Read Gift Up! gift cards, orders, items, promotions and transactions (read-only, codes masked). 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": {
"gift-up": {
"url": "https://gift-up.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"gift-up": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://gift-up.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 Gift Up API key.
Create it in Gift Up → Settings → Integrations → API keys. A Gift Up key has broad privileges, but this server only reads: it never redeems, tops up, voids or issues gift cards. Your key is used only to call the Gift Up API on your behalf; it is never shown to anyone.
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 Gift Up 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.
Turn on the Gift Up! connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
giftup_get_company | read | Get company The Gift Up account this API key belongs to: id, name, currency, whether onboarding is complete and whether the checkout is live. GET /company. |
giftup_list_gift_cards | read | List gift cards List gift cards with balance, status flags (canBeRedeemed, hasExpired, notYetValid, isVoided), title, recipient, expiry and the order they came from. Codes are MASKED (at least 6 characters stay hidden); to see one card in full (code and ledger) use giftup_get_gift_card with its code. Filter by state, creation/update time, order, SKU, recipient/purchaser email or payment transaction id. GET /gift-cards. |
giftup_get_gift_card | read | Get gift card One gift card by its code: balance (remainingValue / remainingUnits), status flags, expiry, recipient, order, fulfilment and the full ledger of events (created, redeemed, topped up, voided). Returns the code in full because you asked for this card by code; do not repeat it elsewhere. Read-only: it never redeems or changes the card. GET /gift-cards/{code}. |
giftup_list_orders | read | List orders List orders (the purchases that created gift cards), newest first: order number, purchaser, revenue, tip, fees, discount, applied promotions, source, notes, metadata and payment provider. Filter by creation time, purchaser email or source. GET /orders. |
giftup_get_order | read | Get order One order by id: totals, purchaser, promotions, custom fields, sales taxes, notes, metadata and payment provider. GET /orders/{id}. |
giftup_list_items | read | List items List the gift card products on sale (items): name, price, value, price type, availability window, group, stock level, per-order limit, SKU and terms. Pre-generated codes are reduced to a count and masked tails. Optionally only one group. GET /items. |
giftup_get_item | read | Get item One item (gift card product) by id. Pre-generated codes are reduced to a count and masked tails. GET /items/{id}. |
giftup_list_item_groups | read | List item groups List item groups (the sections that organize items in the checkout): id, name, description, sort order, auto-expand. GET /groups. |
giftup_get_item_group | read | Get item group One item group by id. GET /groups/{id}. |
giftup_list_locations | read | List locations List the locations (stores) of the account; their ids filter and label report transactions. GET /locations. |
giftup_list_promotions | read | List promotions List promotions (checkout discounts and bonus credit): name, published/stopped dates, benefits (percentage and fixed discounts, extra credit), usage counts and revenue, limitations and triggers (items, groups, spend and quantity thresholds, promo code). Read-only. GET /promotions. |
giftup_list_transactions | read | List report transactions The immutable financial transaction log: OrderPlaced (income, fees, tip), GiftCardCreated, CreditAdded, Redeemed, Expired, Unexpired, Voided, Reactivated, with who, where, reason, Gift Up fee and the value change. Gift card codes are MASKED (at least 6 characters stay hidden). Filter by time range, event type, user email, location id or one gift card code. GET /reports/transactions. |
giftup_get_transaction | read | Get report transaction One report transaction by id. The gift card code inside is MASKED (at least 6 characters stay hidden). GET /reports/transactions/{id}. |
giftup_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. | |
giftup_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Gift Up! 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. | |
giftup_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on Gift Up! (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. | |
giftup_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Gift Up! 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 giftup_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 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 Gift Up! server only. Subscribe with giftup_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with giftup_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running giftup_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 Gift Up!. The server calls the Gift Up! API with your own Gift Up! 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 Gift Up API key. See Before you connect for where to find it.
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 Gift Up 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 Gift Up! 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 Gift Up!.
All 13 Gift Up! tools are marked read-only.
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 Gift Up! server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run giftup_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run giftup_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run giftup_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 giftup_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.