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How to Connect Zalando Partner (ZDS) to ChatGPT — via MCP

Zalando's partner APIs for Zalando Direct Ship merchants: orders, order items, shipments, returns, stock and price feeds. OAuth 2.0 client credentials. Partner onboarding required.

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Zalando Partner (ZDS)

Zalando Partner (ZDS)

Zalando's zDirect partner APIs for Partner Fulfilment (Direct Ship) merchants: orders, order items, order shipments and announced returns. OAuth 2.0 client credentials. Partner onboarding required.

tools

5

Region

DE

Category

E-commerce

Authentication

OAuth 2.0

Required env vars

ZALANDO_CLIENT_IDZALANDO_CLIENT_SECRETZALANDO_MERCHANT_ID
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Summary

Zalando's partner APIs for Zalando Direct Ship merchants: orders, order items, shipments, returns, stock and price feeds. OAuth 2.0 client credentials. Partner onboarding required.

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Zalando Partner (ZDS) + ChatGPT

Zalando's partner APIs for Zalando Direct Ship merchants: orders, order items, shipments, returns, stock and price feeds. OAuth 2.0 client credentials. Partner onboarding required.

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:

ZALANDO_CLIENT_ID, ZALANDO_CLIENT_SECRET, ZALANDO_MERCHANT_ID

Step 1 — Get credentials

Partner onboarding required. Zalando's merchant APIs are not open: you need an active Zalando Partner Programme contract and credentials issued through Zalando zDirect. There is no self-service signup. Zalando runs a sandbox at https://api-sandbox.merchants.zalando.com, but it too is only reachable with zDirect credentials.

Setup

  1. In the zDirect Portal open Applications, create or pick an app and copy its client id and client secret (under Credentials). Give the app the orders/read scope.

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Step 2 — Install the adapter

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in ChatGPT

Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide shows YOUR_SERVER_ID.

ChatGPT adds MCP servers as plugins on its Plugins page, on the web and on paid plans. Developer mode is no longer needed. In a Business workspace only admins and owners can add one; in Enterprise and Edu an admin can grant the Create plugins with MCPs permission.

  1. Go to chatgpt.com/plugins, click Add, then Add custom MCP server.
  2. Enter a name, e.g. Name: Zalando Partner (ZDS).
  3. Under Connection, enter the Server URL https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID and keep Authentication on OAuth.
  4. Select I understand and want to continue, then Create as a plugin. When ChatGPT asks, sign in to AnythingMCP and allow access.
  5. Install the new plugin from your personal plugins, then type @ in a chat and pick it.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
zalando_zds_list_ordersList orders for the merchant with their order number, date, status and totals
zalando_zds_get_orderRead one order in full: its items with EAN and price, the delivery address, and the current fulfilment state of each item
zalando_zds_list_order_itemsList the individual items of one order with their EAN, article number, price and per-item status — the level Zalando actually fulfils and ca
zalando_zds_list_shipmentsList shipments the merchant has reported, with their carrier, tracking number, date and the order items they cover
zalando_zds_list_returnsList returns with their EAN, reason code, date and the order they belong to — the input to any returns-rate analysis

FAQ

Does the free ChatGPT plan work with custom MCP servers? OpenAI documents custom MCP servers for paid plans only; the Free plan is not on its list.

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