Source-backed guides to wiring AI assistants into the tools that run a business — Shopify, helpdesks, analytics. Every guide is grounded in dated source reads and vendor documentation: real config blocks, the exact auth scopes, the tools you end up with, and the errors nobody warns you about.
ebay-mcp exposes 298 eBay Sell API tools over MCP, but its EBAY_READ_ONLY mode is enforced by a tool-name regex, not real behavior — read the source before trusting it.
domdomegg's airtable-mcp-server exposes 16 tools incl. schema edits; its list_records has no page cap. Public record read 2026-09-03.
Meta ships its own hosted ads MCP at mcp.facebook.com/ads. pipeboard's meta-ads-mcp registers 43 tools — only 37 ship by default. Read the source.
shopify-partner-agent is the only Shopify Partner API MCP server: 25 read-only tools for MRR, churn, cohorts. Public record and source read on 2026-08-31.
No first-party Recharge MCP server exists (as of 2026-08-31). The one community option's README claims 87 tools; the source registers 77.
printful-mcp (community, 24 stars) exposes 19 Printful tools via stdio. Source read shows confirm_order has no idempotency key and hides errors as success.
etsy-mcp (aserper) is a community MCP server exposing 40 tools to run an Etsy shop. Source read 2026-07-29: it requests all 20 OAuth scopes by default.
boldcommerce/magento2-mcp is a community Magento 2 MCP server with 14 read-heavy tools; its revenue tools hard-code USD, so use it for catalog reads only.
mcp-google-sheets gives 20 tools for Sheets/Drive via a Google service account. Public record and source read on 2026-07-27 — including a splice bug in every range call.
Best MCP server for ecommerce: YosefHayim's ebay-mcp (298 tools, MIT, updated 2026-07-19). Compared against 9 platform alternatives, source read 2026-07-26.
WooCommerce ships an MCP integration in core. The community read-only plugin is the alternative — but run_api_function forwards any GET route, including /wp/v2/users.
cob-shopify-mcp is the best Shopify MCP server for Admin API work. Public record and source read on 2026-07-25 across 4 community servers.