How to Use the Endear Retail CRM MCP in Claude Code

Q: What's the best way to manage tasks in Endear Retail CRM from the command line with Claude Code?

A good approach is to use listclientelingtasks and pipe the output to jq to filter for tasks assigned to a specific person or due today. You can build a simple script to get a daily digest.

Q: Does this Endear Retail CRM MCP Server support different transports for Claude Code?

Yes. While http is common, it fully supports the stdio and sse transports as well. You can specify which one to use with the --transport flag when you add the server.

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Automate Daily Performance Reports

Use this in a simple cron job to get a daily health check on your store. A one-line script can call `quick_retail_performance_audit` and pipe the JSON output to a Slack webhook or a monitoring dashboard. This isn't about conversation, it's about automation. Set up a GitHub Action that fails if your product count from `list_retail_products` drops unexpectedly. You get alerts without any manual checks.

Script Customer Data Operations

Need a quick list of all customers? Chain `list_retail_customers` with `jq` to filter and format the data right in your terminal. It's faster than building a custom report inside the CRM. You can also script complex lookups. For example, write a shell script that takes an email, uses `search_customers_by_name_or_email` to find the ID, then pulls their full history with `list_customer_purchase_history`. Perfect for support automation.

A Headless Endear Retail CRM MCP Server

This MCP Server gives Claude Code direct, scriptable access to your Endear CRM. It's built for headless environments where there's no UI. Just connect with the `claude mcp add` command and you're ready to start scripting. Because it's designed for the terminal, the output is clean, predictable JSON. It works perfectly with standard Unix tools like `grep`, `awk`, and `jq`, so you can build powerful automations right out of the box.

Setup guide

Set up Endear Retail CRM MCP in Claude Code

Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Run the add command

Open your terminal and run the command shown on the right. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com. Use --scope user to make it available across all projects.
2

Verify the connection

Start a Claude Code session and type /mcp to list connected servers. You should see endear-retail-crm-mcp with a green status indicator.
3

Start using tools

Ask Claude Code something like "Check my latest Endear Retail CRM transactions." It will automatically discover and invoke the available Endear Retail CRM tools.

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claude mcp add --transport http endear-retail-crm-mcp https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

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Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open the config file

Create or edit .mcp.json in your project root for project-level scope, or ~/.claude.json for user-level scope.
2

Add the Endear Retail CRM MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Restart Claude Code

Start a new Claude Code session. Type /mcp to confirm the server is connected. The tools will be automatically available in your conversation.

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "endear-retail-crm-mcp": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Endear Retail CRM MCP in Claude Code

First, add your Vinkius token as a repository secret. Then, in your workflow file, add a step to install Claude Code, add the MCP server using the CLI command, and execute your script that calls the Endear tools.

Yes. All tools output standard JSON. You can pipe the output directly to command-line utilities like `jq` for powerful filtering, mapping, and transformation right in your shell.

A good approach is to use `list_clienteling_tasks` and pipe the output to `jq` to filter for tasks assigned to a specific person or due today. You can build a simple script to get a daily digest.

Yes. While `http` is common, it fully supports the `stdio` and `sse` transports as well. You can specify which one to use with the `--transport` flag when you add the server.

The connection is stateless. When your script calls a tool, the request goes through a secure, ephemeral Vinkius sandbox that processes it and returns the result. No data, including customer details or purchase history, is ever stored by Vinkius.

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