SOS Inventory MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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SOS Inventory MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. It exposes 19 tools. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.

Read SOS Inventory stock and orders; create customers, items and purchase or sales orders.

Uptime history 38 hours of history

38 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

218 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 1 Nov 2026

What changed 4

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 31 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

31 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day

and 3 more, back to 31 October 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check SOS Inventory 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 sos-inventory --transport http https://sos-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp

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

https://sos-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.sos-inventory]
url = "https://sos-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sos-inventory": {
      "url": "https://sos-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

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

Available tools 19

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

sosinventory

sosinventory_create_customer

WRITE: creates a new customer record in SOS Inventory. Only name is required. Check sosinventory_list_customers first so you do not create a duplicate. POST /api/v2/customer.

sosinventory_create_item

WRITE: creates a new inventory item. Optionally books initial stock: SOS then creates an inventory adjustment for the quantity at the given location. Item names must be unique within their category: check sosinventory_list_items first. POST /api/v2/item.

sosinventory_create_purchase_order

WRITE: creates a new purchase order to an EXISTING vendor with line items for existing items. The PO number is assigned automatically unless you pass one. Confirm the vendor, items, quantities and costs with the user before calling. POST /api/v2/purchaseorder.

sosinventory_create_sales_order

WRITE: creates a new sales order for an EXISTING customer with line items for existing items (a customer or item cannot be created inside an order: use the create tools first). The order number is assigned automatically (SOS auto-numbering) unless you pass one. Confirm the customer, items, quantities and prices with the user before calling. POST /api/v2/salesorder.

sosinventory_create_vendor

WRITE: creates a new vendor (supplier) record in SOS Inventory. Only name is required. Check sosinventory_list_vendors first to avoid a duplicate. POST /api/v2/vendor.

sosinventory_get_customer

One customer by id with all fields (addresses, contact, terms, price tier, custom fields). GET /api/v2/customer/{id}.

sosinventory_get_item

One item by id with all fields: quantities, prices, accounts, vendor, category, units of measure, price tiers, custom fields. GET /api/v2/item/{id}.

sosinventory_get_item_bom

The bill of materials of an assembly item: component items, quantities and costs. GET /api/v2/item/{id}/bom.

sosinventory_get_purchase_order

One purchase order by id with all fields and line items. GET /api/v2/purchaseorder/{id}.

sosinventory_get_sales_order

One sales order by id with all fields and line items. GET /api/v2/salesorder/{id}.

sosinventory_get_transaction

One transaction of any type by id, with all fields and line items. GET /api/v2/{type}/{id}.

sosinventory_get_vendor

One vendor by id with all fields. GET /api/v2/vendor/{id}.

sosinventory_list_customers

List or search customers with contact details, billing/shipping addresses, terms, sales rep and credit-hold flag. Filter by name/notes text, name, email or update time. GET /api/v2/customer.

sosinventory_list_items

List or search inventory items (products, assemblies, services...) with SKU, type, quantities (onhand, available, on sales/purchase orders) and prices. Filter by free text, SKU, category, type, tags, ids or update time; pass location to see quantities at one location. GET /api/v2/item.

sosinventory_list_purchase_orders

List or search purchase orders with vendor, dates, expected receipt date, totals and (with summary=false) line items with received quantities. GET /api/v2/purchaseorder.

sosinventory_list_reference_data

List a configuration or reference table: locations, channels, classes, departments, payment terms, tax codes, sales reps, ship methods, payment methods, priorities, order stages, price tiers, units of measure, users (id, name, email), accounts, custom fields, warranties, bins, workers, work centers, jobs, lots or serial numbers. Use it to find the ids and names that the create tools reference. GET /api/v2/{type}.

sosinventory_list_sales_orders

List or search sales orders with customer, dates, totals, order stage, channel and (with summary=false) line items with shipped/invoiced quantities. GET /api/v2/salesorder.

sosinventory_list_transactions

List any SOS transaction type: invoices, estimates, sales receipts, item receipts, shipments, pick tickets, work orders, builds, adjustments, transfers, RMAs, returns, returns to vendor, rentals, rental returns and processes. Filters: query, date range, updated_since; status (open/closed; invoices voided/notvoided; estimates accepted/pending/closed/rejected; not available for transfers, shipments, builds, returns, item receipts, processes); location (transfers, rentals and rental returns take from_location/to_location instead). GET /api/v2/{type}.

sosinventory_list_vendors

List or search vendors (suppliers) by name or notes, with contact details, address, terms and account number. GET /api/v2/vendor.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://sos-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	284 ms	2 min ago

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SOS Inventory MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can SOS Inventory MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 19 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: sosinventory_create_customer, sosinventory_create_item, sosinventory_create_purchase_order, sosinventory_create_sales_order, sosinventory_create_vendor, sosinventory_get_customer and 13 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 SOS Inventory 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 218 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect SOS Inventory 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 SOS Inventory MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. SOS Inventory MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 19 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is SOS Inventory MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 218 ms on average, which is faster than 64% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is SOS Inventory 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 sos-inventory.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.