Read feeds and product data; create, update and delete products in Channel Pilot Pro. For shop owners and ERP teams that push product data to marketplaces through Channel Pilot Pro. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"channel-pilot-pro": {
"url": "https://channel-pilot-pro.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"channel-pilot-pro": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://channel-pilot-pro.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Other MCP clients (Windsurf, Cline, Zed and more): add the URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser. Do not add an Authorization header: see Before you connect.
List the feeds of the shop. Then read the status of one feed: its last upload and its last import.
channelpilotpro_list_feeds channelpilotpro_get_feed_status
Read the product data a feed stored for an offset range, to check what was sent. The data is kept for three days.
channelpilotpro_get_feed_data channelpilotpro_get_feed_status
Send the fields to change for each product, with its SKU. Missing products are created. Then check the import.
Changes data · channelpilotpro_upsert_products channelpilotpro_get_feed_status
Send the identifier fields of each discontinued product. The products are removed from the shop data in Channel Pilot Pro.
Changes data · channelpilotpro_delete_products
The login page asks for your API Merchant ID and Product API Token.
Find both in Channel Pilot Pro → Shop Settings → Shop Credentials. The pair works for one shop only. Your credentials are used only to call the Product API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; they are never shown to anyone.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your API Merchant ID and Product API Token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
Turn on the Channel Pilot Pro connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
channelpilotpro_list_feeds | read | List Product API feeds List the Product API feeds of a Channel Pilot Pro shop, with each feed's feed_id and unique_article_identifier. Use this first to find the feed_id. |
channelpilotpro_get_feed_status | read | Get feed status Get the status of a Product API feed: last_requested_offset (last upload) and last_imported_offset (last update available in Channel Pilot Pro), plus article_count. |
channelpilotpro_get_feed_data | read | Read feed data by offset Read the product data a feed stored for an inclusive offset range. Use it to check what was sent. Data is kept for three days. |
channelpilotpro_upsert_products | write | Create or update products (PATCH) Create or update products in a feed. Only the fields you send change; missing products are created (operation PATCH_OR_CREATE). Repeating the same call gives the same result. Check the import with channelpilotpro_get_feed_status. |
channelpilotpro_delete_products | write | Delete products Delete products from a feed (operation DELETE). Send only the identifier fields (for example sku) of each product. The products are removed from the shop data in Channel Pilot Pro. |
channelpilotpro_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report the caller's current usage: the plan, calls used this month, the limit of the plan (the free monthly cap or the Pro fair use limit), remaining, and whether the limit is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. | |
channelpilotpro_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Channel Pilot Pro tools cannot do yet (a missing tool, field or filter). Call it only when the user asks for something none of the tools can do, and tell the user that you send the request. Do not call it for errors or for normal requests. Do not include personal data, credentials or customer records. Stored with the product name and the client type (for example Claude or Cursor), without the user's account. At most 5 requests per day. Does not count against the meter. | |
channelpilotpro_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on Channel Pilot Pro (the free tier caps monthly usage). Plans: "monthly" — $9/month; "yearly" — $90/year (2 months free). Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period, so it also suits a one-time job. *A fair use limit applies. For heavy use (near Pro's limit): "plus" or "plus_yearly" — Pro+, $39/month or $390/year, unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 100,000 a month); an existing Pro subscription changes to Pro+ in place (needs confirm: true; the price difference for the rest of the period is charged at once). Otherwise returns a short link to open in your browser (it opens Stripe Checkout); after payment the account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
channelpilotpro_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Channel Pilot Pro Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; Pro continues until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run channelpilotpro_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited* |
*Pro fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month on this server. For more, write to [email protected].
Pro covers this Channel Pilot Pro server only. Subscribe with channelpilotpro_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with channelpilotpro_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running channelpilotpro_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
Check whether the last upload was imported. Check what a feed stored. Update prices and stock by SKU. Remove discontinued products from a feed. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Channel Pilot Pro. The server calls the Channel Pilot Pro API with your own Channel Pilot Pro access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your API Merchant ID and Product API Token. See Before you connect for where to find them.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your API Merchant ID and Product API Token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Channel Pilot Pro API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Channel Pilot Pro.
Yes, if you approve it. 2 of the 5 Channel Pilot Pro tools can create or change data. The other 3 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month), for this Channel Pilot Pro server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run channelpilotpro_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run channelpilotpro_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run channelpilotpro_cancel_subscription. Pro continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with channelpilotpro_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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