---
title: "Shippo MCP server for AI agents - actionlake"
description: "Give Claude 70 Shippo actions through one MCP server: carrier accounts, batches. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free."
canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/shippo
updated: 2026-10-22
---

Connectors · Commerce

# Shippo MCP server for AI agents.

actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Shippo and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 70 Shippo actions (38 reads, 27 writes and 5 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Shippo credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Shippo's limits and records every call.

[Connect Shippo 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: "shippo.orders.list",
  intent: "check which Shippo account is connected"
}
# List all orders · read · 1 upstream call
```

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

Set up

## Connect Shippo 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 Shippo.
   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` Shippo API token (Settings > Advanced > API in the Shippo app)
   ```
   account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "shippo" }
   # 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: "shippo.orders.list" }
   # list all orders · read · 1 upstream call
   check { action: "shippo.orders.create", input: { … } }
   # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent
   ```

Shippo 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`

**Limits we pace to**

500 calls a minute, per connection

**API covered**

Shippo API 2018-02-08 (OpenAPI 3.1)`api.goshippo.com`

**Built from**

Shippo's documentation, read 22 October 2026[docs.goshippo.com](https://docs.goshippo.com/spec/shippoapi/public-api.yaml) [docs.goshippo.com](https://docs.goshippo.com/shippoapi/public-api/)

**Service file**

Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519)

**Cached reads**

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

**Shared entities**

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

**Data**

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

Capabilities

## What an AI agent can do in Shippo.

70 actions in 23 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest.

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

1. ### Carrier accounts
   6
   3 read · 3 write · 0 destructive
   Create a new carrier account · List all carrier accounts · Add a Shippo carrier account · Retrieve a carrier account
2. ### Batches
   5
   1 read · 4 write · 0 destructive
   Create a batch · Purchase a batch · Add shipments to a batch · Retrieve a batch
3. ### User parcel templates
   5
   2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
   Create a new user parcel template · List all user parcel templates · Retrieves a user parcel template · Update an existing user parcel template
4. ### Webhooks
   5
   2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
   Create a new webhook · List all webhooks · Update an existing webhook · Retrieve a specific webhook
5. ### Addresses
   4
   3 read · 1 write · 0 destructive
   List all addresses · Create a new address · Retrieve an address · Validate an address
6. ### Service groups
   4
   1 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
   Create a new service group · List all service groups · Update an existing service group · Delete a service group
7. ### Shippo accounts
   4
   2 read · 2 write · 0 destructive
   List all Shippo Accounts · Create a Shippo Account · Retrieve a Shippo Account · Update a Shippo Account
8. ### Customs declarations
   3
   2 read · 1 write · 0 destructive
   Create a new customs declaration · List all customs declarations · Retrieve a customs declaration

**15 more areas · 34 actions**

- Customs items **3**
- Default parcel template **3**
- Manifests **3**
- Orders **3**
- Parcels **3**
- Refunds **3**
- Shipments **3**
- Transactions **3**
- Carrier parcel templates **2**
- Shipment rates **2**
- Tracks **2**
- Embedded authorizations **1**
- Live rates **1**
- Pickups **1**
- Rates **1**

Top actions

## The Shippo API, shaped for agents.

The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 19 of Shippo's 19 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once.

| Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `shippo.orders.list` List all orders | List all orders. | read | `commerce.order.list` 82 connectors |
| `shippo.orders.create` Create a new order | Create a new order. | write | `commerce.order.create` 67 connectors |
| `shippo.shipments.create` Create a new shipment | Create a new shipment. | write | `commerce.shipment.create` 28 connectors |
| `shippo.shipments.list` List all shipments | List all shipments. | read | `commerce.shipment.list` 22 connectors |
| `shippo.webhooks.create` Create a new webhook | Create a new webhook. | write | `automation.webhook.create` 209 connectors |
| `shippo.webhooks.list` List all webhooks | List all webhooks. | read | `automation.webhook.list` 202 connectors |
| `shippo.transactions.create` Create a shipping label | Create a shipping label. | write | `commerce.shipping_label.create` 5 connectors |
| `shippo.transactions.list` List all shipping labels | List all shipping labels. | read | `commerce.shipping_label.list` 4 connectors |
| `shippo.webhooks.delete` Delete a specific webhook | Delete a specific webhook. | destructive | `automation.webhook.delete` 211 connectors |
| `shippo.shipment_rates.list` Retrieve shipment rates | Retrieve shipment rates. | read | `commerce.shipping_rate.list` 2 connectors |
| `shippo.refunds.list` List all refunds | List all refunds. | read | `finance.refund.list` 23 connectors |
| `shippo.live_rates.query` Generate a live rates request | Generate a live rates request. | read | `commerce.shipping_rate.calculate` 6 connectors |

Try it

## Prompts to paste into Claude.

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

1. Read read
   Which Shippo orders from the last seven days are still unfulfilled?
   calls `shippo.orders.list`
2. Write write
   Create a new order in Shippo. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it.
   calls `shippo.orders.create`

Governance for Shippo

## Destructive actions wait for a yes.

5 Shippo actions are destructive. These are all of them:

- Delete a specific webhook `shippo.webhooks.delete`
- Create a refund `shippo.refunds.create`
- Delete a service group `shippo.service_groups.delete`
- Delete a user parcel template `shippo.user_parcel_templates.delete`
- Clear current default parcel template `shippo.default_parcel_template.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 shippo.webhooks.delete confirm_policy: **human**

Delete a specific webhook?

**intent:** the user asked me to delete a specific webhook

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

In the console, or from an emailed signed link.

a key for this connector

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

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

Cost

## What Shippo costs on actionlake.

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

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

**Carrier accounts 6**

- `shippo.carrier_accounts.create` Create a new carrier account write
- `shippo.carrier_accounts.get` Retrieve a carrier account read
- `shippo.carrier_accounts.list` List all carrier accounts read
- `shippo.carrier_accounts.register` Add a Shippo carrier account write
- `shippo.carrier_accounts.registration_status` Get Carrier Registration status read
- `shippo.carrier_accounts.update` Update a carrier account write

**Batches 5**

- `shippo.batches.add_shipments` Add shipments to a batch write
- `shippo.batches.create` Create a batch write
- `shippo.batches.get` Retrieve a batch read
- `shippo.batches.purchase` Purchase a batch write
- `shippo.batches.remove_shipments` Remove shipments from a batch write

**User parcel templates 5**

- `shippo.user_parcel_templates.create` Create a new user parcel template write
- `shippo.user_parcel_templates.delete` Delete a user parcel template destructive
- `shippo.user_parcel_templates.get` Retrieves a user parcel template read
- `shippo.user_parcel_templates.list` List all user parcel templates read
- `shippo.user_parcel_templates.update` Update an existing user parcel template write

**Webhooks 5**

- `shippo.webhooks.create` Create a new webhook write
- `shippo.webhooks.delete` Delete a specific webhook destructive
- `shippo.webhooks.get` Retrieve a specific webhook read
- `shippo.webhooks.list` List all webhooks read
- `shippo.webhooks.update` Update an existing webhook write

**Addresses 4**

- `shippo.addresses.create` Create a new address write
- `shippo.addresses.get` Retrieve an address read
- `shippo.addresses.list` List all addresses read
- `shippo.addresses.validate` Validate an address read

**Service groups 4**

- `shippo.service_groups.create` Create a new service group write
- `shippo.service_groups.delete` Delete a service group destructive
- `shippo.service_groups.list` List all service groups read
- `shippo.service_groups.update` Update an existing service group write

**Shippo accounts 4**

- `shippo.shippo_accounts.create` Create a Shippo Account write
- `shippo.shippo_accounts.get` Retrieve a Shippo Account read
- `shippo.shippo_accounts.list` List all Shippo Accounts read
- `shippo.shippo_accounts.update` Update a Shippo Account write

**Customs declarations 3**

- `shippo.customs_declarations.create` Create a new customs declaration write
- `shippo.customs_declarations.get` Retrieve a customs declaration read
- `shippo.customs_declarations.list` List all customs declarations read

**Customs items 3**

- `shippo.customs_items.create` Create a new customs item write
- `shippo.customs_items.get` Retrieve a customs item read
- `shippo.customs_items.list` List all customs items read

**Default parcel template 3**

- `shippo.default_parcel_template.delete` Clear current default parcel template destructive
- `shippo.default_parcel_template.get` Show current default parcel template read
- `shippo.default_parcel_template.update` Update default parcel template write

**Manifests 3**

- `shippo.manifests.create` Create a new manifest write
- `shippo.manifests.get` Retrieve a manifest read
- `shippo.manifests.list` List all manifests read

**Orders 3**

- `shippo.orders.create` Create a new order write
- `shippo.orders.get` Retrieve an order read
- `shippo.orders.list` List all orders read

**Parcels 3**

- `shippo.parcels.create` Create a new parcel write
- `shippo.parcels.get` Retrieve an existing parcel read
- `shippo.parcels.list` List all parcels read

**Refunds 3**

- `shippo.refunds.create` Create a refund destructive
- `shippo.refunds.get` Retrieve a refund read
- `shippo.refunds.list` List all refunds read

**Shipments 3**

- `shippo.shipments.create` Create a new shipment write
- `shippo.shipments.get` Retrieve a shipment read
- `shippo.shipments.list` List all shipments read

**Transactions 3**

- `shippo.transactions.create` Create a shipping label write
- `shippo.transactions.get` Retrieve a shipping label read
- `shippo.transactions.list` List all shipping labels read

**Carrier parcel templates 2**

- `shippo.carrier_parcel_templates.get` Retrieve a carrier parcel templates read
- `shippo.carrier_parcel_templates.list` List all carrier parcel templates read

**Shipment rates 2**

- `shippo.shipment_rates.list` Retrieve shipment rates read
- `shippo.shipment_rates.list_by_currency` Retrieve shipment rates in currency read

**Tracks 2**

- `shippo.tracks.create` Register a tracking webhook write
- `shippo.tracks.get` Get a tracking status read

**Embedded authorizations 1**

- `shippo.embedded_authorizations.create` Create a JWT write

**Live rates 1**

- `shippo.live_rates.query` Generate a live rates request read

**Pickups 1**

- `shippo.pickups.create` Create a pickup write

**Rates 1**

- `shippo.rates.get` Retrieve a rate read

Questions

## The Shippo MCP server, answered.

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

Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 70 Shippo actions across carrier accounts, batches, user parcel templates and webhooks, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Shippo.

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

Shippo API token (Settings > Advanced > API in the Shippo app). The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "shippo" } lists exactly what to paste.

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

Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 5 Shippo actions are destructive, including delete a specific webhook, create a refund and delete a service group. 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 Shippo API limit?**

actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Shippo service file: 500 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (37 Shippo actions can be), which never reaches Shippo.

**What does a Shippo action cost?**

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

The Shippo API 2018-02-08 (OpenAPI 3.1) at api.goshippo.com. It is built from Shippo's documentation as read on 22 October 2026. 70 actions in 23 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0).

**Does actionlake keep my Shippo 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 Shippo 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 Shippo

Shares the most action names with

- [EasyPost 12](https://actionlake.com/connectors/easypost)
- [ShipStation 11](https://actionlake.com/connectors/shipstation)
- [AfterShip 11](https://actionlake.com/connectors/aftership)
- [Easyship 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/easyship)
- [Walmart Marketplace 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/walmart-marketplace)
- [Shippit 6](https://actionlake.com/connectors/shippit)

Joins with, on shared entities

- [ActiveCampaign 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/activecampaign)
- [Lightspeed Retail X-Series 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/lightspeed-retail-x-series)
- [Ecwid by Lightspeed 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/ecwid-by-lightspeed)
- [Hostaway 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/hostaway)
- [inFlow Inventory 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/inflow-inventory)
- [Eventbrite 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/eventbrite)

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 Shippo; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Shippo service file, version 1.0.0.

## Give your agent Shippo today.

[Connect Shippo 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/shippo
More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt