Read units, owners, charges and requests, and record payments and violations in HOA.to. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the HOA.to connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For boards and managers of homeowners associations that run their community in HOA.to.
List the open charges, then read a unit ledger for its running balance and outstanding total.
List the requests, filtered by kind, status, unit or open state. Read one request in full to see its details.
Record a payment that you collected outside HOA.to, such as by check. It applies to the unit's open charges, oldest first, and moves no money.
Changes dataRecord a violation against a unit, with photo URLs. It sends no notice and sets no fine. A person decides the next step in HOA.to.
Changes dataPublish a document that is already hosted at a URL, and set who can see it. Owners with that access can see it at once.
Changes dataList the upcoming board and committee meetings, then read one meeting with its agenda and minutes.
The login page asks for your HOA.to API key.
Create the key in HOA.to under Integrations → API keys. Each key works for one community. A hoa_test_ key uses sandbox data, so you can try writes safely. The key is used only to call the HOA.to API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; it is never shown to anyone.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"hoa-to": {
"url": "https://hoa-to.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"hoa-to": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://hoa-to.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.
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 HOA.to 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.
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+per user | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this HOA.to server only. Ask your AI to run hoato_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with hoato_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with hoato_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
hoato_pinghoato_list_unitshoato_get_unithoato_list_ownershoato_list_requestshoato_get_requesthoato_list_chargeshoato_list_paymentshoato_get_ledgerhoato_list_violationshoato_list_documentshoato_list_meetingshoato_get_meetinghoato_list_announcementshoato_create_unithoato_update_unithoato_add_ownerhoato_update_ownerhoato_create_requesthoato_update_requesthoato_record_paymenthoato_file_violationhoato_publish_documenthoato_schedule_meetinghoato_usage_statushoato_request_featurehoato_upgradehoato_cancel_subscriptionCheck the open balance of a unit. Track maintenance and ARC requests. Record a check or bank payment. File a violation with photos. Publish a document to owners. Review upcoming meetings and their agendas. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by HOA.to. The server calls the HOA.to API with your own HOA.to 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 HOA.to 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 HOA.to 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 HOA.to 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 HOA.to.
Yes, if you approve it. 10 of the 24 HOA.to 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 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this HOA.to server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run hoato_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run hoato_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run hoato_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with hoato_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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