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MCP server · Payments and commerce

PayPal MCP server

Lets an assistant create and send PayPal invoices, manage orders, refunds, disputes, products and subscriptions, and list transactions.

Maintainer
PayPal (official)
Licence
Apache-2.0
Runs
Remote (URL)
Sign-in
OAuth sign-in in the app
Registry version
1.0.0 (updated 2025-10-28)
Last activity
2026-09-01

Overview

What it does

The PayPal MCP Server lets merchants run PayPal business tasks from an MCP client. PayPal hosts a remote server at mcp.paypal.com, with a separate endpoint at mcp.sandbox.paypal.com for testing. On first connection the client sends you to the PayPal login page to authorise access, and PayPal says the full tool catalogue is available remotely. A local package, @paypal/mcp, also exists and takes a short-lived PAYPAL_ACCESS_TOKEN, but it has not had a release in about a year.

Tools are grouped into invoices, payments, dispute management, shipment tracking, catalogue management, subscription management, and reporting and insights. An agent can draft and send an invoice, create an order, issue a refund, accept a dispute claim or set up a subscription plan from a plain-language request. It suits small businesses that already use PayPal and want to batch routine billing work. Test against the sandbox endpoint before connecting a live account.

Tools

What the assistant can do

  • Invoices: create, send, remind, cancel, search and record payments or refunds
  • Recurring invoice series: create, activate and cancel
  • Payments: create, get and pay orders; create and get refunds
  • Disputes: list, get and accept claims
  • Shipment tracking: create, get and update
  • Catalogue products, subscription plans and subscriptions
  • Reporting: list transactions and merchant insights

Install

Install PayPal MCP server in your app

You need:

  • A PayPal Business account (or a PayPal Developer sandbox account for testing)

Run in your project. --scope local keeps the servers private to you in this project; use user for every project.

Terminal
claude mcp add --scope local --transport http paypal https://mcp.paypal.com/mcp
  • paypal: if the server needs a sign-in, the app will ask (run /mcp in Claude Code).

Want it alongside other servers? Open PayPal MCP Server in the MCP config generator and add the rest; it writes one file per app. The snippets follow the setup in the server’s README, checked on 2026-10-14.

Before you install

  • Tools can move money and change customer-facing records: issue refunds, pay orders, send invoices and cancel subscriptions.
  • Use the sandbox endpoint (https://mcp.sandbox.paypal.com/mcp) while testing; PayPal’s README says AI output may be inaccurate and must be checked.
  • A remote server sees whatever the assistant sends it. Sign in with the narrowest access the service offers. See how to choose a safe server.

Why it’s listed

Why we list it

PayPal’s own hosted server covers the everyday merchant tasks of invoicing, refunds, disputes and subscriptions behind PayPal login.

Related

All MCP serversMCP config generatorGuide: MCP servers in Claude CodeGuide: what is MCP?