# PayPal (MCP Server)

> Manage PayPal invoices, orders, subscriptions, disputes and transactions

- Type: MCP server
- Publisher: PayPal (official)
- Categories: Finance, Business, Shopping
- Website: https://developer.paypal.com/tools/mcp-server/
- Source: https://github.com/paypal/agent-toolkit
- Transport: streamable-http
- Server URL: https://mcp.paypal.com/http
- Launch command: npx -y @paypal/mcp --tools=all
- Sign-in: api-key
- Environment variables: PAYPAL_ACCESS_TOKEN, PAYPAL_ENVIRONMENT
- GitHub stars: 195
- Listed: 2025-04-01

## About

PayPal's official MCP server, part of the PayPal Agent Toolkit, exposes invoicing, orders, catalog, subscriptions, shipment tracking, disputes and reporting tools. It is available as a hosted remote server (sandbox and production) or locally via npx with a PayPal access token.

## Install

1. **Connect it in ChatGPT** Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT (Settings → Security and login), open Plugins, select + and paste https://mcp.paypal.com/http as the MCP server URL. Add it to a chat from the composer's tools menu.

2. **Or add it to Codex or the API**

   Codex CLI:

   ```bash
   codex mcp add paypal --url https://mcp.paypal.com/http --bearer-token-env-var PAYPAL_ACCESS_TOKEN
   ```

   config.toml:

   ```toml
   [mcp_servers.paypal]
   url = "https://mcp.paypal.com/http"
   bearer_token_env_var = "PAYPAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"
   ```

   Responses API:

   ```python
   import os
   from openai import OpenAI
   
   client = OpenAI()
   
   response = client.responses.create(
       model="gpt-6-astra",
       tools=[{
           "type": "mcp",
           "server_label": "paypal",
           "server_url": "https://mcp.paypal.com/http",
           "authorization": os.environ["PAYPAL_ACCESS_TOKEN"],
           "require_approval": "never",
       }],
       input="Create and send an invoice for $250 to client@example.com",
   )
   print(response.output_text)
   ```

## Tools

- `create_invoice`
- `list_invoices`
- `send_invoice`
- `create_order`
- `get_order`
- `create_refund`
- `list_transactions`
- `list_disputes`
- `create_product`
- `create_subscription_plan`
- `create_subscription`
- `create_shipment_tracking`

## Example prompts

- "Create and send an invoice for $250 to client@example.com"
- "List my transactions from the last 7 days"
- "Show open disputes and their status"
- "Create a monthly subscription plan for my product"

## Also available as

- app: [PayPal](https://chatgptplugins.directory/apps/paypal.md)

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