Donorbox MCP Server for Claude DesktopGive Claude Desktop instant access to 12 tools to Cancel Recurring Plan, Check Api Health, Create New Donor, and more
Claude Desktop is Anthropic's native application for interacting with Claude AI models on macOS and Windows. It was the first consumer application to ship with built-in MCP support, making it the reference implementation for the Model Context Protocol standard.
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The Donorbox app connector for Claude Desktop is a standout in the Customer Relationship Management category — giving your AI agent 12 tools to work with, ready to go from day one.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"donorbox-alternative": {
// Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
}
}
}
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About Donorbox MCP Server
Connect your Donorbox account to any AI agent and take full control of your nonprofit fundraising and donor engagement workflows through natural conversation.
Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Donorbox to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 12 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
- Donation Orchestration — List and manage donations programmatically, including filtering by email or campaign and retrieving detailed transaction metadata
- Donor CRM — Create and update donor profiles programmatically to maintain high-fidelity records of your organization's supporters
- Recurring Plan Lifecycle — Monitor, pause, resume, or cancel recurring donation subscriptions directly through your agent to streamline supporter management
- Campaign Intelligence — Access your complete directory of fundraising campaigns to monitor performance and coordinate outreach in real-time
- Operational Monitoring — Check API connectivity and monitor active webhooks directly through your agent for reliable fundraising operations
The Donorbox MCP Server exposes 12 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.
All 12 Donorbox tools available for Claude Desktop
When Claude Desktop connects to Donorbox through Vinkius, your AI agent gets direct access to every tool listed below — spanning online-donations, fundraising, donor-crm, and more. Every call is secured with network, filesystem, subprocess, and code evaluation entitlements inside a sandboxed runtime. Beyond a simple connection, you get a full AI Gateway with real-time visibility into agent activity, enterprise governance, and optimized token usage.
Cancel a recurring donation
Verify Donorbox API connectivity
Requires first name, last name, and email. Add a new donor record
Get authenticated account info
List active webhooks
Can be filtered by email, campaign, or amount. List all donations
Can be filtered by name or email. List all donors
List fundraising campaigns
List recurring donation plans
Pause a recurring donation
Resume a paused recurring donation
Modify a donor record
Connect Donorbox to Claude Desktop via MCP
Follow these steps to wire Donorbox into Claude Desktop. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind the Vinkius.
Open Claude Desktop Settings
claude_desktop_config.jsonAdd the MCP Server
mcpServers sectionRestart Claude Desktop
Start using Donorbox
Why Use Claude Desktop with the Donorbox MCP Server
Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with Donorbox 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
Donorbox + Claude Desktop Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the Donorbox 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
Example Prompts for Donorbox in Claude Desktop
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with Donorbox immediately.
"List the last 5 donations in my Donorbox account."
"Check recurring plans for donor 'john.doe@example.com'."
"Pause the recurring plan with ID 'pln_456'."
Troubleshooting Donorbox MCP Server with Claude Desktop
Common issues when connecting Donorbox to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
Server not appearing after restart
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).Authentication error
Tools not showing in chat
Donorbox + Claude Desktop FAQ
Common questions about integrating Donorbox MCP Server with Claude Desktop.
How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?
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?
Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?
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.