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Tipalti MCP connector

The Tipalti connector brings payees, invoices, payments, payment terms and GL accounts into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent, so each person on your finance team works with live Tipalti records inside their own access.

  • Connects over OAuth
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  • No credit card
Claude Elaichi connected

Which Tipalti invoices are still unpaid past their payment terms?

Working in Tipalti with Elaichi

  • List all Tipalti custom fields
  • Get single Tipalti custom field by ID
  • List all Tipalti gl accounts
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Tipalti List all Tipalti gl accounts Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Tipalti Get single Tipalti custom field by ID Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Tipalti List all Tipalti custom fields Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Tipalti Get single Tipalti gl account by ID Megan Brooks · ChatGPT · 9:38 AM Done
Tipalti Create a Tipalti invoice batch Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Tipalti to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Tipalti 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.

Tipalti MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

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

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    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.

Tipalti 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. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Tipalti 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.

Tipalti MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

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

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    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 Tipalti 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.

What teams do with Tipalti through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Tipalti is logged.

  • Accounts payable

    Check which invoices are still waiting

    Ask which Tipalti invoices are open, overdue or sitting in a batch, and get a plain list with amounts and payees instead of paging through the invoice screen.

  • Accounts payable

    Build a payment batch before the run

    Pull together the invoices due this week into a Tipalti payment batch, then review the batch total before anyone releases funds.

  • Finance

    Trace a payment a vendor says is missing

    Look up the payment in Tipalti, see its status and which invoice it settled, and answer the vendor while they are still on the phone.

  • Procurement

    Set up a new vendor as a payee

    Create the payee in Tipalti from the details in the signed contract, and update the record later when their bank or address changes.

  • Controller

    Keep payment terms consistent across vendors

    List every payment term in Tipalti, spot the odd ones, and update payees in bulk so the whole vendor base sits on the terms finance agreed.

  • Accounting

    Code invoices to the right GL account

    Ask which GL accounts and tax codes exist in Tipalti, add a missing tax code, and make sure a new invoice batch lands on the correct accounts.

Try asking

  • “Which Tipalti invoices are still unpaid past their payment terms?”
  • “List every payment sent to Acme Supplies this quarter.”
  • “Update our top twenty payees to net 30 payment terms.”

See all 36 Tipalti tools →

What connecting Tipalti gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Tipalti account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Which Tipalti invoices are still unpaid past their payment terms?

List every payment sent to Acme Supplies this quarter.

Update our top twenty payees to net 30 payment terms.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about payees and invoices in plain language.

Type a question and get answers from live Tipalti invoices, payments and payees.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

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

AI apps

One endpoint puts Tipalti in every AI client.

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot connect over OAuth, with no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Tipalti custom fields List List Tipalti custom fields according to search/filtering criteria; if no filter is specified, all custom fields are returned. Returns each custom field's id, externalId, name, description, resources, valueType, isActive, and attributes.
Get single Tipalti custom field by ID Get Get a specific Tipalti custom field by id. Returns the full custom field object including id, externalId, name, description, resources, valueType, isActive, and attributes. Required: id.
List all Tipalti gl accounts List List Tipalti GL accounts, optionally filtered by id, externalId, isClosed, or category; all accounts are returned when no filter is given. Returns for each account: id, externalId, name, number, currency, isClosed, report1099Type, category, erpAccountType, and payerEntityIds.
Get single Tipalti gl account by ID Get Get a single Tipalti GL account by id. Returns the full account object including id, externalId, name, number, currency, isClosed, report1099Type, category, erpAccountType, and payerEntityIds. Required: id.
Create a Tipalti invoice batch Create Create a Tipalti invoice batch to initiate asynchronous invoice creation. Returns a batch header with id, status, timeCreated, and operationType. Requires batchHeader and items; each invoice requires batchItemId, refCode, subject, invoiceDate, currency, payeeId, payerEntityId, apAccountId, customFieldValues, and lines. Max 200 invoices per batch, 100 lines per invoice.

Tool catalog

36 Tipalti tools ready without writing code.

Payees, invoices, payments, payment terms, GL accounts and tax codes, covered from day one.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Accounts payable toolbox

Tipalti · invoices and payment batches

Tipalti starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Finance toolbox

Tipalti · payments and payer entities

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Procurement toolbox

Tipalti · payees and vendor records

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Controller toolbox

Tipalti · payment terms and approvals

Tipalti starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Accounting toolbox

Tipalti · GL accounts and tax codes

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Operations toolbox

Tipalti · custom fields and batch tracking

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Tipalti toolbox.

Accounts payable, procurement and controllers each see only the Tipalti tools their work needs.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
TI

Tipalti (Accounts payable)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
TI

Tipalti (Finance US)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
TI

Tipalti (Finance EMEA)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
TI

Tipalti (Procurement)

Connected by Tyler Reed

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

Tipalti (Controller)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
TI

Tipalti (Accounting)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Teammates work in Tipalti without holding a credential.

One person connects Tipalti once and shares it with teams, and the key stays hidden.

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]

Tipalti Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Tipalti Payees Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Tipalti Payees List Toolbox

Audit log

Every Tipalti action is logged with a name.

See who created a payee, updated payment terms or opened a payment batch, 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.

Tipalti digest

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

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch payees

    Tipalti

    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 Jake Morgan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Tipalti

    Queued

Workflows

A schedule runs Tipalti work end to end.

New Tipalti invoices are fetched, grouped and drafted into a digest a person approves before posting.

Tipalti health

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

Live

Payees

1,284 ↓ 12%

Invoices

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Payees created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Accounts payable 34%

Finance US 27%

Finance EMEA 21%

Procurement 18%

Collections and dashboards

Tipalti payment health, computed without a model.

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

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Tipalti

All three can connect Tipalti 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 Tipalti, 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 Tipalti tools Allow or restrict single Tipalti 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 Tipalti 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.

Tipalti tools for your AI agents

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

Questions, answered

How do I connect Tipalti to Claude?

Connect Tipalti in Elaichi first, then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Tipalti's own sign-in step asks for an API key, which comes from an OAuth application your Tipalti admin registers inside Tipalti, so one person brings that client ID and secret once. After that, everyone else simply signs in as themselves and never handles a credential.

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

Yes. Once Tipalti 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 Tipalti once and every client picks it up.

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

It can list and look up Tipalti invoices, payments, payees, payer entities, payment terms, GL accounts and custom fields, and answer questions about them in plain language. It can also create payees, invoice batches, payment batches, payment terms and tax codes, and update payees one at a time or in bulk. Short, concrete asks such as "show me overdue invoices from Acme" work better than long sentences.

Does connecting Tipalti give the AI access to everything in my account?

No. Every call to Tipalti runs inside the access of the person who signed in, so the AI sees only the payees, invoices and payments that person can already see in Tipalti. Elaichi can narrow that access further with restrictions, and it never widens it beyond what Tipalti itself allows.

Can my team share one Tipalti connection?

Yes. One person connects Tipalti in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever sees or handles the API key or client secret. Each teammate still signs in as themselves, so the audit log names the actual person who created a payee or opened a payment batch.

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

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading Tipalti invoices and payments while restricting the creation of payment batches or updates to payees. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT or any other client cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to a Tipalti connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding that person in Elaichi ends their access to Tipalti through every client at once. If they were using a shared Tipalti connection, it keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you disconnect Tipalti in Elaichi entirely, it disappears from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent in one step.

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

Yes. Tipalti 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 Tipalti?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Tipalti. 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 Tipalti call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Tipalti?

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 Tipalti: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Tipalti 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