Shop Boss MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Shop Boss MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. It exposes 15 tools. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.

Read repair orders, appointments, customers, vehicles, parts and shop reference data.

Uptime history 20 hours of history

20 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

74 of 74 checks

Tools

read from the server

218 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 1 Nov 2026

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Today is the operative word: we check Shop Boss 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 4 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

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

https://shop-boss.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.shop-boss]
url = "https://shop-boss.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shop-boss": {
      "url": "https://shop-boss.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "shop-boss": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://shop-boss.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 15

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

shopboss

shopboss_list_appointments

Review appointments, scheduled dates, customer and vehicle references. Dates use YYYY-MM-DD. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_bays

List available service bays for appointment planning. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_canned_jobs

Look up predefined automotive services and their pricing context. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_complaint_categories

Look up the shop's repair complaint categories. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_customers

Find customers by ID, name, email or phone and review their contact and account context. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_employees

Look up employee names, job descriptions, mechanic numbers and active status. Payroll, home addresses and emergency contacts are omitted. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_order_parts

Review parts, quantities, prices and ordering context associated with repair orders. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_part_sales

Review part-sale balances and statuses without taking payments or changing sales. Part-sale IDs may be negative, as shown in the vendor reference. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_parts

Review inventory availability, reorder levels and part details. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_recommended_repairs

Review recommended or previously declined work for a customer or vehicle. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_repair_orders

Review repair orders with customer, vehicle, complaint and status context. Filter by order ID, customer or VIN. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_shop_hours

Review the shop's configured opening and closing hours. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_sources

Review the shop's configured customer and appointment source labels. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_suppliers

Review supplier contact details and terms; account numbers are omitted. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

shopboss_list_vehicles

Find vehicles by ID, owner, VIN, make, model or year. Read-only. Resource permissions depend on your Shop Boss API key.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://shop-boss.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	238 ms	4 min ago

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Shop Boss MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Shop Boss MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 15 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: shopboss_list_appointments, shopboss_list_bays, shopboss_list_canned_jobs, shopboss_list_complaint_categories, shopboss_list_customers, shopboss_list_employees and 9 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 Shop Boss MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 74 of 74 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 218 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Shop Boss 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 Shop Boss MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Shop Boss MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 15 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Shop Boss MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 218 ms on average, which is faster than 65% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Shop Boss 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 shop-boss.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.