Shippo MCP: rates, labels and tracking in your AI app

Connect Shippo to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

1. 1Click Connect Shippo free and sign in with your Shippo account.
2. 2Rate quotes, tracking and address checks only look things up; buying a label is a purchase. Switch off the label and batch purchase tools if a person should approve every shipment.
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 to compare carrier rates for a 2 kg parcel from London to Berlin, then open Activity to see the rate call.

Shipping tasks for Claude or ChatGPT

• Compare live rates from multiple carriers for a shipment.
• Buy a label from a chosen rate, or a batch of labels at once.
• Track a package's status, location and history.
• Validate and store sender and recipient addresses.
• Add customs items for international shipments and create a carrier manifest.

Purchases on your terms

• Switch off label purchases; your AI app can still quote rates and track packages.
• Use a policy to warn or block before a label transaction goes through.
• Activity records every label your AI app buys and every package it tracks.

What you get with Shippo and ContextGate

• Your AI apps can use ShippoClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach Shippo through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
• You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any Shippo 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.

Shippo tools

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

• Create Shippo AddressTool to create a new address in Shippo. Use when you need to store sender or recipient addresses for shipping labels and transactions. Addresses can be validated against carrier databases before creat
• Create Live RateTool to generate live shipping rates from multiple carriers for a given shipment. Use when you need real-time pricing for shipping from origin to destination with specific items. Returns available rat
• Create Merchant ShipmentTool to create a new shipment for a merchant using Shippo's Platform API. Use when you need to create a shipment with origin/destination addresses and parcel details to get shipping rates. This endpoi
• Create Merchant TransactionTool to create a shipping label transaction for a merchant using the Shippo Platform API. Use when you need to purchase a shipping label for a specific merchant account using an existing rate ID.
• Create ShipmentTool to create a new shipment with Shippo. Use when you need to generate shipping rates for a package by providing origin and destination addresses and parcel details.
• Create TransactionTool to create a shipping label transaction with Shippo. Use when you need to purchase a shipping label either from an existing rate ID or by specifying shipment details directly.
• Get AddressTool to retrieve a previously created address from Shippo. Use when you need to get the details of an existing address using its object ID.
• Get Merchant RateTool to retrieve a specific shipping rate for a merchant using the Shippo Platform API. Use when you need to fetch detailed rate information for a merchant's shipment, including pricing, carrier detai
• Get Merchant ShipmentTool to retrieve a shipment for a merchant from the Shippo Platform API. Use when you need to fetch details of a shipment that belongs to a specific merchant.
• Get Merchant Tracking StatusTool to retrieve tracking status for a merchant from Shippo Platform API. Use when you need to get the current status, location, and history of a package for a specific merchant using carrier and trac
• Get Merchant TransactionTool to retrieve a shipping label transaction for a merchant from the Shippo Platform API. Use when you need to get the details of an existing transaction for a merchant including tracking information
• Get RateTool to retrieve a specific shipping rate by its ID. Use when you need to fetch detailed rate information including pricing, carrier details, and service level.
• Get ShipmentTool to retrieve a shipment by its ID. Use when you need to fetch details about a specific shipment including addresses, parcels, rates, and status.
• Get Tracking StatusTool to retrieve tracking status for a shipment from Shippo. Use when you need to get the current status, location, and history of a package using its carrier and tracking number.
• Get TransactionTool to retrieve a shipping label transaction by its ID. Use when you need to get the details of an existing transaction including tracking information, label URLs, and transaction status.
• Create BatchTool to create a batch of shipments for bulk label purchasing. Use when you need to process multiple shipments at once with the same carrier and service level. Requires a valid carrier account ID from
• Create Carrier AccountTool to create a new carrier account in Shippo. Use when you need to register carrier credentials for shipping operations. This action requires detailed billing and contact information, and for UPS ac
• Create Customs ItemCreate a new customs item for international shipments. Customs items are required for customs declarations when shipping internationally. Use this action to define the contents, value, and origin of i
• Create ManifestTool to create a new shipping manifest with Shippo. Use when you need to generate a manifest document for a carrier with multiple shipments that need to be scanned at pickup.
• Create Merchant AddressTool to create a new address for a merchant using Shippo's Platform API. Use when you need to add an address to a merchant's account for shipping operations. This endpoint is part of the Platform API