--- title: "AfterShip MCP server for AI agents - actionlake" description: "Give Claude 134 AfterShip actions through one MCP server: shipping, commerce, returns. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free." canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/aftership updated: 2026-10-23 --- Connectors · Commerce # AfterShip MCP server for AI agents. actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to AfterShip and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 134 AfterShip actions (61 reads, 63 writes and 10 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the AfterShip credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces AfterShip's limits and records every call. [Connect AfterShip free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) 100,000 free calls a month. No card, no email, no password: press Start a free sandbox on the next screen and keep the key it shows you. `claude mcp add --transport http actionlake https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp` the first call ``` do { action: "aftership.roles.list", intent: "check which AfterShip account is connected" } # Get roles · read · 1 upstream call ``` - 134 actions in one signed file - 61 read look, never change - 63 write create and update - 10 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first Set up ## Connect AfterShip in three steps. 1. 01 ### Add actionlake to Claude. Run the command once in Claude Code; its consent page can create a free sandbox: 100,000 calls a month, no card. In the Claude app, add a custom connector with the URL below and paste your key on the consent page. Creating a new sandbox from the Claude app is not yet tested by us. `https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp` 2. 02 ### Connect AfterShip. API key. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key. - `api_key` AfterShip API key (asat_...) - `host` Where your AfterShip lives: your host ``` account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "aftership" } # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you ``` 3. 03 ### Make the first call. Check before a write. Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes, `check` validates the call and prices it, for free. ``` do { action: "aftership.roles.list" } # get roles · read · 1 upstream call check { action: "aftership.commerce_orders.create", input: { … } } # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent ``` AfterShip at a glance **Sign-in** API key. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. **You provide** `api_key` **Setup fields** `host` **Limits we pace to** 5 calls a second, per connection **API covered** AfterShip (shipment tracking, returns, shipping labels, protection, warranty and commerce APIs) API Tracking 2026-07, Returns 2026-07, Commerce 2026-07, Warranty 2026-07, Personalization 2025-07, Address 2024-07, Shipping (Postmen) v3, Admin 2022-01 (Protection, Parser, Members)`api.aftership.com` **Built from** AfterShip's documentation, read 23 October 2026[aftership.com](https://www.aftership.com/docs/tracking) [aftership.com](https://www.aftership.com/docs/returns) [aftership.com](https://www.aftership.com/docs/shipping) **Service file** Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519) **Cached reads** 49 of 61 reads, for up to an hour; a write clears what it affects **Shared entities** 3, so ask can line AfterShip up with your other systems **Data** Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet Capabilities ## What an AI agent can do in AfterShip. 134 actions in 10 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest. - **61** read look, never change - **63** write create and update - **10** destructive wait for a confirmation 1. ### Shipping 30 16 read · 11 write · 3 destructive Create a label · Get labels · Get rates · Get a label 2. ### Commerce 29 12 read · 15 write · 2 destructive Get orders · Get stores · Create an order · Get order by ID 3. ### Returns 21 4 read · 17 write · 0 destructive Get returns · Create Return · Get return detail by ID · Record dropped-off return items 4. ### Warranty 17 6 read · 10 write · 1 destructive Create a claim shipment · List claims · Check claim resolution availability · List item tags 5. ### Tracking 16 8 read · 6 write · 2 destructive Create a tracking · Get trackings · Get a tracking by ID · Update a tracking by ID 6. ### Protection 8 5 read · 2 write · 1 destructive Query claims · Calculate the premium · Create a coverage · Query coverages 7. ### Members 6 3 read · 2 write · 1 destructive Get roles · Create membership · Get memberships · Get membership by ID 8. ### Personalization 4 4 read · 0 write · 0 destructive Predict product category and tags · Recommend products · Search products · Suggest product query **2 more areas · 3 actions** - Parser **2** - Address **1** Top actions ## The AfterShip API, shaped for agents. The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 34 of AfterShip's 34 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once. | Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `aftership.commerce_orders.list` Get orders | Get order results with multiple orders. | read | `commerce.order.list` 82 connectors | | `aftership.roles.list` Get roles | Returns a list of roles. | read | `identity.role.list` 184 connectors | | `aftership.commerce_stores.list` Get stores | Get store results with multiple stores. | read | `commerce.store.list` 17 connectors | | `aftership.commerce_orders.create` Create an order | Create an order. | write | `commerce.order.create` 67 connectors | | `aftership.commerce_products.list` Get products | Get product results with multiple products. | read | `commerce.product.list` 112 connectors | | `aftership.commerce_products.create` Create a product | Create a product. | write | `commerce.product.create` 92 connectors | | `aftership.commerce_stores.create` Create a store | Create a new store. | write | `commerce.store.create` 9 connectors | | `aftership.trackings.create` Create a tracking | Create a tracking. | write | `commerce.shipment.create` 28 connectors | | `aftership.trackings.list` Get trackings | Get tracking results of multiple trackings. | read | `commerce.shipment.list` 22 connectors | | `aftership.commerce_product_variants.create` Create a new product variant | Create a new variant for the specified product. | write | `commerce.product_variant.create` 18 connectors | | `aftership.returns.create` Create Return | This API is used to create a Return. | write | `commerce.return.create` 9 connectors | | `aftership.commerce_product_variants.delete` Delete product variant | Delete a specific variant of a product by its ID. | destructive | `commerce.product_variant.delete` 15 connectors | Try it ## Prompts to paste into Claude. Each one names the AfterShip actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it. 1. Read read Which AfterShip orders from the last seven days are still unfulfilled? calls `aftership.commerce_orders.list` 2. Write write Create an order in AfterShip. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it. calls `aftership.commerce_orders.create` Governance for AfterShip ## Destructive actions wait for a yes. 10 AfterShip actions are destructive. These are all of them: - Delete product variant `aftership.commerce_product_variants.delete` - Delete a tracking by ID `aftership.trackings.delete` - Delete an order item `aftership.commerce_order_items.delete` - Delete membership by ID `aftership.memberships.delete` - Delete a shipper account `aftership.shipper_accounts.delete` - Void a coverage `aftership.protection_coverages.void` - Delete courier connection by id `aftership.courier_connections.delete` - Cancel a claim `aftership.warranty_claims.cancel` - Cancel a label `aftership.shipping_label_cancellations.create` - Cancel a pickup `aftership.shipping_pickup_cancellations.create` A destructive action runs only with `confirm: true`. Under the `human` policy the agent cannot confirm for itself: the run stops until a named person approves, in the console or from a signed link in an email. The cap on a key is refused before the call is sent, never after. do aftership.commerce_product_variants.delete confirm_policy: **human** Delete product variant? **intent:** the user asked me to delete product variant run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _aftership-agent_ cannot confirm itself In the console, or from an emailed signed link. a key for this connector ``` account { op: "keys.create", name: "aftership-agent", allowed_actions: ["aftership.*"], cap_calls: 2000, confirm_policy: "human_for_writes", approval_rules: [ { match: "aftership.commerce_product_variants.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "aftership.trackings.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "aftership.commerce_order_items.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" } ] } ``` Illustrative. Scoped to AfterShip only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person. Cost ## What AfterShip costs on actionlake. Every AfterShip action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call AfterShip refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000. - 1 upstream call per action all 134 AfterShip actions - 134 actions page each page of a long list is one call - 49 reads can be cached a cache hit costs nothing - 100,000 calls a month, free paid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000 [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Action index ## Every AfterShip action. 134 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect. **Shipping 30** - `aftership.shipper_accounts.create` Create a shipper account write - `aftership.shipper_accounts.create_fedex` Create a FedEx shipper account write - `aftership.shipper_accounts.delete` Delete a shipper account destructive - `aftership.shipper_accounts.get` Get a shipper account read - `aftership.shipper_accounts.list` Get shipper accounts read - `aftership.shipper_accounts.update_credentials` Update a shipper account's credentials write - `aftership.shipper_accounts.update_fedex` Update a FedEx shipper account write - `aftership.shipper_accounts.update_info` Update a shipper account's information write - `aftership.shipper_accounts.update_settings` Update a shipper account's settings write - `aftership.shipping_address_validations.create` Create an address validation write - `aftership.shipping_couriers.list` Get all couriers read - `aftership.shipping_label_cancellations.create` Cancel a label destructive - `aftership.shipping_label_cancellations.get` Get a cancelled label read - `aftership.shipping_label_cancellations.list` Get the cancelled labels read - `aftership.shipping_labels.create` Create a label write - `aftership.shipping_labels.get` Get a label read - `aftership.shipping_labels.list` Get labels read - `aftership.shipping_locations.list` Get locations read - `aftership.shipping_manifests.create` Create a manifest write - `aftership.shipping_manifests.get` Get a manifest read - `aftership.shipping_manifests.list` Get manifests read - `aftership.shipping_pickup_cancellations.create` Cancel a pickup destructive - `aftership.shipping_pickup_cancellations.get` Get a cancelled pickup read - `aftership.shipping_pickup_cancellations.list` Get the cancelled pickups read - `aftership.shipping_pickups.create` Create a pickup write - `aftership.shipping_pickups.get` Get a pickup read - `aftership.shipping_pickups.list` Get pickups read - `aftership.shipping_rates.calculate` Calculate rates write - `aftership.shipping_rates.get` Get a rate read - `aftership.shipping_rates.list` Get rates read **Commerce 29** - `aftership.commerce_fulfillments.create` Create a fulfillment write - `aftership.commerce_fulfillments.get` Get fulfillment by ID read - `aftership.commerce_fulfillments.list` Get fulfillments read - `aftership.commerce_fulfillments.update` Update fulfillment by ID write - `aftership.commerce_fulfillments.update_status` Update fulfillment status write - `aftership.commerce_locations.create` Create a location write - `aftership.commerce_locations.get` Get location by ID read - `aftership.commerce_locations.list` Get locations read - `aftership.commerce_locations.update` Update location by ID write - `aftership.commerce_order_items.create` Create an order item write - `aftership.commerce_order_items.delete` Delete an order item destructive - `aftership.commerce_order_items.get` Get order item by ID read - `aftership.commerce_order_items.update` Update order item by ID write - `aftership.commerce_orders.create` Create an order write - `aftership.commerce_orders.get` Get order by ID read - `aftership.commerce_orders.list` Get orders read - `aftership.commerce_orders.update` Update order by ID write - `aftership.commerce_product_variants.create` Create a new product variant write - `aftership.commerce_product_variants.delete` Delete product variant destructive - `aftership.commerce_product_variants.get` Get variant by ID read - `aftership.commerce_product_variants.update` Update product variant write - `aftership.commerce_products.create` Create a product write - `aftership.commerce_products.get` Get product by ID read - `aftership.commerce_products.list` Get products read - `aftership.commerce_products.update` Update product by ID write - `aftership.commerce_stores.create` Create a store write - `aftership.commerce_stores.get` Get store by ID read - `aftership.commerce_stores.list` Get stores read - `aftership.commerce_stores.update` Update store by ID write **Returns 21** - `aftership.return_dropoffs.record_drops` Record dropped-off return items write - `aftership.return_item_tags.list` Get item tags read - `aftership.return_items.update` Update return items by Return ID write - `aftership.return_items.update_by_rma` Update return items By RMA number write - `aftership.returns.approve` Approve Return By Return ID write - `aftership.returns.approve_by_rma` Approve Return By RMA number write - `aftership.returns.attach_shipments` Attach shipments by Return ID write - `aftership.returns.attach_shipments_by_rma` Attach shipments by RMA number write - `aftership.returns.create` Create Return write - `aftership.returns.get` Get return detail by ID read - `aftership.returns.get_by_rma` Get return detail by RMA number read - `aftership.returns.list` Get returns read - `aftership.returns.receive_items` Receive items by Return ID write - `aftership.returns.receive_items_by_rma` Receive items by RMA number write - `aftership.returns.reject` Reject Return By Return ID write - `aftership.returns.reject_by_rma` Reject Return By RMA number write - `aftership.returns.remove_items` Remove return items by Return ID write - `aftership.returns.remove_items_by_rma` Remove return items by RMA number write - `aftership.returns.resolve` Resolve Return By Return ID write - `aftership.returns.resolve_by_rma` Resolve Return By RMA number write - `aftership.returns_page_links.create` Create Returns Page Deep Link write **Warranty 17** - `aftership.warranty_claim_items.update` Update a claim item write - `aftership.warranty_claim_shipments.create` Create a claim shipment write - `aftership.warranty_claim_shipments.get` Get claim shipment read - `aftership.warranty_claims.approve` Approve a claim write - `aftership.warranty_claims.cancel` Cancel a claim destructive - `aftership.warranty_claims.get` Get a claim read - `aftership.warranty_claims.list` List claims read - `aftership.warranty_claims.match_resolution` Check claim resolution availability read - `aftership.warranty_claims.process` Process a claim write - `aftership.warranty_claims.receive` Mark claim as received write - `aftership.warranty_claims.reject` Reject a claim write - `aftership.warranty_claims.resolve` Resolve a claim write - `aftership.warranty_claims.update` Update a claim write - `aftership.warranty_item_tags.list` List item tags read - `aftership.warranty_registrations.invalidate` Invalidate a warranty registration write - `aftership.warranty_registrations.list_for_order` Query warranty registrations by order read - `aftership.warranty_registrations.update` Update a warranty registration write **Tracking 16** - `aftership.courier_connections.create` Create courier connections write - `aftership.courier_connections.delete` Delete courier connection by id destructive - `aftership.courier_connections.get` Get courier connection by id read - `aftership.courier_connections.list` Get courier connections read - `aftership.courier_connections.update` Update courier connection by id write - `aftership.couriers.detect` Detect courier read - `aftership.couriers.list` Get couriers read - `aftership.estimated_delivery_dates.predict` Prediction for the Estimated Delivery Date read - `aftership.estimated_delivery_dates.predict_batch` Batch prediction for the Estimated Delivery Date read - `aftership.trackings.create` Create a tracking write - `aftership.trackings.delete` Delete a tracking by ID destructive - `aftership.trackings.get` Get a tracking by ID read - `aftership.trackings.list` Get trackings read - `aftership.trackings.mark_completed` Mark tracking as completed by ID write - `aftership.trackings.retrack` Retrack an expired tracking by ID write - `aftership.trackings.update` Update a tracking by ID write **Protection 8** - `aftership.protection_claims.get` Get a claim read - `aftership.protection_claims.list` Query claims read - `aftership.protection_coverages.calculate_premium` Calculate the premium read - `aftership.protection_coverages.create` Create a coverage write - `aftership.protection_coverages.get` Get a coverage read - `aftership.protection_coverages.list` Query coverages read - `aftership.protection_coverages.update_tracking` Update a coverage tracking info write - `aftership.protection_coverages.void` Void a coverage destructive **Members 6** - `aftership.memberships.create` Create membership write - `aftership.memberships.delete` Delete membership by ID destructive - `aftership.memberships.get` Get membership by ID read - `aftership.memberships.list` Get memberships read - `aftership.memberships.update` Update membership by ID write - `aftership.roles.list` Get roles read **Personalization 4** - `aftership.discoveries.predict_tagging` Predict product category and tags read - `aftership.discoveries.recommend` Recommend products read - `aftership.discoveries.search` Search products read - `aftership.discoveries.suggest` Suggest product query read **Parser 2** - `aftership.email_parses.parse` Parse an email read - `aftership.email_parses.parse_v2` Parse an email V2 read **Address 1** - `aftership.addresses.validate` Validate Address read Questions ## The AfterShip MCP server, answered. **Is there an AfterShip MCP server for Claude?** Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 134 AfterShip actions across shipping, commerce, returns and warranty, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by AfterShip. **What do I need to connect AfterShip?** AfterShip API key (asat_...). Plus your host. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "aftership" } lists exactly what to paste. **Can an AI agent delete or change things in AfterShip?** Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 10 AfterShip actions are destructive, including delete product variant, delete a tracking by ID and delete an order item. Each runs only with confirm: true. Under the human confirm policy, or an approval rule on the key, the run waits until a named person approves it. **Will an AI agent use up my AfterShip API limit?** actionlake paces every call to the limits in the AfterShip service file: 5 calls a second per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (49 AfterShip actions can be), which never reaches AfterShip. **What does an AfterShip action cost?** One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (134 AfterShip actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls AfterShip refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. The Free plan includes 100,000 calls a month with no card. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000. **Which AfterShip API does it cover?** The AfterShip (shipment tracking, returns, shipping labels, protection, warranty and commerce APIs) API Tracking 2026-07, Returns 2026-07, Commerce 2026-07, Warranty 2026-07, Personalization 2025-07, Address 2024-07, Shipping (Postmen) v3, Admin 2022-01 (Protection, Parser, Members) at api.aftership.com by default, or the base URL set when you connect. It is built from AfterShip's documentation as read on 23 October 2026. 134 actions in 10 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0). **Does actionlake keep my AfterShip data, and where?** actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to an hour, and a write clears the reads it affects. Each run's request and response is kept, sealed, for your plan's trace window: 1 day on Free, 3 days on Starter, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, 30 days on Business and 30 days on Enterprise. Your AfterShip credential is sealed under your tenant's key, never logged and never returned. Your traffic is not used to train models. **Which AI clients can use it?** Claude Code, tested by us end to end, and the Claude app as a custom connector, tested by us with an existing key. Other MCP clients that support remote servers over Streamable HTTP (MCP revisions 2025-06-18 and 2025-11-25) and OAuth dynamic client registration, or a bearer header, should connect the same way; we have not tested them. Or plain REST, under the same action names. ## More connectors like AfterShip Shares the most action names with - [ShipBob 15](https://actionlake.com/connectors/shipbob) - [Mintsoft 14](https://actionlake.com/connectors/mintsoft) - [ShipHero 14](https://actionlake.com/connectors/shiphero) - [Etsy 12](https://actionlake.com/connectors/etsy) - [Shippo 11](https://actionlake.com/connectors/shippo) - [Easyship 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/easyship) Joins with, on shared entities - [HaloPSA 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/halopsa) - [ERPNext (Frappe) 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/erpnext-frappe) - [Microsoft Dynamics 365 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/microsoft-dynamics-365) - [ActiveCampaign 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/activecampaign) - [Clover 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/clover) - [Lightspeed Retail X-Series 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/lightspeed-retail-x-series) Browse - [All Commerce connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/commerce) - [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors) - [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare) actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by AfterShip; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the AfterShip service file, version 1.0.0. ## Give your agent AfterShip today. [Connect AfterShip free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Start free - 100,000 calls/month, no card. No signup. Hard caps on every key. Cached answers are free. --- Source: https://actionlake.com/connectors/aftership More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt