Quipu MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Quipu MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. It exposes 11 tools. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.

Read contacts, invoices and book entries; create contacts and draft invoices in Quipu.

Uptime history 14 hours of history

14 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

52 of 52 checks

Tools

read from the server

253 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 1 Nov 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Quipu MCP by usefulapi every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add quipu --transport http https://quipu.usefulapi.io/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://quipu.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.quipu]
url = "https://quipu.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quipu": {
      "url": "https://quipu.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "quipu": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://quipu.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 11

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

quipu

quipu_create_contact

Create a contact (client or supplier). WRITE: it adds a record to the Quipu account. A tax id is needed before you invoice the contact.

quipu_create_draft_invoice

Create a DRAFT income invoice for a contact. WRITE: it adds a draft to Quipu. It sends no issue date or number, so Quipu does not issue or register the invoice; finalize it in the Quipu app.

quipu_get_contact

Get one contact by id, with its totals of paid and unpaid incomes and expenses.

quipu_get_invoice

Get one invoice by id. Income invoices include download_pdf_url and ephemeral_open_download_pdf_url (a temporary PDF link).

quipu_list_accounting_categories

List accounting categories (chart of accounts groups). Filter by kind, prefix or active state.

quipu_list_accounting_subcategories

List accounting subcategories, optionally for one accounting category.

quipu_list_book_entries

List all book entries (invoices, tickets and other accounting entries) in one list. Filter by type, kind, period, dates, payment status or contact.

quipu_list_contacts

List contacts (clients and suppliers) of the Quipu account. Filter by kind, tax id, country, email or free text.

quipu_list_invoices

List invoices (issued and received). Filter by kind, period, operation date, payment status or contact. Totals and PDF links are in the attributes.

quipu_list_numbering_series

List invoice numbering series (prefixes). Use a series id when you create a draft invoice.

quipu_update_contact

Update fields of one contact. WRITE: it changes the record; only the fields you send change.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://quipu.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	254 ms	2 min ago

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Quipu MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Quipu MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 11 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: quipu_create_contact, quipu_create_draft_invoice, quipu_get_contact, quipu_get_invoice, quipu_list_accounting_categories, quipu_list_accounting_subcategories and 5 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Quipu MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 52 of 52 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 253 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Quipu MCP by usefulapi?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Quipu MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Quipu MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 11 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Quipu MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 253 ms on average, which is faster than 55% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Quipu MCP by usefulapi open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at quipu.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.