Check vacation-rental reservations, rates, availability and guest messages, and update bookings. 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": {
"smoobu": {
"url": "https://smoobu.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"smoobu": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://smoobu.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 Smoobu API key and Smoobu API secret.
Create both in Smoobu → Settings → Advanced → API Keys. The secret is shown only once, when the key is created. Both are required: every request is HMAC-signed, and Smoobu switches off the old key-only access on 2026-10-31. Your credentials are used only to call the Smoobu API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; they are 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 Smoobu API key and Smoobu API 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 Smoobu connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
smoobu_get_user | read | Get the current user Fetch the Smoobu user these credentials belong to (id, name, email). A cheap way to confirm the setup works; the id is the customerId used by availability checks. Smoobu: GET /api/me. |
smoobu_list_apartments | read | List properties List every property (Smoobu calls them apartments) in the account, with id and name. Start here to get apartment ids. Smoobu: GET /api/apartments. |
smoobu_get_apartment | read | Get one property Fetch one property's details: location, time zone, rooms and beds, max occupancy, amenities, currency, min/max nightly price and type. Smoobu: GET /api/apartments/{apartmentId}. |
smoobu_list_reservations | read | List reservations List reservations across all channels (Airbnb, Booking.com, direct, ...), paginated, with guest, dates, channel, price and payment status. Filter by stay range, arrival, departure, creation or modification date, and property. Smoobu: GET /api/reservations. |
smoobu_get_reservation | read | Get one reservation Fetch one reservation by id: guest, dates, check-in/out times, channel and its reference id, price, prepayment and deposit status, and the guest-app URL. Smoobu: GET /api/reservations/{reservationId}. |
smoobu_list_price_elements | read | List a reservation's price elements List the financial breakdown of one reservation: base price, cleaning fee, add-ons, long-stay discounts and coupons, with amounts, tax and currency. Smoobu: GET /api/reservations/{reservationId}/price-elements. |
smoobu_get_reservation_placeholders | read | Get a reservation's message placeholders Get every placeholder value Smoobu would substitute into a message for this reservation: guest name, dates and times, nights, price and balance, online check-in link, guest-app link, door PIN codes and more. Useful for drafting a guest message. Smoobu: GET /api/reservations/{reservationId}/placeholders. |
smoobu_get_rates | read | Get rates and availability Get the nightly price, minimum length of stay and availability (0 = not available) for each date in a range, for one or more properties. Smoobu: GET /api/rates. |
smoobu_check_availability | read | Check availability and quote a stay Check which properties can be booked for an arrival/departure pair and get the total price for each; unavailable ones come back with the reason (minimum stay, too many guests, arrival day, lead time...). Read-only, books nothing. Smoobu: POST /booking/checkApartmentAvailability. |
smoobu_list_message_threads | read | List inbox threads List the unified guest inbox: one thread per booking with guest name, property and the latest message, plus the unread count. Smoobu: GET /api/threads. |
smoobu_list_reservation_messages | read | List a reservation's messages Get the full conversation for one reservation, paginated. Each message has a subject, plain-text and HTML body, and type (1 = inbox / from guest, 2 = outbox / sent). Smoobu: GET /api/reservations/{reservationId}/messages. |
smoobu_list_guests | read | List guests List guests from the Smoobu CRM with their emails, phone numbers, address, notes and bookings; optionally search. Smoobu: GET /api/guests. |
smoobu_get_guest | read | Get one guest Fetch one guest by id (the guestId on a reservation) with contact details, notes and every booking they have made. Smoobu: GET /api/guests/{guestId}. |
smoobu_list_addons | read | List add-ons List the bookable add-ons (towels, breakfast, late check-out...) with amount, tax, calculation type (0 per booking, 1 per person, 2 per night, 3 per person and night) and the properties they apply to; optionally for one property. Smoobu: GET /api/addons[/{apartmentId}]. |
smoobu_list_custom_placeholders | read | List custom placeholders List the account's custom message placeholders (key, default value, and whether they are global, per booking or per property). Smoobu: GET /api/custom-placeholders. |
smoobu_create_reservation | write | Create a reservation Create a reservation (or a blocked period) on a property. Smoobu treats it like a booking from a channel and SYNCS the blocked dates to every connected channel (Airbnb, Booking.com, ...). Fails if the dates overlap an existing booking. This server offers no cancel — cancel it in Smoobu if needed. Which guest fields are mandatory depends on your booking-tool 'Form Content' settings. Smoobu: POST /api/reservations. |
smoobu_update_reservation | write | Update a reservation Update an existing reservation's times, guest contact, notes, guest counts, language, or price / prepayment / deposit amounts and paid status. Only the fields you pass are sent. Dates and property cannot be changed here. Smoobu: PUT /api/reservations/{reservationId}. |
smoobu_set_rates | write | Set rates and minimum stays Set the nightly price and/or minimum length of stay for dates on one or more properties. Smoobu PUSHES these to every channel with price sync enabled, so this changes live prices guests see. Reversible by setting the old values again — read them first with smoobu_get_rates. Each operation needs daily_price, min_length_of_stay, or both (a minimum stay alone needs an existing price). Smoobu: POST /api/rates. |
smoobu_send_message_to_guest | write | Send a message to a guest Send a message to the guest of a reservation through Smoobu (it goes out on the booking's channel, e.g. the Airbnb or Booking.com inbox, or email). Delivered IMMEDIATELY and cannot be unsent — confirm the text with the user first. Smoobu: POST /api/reservations/{reservationId}/messages/send-message-to-guest. |
smoobu_send_message_to_host | write | Post a message to the host Post a message on a reservation's thread addressed to the Smoobu user (the host). With internal=true it is an internal note hidden from the guest — handy for logging. Cannot be unsent. Smoobu: POST /api/reservations/{reservationId}/messages/send-message-to-host. |
smoobu_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. | |
smoobu_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Smoobu 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. | |
smoobu_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on Smoobu (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. | |
smoobu_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Smoobu 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 smoobu_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 user | $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 Smoobu server only. Subscribe with smoobu_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with smoobu_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running smoobu_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 Smoobu. The server calls the Smoobu API with your own Smoobu 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 Smoobu API key and Smoobu API 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 Smoobu API key and Smoobu API 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 Smoobu 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 Smoobu.
Yes, if you approve it. 5 of the 20 Smoobu 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 unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month), for this Smoobu server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run smoobu_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run smoobu_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run smoobu_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 smoobu_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.