PayPal MCP: invoices, subscriptions and refunds from your AI app

How to connect PayPal to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

1. 1Click Connect PayPal free and sign in with your PayPal account.
2. 2Every tool is on once you connect, and the full list appears then. Money moves through some of them, so switch off the tools that charge a stored payment method, capture subscription payments or delete invoices unless you want your AI app doing that.
3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
4. 4Ask your AI app for the status and billing information of one of your PayPal subscriptions, then open Activity to see the lookup.

PayPal billing work you can hand to Claude or ChatGPT

• Create a draft invoice, or a reusable invoice template, and review it before anything reaches the payer.
• Set up products and billing plans with trial periods, then activate a plan for new subscriptions or deactivate one you no longer offer.
• Check a subscription's status, billing information and subscriber details, or look up a refund by its ID.
• Add tracking information to several PayPal transactions in one request.
• Create a webhook so your own systems hear about PayPal events such as completed payments.

Keep money movements behind a switch

• Switch off the tools that charge a payment method or capture a subscription payment, and your AI app can no longer see or call them.
• Deleting a PayPal invoice can't be undone, so switch that tool off or add a policy that warns or blocks before it runs.
• Policies can hide payer names and email addresses in results, and Activity records each PayPal call your team's AI apps make.

What you get with PayPal and ContextGate

• Your AI apps can use PayPalClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach PayPal through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
• You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any PayPal tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
• Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

PayPal tools

Examples of what your AI apps can do in PayPal. You'll see the exact list of tools after you connect it.

• Activate billing planActivates a billing plan in PayPal, making it available for subscription signups. Use this action when you have a billing plan in inactive state that you want to make available for new subscriptions.
• Create SubscriptionCreates a new PayPal subscription based on a billing plan. Use this action when you need to set up a recurring billing subscription for a customer. The action returns a subscription ID and an approval
• Get Refund DetailsRetrieves details for a PayPal refund by its ID. Use when you need to check the status, amount, or details of an existing refund. This action is useful for verifying refund details, checking refund st
• Get Subscription DetailsRetrieves the details of a PayPal subscription by its ID. Use this action when you need to check the status, billing information, subscriber details, or other properties of an existing subscription. O
• Add Batch Tracking InformationAdd tracking information for multiple PayPal transactions in a single request. Use this action when you need to add or update tracking information for one or more PayPal transactions. This is particul
• Cancel Invoice RemindersCancels the automatic payment reminders for a PayPal invoice. Use this action when you need to stop the automatic reminder emails from being sent to the payer for a particular invoice. This is useful
• Capture subscription paymentCaptures an authorized payment on a PayPal subscription. Use this action when you need to charge a subscriber for an outstanding balance or capture an authorized payment that was previously approved.
• Charge Payment MethodCharges a payment method and captures funds immediately using Braintree GraphQL API. Use this action when you need to charge a customer's stored payment method (credit card, PayPal account, Venmo acco
• Create invoiceCreates a PayPal draft invoice. Use this action when you need to create a new invoice that can be customized and sent to recipients. The invoice is created in DRAFT status and can be modified before b
• Create PayPal paymentCreates a PayPal payment using the v1 Payments API. Use this action when you need to create a payment to be processed through PayPal. This action is for the deprecated v1 API - consider using the v2 P
• Create billing plan (legacy)Creates a PayPal billing plan using the legacy payments API (POST /v1/payments/billing-plans). Use this action when setting up a new billing plan for PayPal billing agreements, including plans with tr
• Create a billing planCreates a PayPal billing plan for subscription billing. Use this action when setting up new subscription pricing plans in PayPal, including plans with trial periods, regular billing cycles, and custom
• Create ProductCreates a new product in PayPal's catalog. Use when you need to set up a product that can be used with PayPal's subscription or payment services. The product can be physical goods, digital goods, or a
• Create templateCreates a PayPal invoice template. Use this action when you need to create a reusable invoice template that can be used to generate invoices with consistent settings. Templates are useful for business
• Create a webhookCreates a PayPal webhook endpoint to receive notifications about events. Use this action when you need to set up a webhook to receive real-time notifications about PayPal events such as payment comple
• Create a webhook lookupCreates a new PayPal webhook lookup to verify a webhook signature. Use this action when you need to initiate a webhook lookup to validate that a webhook endpoint is correctly receiving and processing
• Create a web experience profileCreates a PayPal web experience profile for customizing checkout. Use this action when you need to set up a branded, customized checkout experience for PayPal payments. This includes configuring the l
• Deactivate PlanDeactivates a PayPal billing plan, making it unavailable for new subscriptions while preserving existing subscriptions. Use this action when you need to stop offering a particular billing plan without
• Delete Invoice External PaymentPermanently deletes an external payment from a specified PayPal invoice. Use when you need to remove a specific external payment transaction that was incorrectly recorded on an invoice. This action is
• Delete InvoiceDeletes a PayPal invoice by its ID. Use this action when you need to permanently remove an invoice that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible — once deleted, the invoice cannot be recovered