Browse the Gelato catalog, prices, orders and shipping; quote, create draft orders and products. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, 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": {
"gelato": {
"url": "https://gelato.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"gelato": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://gelato.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}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.
The login page asks for your Gelato API key.
Create one in the Gelato dashboard → Developer → API Keys. The key can create and cancel orders on your account. Your key is used only to call the Gelato API on your behalf; it is 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 Gelato API key. 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.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
gelato_list_catalogs | read | List product catalogs List Gelato's product catalogs (posters, cards, t-shirts, mugs, photo books, ...) with their catalogUid and title. Start here to find products. GET product.gelatoapis.com/v3/catalogs. |
gelato_get_catalog | read | Get catalog One catalog with the attributes that define its products (e.g. PaperFormat, PaperType, ColorType) and each attribute's possible values. Use them as attribute_filters in gelato_search_products. GET /v3/catalogs/{catalogUid}. |
gelato_search_products | read | Search catalog products List the products of a catalog, optionally filtered by attribute values, with each product's productUid, attributes, weight and dimensions, plus hit counts per attribute value. POST /v3/catalogs/{catalogUid}/products:search. |
gelato_get_product | read | Get product One catalog product by productUid: attributes, weight, supported and unsupported countries, whether it is printable or stockable, and valid page counts for multi-page products. GET /v3/products/{productUid}. |
gelato_get_product_prices | read | Get product prices Gelato's production prices of a product for every quantity tier, optionally for one destination country and currency. page_count is required for multi-page products. Shipping is not included (use gelato_quote_order). GET /v3/products/{productUid}/prices. |
gelato_get_cover_dimensions | read | Get cover dimensions Cover layout of a multi-page product (photo book, brochure) in millimetres: spine, front, back, bleed and wraparound areas, for designing the cover file. GET /v3/products/{productUid}/cover-dimensions. |
gelato_check_stock | read | Check stock availability Stock status of stockable products per stock region (US-CA, EU, UK, OC, AS, SA, ROW): in-stock, out-of-stock-replenishable (with a replenishment date), out-of-stock, non-stockable or not-supported. POST /v3/stock/region-availability. |
gelato_list_shipment_methods | read | List shipment methods Gelato's shipment methods (shipmentMethodUid, name, type normal/express/pallet, tracking, business/private, supported destination countries), optionally only those for one destination country. GET shipment.gelatoapis.com/v1/shipment-methods. |
gelato_search_orders | read | Search orders Search orders and drafts, newest first: id, your reference ids, order type, fulfillment and financial status, channel, store, country, currency, totals and dates. Filter by status, type, country, channel, store, reference, date range or free text (recipient name or order reference). POST /v4/orders:search. |
gelato_get_order | read | Get order One order by Gelato order id: type (order/draft), fulfillment and financial status, items with their files and statuses, shipment with packages and tracking codes/URLs, shipping address, receipts and totals. GET /v4/orders/{orderId}. |
gelato_quote_order | read | Quote order Price an order before placing it: product prices and the available shipment methods (shipmentMethodUid, price, min/max delivery days and dates) per fulfillment facility, for a recipient address. Nothing is created or charged. Pass a returned shipmentMethodUid to gelato_create_order. POST /v4/orders:quote. |
gelato_create_order | write | Create order (draft by default) Create an order. By default it is a DRAFT: nothing is produced or charged until it is submitted with gelato_submit_draft_order (or in the dashboard). With order_type "order" Gelato starts production and charges the account right away. Shipment: a shipmentMethodUid from gelato_quote_order, or "normal"/"standard"/"express"; omitted = the cheapest. POST /v4/orders. |
gelato_submit_draft_order | write | Submit draft order Convert a DRAFT order into a regular order: Gelato starts production and charges the account. Items stay as they are. Only drafts can be submitted. PATCH /v4/orders/{orderId} {"orderType":"order"}. |
gelato_cancel_order | write | Cancel order Cancel an order before production. Gelato refuses (HTTP 409) once any item is printed or the order has shipped. This cannot be undone. POST /v4/orders/{orderId}:cancel. |
gelato_delete_draft_order | write | Delete draft order Permanently delete a DRAFT order (regular orders cannot be deleted; cancel them instead). DELETE /v4/orders/{orderId}. |
gelato_list_store_products | read | List store products Products of a connected e-commerce store (Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce, ...) as Gelato knows them: id, title, status (created/publishing/publishing_error/active), external id, variants with their productUid, preview images and dates. The store id is in the Gelato dashboard URL of the store and on its orders (storeId). GET ecommerce.gelatoapis.com/v1/stores/{storeId}/products. |
gelato_get_store_product | read | Get store product One product of a connected store: title, description, status, variants (with productUid and external ids), options, preview and publishing state. GET /v1/stores/{storeId}/products/{productId}. |
gelato_get_template | read | Get template A product template made in the Gelato dashboard: title, description, preview, and its variants (id, title, productUid; pass the variant id as template_variant_id) with their image placeholders (names to fill in gelato_create_product_from_template). GET /v1/templates/{templateId}. |
gelato_create_product_from_template | write | Create store product from template Create a product in a connected store from a template, with your own images in the template's placeholders. Gelato creates the product, then publishes variants and mockups in the background (track it with gelato_get_store_product). Hidden in the online store unless visible_in_online_store is true. POST /v1/stores/{storeId}/products:create-from-template. |
gelato_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report the caller's current free-tier usage this month: calls used, monthly limit, remaining, and whether the cap is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. | |
gelato_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Gelato 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. | |
gelato_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited) Subscribe to the Pro plan for UNLIMITED Gelato tool calls (the free tier caps monthly usage). Choose monthly ($9/month) or yearly ($90/year — 2 months free) billing. Returns a Stripe Checkout link to open in your browser; after payment your account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
gelato_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Gelato Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; unlimited calls continue until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run gelato_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited |
Pro covers this Gelato server only. Subscribe with gelato_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with gelato_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running gelato_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Gelato. The server calls the Gelato API with your own Gelato access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
The login page asks for your Gelato API key. See Before you connect for where to find it.
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 Gelato API key. 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 Gelato 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 Gelato.
Yes, if you approve it. 5 of the 19 Gelato tools can create or change data. The other 14 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 100 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls, for this Gelato server only. Run gelato_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run gelato_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run gelato_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 gelato_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, 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.