AfterShip MCP server for your AI

Quote shipping rates before buying a label.

Cancel (void) a label so the carrier does not charge for it.

Buy a shipping label.

Create an end-of-day manifest (SCAN form) that hands a shipper account's labels to the carrier: shipper_account { id } and optionally label_ids (otherwise all eligible labels are included).

Schedule a carrier pickup (FedEx, UPS, DHL Express, Purolator): pickup_from address, pickup_start_time and pickup_end_time (HH:mm:ss), pickup_date (YYYY-MM-DD), shipper_account { id }, and label_ids or pickup_parcels.

Get one label by id: status, tracking numbers, rate charged, and the label and document file URLs.

List shipping labels, newest first.

List your carrier (shipper) accounts.

Record a fulfillment (shipment or pickup) for a Commerce order: order_id, delivery_method, status, line_items, and trackings [{ tracking_number, slug }] so AfterShip starts tracking it.

Sync an order into a Commerce store so AfterShip can track, notify and handle returns for it.

Get one Commerce order by id with its items, customer, addresses, totals and statuses.

List a Commerce store's orders.

List the Commerce stores in your AfterShip organization with their ids.

Approve a submitted return by RMA number.

Attach a return shipment you created outside AfterShip to a return, by RMA number: shipments [{ tracking_number, slug, label { url, total_charge? } }].

Create a return for an order from a connected store (refund resolution only).

Build a deep link to your returns page pre-filled with an order_number (plus customer_email or postal_code) so a shopper can start a return in one click.

Get a return's full detail by its RMA number, the code shown to the shopper (for example E7VN6G6L): items, reasons, exchange and refund status, shipments and receiving records.

Search returns (RMAs), newest first.

Record returned items as received at your warehouse, by RMA number.

Reject a submitted return by RMA number.

Mark a return resolved (done) by RMA number, normally after the items are received and the refund or exchange is settled.

Approve a warranty claim that is under_review.

Get one warranty claim by id: items, order, customer, status, resolution and shipments.

Search warranty claims.

Reject a warranty claim that is under_review.

Start tracking a shipment.

Work out which courier a tracking number belongs to.

Get one tracking by its AfterShip tracking id: current tag and subtag, courier, estimated delivery dates, customers, and the full checkpoint history.

List couriers and their slugs.

Search shipment trackings, newest first.

Close a tracking manually with reason DELIVERED, LOST or RETURNED_TO_SENDER.

Predict an AI estimated delivery date (earliest, latest and most likely) for a shipment before it has a tracking number, e.g. for a product page or checkout.

Reactivate an Expired tracking so AfterShip resumes checking the courier.

Update a tracking's details: title, order fields, customers, custom_fields, note, slug, shipment_tags, delivery type and origin/destination info.

Quote the protection premium for an order: subtotal { amount, currency } and optional shipping_total.

Insure an order with AfterShip Protection: order { source_id, items [{ source_id, title, quantity, unit_insured_amount }], shipping_address, sender_address, order_date, subtotal }.

List shipping-protection coverages (insured orders).

Extract order and shipment details (order number, items, tracking numbers, carrier, delivery dates) from an order or shipping email.

Validate and standardize a postal address (USA, FRA, DEU, ESP, GBR, CHE, BEL) and get suggested corrections.

Cancel a scheduled pickup.

Add a FedEx or FedEx Ground Economy account through FedEx's own registration flow: slug, description, account credentials, invoice details and address.

Add a carrier account for labels: slug, description, timezone, address and the carrier-specific credentials object (each carrier needs different fields).

Delete a carrier (shipper) account.

Get one label cancellation by id to see whether the void succeeded.

Get one pickup cancellation by id to see whether it succeeded.

Get one manifest by id, including its status, labels and manifest file URL.

Get one pickup by id, including its confirmation number and status.

Get one rate calculation by id, with every quoted service, its charge and transit time.

Get one carrier (shipper) account by id: carrier slug, status, address and settings.

List label cancellations and their status (cancelling, cancelled, failed).

List pickup cancellations and their status.

Find carrier drop-off and pickup locations near an address.

List end-of-day manifests.

List scheduled carrier pickups.

List previous rate calculations.

List the carriers AfterShip Shipping can buy labels and quote rates with, including their slugs and service types.

Upgrade a legacy FedEx account to FedEx's current registration.

Replace a carrier account's credentials.

Update a carrier account's description, timezone or address.

Update carrier account settings (FedEx only today): electronic trade documents, commercial invoice letterhead and signature images.

Check a shipping address with the carrier-backed validator (legacy beta endpoint).

Create a fulfillment location (warehouse or pickup store) for your organization: name and address, plus optional timezone, opening_hours, order_processing and pickup_setting.

Add a line item to a Commerce order.

Create a product in a Commerce store: variants [{ id, sku, price, … }] and image_urls are required; add title, slug, description, url, categories, tags and published.

Add a variant to a Commerce product.

Create a Commerce store (for a custom or headless shop) so orders, products and fulfillments can be synced into AfterShip.

Delete one line item from a Commerce order.

Delete one variant from a Commerce product.

Get one Commerce fulfillment by id, with its line items, trackings and locations.

Get one fulfillment location by id.

Get one line item of a Commerce order.

Get one Commerce product by id, with its variants.

Get one variant of a Commerce product.

Get one Commerce store by id.

List Commerce fulfillments.

List your organization's fulfillment locations.

List a Commerce store's products.

Update a Commerce fulfillment's trackings, pickup info or locations.

Move a Commerce fulfillment to its next status with occurred_at (ISO 8601).

Update a fulfillment location.

Update a Commerce order: status, financial_status, fulfillment_status, totals, customer, addresses, tags, note or custom_fields.

Update one line item of a Commerce order.

Update a Commerce product.

Update one variant of a Commerce product: price, sku, title, available_quantity, images, weight, options or backorder setting.

Update a Commerce store's name, contact emails, timezone, weight unit, phone or address.

Approve a submitted return by its internal return id.

Attach a return shipment you created outside AfterShip, by internal return id: shipments [{ tracking_number, slug, label { url } }].

Get a return's full detail by its internal return id (the id field from list_returns): items with reasons and prices, exchange items, approval and refund status, shipments, receiving records and timestamps.

List the item tags available for return items (created in the Returns admin).

Record returned items as received, by internal return id.

Record return items dropped off at a QR-code drop-off point: rma_number and dropoff_id come from the scanned QR code, body items [{ external_order_item_id, quantity }] and dropped_at.

Reject a submitted return by its internal return id.

Remove items the shopper no longer wants to return from an existing return, by internal return id.

Remove items the shopper no longer wants to return from an existing return, by RMA number.

Mark a return resolved (done) by its internal return id.

Update one item on a return (by internal return id): either set its item_tags [{ id }] (ids from list_return_item_tags) or attach merchant_uploaded_image_urls.

Update one item on a return (by RMA number): either set its item_tags [{ id }] (ids from list_return_item_tags) or attach merchant_uploaded_image_urls.

Cancel an approved or in-process warranty claim.

Check which resolution methods a warranty claim supports and which stores can fulfill a replacement or store credit.

Add a shipment to a warranty claim: label_source aftership (AfterShip generates an inbound label asynchronously) or merchant.

Get one shipment of a warranty claim, including label generation status and tracking.

Mark a warranty registration invalid so it no longer counts toward benefits.

Get the warranty registration history for every item of an order.

List the item tags that can be applied to warranty claim items.

Process an approved warranty claim: per item choose resolution_method (repair_item, replace_item, send_repair_kit, issue_store_credit, other) with its replacement_order or store_credit details.

Mark a warranty claim's returned items as received (approved or in-process claims).

Mark an in-process warranty claim resolved (completed).

Update a warranty claim's merchant note, contact_email or shipping_address.

Update one warranty claim item: set item_tags [{ id }] or merchant_image_urls (one of the two per call; an empty array clears it).

Correct a warranty registration's plan_name, expired_at or benefit totals.

Connect a carrier account for tracking: courier_slug plus that carrier's credentials object (the API keys, usernames or account numbers the carrier requires).

Remove a courier connection.

Delete a tracking permanently.

Get one courier connection by id.

List the carrier account connections set up for tracking (couriers that need your own carrier credentials to fetch tracking).

Predict estimated delivery dates for several shipments in one call: estimated_delivery_dates is an array of the same objects predict_delivery_date takes.

Replace the credentials of an existing courier connection.

Get one coverage by id: status, premium, insured items, policy details and effective dates.

Get one shipping-protection claim by id: issue type, status and resolution.

List shipping-protection claims.

Add or update the tracking info on a coverage, which activates it so claims can be filed.

Void an inactive coverage so it is never charged.

Invite someone to your AfterShip organization: account { email } and role { code }.

Remove a member from your AfterShip organization.

Get one organization membership by id.

List the members of your AfterShip organization with their roles.

List the roles available in your AfterShip organization and their codes.

Change a member's role: role { code }.

Predict a product's category and tags for a target platform (TTS for TikTok Shop, Walmart or AfterShip) from a partial product object.

Get product recommendations from AfterShip Personalization: type BEST_SELLERS, NEW_ARRIVAL, RANDOM, BOUGHT_TOGETHER, COMPLEMENTS, SIMILAR or STRATEGY.

Search a store's products semantically (query) or visually (image_url or image_base64), with optional include/exclude filters, faceting, sort, page and limit.

Autocomplete a shopper's search: returns suggested product queries for a partial query.

Legacy email parser: subject, from and content { html or text }.