How do I find my Subdomain and API Key?

Your subdomain is the first part of your Recurly portal URL (e.g., if you log in at `myproject.recurly.com`, your subdomain is `myproject`). To get your API Key, navigate inside Recurly to Integrations > API Credentials and generate or copy your 'Private API Key'.

Can it accidentally charge my customers?

While the server can manage subscriptions (e.g., setting up a customer with a plan), it strictly follows the billing logic predefined in your Recurly catalog settings. It doesn't bypass credit card validation or execute arbitrary charges directly without a plan context.

Does cancelling a subscription remove the account entirely?

No, using `cancel_subscription` stops future renewals for that specific plan item instance. The underlying user billing account remains intact and can hold other valid subscriptions or past invoices.

Recurly MCP Server for Claude Desktop 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

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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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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "recurly": {
      // Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
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About Recurly MCP Server

Connect your Recurly subscription billing and management platform securely to your conversational AI agent. Activating this integration transforms your AI into a dynamic revenue operations assistant, giving it the autonomy to look up accounts, adjust active subscription states, and analyze invoice pipelines directly from the terminal.

Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Recurly to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 10 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

Account Management — Quickly list your customer directory, view detailed billing profiles, or instantly create a new account mapping without opening the vendor console.
Subscription Operations — Easily search and read subscription lifecycle states, enroll users in fresh catalog plans, un-cancel previous subscriptions, or permanently cancel an ongoing billing mandate.
Invoice & Plan Catalogs — Retrieve the list of historical generated invoices to verify successful automated payments or pull all active billing models (Catalog Plans) to review available products.

The Recurly MCP Server exposes 10 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.

How to Connect Recurly to Claude Desktop via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Recurly MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config to open claude_desktop_config.json

Add the MCP Server

Paste the configuration above into the mcpServers section

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new server

Start using Recurly

Look for the 🔌 icon in the chat. your 10 tools are now available

Why Use Claude Desktop with the Recurly MCP Server

Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with Recurly 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

Recurly + Claude Desktop Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the Recurly 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

Recurly MCP Tools for Claude Desktop (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Recurly to Claude Desktop via MCP:

cancel_subscription

This action is irreversible. Cancels an active subscription

create_account

Specify code, email, and name. Creates a new customer account

create_subscription

Creates a new subscription for an account

get_account_details

Retrieves details for a specific customer account

get_subscription_details

Retrieves details for a specific subscription

list_accounts

Lists all customer accounts in Recurly

list_catalog_plans

Lists all available subscription plans in the product catalog

list_invoices

Lists all generated invoices

list_subscriptions

Lists all subscriptions managed by Recurly

reactivate_subscription

Reactivates a previously cancelled or expired subscription

Example Prompts for Recurly in Claude Desktop

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with Recurly immediately.

"List the last 5 invoices generated in our account."

"Cancel the subscription with ID 'sub_39xjd82kw0'."

"Retrieve the billing details for account code 'cus_alpha_92'."

Troubleshooting Recurly MCP Server with Claude Desktop

Common issues when connecting Recurly to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

Server not appearing after restart

Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).

Authentication error

Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.

Tools not showing in chat

Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.

Recurly + Claude Desktop FAQ

Common questions about integrating Recurly MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?

When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the 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?

Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.

Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?

Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the 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.

Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?

Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.

Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?

Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.