Shopmonkey MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Shopmonkey MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 23 tools. Last commit 10 Oct 2026.

Look up shop customers, vehicles, work orders and parts, and create orders or book appointments.

Uptime history 13 days of history

13 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

109 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 10 Oct 2026

What changed 6

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 1 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

9 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day

8 Oct a tool changed version

1 Oct a tool changed version

and 3 more, back to 1 October 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Shopmonkey 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 9 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

Available tools 23

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

shopmonkey

shopmonkey_add_customer_email

Add an email address to an existing customer, optionally as their primary address. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/customer/:id/email.

shopmonkey_create_appointment

Book an appointment on the shop calendar, optionally for a customer, vehicle and order and assigned to technicians. Confirmation/reminder messages are only sent if you ask. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/appointment.

shopmonkey_create_customer

Create a customer (a person) or a fleet account. Add an email afterwards with shopmonkey_add_customer_email. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/customer.

shopmonkey_create_order

Open a new work order (it starts as an estimate) for a customer and vehicle. Add services in the Shopmonkey UI. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/order.

shopmonkey_create_vehicle

Create a vehicle, optionally attached to a customer. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/vehicle.

shopmonkey_find_customers_by_email

Find the customers that own any of the given email addresses. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/customer/email/search.

shopmonkey_find_customers_by_phone

Find the customers that own any of the given phone numbers — the usual way to identify a caller. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/customer/phone_number/search.

shopmonkey_get_current_user

Fetch the user this API key acts as — id, name, company, default location and permissions. A cheap way to confirm the key works and to find your locationId. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/user/me.

shopmonkey_get_customer

Fetch a single customer by id — contact details, emails, phone numbers, counts of vehicles/orders/appointments. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/customer/:id.

shopmonkey_get_order

Fetch a single work order by id — customer, vehicle, complaint, totals (parts/labor/tax in cents), payment state and profitability. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/order/:id.

shopmonkey_get_vehicle

Fetch a single vehicle by id, including its mileage and tire-pressure logs. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/vehicle/:id.

shopmonkey_list_canned_services

List the shop's canned services (reusable job templates like 'Oil change') with their labor, parts and fees and total in cents. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/canned_service.

shopmonkey_list_customer_orders

List a customer's work orders (estimates, repair orders, invoices) — their service history. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/customer/:id/order.

shopmonkey_list_customer_vehicles

List the vehicles owned by a customer (year/make/model, VIN, plate, mileage). Shopmonkey: GET /v3/customer/:id/vehicle.

shopmonkey_list_order_services

List the services (jobs) on a work order with their line items — labor, parts, tires, fees, subcontracts — authorization status and totals. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/order/:orderId/service.

shopmonkey_list_orders

List work orders for the shop, paged. Each order carries its number, status flags (authorized, invoiced, paid), totals in cents, workflow status and assigned technicians. For one customer's orders use shopmonkey_list_customer_orders. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/order.

shopmonkey_list_users

List the shop's users (service writers, technicians, admins) — the ids to use for technicians and service writers. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/user.

shopmonkey_list_workflow_statuses

List the workflow statuses (the columns of the shop's work-order board) with their position. Use the id to move an order with shopmonkey_update_order. Shopmonkey: GET /v3/workflow_status.

shopmonkey_search_appointments

Search the appointment calendar by date range, customer, order or technician. Returns appointments with their customer. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/appointment/search.

shopmonkey_search_customers

Search customers with a server-side filter, sort and paging. Returns customers with their emails and phone numbers. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/customer/search.

shopmonkey_search_inventory_parts

Search the parts inventory — name, part number, SKU, quantity on hand/available/reserved, retail and wholesale cost in cents, bin location, brand and vendor. Filter e.g. {"sku": "ABC-123"}. Shopmonkey: POST /v3/inventory_part/search.

shopmonkey_update_customer

Update a customer's name, address, note or preferences. Only the fields you pass are sent. Shopmonkey: PUT /v3/customer/:id.

shopmonkey_update_order

Update a work order — move it to another workflow status, change its status (Estimate, RepairOrder, Invoice), edit complaint/recommendation, due date, service writer, or archive it. Only the fields you pass are sent. Shopmonkey: PUT /v3/order/:id.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://shopmonkey.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	75 ms	9 min ago

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Shopmonkey MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Shopmonkey MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 23 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: shopmonkey_add_customer_email, shopmonkey_create_appointment, shopmonkey_create_customer, shopmonkey_create_order, shopmonkey_create_vehicle, shopmonkey_find_customers_by_email and 17 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 Shopmonkey MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 109 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Shopmonkey MCP by usefulapi?

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

Does Shopmonkey MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Shopmonkey MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 23 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Shopmonkey MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 109 ms on average, which is faster than 82% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Shopmonkey MCP by usefulapi open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.