Read ChurchSuite contacts, children, small groups, rotas, events and attendance; add contact notes. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"churchsuite": {
"url": "https://churchsuite.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"churchsuite": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://churchsuite.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Other MCP clients (Windsurf, Cline, Zed and more): add the URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser. Do not add an Authorization header: see Before you connect.
The login page asks for your Client ID and Client secret.
A ChurchSuite administrator enables API access on a user profile (Account Settings → Users; a dedicated user for this integration is best). That API user then generates a client secret and copies its client ID. The user's ChurchSuite permissions decide which modules this server can see, so grant only what you need. API access may depend on your ChurchSuite plan. Your credentials are used only to call the ChurchSuite API on your behalf; your account is identified by your church's ChurchSuite account id.
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 Client ID and Client secret. 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.
Turn on the ChurchSuite connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
churchsuite_get_account | read | Get church account The church's ChurchSuite account summary: name, unique id, subdomain, time zone, currency, language and first day of week (no billing or data-protection contact details). A good first call. API: GET /account/info. |
churchsuite_list_sites | read | List sites List the church's sites (campuses/congregations: id, name, initials, address). Site ids filter contacts, children, groups, events and plans. API: GET /account/sites. |
churchsuite_list_contacts | read | List address book contacts Search or list adult contacts in the Address Book (name, contact details, address, sites, status, tags via tag_ids). Personal data: ask only for what you need. API: GET /addressbook/contacts. |
churchsuite_get_contact | read | Get a contact Get one Address Book contact by id: names, sex, date of birth, marital status and spouse id, address, phones, email, job, custom fields, communication preferences, sites, status. API: GET /addressbook/contacts/{id}. |
churchsuite_list_contact_notes | read | List contact notes List the pastoral/admin notes on a contact (content, pinned, visibility, who wrote it and when), pinned first. API: GET /addressbook/contacts/{id}/notes. |
churchsuite_add_contact_note | write | Add a note to a contact WRITE: add a new note to a contact's record in ChurchSuite (it is visible to other ChurchSuite users who can see the contact, unless private_to_me is true). Only adds a note: never edits or deletes anything, sends nothing to the contact. API: POST /addressbook/contacts/{id}/notes. |
churchsuite_list_contact_tags | read | List address book tags List Address Book tags (id, name, category, whether it is a smart tag). Use a tag id as tag_ids in list_contacts to list the people with that tag. API: GET /addressbook/tags. |
churchsuite_list_children | read | List children Search or list children in the Children module (name, date of birth, school year, contact details, sites, status, consent flags). Medical and additional-needs fields are left out unless include_medical is true. API: GET /children/children. |
churchsuite_get_child | read | Get a child Get one child by id (names, date of birth, school, contact details, custom fields, consents, sites, status). Medical and additional-needs fields only with include_medical: true. API: GET /children/children/{id}. |
churchsuite_list_children_groups | read | List children's groups List the Children module's groups (classes/age groups: id, name, entry age, check-in capacity and ratio, status). API: GET /children/groups. |
churchsuite_list_small_groups | read | List small groups List small groups (home groups/life groups: name, day, time, frequency, location, description, dates, sign-up options). API: GET /smallgroups/groups. |
churchsuite_get_small_group | read | Get a small group Get one small group by id (schedule, location, description, custom fields, sign-up options, sites). API: GET /smallgroups/groups/{id}. |
churchsuite_list_small_group_members | read | List small group members List small group memberships (group id, person = contact or child id, status, role ids, joined date). Filter by group to get a group's members, or by contact/child to get a person's groups; look people up with get_contact / get_child. API: GET /smallgroups/members. |
churchsuite_list_events | read | List calendar events List calendar events (name, start/end, status, category, location, description, sign-up options, sites). Use starts_after/starts_before (YYYY-MM-DD) for a date window. API: GET /calendar/events. |
churchsuite_get_event | read | Get a calendar event Get one calendar event by id (times, status, category, location, description, visibility, sign-up options). API: GET /calendar/events/{id}. |
churchsuite_list_event_categories | read | List event categories List calendar categories (id, name, colour, status). Use the ids as category_ids in list_events. API: GET /calendar/categories. |
churchsuite_list_ministries | read | List rota ministries List the Rotas module's ministries (worship team, welcome team…: id, name, description, days, rota and rotation type, status, sites). API: GET /rotas/ministries. |
churchsuite_list_ministry_teams | read | List ministry teams List the teams inside rota ministries (id, ministry id, name, order). API: GET /rotas/ministry_teams. |
churchsuite_list_ministry_members | read | List ministry members List who serves in rota ministries (ministry id, team id, person = contact or child id, role ids). Look people up with get_contact / get_child. API: GET /rotas/ministry_members. |
churchsuite_list_unavailability | read | List rota unavailability List the dates people said they are unavailable to serve (person, description, start/end). Filter by person, ministry or a date window. API: GET /rotas/unavailability. |
churchsuite_list_service_plans | read | List service plans List service plans from the Planning module (name, date, time, status, linked event, sites). API: GET /planning/plans. |
churchsuite_list_plan_items | read | List service plan items List the running order of one or more service plans (items: type, name, song arrangement, duration, start time, notes, people). API: GET /planning/plan_items. |
churchsuite_list_giving_funds | read | List giving funds List the church's giving funds (id, name, description, Gift Aid / tax-deductible flags, whether shown in Donate, status). Funds only: no donors, donations or amounts. API: GET /giving/funds. |
churchsuite_list_gatherings | read | List attendance gatherings List the Attendance module's gatherings (services/meetings whose attendance is counted: id, name, sites, status). API: GET /attendance/gatherings. |
churchsuite_list_attendance_records | read | List attendance records List attendance records (headcounts per gathering and date: total number, total people, notes), sorted by date. Filter by gathering, weekday or a date window (YYYY-MM-DD). API: GET /attendance/records. |
churchsuite_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report 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. | |
churchsuite_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the ChurchSuite 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. | |
churchsuite_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on ChurchSuite (the free tier caps monthly usage). Plans: "monthly" — $9/month; "yearly" — $90/year (2 months free). Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period, so it also suits a one-time job. *A fair use limit applies. For heavy use (near Pro's limit): "plus" or "plus_yearly" — Pro+, $19/month or $190/year, unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 100,000 a month); an existing Pro subscription changes to Pro+ in place (needs confirm: true; the price difference for the rest of the period is charged at once). Otherwise returns a short link to open in your browser (it opens Stripe Checkout); after payment the account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
churchsuite_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's ChurchSuite 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 churchsuite_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper church account | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited* |
*Pro fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month on this server. For more, write to [email protected].
Pro covers this ChurchSuite server only. Subscribe with churchsuite_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with churchsuite_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running churchsuite_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by ChurchSuite. The server calls the ChurchSuite API with your own ChurchSuite 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 Client ID and Client secret. 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 Client ID and Client secret. 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 ChurchSuite 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 ChurchSuite.
Yes, if you approve it. 1 of the 25 ChurchSuite 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.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month), for this ChurchSuite server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run churchsuite_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run churchsuite_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run churchsuite_cancel_subscription. Pro continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with churchsuite_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.