Flutterwave MCP server

The MCP Flutterwave server enables AI assistants to interact with Flutterwave's payment processing platform, providing tools to manage transactions, payment links, transfers, and other Flutterwave services through the Model Context Protocol.

Installation Options

Installing via npm

npm install -g mcp-flutterwave

Installing from GitHub

git clone https://github.com/bajoski34/mcp-flutterwave.git
cd mcp-flutterwave
npm install
npm run build

Configuration with Claude Desktop

To use the Flutterwave MCP server with Claude Desktop, you'll need to add the appropriate configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json file.

Using npm Installation

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flutterwave": {
      "command": "mcp-flutterwave",
      "args": [
        "--tools=create_checkout,disable_checkout,read_transaction,resend_transaction_webhook"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FLW_SECRET_KEY": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Using Local Build

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "flutterwave": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/mcp-flutterwave/build/index.js",
        "--tools=create_checkout,disable_checkout,read_transaction,resend_transaction_webhook"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FLW_SECRET_KEY": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Setup Guide

1. Install the Package

Install the MCP Flutterwave server using npm:

npm install -g mcp-flutterwave

2. Get Your Flutterwave Secret Key

• Log into your Flutterwave dashboard
• Navigate to Settings > API Keys
• Copy your Secret Key

3. Configure Claude Desktop

• Add the configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json file
• Replace YOUR_SECRET_KEY with your actual Flutterwave secret key

4. Start Using with Claude

• Open Claude Desktop
• Ask questions related to Flutterwave transactions, payments, and other supported features

Available Tools

The MCP Flutterwave server provides several tools for interacting with Flutterwave:

• get-transactions: Get the final status of a transaction using a transaction ID
• resent-failed-webhook: Resend failed webhook for a transaction
• create-checkout: Create a payment link for customers
• disable-checkout: Disable a checkout transaction link
• retry-transaction: Analyze and provide guidance for retrying a failed transaction
• get-transaction-timeline: Get the timeline/history of events for a transaction
• get-beneficiaries: Get the list of beneficiaries for transfers
• get-transfers: Get the list of transfers for a customer
• create-transfer: Create a transfer for a customer
• create-beneficiary: Create a beneficiary for transfers

You can specify which tools to enable by listing them in the --tools argument in your Claude Desktop configuration.

Features

The MCP Flutterwave server supports various Flutterwave operations:

• Confirming transactions
• Retrying failed transactions
• Retrieving transaction history
• Sending failed hooks
• Generating payment links
• Automated customer support for transaction inquiries
• Managing transfers and beneficiaries

For more information about the Model Context Protocol, visit modelcontextprotocol.io.

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