How to Use the Certify (Emburse) MCP in Cline

Let Cline pull live Certify (Emburse) financial data directly into VS Code to build and test your internal accounting dashboards.

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Connect Certify (Emburse) MCP to Cline

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Setup Certify (Emburse) with Cline

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Build dashboards with this MCP Server

You can tell Cline to create a React component and populate it by calling `list_certify_expenses` to get real line items. Building a frontend for your finance department usually means faking the data first, but this skips that step entirely. The agent doesn't stop at fetching the JSON. It writes the TypeScript interfaces for the API response, creates the charts, and stages the commit so you can review the diff immediately.

Map departments to ledger codes

Your agent prevents hardcoded errors by running `get_gl_dimensions` to fetch the live chart of accounts directly from Emburse. Hardcoding financial categories is a great way to break production, so pulling live data is much safer. Next, it pulls the company hierarchy using `list_certify_departments`. The AI client then writes a mapping function to tie those departments to the correct GL codes, complete with unit tests verifying the logic.

Cross-reference users and invoices

You just instruct your agent to find out who submitted specific bills, and it fires `list_invoice_reports` followed by `list_certify_invoices`. Writing scripts to audit accounts payable takes hours of manual API testing if you do it yourself. Resolving the employee IDs requires one more step. Cline automatically executes `list_certify_users` to match the submitter IDs, then generates a CSV export script and saves it to your workspace.

Setup guide

Set up Certify (Emburse) MCP in Cline

Prerequisites

VS Code with Cline extension installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open Cline MCP settings

Click the Cline icon in the VS Code sidebar to open the Cline panel. Then click the MCP Servers icon (server stack) at the top-right corner of the panel.
2

Add a remote server

Click "Remote Servers" at the top, then click "Add Remote MCP". In the Name field, type certify-emburse-mcp. In the URL field, paste your Vinkius endpoint: https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp. Get your token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Enable the server

After saving, the server appears in the Cline MCP panel. Toggle the switch to enable it. The status indicator turns green when the connection is live.
4

Start using tools

Return to the Cline chat and ask: "Check my latest Certify (Emburse) refund status." Cline will discover the available tools and request your approval before invoking each one — giving you full control over every action.

Cline MCP Settings

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "certify-emburse-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Certify (Emburse) MCP in Cline

Open the sidebar and click the server icon. Switch to the Remote Servers tab to add your Vinkius URL via the Streamable HTTP transport. You can also paste the config straight into your MCP settings JSON file.

The exposed tools are strictly read-only. Your agent can fetch line items and receipts to write code or generate reports. It has no ability to alter your accounting records.

Yes. Pulling real data makes local development much faster. The MCP connection reads the live schema and writes typed interfaces that match your actual company configuration.

The agent sees the error output in the chat window. It will typically read the message, adjust the parameters, and try the request again without needing your intervention.

Only the authorized endpoint can access your employee roster and GL dimensions. Vinkius operates on a zero-trust model where requests execute in isolated environments. No data persists after the task finishes.

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