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Shippo MCP connector

The Shippo connector brings addresses, live rates, shipment batches, carrier accounts and customs declarations to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and the Elaichi Agent, so once connected your team can quote, validate and ship by asking a plain question.

  • 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 Shippo to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Shippo once

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

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

  3. Paste a Shippo API key. One person generates a token in Shippo 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.

shippo
Shippo
1Password
360learning
7shifts
Acquire
Active Ants
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.

Shippo 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.

Shippo 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.

Shippo 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 Shippo 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 Shippo through Elaichi

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

  • Fulfillment

    Ship the morning orders in one batch

    Gather the day's shipments into a Shippo batch, add or remove the ones that changed, and purchase the labels together instead of one at a time.

  • Support

    Fix a bad address before it ships

    When a customer writes in with a typo in their street or postal code, validate the corrected address in Shippo and save it so the parcel goes to the right door.

  • Ecommerce

    Quote shipping costs while a customer waits

    Ask for a live rate across your connected carriers for a given parcel and destination, and give the customer a real price on the spot.

  • Trade compliance

    Prepare customs paperwork for international orders

    Create customs items and the customs declaration for a cross-border shipment in Shippo, then look up any declaration later when a carrier or a customer asks.

  • Operations

    Keep carrier accounts current

    List the carrier accounts connected to Shippo, register a new one, check whether its registration went through, and update account details when a contract changes.

  • Finance

    Compare carrier rates before committing spend

    Pull live rates for typical parcel sizes and lanes from Shippo to see which carrier is cheapest this week, and check what a batch cost before it was purchased.

Try asking

  • “Validate this address and fix the postal code if it is wrong”
  • “Get live rates for a 2 kg box to Berlin”
  • “Add today's unshipped orders to a batch and purchase labels”

See all 71 Shippo tools below

AI tools

Shippo tools for your AI agents

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

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Shippo gets you

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

The agent

Ask about Shippo shipments in plain language.

Get live rates, validate addresses and check batch status by typing a question.

  • addresses
  • shipments
  • carrier accounts
  • customs declarations

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Validate this address and fix the postal code if it is wrong

Get live rates for a 2 kg box to Berlin

Add today's unshipped orders to a batch and purchase labels

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

One endpoint puts Shippo in every client.

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor connect through one governed endpoint, no SDK, no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

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

Emma Laurent

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
S

Sofia Ricci

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
C

Clara Nowak

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

71 Shippo tools ready with no code.

Addresses, batches, carrier accounts, customs declarations and live rates, covered without writing a line.

  • List all Shippo addresses
  • Create a Shippo address
  • Get single Shippo address by ID
  • Shippo addresses validate
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Shippo addresses List List all address objects created in your Shippo account. Returns: object_id, is_complete, object_created, object_updated, object_owner, validation_results, name, company, street_no, street1, street2, street3, city, state, zip, country, longitude, latitude, phone, email, is_residential, metadata, test.
Create a Shippo address Create Create a new address in Shippo for use with shipments, rates, and orders. Returns: object_id, is_complete, object_created, object_updated, object_owner, validation_results, name, company, street_no, street1, street2, street3, city, state, zip, country, longitude, latitude, phone, email, is_residential, metadata, test. Requires: name, street1, city, state, zip, and country. Required: country.
Get single Shippo address by ID Get Retrieve a single Shippo address by its object ID. Returns: object_id, is_complete, object_created, object_updated, object_owner, validation_results, company, street_no, street1, street2, street3, city, state, zip, country, longitude, latitude, phone, email, is_residential, metadata, test, name. Required: id.
Shippo addresses validate Validate Validate an existing Shippo address by its object ID. Returns: object_id, is_complete, object_created, object_updated, object_owner, validation_results, name, company, street_no, street1, street2, street3, city, state, zip, country, longitude, latitude, phone, email, is_residential, metadata, test. Required: address_id.
Create a Shippo batch Create Create a Shippo batch for purchasing shipping labels for many shipments at once. Batches are created asynchronously, so the response won't include the batch shipments yet — retrieve the batch later to verify its shipments are valid. Returns: object_id, object_created, object_updated, object_owner. Required: default_carrier_account, default_servicelevel_token, batch_shipments.

Toolboxes

Each team gets its own Shippo toolbox.

Fulfillment purchases batch labels while support only checks addresses and rates.

  • Fulfillment
  • Support
  • Ecommerce
  • Trade compliance
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Fulfillment toolbox

Shippo · batches and label purchases

Shippo starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Support toolbox

Shippo · address validation and rate checks

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Ecommerce toolbox

Shippo · live rates and customer addresses

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Trade compliance toolbox

Shippo · customs declarations and customs items

Shippo starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Operations toolbox

Shippo · carrier accounts and registrations

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Finance toolbox

Shippo · rate comparison and batch costs

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Teammates ship through Shippo without a credential.

One person connects the Shippo account, shares it, and the API key stays hidden.

  • Warehouse US
  • Warehouse EU
  • Support
  • Ecommerce
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
SH

Shippo (Warehouse US)

Connected by Emma Laurent

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
SH

Shippo (Warehouse EU)

Connected by James Whitfield

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
SH

Shippo (Support)

Connected by Sofia Ricci

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
SH

Shippo (Ecommerce)

Connected by Daniel Ortega

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

Shippo (International)

Connected by Clara Nowak

Personal • Active Not shared
SH

Shippo (Finance)

Connected by Michael Brennan

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Shippo action is logged with a name.

See who bought a batch, changed a carrier account, or created a customs declaration, and when.

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

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emma Laurent

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

James Whitfield

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

S

Sofia Ricci

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

D

Daniel Ortega

[email protected]

Shippo Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

C

Clara Nowak

[email protected]

Shippo Addresses Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

M

Michael Brennan

[email protected]

Shippo Addresses 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 ships the day's Shippo batch.

New shipments are fetched, grouped by carrier, drafted into a digest, approved, then purchased.

Shippo digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emma Laurent

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 08:00

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch addresses

    Shippo

    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

    Shippo

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Shippo shipping health, computed without a model.

Four metrics, fourteen days of shipments created, and a breakdown by team, refreshed on schedule.

Shippo health

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

Live

Addresses

1,284 ↓ 12%

Shipments

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Addresses created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Warehouse US 34%

Warehouse EU 27%

Support 21%

Ecommerce 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Shippo to Claude?

Connect Shippo in Elaichi first: Shippo connects with an API key, so you paste the key from your Shippo account settings into Elaichi and you are done. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in to Elaichi when Claude asks, and Shippo is available in your conversation.

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

Yes. Once Shippo is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Shippo once and every client picks it up.

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

With Shippo connected, an agent can look up and validate addresses, get live shipping rates for a parcel, build a batch of shipments and purchase the labels, and create or look up customs declarations and customs items. It can also list your carrier accounts, register a new one and check on its status. Short concrete asks, such as "validate this address" or "rate a 2 kg box to Berlin", work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Shippo give the AI access to every carrier account and shipment?

The AI can only do what the connected Shippo account can do, and every request still runs as the Elaichi user who asked for it, so the audit log names a person and not a shared key. Elaichi can then narrow that further, for example letting support validate addresses and quote rates but not purchase batches or change carrier accounts. Elaichi never widens what the Shippo account itself allows.

Can my team share one Shippo connection?

Yes. One person connects Shippo with the API key, shares the connection with a team in Elaichi, and nobody else on the team ever sees or handles that key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so every batch purchase or address change in Shippo is recorded under their own name.

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

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading addresses and rates from Shippo while blocking batch purchases, carrier account updates or removing shipments from a batch. A restricted action is never advertised to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor at all, so no prompt, however worded, can reach it.

What happens to a Shippo connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding that person in Elaichi ends their access to Shippo at once, across Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client, with no keys to rotate. A shared Shippo connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you ever want Shippo gone entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from every client at the same time.

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

Yes. Shippo 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.

Put Shippo 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.