Flutterwave MCP server

The MCP Flutterwave server provides a suite of tools for AI assistants to interact with Flutterwave's payment platform, enabling transaction verification, payment link generation, retry mechanisms, and more through the Model Context Protocol.

Installation

You can install the MCP Flutterwave server using npm. Run the following command in your terminal:

npm install -g mcp-flutterwave

Configuration

Setting Up With Claude Desktop

To configure the MCP Flutterwave server with Claude Desktop, add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flutterwave": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
          "-y",
          "mcp-flutterwave",
          "--tools=all",
          "--secret-key=FLW_SECRET_KEY"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Setting Flutterwave API Key

You have two options for providing your Flutterwave secret key:

1. As a command-line argument:

npx mcp-flutterwave --tools=all --secret-key=your_flutterwave_secret_key

2. Using an environment variable:

export FLW_SECRET_KEY=your_flutterwave_secret_key
npx mcp-flutterwave --tools=all

Available Tools

The MCP Flutterwave server provides the following tools:

• get-transactions: Check the final status of a transaction using its ID
• resent-failed-webhook: Resend failed webhook for a transaction
• create-checkout: Generate payment links for customers
• disable-checkout: Disable an existing checkout transaction link
• retry-transaction: Analyze and provide guidance for retrying failed transactions
• get-transaction-timeline: View the timeline/history of events for a transaction

Specifying Tools to Enable

You can specify which tools to enable using the --tools argument:

npx mcp-flutterwave --tools=checkout.create,transaction.read --secret-key=your_key

Or enable all available tools:

npx mcp-flutterwave --tools=all --secret-key=your_key

Usage Examples

Creating a Payment Link

To create a payment link for customers:

npx mcp-flutterwave --tools=checkout.create --secret-key=your_key

Verifying a Transaction

To verify the status of a transaction:

npx mcp-flutterwave --tools=transaction.read --secret-key=your_key

Viewing Transaction History

To view the timeline of events for a transaction:

npx mcp-flutterwave --tools=get-transaction-timeline --secret-key=your_key

Resending Failed Webhooks

To resend a failed webhook for a transaction:

npx mcp-flutterwave --tools=resent-failed-webhook --secret-key=your_key

Additional Information

For more information about the Model Context Protocol, visit the MCP documentation.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "flutterwave" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","mcp-flutterwave","--tools=checkout.create","--secret-key=FLW_SECRET_KEY"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "flutterwave": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-flutterwave",
                "--tools=checkout.create",
                "--secret-key=FLW_SECRET_KEY"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "flutterwave": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-flutterwave",
                "--tools=checkout.create",
                "--secret-key=FLW_SECRET_KEY"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect