Can I check my total number of supporters using the agent?

Yes! Use the `get_account_stats` tool. Your agent will fetch the core statistics, including the total count of supporters from your Buy Me A Coffee account.

How do I list all my active membership subscriptions?

Simply ask the agent to `list_memberships`. It will retrieve the list of all active and inactive subscriptions from your Buy Me A Coffee account, including payer names and emails.

Does the integration allow creating a new post?

The current toolset is focused on querying and monitoring (Read-Only) for safety and data retrieval. Creating or updating posts should be managed through the Buy Me A Coffee creator dashboard.

Buy Me A Coffee MCP Server for Claude Desktop 5 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: Buy Me A Coffee
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Author: Vinkius

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "buy-me-a-coffee": {
      // Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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About Buy Me A Coffee MCP Server

Connect your Buy Me A Coffee account to any AI agent and orchestrate your creator workflows, supporter relations, and monetization through natural conversation.

Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Buy Me A Coffee to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 5 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.

What you can do

Supporter Oversight — List and retrieve detailed metadata for all your supporters, including one-time and recurring members.
Membership Management — List all active and inactive memberships to track your recurring revenue stream.
Digital Product Tracking — Retrieve information about 'Extras' (digital products or services) purchased through your page.
Content Monitoring — Access and list your blog posts to verify what has been shared with your audience.
Account Statistics — Retrieve core account information and total supporter counts straight from your workspace.
Interaction Tracking — Get detailed data for specific supporter or subscription IDs using natural language.

The Buy Me A Coffee MCP Server exposes 5 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Claude Desktop in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Buy Me A Coffee to Claude Desktop via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Buy Me A Coffee MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config to open claude_desktop_config.json

Add the MCP Server

Paste the configuration above into the mcpServers section

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new server

Start using Buy Me A Coffee

Look for the 🔌 icon in the chat. your 5 tools are now available

Why Use Claude Desktop with the Buy Me A Coffee MCP Server

Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with Buy Me A Coffee through the Model Context Protocol.

Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available

Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface

Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions

Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network

Buy Me A Coffee + Claude Desktop Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the Buy Me A Coffee MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Interactive data exploration: ask Claude to query DNS records, look up WHOIS data, and cross-reference results in a single conversation

Ad-hoc security audits: type a domain name and let Claude enumerate subdomains, check DNS history, and flag configuration anomalies. all through natural language

Executive briefings: generate comprehensive domain intelligence reports by asking Claude to compile findings into a formatted summary

Learning and training: new team members can explore API capabilities conversationally without needing to read documentation

Buy Me A Coffee MCP Tools for Claude Desktop (5)

These 5 tools become available when you connect Buy Me A Coffee to Claude Desktop via MCP:

get_account_stats

Retrieve core account statistics

list_extras

List digital products (extras) purchased

list_memberships

List all active and inactive memberships

list_posts

List blog posts from your page

list_supporters

List all supporters (one-time and members)

Example Prompts for Buy Me A Coffee in Claude Desktop

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with Buy Me A Coffee immediately.

"List all my supporters in Buy Me A Coffee."

"Show my active membership subscriptions."

"List the digital products (extras) I have available."

Troubleshooting Buy Me A Coffee MCP Server with Claude Desktop

Common issues when connecting Buy Me A Coffee to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

Server not appearing after restart

Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).

Authentication error

Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.

Tools not showing in chat

Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.

Buy Me A Coffee + Claude Desktop FAQ

Common questions about integrating Buy Me A Coffee MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?

When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.

What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?

Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.

Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?

Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.

Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?

Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.

Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?

Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.