Read Orb customers, subscriptions, invoices, usage and costs; create or update customers. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the Orb connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For billing and finance teams who run usage-based billing in Orb.
The AI reads the metered usage of a subscription over a timeframe you give, plus the subscription itself. You see how much a customer used.
The AI lists invoices filtered by customer, subscription or status and reads one invoice. You see which customers still owe.
The AI fetches the upcoming draft invoice for a subscription, so you can check the amounts before it is issued.
The AI reads the costs a customer or a subscription incurred over a timeframe and compares them.
The AI reads a customer's credit balances by currency and the credit ledger, so you can see how credits were added and used.
The AI finds a customer by id or external id, creates a new one with name and email, or changes details of an existing one.
Changes dataThe login page asks for your Orb API key.
Find it in the Orb web app → Settings → Developers → API keys. 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.
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": {
"orb": {
"url": "https://orb.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"orb": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://orb.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 Orb 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 |
| Pro | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+ | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this Orb server only. Ask your AI to run orb_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 orb_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 orb_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
orb_pingorb_list_customersorb_get_customerorb_get_customer_by_external_idorb_get_customer_costsorb_get_customer_creditsorb_get_customer_credits_ledgerorb_list_plansorb_get_planorb_list_subscriptionsorb_get_subscriptionorb_get_subscription_costsorb_get_subscription_usageorb_get_subscription_scheduleorb_list_invoicesorb_get_invoiceorb_get_upcoming_invoiceorb_list_itemsorb_get_itemorb_list_pricesorb_get_priceorb_list_metricsorb_list_couponsorb_list_alertsorb_create_customerorb_update_customerorb_usage_statusorb_request_featureorb_upgradeorb_cancel_subscriptionCheck the metered usage of a subscription. Find unpaid invoices and their customers. Preview the next invoice of a subscription. See the costs of a customer or subscription. Check a customer's credit balance and ledger. Create a customer or update their details. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Orb. The server calls the Orb API with your own Orb 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 Orb 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 Orb 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 Orb 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 Orb.
Yes, if you approve it. 2 of the 26 Orb 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 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this Orb server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run orb_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run orb_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 orb_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 orb_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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