Bring Billing Software
to Claude Desktop
Learn how to connect Alegra to Claude Desktop and start using 11 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Alegra MCP Server?
Connect your Alegra account to any AI agent and simplify how you manage your professional billing, customer directory, and inventory through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Billing Management — Create, list, and inspect sales invoices with detailed status tracking (open, paid, overdue).
- Customer & Supplier CRM — Manage your contacts, update profile data, and check individual transaction histories.
- Inventory Control — Query your product and service catalog to monitor stock levels and pricing metadata.
- Financial Oversight — Monitor received payments and track sales estimates/quotes sent to potential clients.
- Organization Insights — Retrieve company metadata and verify account configurations directly from the agent.
- Operational Monitoring — Check connectivity and manage your commercial ecosystem without leaving your workspace.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Alegra Email and API Token (found in your account settings)
3. Start managing your business finances from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- Small Business Owners — quickly create invoices and check client balances via simple AI commands.
- Finance & Admin Teams — monitor payments and manage the contact directory directly from the workspace.
- Operations Managers — track inventory levels and verify service availability via the AI assistant.
Built-in capabilities (11)
Create a new contact in Alegra
Create a new sales invoice
Get Alegra company information
Get details of a specific contact
Get details of a specific invoice
Get details of an inventory item
List Alegra contacts (clients and suppliers)
List estimates/quotes
List products and services
List sales invoices in Alegra
List recorded payments
Why Claude Desktop?
Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Alegra to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 11 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.
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Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available
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Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface
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Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions
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Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network
Alegra in Claude Desktop
Alegra and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Alegra to Claude Desktop through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 3,400+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for Alegra in Claude Desktop
The Alegra MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 11 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in Claude Desktop only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.
* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
Alegra for Claude Desktop
Every tool call from Claude Desktop to the Alegra MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can I check the stock level of an item via AI?
Yes! Use the get_item_details tool and provide the Item ID. Your agent will retrieve the complete metadata, including current stock levels for that product.
How do I create a new invoice for a client?
Use the create_invoice action. You'll need to provide the Contact ID, date, due date, and a JSON string of items to register the new sale in Alegra.
Is it possible to list all my recent payments?
Absolutely. Use the list_payments query. The agent will retrieve a list of all recorded income payments received in your account.
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.
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.