An MCP server that provides shipping and logistics capabilities through AI conversations. Connect to FedEx, UPS, and DHL to get rates, create labels
Shipboss becomes available to MCP clients through the shipboss mcp server. An MCP server that provides shipping and logistics capabilities through AI conversations. Connect to FedEx, UPS, and DHL to get rates, create labels, track packages, and manage freight shipments.
An MCP server that provides shipping and logistics capabilities through AI conversations. Connect to FedEx, UPS, and DHL to get rates, create labels, track packages, and manage freight shipments.
Once connected, the assistant can call these 9 tools directly:
ping — Health checkget_parcel_rates — Get parcel shipping ratescreate_parcel_label — Create parcel shipping labels with direct download URLstrack_parcel — Track parcel shipmentscreate_pickup — Schedule carrier pickupscancel_pickup — Cancel scheduled pickupsget_freight_rates — Get freight shipping quotestrack_freight — Track freight shipmentsPrerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverThe server is distributed via PyPI as shipboss-mcp-server, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.
Before the server will start you need to supply one environment variable: SHIPBOSS_API_TOKEN. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.
Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. Shipboss sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — ping, get_parcel_rates, create_parcel_label among others — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| ping | Health check |
| get_parcel_rates | Get parcel shipping rates |
| create_parcel_label | Create parcel shipping labels with direct download URLs |
| track_parcel | Track parcel shipments |
| create_pickup | Schedule carrier pickups |
| cancel_pickup | Cancel scheduled pickups |
| get_freight_rates | Get freight shipping quotes |
| track_freight | Track freight shipments |
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
#### Option C: Environment Variable
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"shipboss-mcp": {
"command": "C:\\path\\to\\shipboss_env\\Scripts\\python.exe",
"args": ["C:\\path\\to\\shipboss-mcp\\shipboss_mcp_server.py"],
"env": {
"SHIPBOSS_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| SHIPBOSS_API_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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