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How to Connect GoCardless to Claude — via MCP

Manage GoCardless (direct-debit payment processing: customers, mandates, payments, subscriptions, payouts, refunds) from any AI agent. 10 tools, Bearer token.

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GoCardless

Manage GoCardless (direct-debit payment processing: customers, mandates, payments, subscriptions, payouts, refunds) from any AI agent. 10 tools, Bearer token.

Tools

10

Region

INTL

Category

Payments

Authentication

Bearer Token

Required env vars

GOCARDLESS_ACCESS_TOKEN
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Summary

Manage GoCardless (direct-debit payment processing: customers, mandates, payments, subscriptions, payouts, refunds) from any AI agent. 10 tools, Bearer token.

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Example prompts for GoCardless

Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.

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

GoCardless + Claude

Manage GoCardless (direct-debit payment processing: customers, mandates, payments, subscriptions, payouts, refunds) from any AI agent. 10 tools, Bearer token.

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:

GOCARDLESS_ACCESS_TOKEN

Step 1 — Get credentials

This connector wraps the GoCardless API (per-environment).

Setup:

  1. Sign in at https://manage.gocardless.com → top-right avatar → Developers → API access → Create.
  2. Pick environment: api.gocardless.com (live) or api-sandbox.gocardless.com (sandbox).
  3. Set GOCARDLESS_ACCESS_TOKEN.

Authentication: Authorization: Bearer ${GOCARDLESS_ACCESS_TOKEN} + GoCardless-Version: 2015-07-06 (required).

Entity model: Customer → BankAccount → Mandate → Payment(s) and/or Subscription → recurring Payments. Once a mandate is active you can charge it.

…(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 Claude

Recommended path — works on claude.ai web without editing any config file.

  1. Open claude.ai/customize/connectors.
  2. Click "Add custom connector".
  3. Fill in:
    • Name: GoCardless
    • URL: https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp
    • Authentication: Bearer token → paste your MCP API key (from AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key)
  4. Click Connect to authorize.

All tools below appear in your chat — start typing prompts.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
gocardless_list_customersList customers
gocardless_create_customerCreate a customer
gocardless_list_mandatesList mandates (the recurring authorisation to debit a customer's bank)
gocardless_get_mandateGet one mandate
gocardless_list_paymentsList payments
gocardless_create_paymentCreate a one-off payment against a mandate
gocardless_list_subscriptionsList subscriptions (recurring payment schedules)
gocardless_create_subscriptionCreate a subscription
gocardless_list_payoutsList payouts (settlement to your bank account)
gocardless_create_refundRefund a payment (full or partial)

FAQ

Does it work with Claude Code as well as Claude Desktop? Yes — point both at https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp.

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