# ShipStation API MCP Server A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the ShipStation API. This server provides tools
Most knowledge and memory work still happens through a UI a human drives. ShipStation API MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. # ShipStation API MCP Server A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the ShipStation API. This server provides tools and resources for managing orders, shipments, carriers, warehouses, products, customers.
The server publishes 14 tools. What each one is for:
overview — ordersshipments — carrierswarehouses — productscustomers — storeswebhooks — fulfillmentslist_orders — get_ordercreate_order — mark_order_as_shippeddelete_order — add_tag_to_orderremove_tag_from_order — restore_order_from_holdlist_shipments — get_shipmentcreate_label — void_labellist_carriers — list_carrier_packagesConfiguration is passed through the environment: SHIPSTATION_API_KEY, SHIPSTATION_API_SECRET. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.
Among the knowledge and memory options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. ShipStation API's toolset — overview, shipments, warehouses and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by mattcoatsworth; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against ShipStation API's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| overview | orders |
| shipments | carriers |
| warehouses | products |
| customers | stores |
| webhooks | fulfillments |
| list_orders | get_order |
| create_order | mark_order_as_shipped |
| delete_order | add_tag_to_order |
| remove_tag_from_order | restore_order_from_hold |
| list_shipments | get_shipment |
| create_label | void_label |
| list_carriers | list_carrier_packages |
| list_warehouses | get_warehouse |
| create_warehouse | update_warehouse |
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| SHIPSTATION_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| SHIPSTATION_API_SECRET | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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