Shippo MCP connector
The Shippo connector brings addresses, live rates, shipment batches, carrier accounts and customs declarations to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent, so once connected your team can quote, validate and ship by asking a plain question.
- Connects with an API key
- Free 14-day trial
- No credit card
Validate this address and fix the postal code if it is wrong
Working in Shippo with Elaichi
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List all Shippo addresses
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Get single Shippo address by ID
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Get single Shippo batch by ID
How to connect Shippo to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
Step by step, for each AI app
Shippo MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
Shippo MCP connector for Claude Code
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In a terminal, run
claude mcp addwith the endpoint.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Start Claude Code and run
/mcp. -
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Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.
Terminal
$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.
Shippo MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
Shippo MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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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.
Shippo MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot
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In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.
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Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.
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Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.
- Server URL
- https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0
- Type
- Dynamic discovery
Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.
Connect Shippo to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
What teams do with Shippo through Elaichi
Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Shippo is logged.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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”
What connecting Shippo gets you
6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Shippo account.
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, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
The agent
Ask about Shippo shipments in plain language.
Get live rates, validate addresses and check batch status by typing a question.
Copy the endpoint
AI apps
One endpoint puts Shippo in every client.
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot connect through one governed endpoint, no SDK, no shared API key.
Tool catalog
71 Shippo tools ready with no code.
Addresses, batches, carrier accounts, customs declarations and live rates, covered without writing a line.
Toolboxes
Each team gets its own Shippo toolbox.
Fulfillment purchases batch labels while support only checks addresses and rates.
Shared connections
Teammates ship through Shippo without a credential.
One person connects the Shippo account, shares it, and the API key stays hidden.
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.
From answering questions to doing the work
A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Workflows, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.
Shippo digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
0.2s -
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Fetch addresses
Shippo
1.4s -
✓
Group by owner
Transform
0.1s -
✓
Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
6.2s -
Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Jake Morgan
Approve Deny -
Post the digest
Shippo
Queued
Workflows
A schedule ships the day's Shippo batch.
New shipments are fetched, grouped by carrier, drafted into a digest, approved, then purchased.
Shippo health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the addresses collection
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%
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.
For IT and engineering
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Shippo
All three can connect Shippo to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over Shippo tools | Allow or restrict single Shippo 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 Shippo 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 | Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. | 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.
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.
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Questions, answered
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, Microsoft Copilot, 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 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 restricting batch purchases, carrier account updates or removing shipments from a batch. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.
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, Microsoft Copilot 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, Microsoft Copilot, 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 Shippo?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Shippo. 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 Shippo call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for Shippo?
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 Shippo: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
Put Shippo in front of your team
14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.
When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.
Add one link to your AI app
The same link for everyone on your team.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
ChatGPT
Claude
Cursor
Microsoft Copilot