How to Use the Gift Up! MCP in Claude Code

Q: Is it possible to search Gift Up! orders from Claude Code?

Yes. Run a search query through the CLI to trigger findorderbyref and getorderdetails, returning the customer's purchase history and metadata directly in your terminal.

Q: How secure are my Gift Up! API keys when using this MCP Server?

Your API keys are stored locally in your /.claude.json config file. All operations involving customer gift card balances and API credentials run inside a zero-trust, ephemeral sandbox to keep your financial data isolated.

Manage your Gift Up! balances and automate redemptions directly from the terminal with Claude Code.

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Headless CLI redemptions and balance checks

The CLI executes `validate_gift_card` to let you check customer balances instantly from your terminal. For backend engineers who live in the shell, Claude Code lets you run balance checks without opening a browser or clicking a GUI. If you need to drain a card during a support call, run a partial charge with `redeem_gift_card`. You can also pipe the output directly to `redeem_gift_card_full` to clear the remaining balance without leaving your active SSH session.

CI/CD and cron automation via Claude Code

By calling `list_gift_orders`, Claude Code pulls raw transaction records to run automated daily reconciliations. The CLI runs this alongside `list_active_gift_cards` to pull the latest transaction records and formats them as raw JSON or CSV. This MCP Server allows you to build headless cron jobs that check your API connection status with `verify_api_connection` and sync gift card balances directly into your database. You can run these scripts overnight to keep your accounting systems perfectly aligned.

Terminal-based webhook and metadata management

This setup uses `list_gift_webhooks` to let you inspect your active endpoints without leaving the command line. Debugging webhooks is faster when you don't have to click through a UI dashboard to inspect your active endpoints, payload formats, and target URLs. If you need to tag an order with a specific server-side tracking ID, run `update_order_metadata` directly from your terminal to append custom key-value pairs to the transaction. This updates your live database instantly without manual API requests.

Setup guide

Set up Gift Up! 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 gift-up-mcp with a green status indicator.
3

Start using tools

Ask Claude Code something like "Check my latest Gift Up! transactions." It will automatically discover and invoke the available Gift Up! tools.

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http gift-up-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 Gift Up! 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": {
    "gift-up-mcp": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Gift Up! MCP in Claude Code

Yes. You can tell Claude Code to check a card, and it will run `validate_gift_card` and `get_card_details` to output the exact balance and expiration date directly to your standard output.

You can invoke Claude Code headless and pipe its output. It can execute `redeem_gift_card` as part of a bash pipeline, allowing you to automate customer refunds from a terminal script.

Yes. Run a search query through the CLI to trigger `find_order_by_ref` and `get_order_details`, returning the customer's purchase history and metadata directly in your terminal.

You can connect using stdio, http, or sse transports. Simply run the claude mcp add command with your preferred transport flags to link your account.

Your API keys are stored locally in your ~/.claude.json config file. All operations involving customer gift card balances and API credentials run inside a zero-trust, ephemeral sandbox to keep your financial data isolated.

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