Read orders, products, stock and returns; acknowledge orders and set stock in ChannelEngine. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the ChannelEngine connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For merchants who sell on marketplaces and webshops through ChannelEngine.
Get the orders that are new and not yet processed. Acknowledge each order to tell the channel that you accepted it.
Changes dataList the stock locations, then read the stock level of each product across all of them.
Send the full stock per location for each product. The change updates live listings on every connected channel.
Changes dataList the returns, with filters on channel, order, status, date and acknowledgement. List the order cancellations, with filters on creation date and order numbers.
List the channels, then list the products on one channel for the product numbers you choose.
The login page asks for your ChannelEngine tenant subdomain and Merchant API key.
Your subdomain is the part before .channelengine.net in your ChannelEngine address. Create the key in ChannelEngine → Settings → Merchant API keys. The key is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"channelengine": {
"url": "https://channelengine.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"channelengine": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://channelengine.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
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 ChannelEngine tenant subdomain and Merchant 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.
| 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 ChannelEngine server only. Ask your AI to run channelengine_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 channelengine_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 channelengine_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
channelengine_list_channelschannelengine_get_settingschannelengine_list_stock_locationschannelengine_list_orderschannelengine_get_new_orderschannelengine_list_productschannelengine_get_productchannelengine_list_channel_listingschannelengine_get_stockchannelengine_list_shipmentschannelengine_list_returnschannelengine_list_cancellationschannelengine_list_notificationschannelengine_acknowledge_orderchannelengine_update_stockchannelengine_usage_statuschannelengine_request_featurechannelengine_upgradechannelengine_cancel_subscriptionTake in new orders. Check stock across locations. Set stock for products. Review returns and cancellations. See which products a channel lists. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by ChannelEngine. The server calls the ChannelEngine API with your own ChannelEngine access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
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.
The login page asks for your ChannelEngine tenant subdomain and Merchant API key. See Before you connect for where to find them.
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 ChannelEngine tenant subdomain and Merchant 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.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the ChannelEngine 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 ChannelEngine.
Yes, if you approve it. 2 of the 15 ChannelEngine tools can create or change data. The other 13 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
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 ChannelEngine server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run channelengine_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run channelengine_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 channelengine_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with channelengine_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.
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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