Read shops, catalog blueprints, print providers, products and orders; create and publish products. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the Printify connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For print-on-demand sellers who make and sell custom products with Printify.
The AI lists orders in a shop, filtered by status or SKU, and reads each order's shipments with carrier and tracking numbers. You see what is in production and what shipped.
The AI lists products in a shop and reads one with its variants, images, print areas and publish status. You can find products that are not published yet.
The AI lists catalog blueprints (such as a unisex t-shirt), the print providers that make a blueprint, and the sizes and colors each offers. It helps you choose a provider.
The AI prices shipping for line items to a destination address. It only quotes the price and does not place an order.
The AI publishes a product to the shop's connected sales channel, such as Shopify or Etsy. It locks the product and pushes the fields you choose to the store.
Changes dataThe login page asks for your Printify API token.
Optional: Webhook receiver signing secret.
Create a token in Printify → My profile → Connections → API tokens with access to the shops and operations you intend to use. Before creating orders, set the specific API store to Manual order approval; otherwise Printify may send them to production automatically. For signed shipment webhooks, optionally enter the same signing secret already configured in your receiver. The secret is stored securely with this connection and is never returned by tools. Copies remain drafts until separately published.
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": {
"printify": {
"url": "https://printify.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"printify": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://printify.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 Printify API token. 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 Printify server only. Ask your AI to run printify_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 printify_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 printify_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
printify_write_operation_statusprintify_copy_statusprintify_list_shopsprintify_list_productsprintify_get_productprintify_list_ordersprintify_get_orderprintify_calculate_shippingprintify_list_catalog_blueprintsprintify_get_blueprintprintify_get_print_providersprintify_get_variantsprintify_list_print_providersprintify_list_webhooksprintify_list_uploadsprintify_create_orderprintify_send_to_productionprintify_create_webhookprintify_delete_webhookprintify_update_product_pricesprintify_copy_productsprintify_resolve_copyprintify_publish_productprintify_usage_statusprintify_request_featureprintify_upgradeprintify_cancel_subscriptionCheck order status and tracking numbers. Review your products and their publish status. Compare print providers and options for a product type. Get a shipping quote for items to an address. Publish a product to your sales channel. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Printify. The server calls the Printify API with your own Printify 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 Printify API token. 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 Printify API token. 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 Printify 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 Printify.
Yes, if you approve it. 8 of the 23 Printify tools can create or change data. The other 15 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 Printify server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run printify_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run printify_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 printify_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 printify_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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