---
title: "Givebutter MCP server for AI agents - actionlake"
description: "Give Claude 70 Givebutter actions through one MCP server: contacts, campaign discount codes. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free."
canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/givebutter
updated: 2026-10-22
---

Connectors · Email & messaging

# Givebutter MCP server for AI agents.

actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Givebutter and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 70 Givebutter actions (38 reads, 22 writes and 10 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Givebutter credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Givebutter's limits and records every call.

[Connect Givebutter 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: "givebutter.contacts.list",
  intent: "check which Givebutter account is connected"
}
# List all contacts · read · 1 upstream call
```

- 70 actions in one signed file
- 38 read look, never change
- 22 write create and update
- 10 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first

Set up

## Connect Givebutter 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 Givebutter.
   Bearer token. 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` Givebutter API key
   ```
   account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "givebutter" }
   # 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: "givebutter.contacts.list" }
   # list all contacts · read · 1 upstream call
   check { action: "givebutter.contacts.create", input: { … } }
   # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent
   ```

Givebutter at a glance

**Sign-in**

Bearer token. 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`

**Limits we pace to**

500 calls a minute, per connection

**API covered**

Givebutter Public API v1 (OpenAPI 3.1, givebutter.com/docs/api.json)`api.givebutter.com`

**Built from**

Givebutter's documentation, read 22 October 2026[givebutter.com](https://givebutter.com/docs/api.json) [docs.givebutter.com](https://docs.givebutter.com/api-reference)

**Service file**

Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519)

**Cached reads**

36 of 38 reads, for up to 5 minutes; a write clears what it affects

**Shared entities**

3, so ask can line Givebutter up with your other systems

**Data**

Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet

Capabilities

## What an AI agent can do in Givebutter.

70 actions in 21 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest.

- **38** read look, never change
- **22** write create and update
- **10** destructive wait for a confirmation

1. ### Contacts
   6
   2 read · 3 write · 1 destructive
   List all contacts · Create a contact · Get a contact · Update a contact
2. ### Campaign discount codes
   5
   2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
   Create a discount code · List all discount codes · Get a discount code · Update a discount code
3. ### Campaigns
   5
   2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
   Create a campaign · List all campaigns · Get a campaign · Update a campaign
4. ### Contact activities
   5
   2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
   Create a contact activity · List all contact activities · Get a contact activity · Update a contact activity
5. ### Funds
   5
   2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
   Create a fund · List all funds · Get a fund · Update a fund
6. ### Households
   5
   2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
   Create a household · List all households · Get a household · Update a household
7. ### Webhooks
   5
   2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
   Create a webhook · List all webhooks · Update a webhook · Get a webhook
8. ### Household contacts
   4
   2 read · 1 write · 1 destructive
   Add a contact to a household · List all contacts associated with a household · Get a contact associated with a household · Remove a contact from a household

**13 more areas · 30 actions**

- Transactions **4**
- Campaign members **3**
- Campaign teams **3**
- Campaign tickets **3**
- Contact tags **3**
- Messages **2**
- Payouts **2**
- Pledges **2**
- Recurring plans **2**
- Tickets **2**
- Webhook activities **2**
- SSO account **1**
- SSO campaigns **1**

Top actions

## The Givebutter API, shaped for agents.

The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 16 of Givebutter's 16 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once.

| Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `givebutter.contacts.list` List all contacts | List all contacts. | read | `crm.contact.list` 177 connectors |
| `givebutter.contacts.create` Create a contact | Create a contact. | write | `crm.contact.create` 161 connectors |
| `givebutter.transactions.list` List all transactions | List all transactions. | read | `finance.payment.list` 75 connectors |
| `givebutter.contacts.delete` Delete a contact | Delete a contact. | destructive | `crm.contact.delete` 147 connectors |
| `givebutter.transactions.create` Create a transaction | Create a transaction. | write | `finance.payment.create` 67 connectors |
| `givebutter.webhook_activities.list` List all webhook activities | List all webhook activities. | read | `automation.webhook_delivery.list` 33 connectors |
| `givebutter.webhooks.create` Create a webhook | Create a webhook. | write | `automation.webhook.create` 209 connectors |
| `givebutter.webhooks.list` List all webhooks | List all webhooks. | read | `automation.webhook.list` 202 connectors |
| `givebutter.webhook_activities.get` Get a webhook activity | Get a webhook activity. | read | `automation.webhook_delivery.get` 20 connectors |
| `givebutter.tickets.list` List all tickets | List all tickets. | read | this connector |
| `givebutter.funds.list` List all funds | List all funds. | read | this connector |
| `givebutter.funds.create` Create a fund | Create a fund. | write | this connector |

Try it

## Prompts to paste into Claude.

Each one names the Givebutter actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it.

1. Read read
   List the payments recorded in Givebutter this month, largest first.
   calls `givebutter.transactions.list`
2. Write write
   Create a contact in Givebutter. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it.
   calls `givebutter.contacts.create`
3. Across systems read
   Which contacts are in both Givebutter and HaloPSA, and how many are in only one of them?
   calls `givebutter.contacts.list` `halopsa.users.list`

Across your systems

## Givebutter, joined to the rest of your business.

One `ask` fetches from Givebutter and another system, joins the rows on the same customer on our side, and hands your agent the answer, not every row.

- Which contacts are in both Givebutter and HaloPSA, and how many are in only one of them?
  `givebutter.contacts.list` + `halopsa.users.list`, on `crm.contact` · [HaloPSA](https://actionlake.com/connectors/halopsa)
- Which contacts are in both Givebutter and NetSuite, and how many are in only one of them?
  `givebutter.contacts.list` + `netsuite.views.contacts`, on `crm.contact` · [NetSuite](https://actionlake.com/connectors/netsuite)

Also mapped by other connectors `crm.contact` **192** `finance.payment` **53** `comm.audience_member` **16**

ask

```
ask {
  intent: "which contacts are in both Givebutter and HaloPSA, and how many are in only one of them",
  steps: [
    { action: "givebutter.contacts.list", as: "people", input: {}, limit: 100, max_pages: 5 },
    { action: "halopsa.users.list", as: "people2", input: {}, limit: 100, max_pages: 5 },
    { join: {
        left: "people",
        right: "people2",
        on: "crm.contact",
        group_by: "people.email",
        select: ["people.email", "count(people2.id) as in_halopsa"]
    } }
  ]
}
```

Example. Run it through check first: it validates the steps and prices them, and it is free.

Governance for Givebutter

## Destructive actions wait for a yes.

10 Givebutter actions are destructive. These are all of them:

- Delete a contact `givebutter.contacts.delete`
- Delete a webhook `givebutter.webhooks.delete`
- Delete a fund `givebutter.funds.delete`
- Delete a campaign `givebutter.campaigns.delete`
- Delete a household `givebutter.households.delete`
- Delete a campaign team `givebutter.campaign_teams.delete`
- Delete a campaign member `givebutter.campaign_members.delete`
- Delete a contact activity `givebutter.contact_activities.delete`
- Remove a contact from a household `givebutter.household_contacts.remove`
- Delete a discount code `givebutter.campaign_discount_codes.delete`

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 givebutter.contacts.delete confirm_policy: **human**

Delete a contact?

**intent:** the user asked me to delete a contact

run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _givebutter-agent_ cannot confirm itself

In the console, or from an emailed signed link.

a key for this connector

```
account {
  op: "keys.create", name: "givebutter-agent",
  allowed_actions: ["givebutter.*"], cap_calls: 2000,
  confirm_policy: "human_for_writes",
  approval_rules: [
    { match: "givebutter.contacts.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" },
    { match: "givebutter.webhooks.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" },
    { match: "givebutter.funds.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }
  ]
}
```

Illustrative. Scoped to Givebutter only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person.

Cost

## What Givebutter costs on actionlake.

Every Givebutter action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call Givebutter 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 70 Givebutter actions
- 70 actions page each page of a long list is one call
- 36 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 Givebutter action.

70 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect.

**Contacts 6**

- `givebutter.contacts.create` Create a contact write
- `givebutter.contacts.delete` Delete a contact destructive
- `givebutter.contacts.get` Get a contact read
- `givebutter.contacts.list` List all contacts read
- `givebutter.contacts.restore` Restore a contact write
- `givebutter.contacts.update` Update a contact write

**Campaign discount codes 5**

- `givebutter.campaign_discount_codes.create` Create a discount code write
- `givebutter.campaign_discount_codes.delete` Delete a discount code destructive
- `givebutter.campaign_discount_codes.get` Get a discount code read
- `givebutter.campaign_discount_codes.list` List all discount codes read
- `givebutter.campaign_discount_codes.update` Update a discount code write

**Campaigns 5**

- `givebutter.campaigns.create` Create a campaign write
- `givebutter.campaigns.delete` Delete a campaign destructive
- `givebutter.campaigns.get` Get a campaign read
- `givebutter.campaigns.list` List all campaigns read
- `givebutter.campaigns.update` Update a campaign write

**Contact activities 5**

- `givebutter.contact_activities.create` Create a contact activity write
- `givebutter.contact_activities.delete` Delete a contact activity destructive
- `givebutter.contact_activities.get` Get a contact activity read
- `givebutter.contact_activities.list` List all contact activities read
- `givebutter.contact_activities.update` Update a contact activity write

**Funds 5**

- `givebutter.funds.create` Create a fund write
- `givebutter.funds.delete` Delete a fund destructive
- `givebutter.funds.get` Get a fund read
- `givebutter.funds.list` List all funds read
- `givebutter.funds.update` Update a fund write

**Households 5**

- `givebutter.households.create` Create a household write
- `givebutter.households.delete` Delete a household destructive
- `givebutter.households.get` Get a household read
- `givebutter.households.list` List all households read
- `givebutter.households.update` Update a household write

**Webhooks 5**

- `givebutter.webhooks.create` Create a webhook write
- `givebutter.webhooks.delete` Delete a webhook destructive
- `givebutter.webhooks.get` Get a webhook read
- `givebutter.webhooks.list` List all webhooks read
- `givebutter.webhooks.update` Update a webhook write

**Household contacts 4**

- `givebutter.household_contacts.add` Add a contact to a household write
- `givebutter.household_contacts.get` Get a contact associated with a household read
- `givebutter.household_contacts.list` List all contacts associated with a household read
- `givebutter.household_contacts.remove` Remove a contact from a household destructive

**Transactions 4**

- `givebutter.transactions.create` Create a transaction write
- `givebutter.transactions.get` Get a transaction read
- `givebutter.transactions.list` List all transactions read
- `givebutter.transactions.update` Update a transaction write

**Campaign members 3**

- `givebutter.campaign_members.delete` Delete a campaign member destructive
- `givebutter.campaign_members.get` Get a campaign member read
- `givebutter.campaign_members.list` List all campaign members read

**Campaign teams 3**

- `givebutter.campaign_teams.delete` Delete a campaign team destructive
- `givebutter.campaign_teams.get` Get a campaign team read
- `givebutter.campaign_teams.list` List all campaign teams read

**Campaign tickets 3**

- `givebutter.campaign_tickets.create` Create a campaign ticket write
- `givebutter.campaign_tickets.get` Get a campaign ticket read
- `givebutter.campaign_tickets.list` List all campaign tickets read

**Contact tags 3**

- `givebutter.contact_tags.add` Add tags to a contact write
- `givebutter.contact_tags.remove` Remove tags from a contact write
- `givebutter.contact_tags.sync` Sync tags for a contact write

**Messages 2**

- `givebutter.messages.get` Get a message read
- `givebutter.messages.list` List all messages read

**Payouts 2**

- `givebutter.payouts.get` Get a payout read
- `givebutter.payouts.list` List all payouts read

**Pledges 2**

- `givebutter.pledges.get` Get a pledge read
- `givebutter.pledges.list` List all pledges read

**Recurring plans 2**

- `givebutter.recurring_plans.get` Get a recurring plan read
- `givebutter.recurring_plans.list` List all recurring plans read

**Tickets 2**

- `givebutter.tickets.get` Get a ticket read
- `givebutter.tickets.list` List all tickets read

**Webhook activities 2**

- `givebutter.webhook_activities.get` Get a webhook activity read
- `givebutter.webhook_activities.list` List all webhook activities read

**SSO account 1**

- `givebutter.sso_account.get` Get sso account read

**SSO campaigns 1**

- `givebutter.sso_campaigns.get` Get sso campaigns read

Questions

## The Givebutter MCP server, answered.

**Is there a Givebutter MCP server for Claude?**

Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 70 Givebutter actions across contacts, campaign discount codes, campaigns and contact activities, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Givebutter.

**What do I need to connect Givebutter?**

Givebutter API key. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "givebutter" } lists exactly what to paste.

**Can an AI agent delete or change things in Givebutter?**

Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 10 Givebutter actions are destructive, including delete a contact, delete a webhook and delete a fund. 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 Givebutter API limit?**

actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Givebutter service file: 500 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (36 Givebutter actions can be), which never reaches Givebutter.

**What does a Givebutter action cost?**

One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (70 Givebutter actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Givebutter 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 Givebutter API does it cover?**

The Givebutter Public API v1 (OpenAPI 3.1, givebutter.com/docs/api.json) at api.givebutter.com. It is built from Givebutter's documentation as read on 22 October 2026. 70 actions in 21 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0).

**Can I combine Givebutter with my other systems?**

Yes. ask joins Givebutter to HaloPSA or NetSuite on the same customer and returns the answer rather than every row. Givebutter maps crm.contact, which 192 other connectors also map.

**Does actionlake keep my Givebutter data, and where?**

actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to 5 minutes, 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 Givebutter 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 Givebutter

Shares the most action names with

- [Sinch 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/sinch)
- [Dialpad 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/dialpad)
- [Dotdigital 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/dotdigital)
- [Mailtrap 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/mailtrap)
- [GoFundMe Pro (Classy) 8](https://actionlake.com/connectors/gofundme-pro-classy)
- [Quo (formerly OpenPhone) 8](https://actionlake.com/connectors/quo-formerly-openphone)

Joins with, on shared entities

- [HaloPSA 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/halopsa)
- [NetSuite 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/netsuite)
- [Acumatica Cloud ERP 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/acumatica-cloud-erp)
- [Odoo 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/odoo)
- [Zuora Billing 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/zuora-billing)
- [ERPNext (Frappe) 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/erpnext-frappe)

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- [All Email & messaging connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/email-and-messaging)
- [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors)
- [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare)

actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Givebutter; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Givebutter service file, version 1.0.0.

## Give your agent Givebutter today.

[Connect Givebutter 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.

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Source: https://actionlake.com/connectors/givebutter
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