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How to Connect BigCommerce to Cursor — via MCP

Drive BigCommerce (SaaS e-commerce platform) from any AI agent: products, variants, orders, customers, categories. 14 tools, API-key (X-Auth-Token) auth, per-store base URL.

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BigCommerce

MCP connector

BigCommerce

Drive BigCommerce (SaaS e-commerce platform) from any AI agent: products, variants, orders, customers, categories. 14 tools, API-key (X-Auth-Token) auth, per-store base URL.

Tools

14

Region

INTL

Category

e-commerce

Authentication

API Key

Required env vars

BIGCOMMERCE_STORE_HASHBIGCOMMERCE_ACCESS_TOKEN
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  • Open-source on GitHub
    Source-available BSL-1.1
  • Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
    Any MCP-compatible client

No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly.

Sign in, install the BigCommerce in one click, paste the credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server to run.

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TL;DR

Drive BigCommerce (SaaS e-commerce platform) from any AI agent: products, variants, orders, customers, categories. 14 tools, API-key (X-Auth-Token) auth, per-store base URL.

💡 No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly. Sign in, click Connectors → BigCommerce, paste your credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server.

BigCommerce + Cursor

Drive BigCommerce (SaaS e-commerce platform) from any AI agent: products, variants, orders, customers, categories. 14 tools, API-key (X-Auth-Token) auth, per-store base URL.

Prerequisites

See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:

BIGCOMMERCE_STORE_HASH, BIGCOMMERCE_ACCESS_TOKEN

Step 1 — Get credentials

bigcommerce.com/docs/rest-catalog).

Setup:

  1. Sign in to BigCommerce → Settings → API → API Accounts → Create API Account → V2/V3 API token.
  2. Pick scopes — at minimum: Products (Read+Write), Orders (Read+Write), Customers (Read+Write), Information & Settings (Read).
  3. Copy the Access Token and note the API path — looks like https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/{STORE_HASH}/v3/.
  4. Set:
    • BIGCOMMERCE_STORE_HASH = the alphanumeric store hash from the URL (e.g. abcd1234)
    • BIGCOMMERCE_ACCESS_TOKEN = the access token

Authentication: header X-Auth-Token: ${BIGCOMMERCE_ACCESS_TOKEN}. The base URL embeds the store hash.

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Step 2 — Install the adapter

git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in Cursor

Cursor reads MCP servers from ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Add this entry:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anythingmcp": {
      "url": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}
  1. Get your MCP API key from AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key.
  2. Save the file and restart Cursor.
  3. Open Cursor → Settings → MCP to verify BigCommerce is listed and "Connected".
  4. Start chatting — all BigCommerce tools are now invokable.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
bigcommerce_list_productsList products with filters
bigcommerce_get_productFetch a single product
bigcommerce_create_productCreate a product
bigcommerce_update_productUpdate a product
bigcommerce_delete_productPermanently delete a product
bigcommerce_list_product_variantsList variants (SKUs) for a product
bigcommerce_update_variant_inventoryUpdate a variant's inventory_level (stock quantity)
bigcommerce_list_categoriesList categories with parent/tree structure
bigcommerce_list_ordersList orders (uses v2 endpoint — V3 doesn't fully cover orders yet)
bigcommerce_get_orderFetch one order (v2)
bigcommerce_get_order_productsList line items on an order
bigcommerce_update_order_statusUpdate an order's status (use status code from instructions)
bigcommerce_list_customersList customers (V3)
bigcommerce_create_customerCreate a customer

FAQ

Does Cursor support custom MCP servers on the free tier? Yes — MCP is available on Hobby, Pro and Business plans.

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