSearch customers with a server-side filter, sort and paging. Returns customers with their emails and phone numbers. - Find customers by phone number
shopmonkey_find_customers_by_phoneFind the customers that own any of the given phone numbers — the usual way to identify a caller. - Find customers by email
shopmonkey_find_customers_by_emailFind the customers that own any of the given email addresses. - Get one customer
shopmonkey_get_customerFetch a single customer by id — contact details, emails, phone numbers, counts of vehicles/orders/appointments. - List a customer's vehicles
shopmonkey_list_customer_vehiclesList the vehicles owned by a customer (year/make/model, VIN, plate, mileage). - List a customer's orders
shopmonkey_list_customer_ordersList a customer's work orders (estimates, repair orders, invoices) — their service history. - Get one vehicle
shopmonkey_get_vehicleFetch a single vehicle by id, including its mileage and tire-pressure logs. - List orders
shopmonkey_list_ordersList work orders for the shop, paged. Use orderBy: {createdDate: 'desc'} for newest first. Each order carries its number, status flags, totals in cents, workflow status and assigned technicians. For name/date filters use shopmonkey_search_orders; for one customer's orders use shopmonkey_list_customer_orders. - Search orders by name and creation date
shopmonkey_search_ordersFind work orders by case-insensitive name substring, creation date, customer or status. Reads pages and checks filters locally because some shops ignore GET filters. Scans 300 orders by default and at most 500 per call; continue with nextScanSkip. On vendor throttling, wait retryAfterSeconds before continuing; do not restart from 0. Matches are sorted by createdDate, newest first, then paged with limit/matchSkip (default 100 results). complete: false means only a segment was scanned: newer matches may exist outside it; continue with nextScanSkip or increase maxOrders. scanSkip is a scan offset, not a matched-result offset. A changing order list can shift offsets; restart from 0 for a fresh search. - List purchase orders
shopmonkey_list_purchase_ordersRead purchase orders with parts, tires, received quantities, inventory links and Draft/Ordered/Received/Fulfilled/Cancelled status. Paged; use orderBy for sorting. The public API documents reads and deletions, but no create/update/receive endpoints: change status, Receive All and inventory linking in the Shopmonkey UI. - Get a purchase order
shopmonkey_get_purchase_orderRead one purchase order, including its status, vendor, parts/tires, ordered and received quantities, inventory links and associated work order. Purchase-order creation, status changes and receiving are not documented public API operations; use the Shopmonkey UI for those writes. - Get one order
shopmonkey_get_orderFetch a single work order by id — customer, vehicle, complaint, totals (parts/labor/tax in cents), payment state and profitability. - List an order's files
shopmonkey_list_order_filesList the files attached to a work order (photos, screenshots, PDFs such as part slips): id, name, type, size, whether original/thumbnail links exist and availableVariants that have safe download links. Use shopmonkey_get_order_file with a file id to see the content, for example to read the text of a part slip. Shopmonkey's public API has no separate notes endpoint: an image added in a note is listed here only if Shopmonkey stores it as an order file. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/order/:id (files). - Get an order file
shopmonkey_get_order_fileReturn one file attached to a work order so you can see it: a JPEG, PNG, GIF or WebP image as image content (read the text of a part slip or screenshot from it), a PDF as an embedded file. Get fileId and availableVariants from shopmonkey_list_order_files. With variant omitted, use the original link when available, otherwise its safe thumbnail link; the result states the actual variant. An explicit variant is never substituted. variant "thumbnail" returns Shopmonkey's smaller preview: use it when the original is larger than 3 MB or a HEIC/TIFF photo. Read-only. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/order/:id, then the file's link. - Find an order by its number
shopmonkey_find_order_by_numberFind a work order by the number the shop sees (e.g. 1042 or #1042), also matching an overridden external number. Tries server-side filters on the first call, then scans newest first, comparing numbers exactly. Scans 300 orders by default, at most 500 and five scan requests per call. If not found and hasMore is true, continue with nextScanSkip as scanSkip and the same number; do not restart from 0. On rateLimited wait retryAfterSeconds (about 60 seconds if absent). A changing order list can shift offsets. Returns the order or found: false for the scanned segment; complete is true only when a scan from 0 reaches the end. - List an order's services
shopmonkey_list_order_servicesList the services (jobs) on a work order with their line items — labor, parts, tires, fees, subcontracts — authorization status and totals. - Search appointments
shopmonkey_search_appointmentsSearch the appointment calendar by date range, customer, order or technician. Returns appointments with their customer. - Search inventory parts
shopmonkey_search_inventory_partsSearch the parts inventory — name, part number, SKU, quantity on hand/available/reserved, retail and wholesale cost in cents, bin location, brand and vendor. Filter e.g. {"sku": "ABC-123"}. - List canned services
shopmonkey_list_canned_servicesList the shop's canned services (reusable job templates like 'Oil change') with their labor, parts and fees and total in cents. - List workflow statuses
shopmonkey_list_workflow_statusesList the workflow statuses (the columns of the shop's work-order board) with their position. Use the id to move an order with shopmonkey_update_order. - List users
shopmonkey_list_usersList the shop's users (service writers, technicians, admins) — the ids to use for technicians and service writers. - List time entries
shopmonkey_list_time_entriesFind time entries and their ids, technician, order, activity, running state, clock-in/out times and duration. Use inProgress: true to reconcile a clock-in/out whose response was uncertain. Paginate with limit/skip. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/timesheet/search (read-only). - Get a time entry
shopmonkey_get_time_entryRead one time entry to inspect its technician, order, activity, running state and clock-in/out times. Use the timesheetId returned by shopmonkey_clock_in or shopmonkey_list_time_entries.
Changes data · 21
- Clock a technician into a work order
shopmonkey_clock_inStart an order-level timer now for orderId and technicianId (a user id from shopmonkey_list_users). Omit confirm to preview; confirm: true starts it. Reuses an already-running timer on this order and refuses to silently stop/switch any other activity. Returns timesheetId for clock-out and verifies the running entry. Never automatically retries a write; after an uncertain response inspect shopmonkey_list_time_entries. Does not backdate or edit recorded hours. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/timesheet/clock_in with activity Order. - Clock a technician out of a work order
shopmonkey_clock_outStop an order-level timer now, scoped to orderId and technicianId. Pass timesheetId from clock-in/list, or omit it to resolve exactly one active matching entry. Omit confirm to preview, then call with the preview's timesheetId and confirm: true. Checks entry ownership/activity and verifies it stopped. Already-stopped entries are returned without a write. Never automatically retries; inspect shopmonkey_get_time_entry after an uncertain response. Does not edit past hours. - Create a customer
shopmonkey_create_customerCreate a customer (a person) or a fleet account. Add an email afterwards with shopmonkey_add_customer_email. - Update a customer
shopmonkey_update_customerUpdate a customer's name, address, note or preferences. Only the fields you pass are sent. - Add an email to a customer
shopmonkey_add_customer_emailAdd an email address to an existing customer, optionally as their primary address. - Create a vehicle
shopmonkey_create_vehicleCreate a vehicle, optionally attached to a customer. - Create an order
shopmonkey_create_orderOpen a new work order (it starts as an estimate) for a customer and vehicle. Add services and labor with shopmonkey_add_service. - Update an order
shopmonkey_update_orderUpdate a work order — move it to another workflow status, change its status (Estimate, RepairOrder, Invoice), edit complaint/recommendation, due date, service writer, or archive it. Only the fields you pass are sent. - Book an appointment
shopmonkey_create_appointmentBook an appointment on the shop calendar, optionally for a customer, vehicle and order and assigned to technicians. Confirmation/reminder messages are only sent if you ask. - Update or reschedule an appointment
shopmonkey_update_appointmentChange an existing appointment — move it (new startDate/endDate), rename it, change its note, color, technicians, customer, vehicle or linked order, or set its confirmation status. Only the fields you pass are sent, so nothing is duplicated. Find the id with shopmonkey_search_appointments. - Delete (cancel) an appointment
shopmonkey_delete_appointmentWRITE — removes an appointment from the shop calendar. To move it instead, use shopmonkey_update_appointment. Without confirm it only previews: it reads the appointment and deletes nothing. Show the preview to the user, then call again with confirm: true. After the delete the appointment is read again to verify it is gone. - Add a service (job) to an order
shopmonkey_add_serviceAdd a new service (job) to a work order, e.g. 'Road Call', optionally with labor lines (name, hours, hourly rate in cents). The service is created first, then each labor line is added to it. Find the order id with shopmonkey_find_order_by_number. To add labor to a service that exists, use shopmonkey_add_labor. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/order/:orderId/service, then POST /v3/order/:orderId/service/:serviceId/labor. - Apply a canned service to an order
shopmonkey_apply_canned_serviceCopy a saved canned service onto an existing work order in one vendor request, including its labor, parts and fees. Use shopmonkey_list_canned_services for cannedServiceId. Creates a new service each time; check shopmonkey_list_order_services before retrying an uncertain result. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/order/:orderId/service with fromCannedServiceId. - Add a flat fee to a service
shopmonkey_add_feeAdd a fixed-cent fee/surcharge to an existing work order service, e.g. amountCents: 3000 for a $30 fuel or on-site fee. Uses the vendor's FixedCents fee type, not a labor line. Get serviceId with shopmonkey_list_order_services. Each call creates a fee; check the service before retrying an uncertain result. - Send a customer SMS or email
shopmonkey_send_messageSend a free-form customer message by Email, SMS or All through Shopmonkey messaging. This sends the supplied text without sharing an estimate or changing order authorization. Contact ids must belong to customerId; omitted ids use the primary or only contact (or the selected order contact when orderId is given). Optional orderId must belong to this customer. Returns message delivery statuses; creation does not guarantee delivery. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/customer/:id, optionally GET /v3/order/:id, then POST /v3/message. - Add a labor line to a service
shopmonkey_add_laborAdd a labor line (name, hours, hourly rate in cents, technician) to a service on a work order. Get the service id with shopmonkey_list_order_services; to start a new service, use shopmonkey_add_service. - Send an estimate for customer authorization
shopmonkey_send_estimateShare a work order's estimate through Shopmonkey messaging by Email, SMS or All. Reads the order and customer, enables customer authorization on the order, then creates an Order share message. This requests the customer's approval; it does not record approval. Supply the message text. Contact ids must belong to the order's customer; omitted ids use the order's selected contact, the primary contact, or the only contact. Returns Shopmonkey's message and delivery statuses (creation does not guarantee delivery). Invoiced or deleted orders cannot be sent. - Add a part to a work order service
shopmonkey_add_partAdd a part line to an existing service on a work order. Use shopmonkey_list_order_services for serviceId and shopmonkey_search_inventory_parts for inventoryPartId. Prices are per unit in cents; quantity may be fractional. Inventory reservation and reduction happen only if explicitly requested. Returns data.part with the new part id. This does not create or fulfill a vendor purchase order: those writes are not documented in Shopmonkey's public API. - Remove a work order service and its lines
shopmonkey_delete_servicePreview then remove one service and all its labor, parts, fees, tires and subcontract lines. Show the cascade preview before confirming with its fingerprint. Refuses authorized/invoiced/paid/archived/deleted/read-only orders, orders with payments or a non-Unlocked invoiceLockState, authorized services and inventory/PO-linked parts or tires. Verifies absence after deletion. - Remove a labor line
shopmonkey_delete_laborPreview then remove one labor line belonging to this work order service. Show the preview, then confirm with its fingerprint. Refuses authorized/invoiced/paid/archived/deleted/read-only orders, orders with payments or a non-Unlocked invoiceLockState, and authorized services. Verifies absence. - Remove a part line
shopmonkey_delete_partPreview then remove one part line belonging to this work order service. Show the preview, then confirm with its fingerprint. Refuses authorized/invoiced/paid/archived/deleted/read-only orders, orders with payments or a non-Unlocked invoiceLockState, authorized services and inventory/PO-linked parts. Verifies absence.
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- Usage status (free-tier meter)
shopmonkey_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
shopmonkey_request_featureTell usefulapi that the user needs something the Shopmonkey 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+
shopmonkey_upgradeGet a paid plan for Shopmonkey (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
shopmonkey_cancel_subscriptionCancel the caller's Shopmonkey 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 shopmonkey_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter.
FAQ
What can I do with Shopmonkey in Claude or ChatGPT?
List work orders with their status and technicians. Find a customer, their vehicles and service history. Check which parts are in stock. Add a customer and vehicle and open a work order. Check the calendar or book an appointment. Move a work order to another status or edit it. See what you can do for the details.
Is this an official Shopmonkey product?
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Shopmonkey. The server calls the Shopmonkey API with your own Shopmonkey access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Can I connect Shopmonkey 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 Shopmonkey API key. See Before you connect for where to find it.
Do I put my Shopmonkey 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 Shopmonkey 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 Shopmonkey credentials?
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Shopmonkey 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 Shopmonkey.
Can the AI change my Shopmonkey data?
Yes, if you approve it. 21 of the 45 Shopmonkey tools can create or change data. The other 24 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 Shopmonkey server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run shopmonkey_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
How do I subscribe or cancel?
Ask the AI to run shopmonkey_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 shopmonkey_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
What if a Shopmonkey tool that I need is missing?
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with shopmonkey_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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