--- title: "Spendesk MCP server for AI agents - actionlake" description: "Give Claude 95 Spendesk actions through one MCP server: accounts, suppliers, purchase orders. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free." canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/spendesk updated: 2026-10-23 --- Connectors · Accounting & finance # Spendesk MCP server for AI agents. actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Spendesk and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 95 Spendesk actions (52 reads, 34 writes and 9 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Spendesk credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Spendesk's limits and records every call. [Connect Spendesk 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: "spendesk.purchase_orders.list", intent: "check which Spendesk account is connected" } # Get Purchase Orders · read · 1 upstream call ``` - 95 actions in one signed file - 52 read look, never change - 34 write create and update - 9 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first Set up ## Connect Spendesk 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 Spendesk. OAuth 2.0, client credentials. Paste the app's client id and secret; actionlake fetches and renews the token, and nobody has to sign in. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key. - `client_id` Spendesk Public API client ID (Spendesk settings > Integrations > API access) - `client_secret` Spendesk Public API client secret (shown once when the client is created) - `host` Where your Spendesk lives: your host ``` account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "spendesk" } # 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: "spendesk.purchase_orders.list" } # get purchase orders · read · 1 upstream call check { action: "spendesk.purchase_orders.create", input: { … } } # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent ``` Spendesk at a glance **Sign-in** OAuth 2.0, client credentials. Paste the app's client id and secret; actionlake fetches and renews the token, and nobody has to sign in. **You provide** `client_id` `client_secret` **Setup fields** `host` **Limits we pace to** 300 calls a minute, per connection **API covered** Spendesk Public API 1.0 (OpenAPI 3.1)`public-api.spendesk.com` **Built from** Spendesk's documentation, read 23 October 2026[developer.spendesk.com](https://developer.spendesk.com/openapi/spendesk-public-api.json) [developer.spendesk.com](https://developer.spendesk.com/reference/introduction) **Service file** Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519) **Cached reads** 48 of 52 reads, for up to 5 minutes; a write clears what it affects **Shared entities** 6, so ask can line Spendesk up with your other systems **Data** Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet Capabilities ## What an AI agent can do in Spendesk. 95 actions in 31 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest. - **52** read look, never change - **34** write create and update - **9** destructive wait for a confirmation 1. ### Accounts 7 2 read · 4 write · 1 destructive Get accounts · Create account · Get account by id · Archive account 2. ### Suppliers 7 2 read · 5 write · 0 destructive Get Suppliers · Get Supplier By Id · Update Supplier · Create Supplier(s) 3. ### Purchase orders 6 3 read · 2 write · 1 destructive Get Purchase Orders · Create a purchase order · Get a purchase order by ID · Cancel a purchase order 4. ### Analytical field values 5 2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive Create Analytical Field Value · List Analytical Field Values · Get Analytical Field Value · Update Analytical Field Value 5. ### Analytical fields 5 2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive List Analytical Fields · Create Analytical Field · Update Analytical Field · Get Analytical Field 6. ### Expense categories 5 2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive Create Expense Category · List Expense Categories · Get Expense Category · Update Expense Category 7. ### Expense category fields 5 2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive Create Expense Category Field · List Expense Category Fields · Get Expense Category Field · Update Expense Category Field 8. ### Payables 5 2 read · 3 write · 0 destructive Search Payables · Get Payable by ID · Mark Payable as ready · Update Payable accounting fields **23 more areas · 50 actions** - Webhooks **5** - Cards **4** - Cost centers **4** - Account creditors **3** - Intakes **3** - Invoices **3** - Transactions **3** - External references **2** - Intake file uploads **2** - Integrations **2** - Journals **2** - Payable attachments **2** - Payable snapshots **2** - Requests **2** - Settlements **2** - Users **2** - Analytical field values V1 **1** - Analytical fields V1 **1** - Bank fees **1** - Companies **1** - Expense categories V1 **1** - Wallet loads **1** - Wallet summary **1** Top actions ## The Spendesk API, shaped for agents. The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 21 of Spendesk's 21 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once. | Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `spendesk.purchase_orders.list` Get Purchase Orders | Get Purchase Orders. | read | `finance.purchase_order.list` 45 connectors | | `spendesk.invoices.list` List invoices | List invoices. | read | `finance.bill.list` 31 connectors | | `spendesk.users.list` Get Users | Get Users. | read | `identity.user.list` 474 connectors | | `spendesk.suppliers.list` Get Suppliers | Get Suppliers. | read | `asset.supplier.list` 41 connectors | | `spendesk.purchase_orders.create` Create a purchase order | Create a purchase order. | write | `finance.purchase_order.create` 43 connectors | | `spendesk.accounts.list` Get accounts | Get accounts. | read | `finance.ledger_account.list` 36 connectors | | `spendesk.analytical_fields.list` List Analytical Fields | List Analytical Fields. | read | `finance.tracking_category.list` 15 connectors | | `spendesk.invoices.get` Get an invoice | Get an invoice. | read | `finance.bill.get` 34 connectors | | `spendesk.users.get` Get User By Id | Get User By Id. | read | `identity.user.get` 399 connectors | | `spendesk.accounts.create` Create account | Create account. | write | `finance.ledger_account.create` 32 connectors | | `spendesk.analytical_fields.create` Create Analytical Field | Create Analytical Field. | write | `finance.tracking_category.create` 12 connectors | | `spendesk.purchase_orders.cancel` Cancel a purchase order | Cancel a purchase order. | destructive | `finance.purchase_order.cancel` 7 connectors | Try it ## Prompts to paste into Claude. Each one names the Spendesk actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it. 1. Read read Who has access in Spendesk? List every user and their role. calls `spendesk.users.list` 2. Write write Create a purchase order in Spendesk. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it. calls `spendesk.purchase_orders.create` Governance for Spendesk ## Destructive actions wait for a yes. 9 Spendesk actions are destructive. These are all of them: - Cancel a purchase order `spendesk.purchase_orders.cancel` - Archive account `spendesk.accounts.delete` - Delete Analytical Field `spendesk.analytical_fields.delete` - Delete Cost Centers `spendesk.cost_centers.delete` - Delete a webhook instance `spendesk.webhooks.delete` - Remove creditors from accounts `spendesk.account_creditors.remove` - Delete Expense Category `spendesk.expense_categories.delete` - Delete Analytical Field Value `spendesk.analytical_field_values.delete` - Delete Expense Category Field `spendesk.expense_category_fields.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 spendesk.purchase_orders.cancel confirm_policy: **human** Cancel a purchase order? **intent:** the user asked me to cancel a purchase order run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _spendesk-agent_ cannot confirm itself In the console, or from an emailed signed link. a key for this connector ``` account { op: "keys.create", name: "spendesk-agent", allowed_actions: ["spendesk.*"], cap_calls: 2000, confirm_policy: "human_for_writes", approval_rules: [ { match: "spendesk.purchase_orders.cancel", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "spendesk.accounts.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "spendesk.analytical_fields.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" } ] } ``` Illustrative. Scoped to Spendesk only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person. Cost ## What Spendesk costs on actionlake. Every Spendesk action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call Spendesk 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 95 Spendesk actions - 95 actions page each page of a long list is one call - 48 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 Spendesk action. 95 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect. **Accounts 7** - `spendesk.accounts.create` Create account write - `spendesk.accounts.delete` Archive account destructive - `spendesk.accounts.get` Get account by id read - `spendesk.accounts.list` Get accounts read - `spendesk.accounts.set_purpose` Set account purpose write - `spendesk.accounts.sync` Bulk update accounts write - `spendesk.accounts.update_batch` Bulk patch accounts write **Suppliers 7** - `spendesk.suppliers.create_batch` Create Supplier(s) write - `spendesk.suppliers.get` Get Supplier By Id read - `spendesk.suppliers.list` Get Suppliers read - `spendesk.suppliers.set_archived` Archive/Unarchive Supplier write - `spendesk.suppliers.set_archived_batch` Archive/Unarchive Suppliers write - `spendesk.suppliers.update` Update Supplier write - `spendesk.suppliers.update_batch` Update Suppliers write **Purchase orders 6** - `spendesk.purchase_orders.cancel` Cancel a purchase order destructive - `spendesk.purchase_orders.close` Close a purchase order write - `spendesk.purchase_orders.create` Create a purchase order write - `spendesk.purchase_orders.get` Get a purchase order by ID read - `spendesk.purchase_orders.get_document` Get Purchase Order Document read - `spendesk.purchase_orders.list` Get Purchase Orders read **Analytical field values 5** - `spendesk.analytical_field_values.create` Create Analytical Field Value write - `spendesk.analytical_field_values.delete` Delete Analytical Field Value destructive - `spendesk.analytical_field_values.get` Get Analytical Field Value read - `spendesk.analytical_field_values.list` List Analytical Field Values read - `spendesk.analytical_field_values.update` Update Analytical Field Value write **Analytical fields 5** - `spendesk.analytical_fields.create` Create Analytical Field write - `spendesk.analytical_fields.delete` Delete Analytical Field destructive - `spendesk.analytical_fields.get` Get Analytical Field read - `spendesk.analytical_fields.list` List Analytical Fields read - `spendesk.analytical_fields.update` Update Analytical Field write **Expense categories 5** - `spendesk.expense_categories.create` Create Expense Category write - `spendesk.expense_categories.delete` Delete Expense Category destructive - `spendesk.expense_categories.get` Get Expense Category read - `spendesk.expense_categories.list` List Expense Categories read - `spendesk.expense_categories.update` Update Expense Category write **Expense category fields 5** - `spendesk.expense_category_fields.create` Create Expense Category Field write - `spendesk.expense_category_fields.delete` Delete Expense Category Field destructive - `spendesk.expense_category_fields.get` Get Expense Category Field read - `spendesk.expense_category_fields.list` List Expense Category Fields read - `spendesk.expense_category_fields.update` Update Expense Category Field write **Payables 5** - `spendesk.payables.get` Get Payable by ID read - `spendesk.payables.mark_as_ready` Mark Payable as ready write - `spendesk.payables.search` Search Payables read - `spendesk.payables.update_accounting` Update Payable accounting fields write - `spendesk.payables.update_bookkeeping_status` Update Payables bookkeeping status write **Webhooks 5** - `spendesk.webhooks.create` Create a webhook instance write - `spendesk.webhooks.delete` Delete a webhook instance destructive - `spendesk.webhooks.get` Get a webhook instance by id. read - `spendesk.webhooks.list` Get all webhook instances ordered by creation date. read - `spendesk.webhooks.update` Update a webhook instance write **Cards 4** - `spendesk.cards.get` Get a Card read - `spendesk.cards.get_blocking_history` Get a Card Blocking History read - `spendesk.cards.get_order` Get a Card Order read - `spendesk.cards.list` Get Cards read **Cost centers 4** - `spendesk.cost_centers.create` Create Cost Centers write - `spendesk.cost_centers.delete` Delete Cost Centers destructive - `spendesk.cost_centers.list` Get Cost Centers read - `spendesk.cost_centers.update` Update Cost Centers write **Account creditors 3** - `spendesk.account_creditors.assign` Assign creditors to accounts write - `spendesk.account_creditors.remove` Remove creditors from accounts destructive - `spendesk.account_creditors.search` Search creditor account assignments read **Intakes 3** - `spendesk.intakes.create` Create an intake write - `spendesk.intakes.get` Get an intake read - `spendesk.intakes.list` List intakes read **Invoices 3** - `spendesk.invoices.get` Get an invoice read - `spendesk.invoices.get_summary` Summarise invoices read - `spendesk.invoices.list` List invoices read **Transactions 3** - `spendesk.transactions.list` Get Transactions (Deprecated) read - `spendesk.transactions.list_failed` Get Failed Transactions read - `spendesk.transactions.list_successful` Get Successful Transactions read **External references 2** - `spendesk.external_references.list` Get external references read - `spendesk.external_references.upsert` Upsert external references write **Intake file uploads 2** - `spendesk.intake_file_uploads.create` Create an intake file upload write - `spendesk.intake_file_uploads.get` Get an intake file upload status read **Integrations 2** - `spendesk.integrations.get_export_status` Get entity export status read - `spendesk.integrations.refresh_settings` Refresh accounting integration settings write **Journals 2** - `spendesk.journals.create` Create an accounting export write - `spendesk.journals.list_templates` Get available journal templates read **Payable attachments 2** - `spendesk.payable_attachments.create_upload` Create Payable Attachment Upload write - `spendesk.payable_attachments.list` Get Payable Attachments read **Payable snapshots 2** - `spendesk.payable_snapshots.create` Create a snapshot of payables read - `spendesk.payable_snapshots.get` Get a snapshot of payables read **Requests 2** - `spendesk.requests.get` Get a Request read - `spendesk.requests.list` Get Requests read **Settlements 2** - `spendesk.settlements.list` Get Settlements read - `spendesk.settlements.update_state` Update settlements state write **Users 2** - `spendesk.users.get` Get User By Id read - `spendesk.users.list` Get Users read **Analytical field values V1 1** - `spendesk.analytical_field_values_v1.list` Get Analytical Values read **Analytical fields V1 1** - `spendesk.analytical_fields_v1.list` Get Analytical Fields read **Bank fees 1** - `spendesk.bank_fees.list` Get Bank Fees read **Companies 1** - `spendesk.companies.list` Get Companies read **Expense categories V1 1** - `spendesk.expense_categories_v1.list` Get Expense Categories read **Wallet loads 1** - `spendesk.wallet_loads.list` Get Wallet Loads read **Wallet summary 1** - `spendesk.wallet_summary.get` Get Wallet Summary read Questions ## The Spendesk MCP server, answered. **Is there a Spendesk MCP server for Claude?** Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 95 Spendesk actions across accounts, suppliers, purchase orders and analytical field values, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Spendesk. **What do I need to connect Spendesk?** Spendesk Public API client ID (Spendesk settings > Integrations > API access) and Spendesk Public API client secret (shown once when the client is created). Plus your host. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "spendesk" } lists exactly what to paste. **Can an AI agent delete or change things in Spendesk?** Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 9 Spendesk actions are destructive, including cancel a purchase order, archive account and delete Analytical Field. 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 Spendesk API limit?** actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Spendesk service file: 300 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (48 Spendesk actions can be), which never reaches Spendesk. **What does a Spendesk action cost?** One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (95 Spendesk actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Spendesk 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 Spendesk API does it cover?** The Spendesk Public API 1.0 (OpenAPI 3.1) at public-api.spendesk.com by default, or the base URL set when you connect. It is built from Spendesk's documentation as read on 23 October 2026. 95 actions in 31 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0). **Does actionlake keep my Spendesk 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 Spendesk 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 Spendesk Shares the most action names with - [Ramp 11](https://actionlake.com/connectors/ramp) - [DoorLoop 11](https://actionlake.com/connectors/doorloop) - [Pleo 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/pleo) - [Buildium 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/buildium) - [Codat 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/codat) - [ApprovalMax 9](https://actionlake.com/connectors/approvalmax) Joins with, on shared entities - [Zoho Inventory 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/zoho-inventory) - [Cin7 Core 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/cin7-core) - [Lightspeed Retail X-Series 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/lightspeed-retail-x-series) - [HaloPSA 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/halopsa) - [TOPdesk 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/topdesk) - [Freshservice 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/freshservice) Browse - [All Accounting & finance connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/accounting-and-finance) - [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors) - [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare) actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Spendesk; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Spendesk service file, version 1.0.0. ## Give your agent Spendesk today. [Connect Spendesk 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/spendesk More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt