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ShipEngine integrations

Connect ShipEngine to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. ShipEngine APIs empower ecommerce brands and platforms to shop rates, validate global addresses, print labels, track shipments, plus more.

Connects with an API keyshipengine.com
14 actions

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https://mcp.apiant.ai

One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

Set it up in your client
Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

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Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

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What your agent can do with ShipEngine

Triggers and actions 14 actions

  • Action
    Add batch

    Creates a new label batch in ShipEngine, optionally seeded with shipments or rates, so their labels can later be processed together.

  • Action
    Add label

    Purchases a shipping label from your chosen carrier and service for a shipment, returning the label's tracking number, cost and download links.

  • Action
    Add shipment

    Creates a shipment from a ship-to address, a ship-from address or warehouse, and its packages, returning the new shipment id for rating, labels and batches.

  • Action
    Add warehouse

    Creates a new warehouse location in ShipEngine with a ship-from address and an optional return address.

  • Action
    Calculate rates

    Returns shipping rate quotes from your connected carriers for a shipment, either from full shipment details or an existing shipment.

  • Action
    Get batch

    Returns a label batch by its id, including its status, shipment and error counts, and links to download the batch's labels and forms.

  • Action
    Get label

    Returns a shipping label by its id, including its status, tracking number, cost and links to download the label.

  • Action
    Get manifest

    Returns the details of an end-of-day manifest, including its ship date, the labels it covers and a link to download the manifest form.

  • Action
    Get shipment

    Returns a shipment by its id, including its status, carrier and service, addresses, packages and tags.

  • Action
    List carriers

    Returns all carrier accounts connected to your ShipEngine account, with each carrier's id, services, package types and options.

  • Action
    List shipments

    Returns the shipments in your ShipEngine account, optionally filtered by status, tag, batch or created/modified date range.

  • Action
    List warehouses

    Returns every warehouse in your ShipEngine account, with each warehouse's id, name, origin address and return address.

  • Action
    Update shipment

    Updates an existing shipment's addresses, packages, carrier service and other details before it is shipped, and returns the updated shipment.

  • Action
    Validate an Address

    Checks a postal address against carrier and postal databases and returns its validation status, the corrected (matched) address, and any messages explaining problems found.

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ShipEngine, answered

Is there a ShipEngine MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with ShipEngine. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run ShipEngine actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use ShipEngine. Nothing to install.

What can your agent do in ShipEngine?

Any of ShipEngine's 14 actions, including Update shipment, Add batch, Add label and Add shipment. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can I use ShipEngine directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with ShipEngine two ways. Ask it to do something in ShipEngine once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the ShipEngine API?

No. APIANT connects to the ShipEngine API for you, with your ShipEngine API key. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the ShipEngine triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the ShipEngine API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can ShipEngine connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs ShipEngine with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.