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
- Free 14-day trial
- No credit card
Which Tipalti invoices are still unpaid past their payment terms?
Working in Tipalti with Elaichi
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List all Tipalti custom fields
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Get single Tipalti custom field by ID
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List all Tipalti gl accounts
How to connect Tipalti to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
Step by step, for each AI app
Tipalti 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.
Tipalti 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.
Tipalti 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.
Tipalti 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.
Tipalti 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 Tipalti 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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
What connecting Tipalti gets you
6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Tipalti account.
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.
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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.
Tool catalog
36 Tipalti tools ready without writing code.
Payees, invoices, payments, payment terms, GL accounts and tax codes, covered from day one.
Toolboxes
Every team gets its own Tipalti toolbox.
Accounts payable, procurement and controllers each see only the Tipalti tools their work needs.
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.
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
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✓
Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
0.2s -
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Fetch payees
Tipalti
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
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
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.
| 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 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.
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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 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