Bring Legal Payments
to Cline
Learn how to connect LawPay to Cline and start using 12 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the LawPay MCP Server?
Connect your LawPay account to any AI agent and manage legal payments through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Transaction Management — Browse payments, refunds, and charges with status tracking
- Invoice Tracking — List invoices with amounts, due dates, and payment status
- Trust Accounts — Monitor trust (IOLTA) account balances and transactions
- Payment Processing — Create charges and process payments
- Financial Reports — Access revenue summaries, payment trends, and aging reports
- Client Billing — Track client payment history and outstanding balances
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your LawPay Secret Key and Merchant ID
3. Start managing payments from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
Who is this for?
- Law Firms — manage client payments and trust accounts
- Legal Billing — track invoices and outstanding balances
- Finance Teams — access payment reports and reconciliation
Built-in capabilities (12)
Create a new invoice
Refund a transaction
Get account details
Get merchant profile info
Get payment statistics
Get payment method details
Get transaction details
). List merchant accounts
List payment invoices
List saved payment methods
List bank settlements
List all payment transactions
Why Cline?
Cline operates autonomously inside VS Code. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including LawPay tool calls without waiting for prompts between steps. Connect 12 tools through Vinkius and Cline can fetch data, generate code, and commit changes in a single autonomous run.
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Cline operates autonomously. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including MCP tool calls without step-by-step prompts
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Runs inside VS Code, so you get MCP tool access alongside your existing extensions, terminal, and version control in a single window
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Cline can create, edit, and delete files based on MCP tool responses, enabling end-to-end automation from data retrieval to code generation
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Transparent execution: every tool call and file change is shown in Cline's activity log for full visibility and approval before committing
LawPay in Cline
LawPay and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect LawPay to Cline 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 LawPay in Cline
The LawPay 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 12 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in Cline 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
LawPay for Cline
Every tool call from Cline to the LawPay MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can I manage trust account balances?
Yes. Monitor IOLTA trust account balances, view transactions per client matter, and track deposits and disbursements.
Does LawPay use Basic Auth?
Yes. LawPay uses HTTP Basic Auth with the Secret Key against api.affinipay.com/v1. The Merchant ID is required for identifying the account.
Can I track invoices and outstanding balances?
Yes. List all invoices with amounts, due dates, payment status, and client details. Monitor aging reports and outstanding balances.
How does Cline connect to MCP servers?
Cline reads MCP server configurations from its settings panel in VS Code. Add the server URL and Cline discovers all available tools on initialization.
Can Cline run MCP tools without approval?
By default, Cline asks for confirmation before executing tool calls. You can configure auto-approval rules for trusted servers in the settings.
Does Cline support multiple MCP servers at once?
Yes. Configure as many servers as needed. Cline can use tools from different servers within the same autonomous task execution.
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