Read locations, slots and bookings; create clients, book, move and cancel in Setora. For UK barbershops, salons and hair professionals that take bookings in Setora. 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": {
"setora": {
"url": "https://setora.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"setora": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://setora.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 locations of the organisation. Then list the services, prices, durations and staff of one location.
setora_list_locations setora_list_services setora_list_staff
Get the bookable slots of a service at a location from a given date. Use them to answer a client question.
setora_get_availability
Look up a client by phone or email. Open a booking by its reference to read the status, staff and times.
setora_lookup_client setora_get_booking
Create the client if needed. Pick a slot from the availability and create the booking.
Changes data · setora_create_client setora_get_availability setora_create_booking
Find the booking, check the open slots, and reschedule it. The cancellation policy of the shop applies.
Changes data · setora_get_booking setora_get_availability setora_reschedule_booking
Open a booking and cancel it. The result shows if the deposit was refunded. You cannot undo a cancel.
Changes data · setora_get_booking setora_cancel_booking
The login page asks for your Setora API key.
Create it in the Setora Hub: Settings → Developer (owners and admins). Use a read key to look things up, or a read_write key to also create and change bookings. The Setora REST API is in alpha: if you do not see the Developer page, ask Setora ([email protected]) to enable API access. Your key is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id.
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 Setora 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.
Turn on the Setora connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
setora_list_locations | read | List locations List the active locations (shops) of the Setora organisation: slug, name, timezone, address, phone and the Booking Protection policy. Start here: the slug is needed by most other tools. |
setora_list_services | read | List services at a location List the services bookable at a location with price and deposit (in minor units, for example pence), duration, category and the staff who can deliver each service. |
setora_list_staff | read | List staff at a location List the active staff at a location. Each staff member shows the ids of the services they deliver. |
setora_get_availability | read | Get availability Get bookable time slots for one or more services at a location, from a local date forward. Slots use the location's local time with a UTC offset. Use a slot's starts_at as-is in setora_create_booking. |
setora_lookup_client | read | Look up a client Find a client by phone (E.164, for example +447700900123) or by email. Give at least one. Returns 404 when no client matches. |
setora_get_booking | read | Get a booking Get one booking by reference: status, services, staff, client, times and Booking Protection state. |
setora_create_client | write | Create a client WRITE: create a client (first and last name, and a phone or an email). If the phone or email already exists, Setora returns the existing client and creates no duplicate. Needs a read_write key. |
setora_create_booking | write | Create a booking WRITE: create a booking for a client. starts_at must be a slot from setora_get_availability. If the service needs a deposit, the booking stays in pending_payment and the result has a payment_url. Locations with Booking Protection return 409 booking_protection_required: use the Setora booking page there. Needs a read_write key. To retry after a network error, pass the same idempotency_key. |
setora_reschedule_booking | write | Reschedule a booking WRITE: move a booking to a new slot of the same service and location, and optionally to another eligible staff member. The shop's cancellation policy window applies (409 if it blocks the change). Needs a read_write key. |
setora_cancel_booking | write | Cancel a booking WRITE: cancel a booking. The shop's cancellation policy decides if a deposit is refunded (see deposit_refunded in the result). This cannot be undone. Needs a read_write key. |
setora_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. | |
setora_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Setora 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. | |
setora_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on Setora (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. | |
setora_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Setora 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 setora_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 Setora server only. Subscribe with setora_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with setora_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running setora_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
See the locations and services. Find open slots for a service. Find a client and a booking. Book a client for a service. Move a booking to a new slot. Cancel a booking. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Setora. The server calls the Setora API with your own Setora 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 Setora 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 Setora 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 Setora 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 Setora.
Yes, if you approve it. 4 of the 10 Setora tools can create or change data. The other 6 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 Setora server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run setora_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run setora_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run setora_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 setora_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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