StarShipIt MCP Server: shipping orders, labels and tracking for AI agents

StarShipIt MCP server lets Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and any MCP client manage StarShipIt orders, print labels, track shipments, compare rates and manifest with carriers. It runs with npx on Node.js 22 or later, over stdio or local HTTP, and calls the StarShipIt API with your own keys.

Quickstart

Get your keys in StarShipIt under Settings > API: the API Key and the Subscription key. Then, for Claude Code:

read -rsp 'StarShipIt API key: ' STARSHIPIT_API_KEY; echo
read -rsp 'StarShipIt subscription key: ' STARSHIPIT_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY; echo
claude mcp add --scope local starshipit \
  -e STARSHIPIT_API_KEY="$STARSHIPIT_API_KEY" \
  -e STARSHIPIT_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY="$STARSHIPIT_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY" \
  -- npx -y @devkind/starshipit-mcp

read -rsp keeps the keys out of your shell history. --scope local stores them in your user config, outside the repository.

Then ask: "List my unshipped StarShipIt orders."

Install in your client

Requirements:

• Node.js 22 or later (the server runs with npx)
• A StarShipIt API key and subscription key
• Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, or another MCP client

Standard config works in most MCP clients:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "starshipit": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@devkind/starshipit-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "STARSHIPIT_API_KEY": "your-api-key",
        "STARSHIPIT_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY": "your-subscription-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Do not put real keys in a project .mcp.json or any other file that you commit.

code --add-mcp '{"name":"starshipit","command":"npx","args":["-y","@devkind/starshipit-mcp"],"env":{"STARSHIPIT_API_KEY":"your-api-key","STARSHIPIT_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY":"your-subscription-key"}}'

Tools

The server has 40 tools. Every tool declares MCP annotations: 15 are read-only and 5 are destructive, so a client can ask before it changes data. 20 list and lookup tools accept response_format (markdown or json). Every tool also returns the full API response as structured content.

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