Review Famly sites, staff, invoices and payments through its public API. For nursery administrators, finance teams and staff coordinators using Famly. 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": {
"famly": {
"url": "https://famly.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"famly": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://famly.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 invoice summaries for a site and date range, then inspect known invoices by ID to review their totals, dates and bill payer references.
famly_list_invoices famly_get_invoices
Review contracted, attended, scheduled and break minutes, then compare the reported differences for the staff and date range you select.
famly_get_staff_hours_totals
Review staff check-in and check-out times alongside the employee directory and work tags to understand the recorded attendance.
famly_list_employee_checkins famly_list_employees famly_list_work_tags
Inspect payment amounts, dates, currencies and transaction statuses for a site and date range before preparing a finance summary.
famly_list_payments
List room and group names, institution IDs and staffing ratios for the site sets you select.
famly_list_groups
The login page asks for your Famly region and Famly API token.
Create a site or organisation token in Famly Settings → Manage API tokens (site tokens are under Integrations). Grant only the read permissions you need, including access to sites. Choose General (CO) or DACH (DE), matching your Famly account. API access depends on your package. Billing and usage are per region and API token; replacing a token creates a separate connection identity.
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 Famly region and Famly 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 Famly connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
famly_list_sites | read | List sites Site IDs and titles accessible to this API token. Sites are currently not paginated by Famly. Uses the Famly Public API; results depend on token permissions. |
famly_list_groups | read | List groups Room/group IDs, titles, institution IDs and staffing ratios for the requested site sets. Uses the Famly Public API; results depend on token permissions. |
famly_list_employees | read | List employees Staff directory and employment dates. No home address, birth date, gender, telephone or photographs. Continue using next, including after an empty page. Uses the Famly Public API; results depend on token permissions. |
famly_list_invoices | read | List invoices Invoice IDs, numbers, totals and dates, excluding line descriptions, child records and PDF links. One page per call. Uses the Famly Public API; results depend on token permissions. |
famly_get_invoices | read | Get invoices by ID Invoice summaries for known invoice IDs: numbers, totals, dates and bill payer IDs. Uses the Famly Public API; results depend on token permissions. |
famly_list_payments | read | List payments Payment amounts, dates, method, currency and transaction status. Excludes notes, bank details, child records and payment metadata. One page per call. Uses the Famly Public API; results depend on token permissions. |
famly_list_purchases | read | List purchases Ad-hoc purchase IDs, status, totals and invoice IDs, excluding child records and booking details. With a date range request one site at a time. One page per call. Uses the Famly Public API; results depend on token permissions. |
famly_list_account_codes | read | List account codes Accounting code IDs, titles and references for the requested sites. Uses the Famly Public API; results depend on token permissions. |
famly_list_bill_payers | read | List bill payers Billing identities, names, balances and billing references. Excludes bank accounts, social security numbers, contact details, notes and child records. One page per call. Uses the Famly Public API; results depend on token permissions. |
famly_list_work_tags | read | List work tags Staff work-tag IDs, names, colour and payroll codes for a site set. Uses the Famly Public API; results depend on token permissions. |
famly_get_staff_hours_totals | read | Get staff hours totals Staff contracted, attended, scheduled and break minutes plus differences. Excludes leave categories, health information and notes. Date range maximum 365 days; one page per call. Uses the Famly Public API; results depend on token permissions. |
famly_list_employee_checkins | read | List employee check-ins Staff check-in/out timestamps and work-tag IDs. Excludes manager notes and all child check-ins. Famly may return the full date range when nextToken is omitted: narrow the range. If next is returned, pass it as nextToken. Uses the Famly Public API; results depend on token permissions. |
famly_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. | |
famly_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Famly 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. | |
famly_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on Famly (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. | |
famly_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Famly 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 famly_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 region and API token | $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 Famly server only. Subscribe with famly_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with famly_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running famly_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
Review invoice totals and due dates. Compare staff hours. Inspect staff check-in records. Review payment activity. Review room staffing ratios. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Famly. The server calls the Famly API with your own Famly 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 Famly region and Famly 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 Famly region and Famly 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 Famly 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 Famly.
All 12 Famly tools are marked read-only.
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 Famly server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run famly_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run famly_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run famly_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 famly_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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