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ChargeDesk MCP connector

Connect ChargeDesk to Elaichi and Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client can look up customers, charges and subscriptions, issue refunds, resend receipts and change plans, each action under the signed-in person's access and logged.

  • How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect ChargeDesk to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect ChargeDesk once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick ChargeDesk.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Paste a ChargeDesk API key. One person generates a token in ChargeDesk and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

chargedesk
ChargeDesk
Airwallex
Chimoney
Circle
Dwolla
Finexio
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

ChargeDesk MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

ChargeDesk MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

ChargeDesk MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect ChargeDesk to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with ChargeDesk through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Support

    Find a customer's charges during a chat

    Pull up the customer in ChargeDesk, see every charge on their account and answer a billing question before the conversation ends.

  • Support

    Resend a receipt without switching tabs

    When a customer says they never got their receipt, email the charge straight from ChargeDesk while you are still talking to them.

  • Finance

    Refund a duplicate charge and move on

    Refund, void or capture a gateway charge in ChargeDesk from the same place you reviewed it, with the action logged under your name.

  • Billing

    Move a subscriber to a new plan

    Update the plan on a ChargeDesk subscription, or cancel it, when a customer upgrades, downgrades or churns.

  • Sales

    Set up a new customer and first charge

    Create the customer in ChargeDesk, preview the charge so the amount is right, then create it once the deal closes.

  • Customer success

    Review subscriptions due to lapse this month

    List ChargeDesk subscriptions, spot the ones ending soon and reach out before a renewal is missed.

Try asking

  • “Show me every charge for Acme Ltd this month”
  • “Refund the duplicate charge on Jane Doe's account”
  • “Which subscriptions are set to cancel in the next 30 days?”

See all 35 ChargeDesk tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for ChargeDesk

All three can connect ChargeDesk to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for ChargeDesk, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over ChargeDesk tools Allow or restrict single ChargeDesk tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per ChargeDesk call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

ChargeDesk tools for your AI agents

35 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect ChargeDesk, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting ChargeDesk gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your ChargeDesk account.

The agent

Ask about charges and get live answers.

Ask about a customer or charge and get the live ChargeDesk record back.

  • charges
  • customers
  • subscriptions
  • products

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Show me every charge for Acme Ltd this month

Refund the duplicate charge on Jane Doe's account

Which subscriptions are set to cancel in the next 30 days?

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

One ChargeDesk endpoint for every AI client.

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor reach ChargeDesk through one org endpoint, no SDK and no shared key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

35 ChargeDesk tools, no code to write.

Charges, customers, subscriptions, products and refunds are covered, with nothing for an engineer to build.

  • Create a ChargeDesk charge
  • List all ChargeDesk charges
  • Get single ChargeDesk charge by ID
  • Update a ChargeDesk charge by ID
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Create a ChargeDesk charge Create Create a charge record in ChargeDesk. Creates a record of an external charge. NB: this is not a gateway method, so will not create a live charge on your gateway. Use the Create Charge gateway method to create a live charge. This only records an external charge in ChargeDesk; use gateway_charges.create to charge a card through the gateway. Returns the charge with fields such as added_tax, amount, amount_formatted, amount_refunded, amount_refunded_formatted, amount_symbol, charge_id, company, currency, customer_country, customer_email, customer_id, customer_name, customer_phone, … Required: amount, currency, customer.id.
List all ChargeDesk charges List List charges in ChargeDesk. Get all charges associated with the secret key provided in the request Returns charge records with fields such as added_tax, amount, amount_formatted, amount_refunded, amount_refunded_formatted, amount_symbol, charge_id, company, currency, customer_country, customer_email, customer_id, customer_name, customer_phone, … Paginate with count and offset (max 500 per page). Required: none.
Get single ChargeDesk charge by ID Get Get a charge in ChargeDesk. Retrieves a charge that has previously been created. Returns the charge with fields such as added_tax, amount, amount_formatted, amount_refunded, amount_refunded_formatted, amount_symbol, charge_id, company, currency, customer_country, customer_email, customer_id, customer_name, customer_phone, … Required: id.
Update a ChargeDesk charge by ID Update Update a charge in ChargeDesk. Updates an existing charge with new information. Returns the charge with fields such as added_tax, amount, amount_formatted, amount_refunded, amount_refunded_formatted, amount_symbol, charge_id, company, currency, customer_country, customer_email, customer_id, customer_name, customer_phone, … Required: id, customer.id.
ChargeDesk charges email Action Email a charge notification in ChargeDesk. Send an email notification (such as receipt) to the customer. The type of email sent will depend on the current status of the charge. Paid or Pending charges will send a receipt. Refunded charges will send a refund notification. Authorized charges will send an authorized notification. Voided charges will send a void email. Returns the charge. Required: charge_id.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own ChargeDesk toolbox.

Support, Finance and Billing each work from a toolbox scoped to the team.

  • Support
  • Finance
  • Billing
  • Sales
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Support toolbox

ChargeDesk · customer lookups and receipts

ChargeDesk starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Finance toolbox

ChargeDesk · refunds, captures and voids

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Billing toolbox

ChargeDesk · subscriptions and plan changes

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Sales toolbox

ChargeDesk · new customers and first charges

ChargeDesk starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Customer success toolbox

ChargeDesk · renewals and upgrades

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Operations toolbox

ChargeDesk · products and charge previews

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Share ChargeDesk access, never the API key.

One person connects ChargeDesk, teams and members work through it without seeing a credential.

  • Support
  • Finance
  • Billing
  • Sales
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
CH

ChargeDesk (Support)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
CH

ChargeDesk (Finance)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
CH

ChargeDesk (Billing)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
CH

ChargeDesk (Sales)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
CH

ChargeDesk (Customer success)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
CH

ChargeDesk (EU store)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every ChargeDesk refund has a name on it.

The log records who did what to which charge, customer or subscription, and when.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

ChargeDesk Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

ChargeDesk Charges Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

ChargeDesk Charges List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule starts the ChargeDesk digest itself.

Charges are fetched, grouped and drafted into a digest, a person approves, then it posts back.

ChargeDesk digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch charges

    ChargeDesk

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    ChargeDesk

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

ChargeDesk numbers refresh without anyone asking.

Charges created over 14 days, four metrics and a team breakdown, computed with no model involved.

ChargeDesk health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the charges collection

Live

Charges

1,284 ↓ 12%

Customers

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Charges created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Support 34%

Finance 27%

Billing 21%

Sales 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect ChargeDesk to Claude?

Connect ChargeDesk in Elaichi by pasting your ChargeDesk API key, then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. There is no OAuth application to register for ChargeDesk and no client ID or secret to generate. Once both steps are done, Claude can work with your ChargeDesk customers, charges and subscriptions.

Does ChargeDesk work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. ChargeDesk is connected once in Elaichi and reached through the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You do not set ChargeDesk up again for each client.

What can an AI agent actually do with my ChargeDesk data?

An agent connected to ChargeDesk can find a customer, list their charges and subscriptions, email a receipt, preview and create a charge, refund, capture or void a gateway charge, change or cancel a subscription plan and list your products. Short, concrete asks such as "refund the duplicate charge on this account" work better than long instructions. Every action it takes in ChargeDesk is logged.

Does connecting ChargeDesk give the AI everything in my account?

The connection can only see what the ChargeDesk API key it was connected with can see, and each person using it signs in to Elaichi as themselves. Elaichi can narrow what any person or team can do in ChargeDesk, down to specific actions, and it never widens access beyond the key.

Can my team share one ChargeDesk connection?

Yes. One person connects ChargeDesk in Elaichi and shares it with a team, and nobody else ever handles the ChargeDesk API key. Each teammate still signs in as themselves, so the audit log names the person behind every refund, plan change or charge.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in ChargeDesk?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow looking up ChargeDesk customers and charges while blocking refunds, deletions or plan changes. A restricted action is never advertised to the AI client at all, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to a ChargeDesk connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to ChargeDesk at once, across Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client. A shared ChargeDesk connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. Disconnecting ChargeDesk once in Elaichi removes it from every client.

Does the ChargeDesk MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. ChargeDesk is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for ChargeDesk?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use ChargeDesk. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every ChargeDesk call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for ChargeDesk?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to ChargeDesk: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put ChargeDesk in front of your team

14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

Works with
Claude ChatGPT Cursor and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
When the trial ends
Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.