Chargebee MCP. Manage billing, customers, and invoices via chat.
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Chargebee. Automate your SaaS billing lifecycle by managing customers, subscriptions, and invoices directly through your AI client. Use your agent to list accounts, pause renewals, check payment status, and generate secure checkout links without ever opening the Chargebee dashboard.
What your AI agents can do
Cancel subscription
Permanently cancels a subscription, ensuring the change takes effect immediately.
Create customer
Creates a new customer record and account in the system.
Generate hosted checkout
Creates a secure, temporary URL for a customer to enter their payment details.
Provision new B2B customer accounts or pull detailed profiles, including outstanding balances, for existing users.
View active or cancelled plans, pause automatic renewals, or irreversibly cancel a user's subscription mid-term.
List billing records, check invoice status, and verify if a payment gateway approved or declined a specific charge.
List available products and generate a secure, temporary checkout URL to collect customer payment details.
Pull comprehensive lists of customers, subscriptions, invoices, and catalog items for auditing and analysis.
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Chargebee MCP Server: 10 Tools for Billing & Customer Management
Manage every stage of the customer billing lifecycle—from creating accounts to processing payments and pausing services—using these 10 tools.
019d756ccancel subscription
Permanently cancels a subscription, ensuring the change takes effect immediately.
019d756ccreate customer
Creates a new customer record and account in the system.
019d756cgenerate hosted checkout
Creates a secure, temporary URL for a customer to enter their payment details.
019d756cget customer details
Retrieves detailed information and current status for a specific customer account.
019d756cget subscription details
Checks the current status, plan, and associated metrics for a specific subscription.
019d756clist catalog items
Lists all available products and services that can be billed.
019d756clist customers
Gets a list of all customer accounts managed by the platform.
019d756clist invoices
Lists recent billing records and invoices associated with accounts.
019d756clist subscriptions
Retrieves a list of all active and inactive subscriptions across the platform.
019d756cpause subscription
Temporarily pauses a subscription's billing and service renewal.
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What you can do with this MCP connector
You'll use this server to manage your SaaS billing lifecycle right through your AI client. Your agent lets you handle everything—customer accounts, subscriptions, and invoices—without ever opening the Chargebee dashboard. You can create a new customer using create_customer and pull detailed info on any account with get_customer_details, or get a list of all accounts with list_customers.
When it comes to managing plans, you can check a subscription's status and metrics with get_subscription_details, list all active and inactive subscriptions using list_subscriptions, or put a subscription on hold temporarily with pause_subscription; you can also cancel a subscription forever using cancel_subscription.
To handle the money side of things, your agent lets you list all recent invoices via list_invoices and check payment status to see if a charge was approved or declined.
Need to collect payments? You can list every product you sell using list_catalog_items and generate a secure checkout link with generate_hosted_checkout so your customer can drop their card info right away.
For auditing, you've got access to all your billing records by listing invoices, and you can pull comprehensive lists of customers, subscriptions, invoices, and catalog items for a full audit.
How Chargebee MCP Works
- 1 Subscribe to the server and provide your Chargebee Site ID and API Key.
- 2 Your AI client calls the tool function (e.g.,
list_invoices) with specific parameters (like a customer ID or date range). - 3 The server executes the API call, retrieves the data, and sends a clean, structured response back to your agent for use.
The bottom line is you manage your revenue pipeline using natural language prompts, without writing API code or navigating the Chargebee UI.
Who Is Chargebee MCP For?
Support agents who spend too much time clicking through billing dashboards. Sales reps who need to quote and collect payments instantly. Operations teams that need to audit billing history or pause accounts without manual intervention.
Verifies if a user's subscription is paused, in trial, or cancelled by asking the agent, rather than logging into the billing platform.
Generates an instant, specific checkout URL for a prospect while still in a live conversation, moving them quickly toward payment.
Pulls a list of recent failed invoices or immediately pauses a delinquent account based on a simple chat command.
What Changes When You Connect
- Control the full billing lifecycle: Don't just view data. Use
pause_subscriptionorcancel_subscriptionto actively change a user's status directly from your agent. - Instant payment collection: Need a card on file? Call
generate_hosted_checkoutto create a secure, temporary payment link immediately when talking to a prospect. - Zero-friction customer lookup: Instead of navigating 4 tabs to find a customer's balance, use
get_customer_detailsto pull their outstanding balance in a single chat response. - Streamlined support checks: Quickly verify a user's plan status or trial end date by using
get_subscription_detailswithout ever logging into the billing portal. - Audit revenue flow: Use
list_invoicesandlist_subscriptionstogether to pull a full picture of recent billing activity, checking for payment declines or changes. - Build structured reports: Pull comprehensive lists of accounts using
list_customersand then cross-reference them withlist_catalog_itemsto understand the entire product footprint.
Real-World Use Cases
The Prospect Needs a Quote Now
A sales rep is talking to a lead and needs to quote a custom plan. They ask their agent to use list_catalog_items to confirm the product ID, and then use generate_hosted_checkout to create a live payment link for the prospect to pay immediately. The problem (lost sales due to slow quoting) is solved in seconds.
The User Called About a Failed Payment
A support agent gets a call about a failed charge. They ask their agent to use list_invoices to find the last payment attempt, check the status, and then use get_customer_details to verify the user's account status, confirming the payment gateway declined the charge due to insufficient funds.
The Account Needs to Be Paused
The Ops team identifies a delinquent account. They ask their agent to use get_customer_details to pull the account ID, and then use pause_subscription to immediately halt billing and service until the issue is resolved. The problem (uncontrolled revenue drain) is stopped instantly.
Onboarding a New Enterprise Client
The onboarding manager needs to set up a brand new account. They ask their agent to use create_customer with the client's details, then follow up with list_catalog_items to select the right plan, and finally generate_hosted_checkout to get the initial payment processed.
The Tradeoffs
Guessing the User ID
Trying to find an account's billing history by just searching the customer name in a general database. This often pulls incomplete or outdated data that doesn't reflect the current subscription status.
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Always start by using get_customer_details to pull the exact, verified Customer ID. Then use that ID with list_invoices or get_subscription_details to guarantee you're looking at the right, current records.
Doing a Partial Update
A user manually changes a subscription status in one area of the platform, but forgets to update the corresponding invoice log, leaving the system in an inconsistent state.
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If you need to pause a service, use pause_subscription first. If you need to cancel it, use cancel_subscription. These tools ensure the necessary related billing flags are set correctly.
Ignoring the Checkout Flow
Attempting to process a payment manually by entering card details into a chat prompt. This is insecure and bypasses the payment gateway's validation process.
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Always use generate_hosted_checkout. This tool creates a secure, validated payment UI that handles the card capture correctly, keeping you out of PCI scope.
When It Fits, When It Doesn't
Use this server if your primary job involves managing the full lifecycle of recurring revenue—from initial signup to billing disputes and account closure. You need to run status checks (get_subscription_details) or perform actions (pause_subscription) on customer data without opening a dedicated billing dashboard.
Don't use this if you just need to view a single static report (use a standard reporting tool). If your only need is to read a list of names, list_customers is fine, but if you need to act on that data (pause, cancel, checkout), you need the full suite. This tool is for actionable billing workflow, not just reading data.
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This server provides 10 capabilities that interface natively with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP client. No middleware. No custom integration required.
Available Capabilities
Billing status checks shouldn't require three different screens.
Today, checking a customer's billing status is a multi-step chore. You start by finding the customer in the main dashboard, then click on the 'Subscriptions' tab to see if it's active. If you need to know if they paid last month, you have to navigate to the 'Invoices' section and search by date range. It's a lot of clicking, copying IDs, and waiting for different screens to load.
With the Chargebee MCP Server, you ask your agent to check the status. It runs `get_subscription_details` and `list_invoices` and gives you a single, clean response in your chat window. You get the status and the payment history at the same time. It's fast, and it's actionable.
Chargebee MCP Server: Manage billing, customers, and invoices
You can go beyond just checking status. If a customer is delinquent, your agent can use `pause_subscription` to halt service immediately. If they are ready to pay, the agent can use `generate_hosted_checkout` to create a payment link and capture the card details right there. You skip the dashboard entirely.
This isn't just a read-only API wrapper. It gives your agent the power to execute core revenue operations—from creation (`create_customer`) to cancellation (`cancel_subscription`)—in a single, conversational flow.
Common Questions About Chargebee MCP
How do I check a customer's current plan using get_subscription_details? +
You simply ask your agent to use get_subscription_details and provide the subscription ID. The response will show the current plan name, renewal date, and billing cycle information.
What is the best way to onboard a new customer with Chargebee MCP Server? +
Start by using create_customer to provision the new account. Then, use list_catalog_items to find the correct plan ID, and finally generate_hosted_checkout to get the initial payment processed.
Can I pause a subscription using pause_subscription? +
Yes. You call pause_subscription with the subscription ID. This immediately halts billing and service renewal, keeping the account in a paused state until you resume it.
How do I check for declined payments using list_invoices? +
Use list_invoices and filter the results by the date range and status. The agent will report if the payment gateway declined the charge and why.
Does Chargebee MCP Server support bulk customer actions? +
While the tools are designed for individual actions, you can first use list_customers to pull a list of IDs, and then iterate through that list, running individual actions like pause_subscription for each account.
How do I use `generate_hosted_checkout` to collect a customer's payment details? +
It generates a secure, ephemeral checkout URL that captures payment information. You use this tool when you need to process a one-time payment or upgrade a plan without requiring direct credit card input into your chat interface.
What is the best practice for listing all accounts using `list_customers`? +
You should filter the list by required attributes (e.g., status, date range) to narrow the results. This prevents overwhelming your AI client with unnecessary CRM data and speeds up retrieval.
Can I check if a specific payment was approved or declined using `list_invoices`? +
Yes, list_invoices retrieves the full billing log, allowing you to check the payment gateway's status for any charge. The resulting data payload specifies whether the transaction was approved or declined and why.
Can my AI automatically detect a declining card and cancel the recurring subscription? +
Yes. Ask the agent to pull the most recent invoices and find the specific declined charges. Once identified, command the agent to cancel the associated subscription ID completely, putting an end to the service. All done natively through chat.
How does the Hosted Checkout generation work? +
When asked, the AI fetches your catalog items, finds the needed Plan ID, and hits the generate_hosted_checkout endpoint. It replies instantly with an ephemeral, safe URL you can copy-paste to your customer, capturing their payment securely before destroying the link lifespan.
Can I halt billing charges for a specific timeframe? +
Certainly. The pause_subscription command instructs Chargebee to freeze active charges and renewals on the provided subscription ID until you deliberately tell the AI to resume it later. Brilliant for seasonal B2B accounts.
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