AppDirect MCP

AppDirect + AI - for Claude, the ChatGPT desktop app, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and any agent that speaks MCP

Unofficial. Community-built Claude Code Skill and MCP server for the AppDirect API. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by AppDirect, Inc.

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Every documented AppDirect marketplace operation in one binary, plus offline sync and billing-reconciliation joins. Works with the AI you already use - ChatGPT (desktop app), Claude Desktop, Codex, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and GitHub Copilot - plus Gemini CLI. Free, open source, runs on your laptop. Built for MSP owners. No code required.

Works with your agent

The six agents MSP owners actually use (self-serve, works today):

The ChatGPT desktop app runs appdirect-mcp locally and shares MCP configuration with Codex (OpenAI). ChatGPT on the web needs a remote server, which msp-skills does not support yet. If your team works there, a hosted gateway is the better pick; check that your AI app is on the gateway's setup list.

Also for the Microsoft and Google stacks

Big install base, but an honest heads-up: Gemini CLI runs the local binary you just installed, while Microsoft 365 Copilot and the Gemini app need a remote server, which msp-skills does not support yet.

Skill-native agents (also covered): Hermes and OpenClaw read this skill's SKILL.md directly and speak MCP - see their install sections below. Also works with Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Continue.dev, and Zed via MCP. Full per-tool wire-up: docs/which-agent.md.

Run more than one agent? Install across all 51+ supported agents in one command: npx skills add Servosity/msp-skills@latest (requires Node.js, then run the per-skill installer for the CLI/MCP binaries). See docs/which-agent.md.

Install in 60 seconds

Fastest for Claude Desktop - one-click .mcpb

Claude Desktop bundle: the .mcpb launches on macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), Windows x64 and Linux x64. Every tool shells out to the companion appdirect-cli. Releases cut from 2026-09-18 on ship that CLI inside the bundle; older bundles contain only the MCP server, so if yours lacks the companion, run the Path A or Path B installer below first (or set APPDIRECT_CLI_PATH to an existing binary). Details: #331.

Download AppDirect MCP (.mcpb) - then open Claude Desktop > Settings > Extensions and select the file. One click, no JSON, no shell. (Browse every AppDirect release on the releases page.)

Prefer the Claude Code plugin? Add the marketplace once, then install - works immediately, no directory listing required:

/plugin marketplace add Servosity/msp-skills/plugin install appdirect@msp-skills

Path A - paste one prompt into your AI agent (recommended)

Copy this into Claude Code, Codex CLI, or Claude Cowork:

Install the AppDirect Skill and MCP server from Servosity/msp-skills in this agent workspace. If this workspace uses a POSIX shell (macOS, Linux, WSL, or Bash), run bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/appdirect/install.sh). If it uses Windows PowerShell, run iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/appdirect/install.ps1 | iex. Then authenticate per the README and run appdirect-cli --help to explore.

The same prompt works in any agent that can run shell.

Path B - run the installer yourself

Windows (PowerShell):

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/appdirect/install.ps1 | iex

macOS / Linux:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/appdirect/install.sh)

The installer drops both appdirect-cli (the CLI) and appdirect-mcp (the MCP server) into your user bin path. Claude Code, Codex, and Cowork discover the Skill via SKILL.md in this directory.

Verify:

appdirect-cli --version

Upgrade to the latest version

The installer always fetches the current release - re-run it to upgrade:

macOS / Linux:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/appdirect/install.sh)

Windows (PowerShell):

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/appdirect/install.ps1 | iex

Claude Desktop .mcpb users: download the latest .mcpb (top of this section) and re-select it in Settings > Extensions. Claude Code plugin users: /plugin update appdirect@msp-skills.

Add to Claude Desktop, the ChatGPT desktop app, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, or another MCP client

After the installer runs, see mcp-install.md and docs/which-agent.md for the per-agent wire-up - one section per agent, including the GitHub Copilot servers key and the ChatGPT desktop app. Claude Desktop's Settings > Extensions panel is the simplest path; the MCP config block (for users who prefer editing JSON) is documented in mcp-install.md.

Install for Hermes

From the Hermes CLI:

hermes skills install servosity/msp-skills/skills/appdirect --force

Inside a Hermes chat session:

/skills install servosity/msp-skills/skills/appdirect --force

Hermes speaks MCP natively, so it can also use the appdirect-mcp server directly - same install path, same env vars.

Install for OpenClaw

Tell your OpenClaw agent (copy this):

Install the appdirect skill from https://github.com/servosity/msp-skills/tree/main/skills/appdirect. The skill defines how its required CLI (appdirect-cli) can be installed via the openclaw: frontmatter block.

OpenClaw isn't generally available yet; the frontmatter wiring is pre-shipped and will activate the moment OpenClaw launches.

Authenticate

Set the credentials the CLI needs (from your AppDirect portal):

APPDIRECT_CLIENT_ID=<value> APPDIRECT_CLIENT_SECRET=<value> APPDIRECT_OAUTH_SCOPE=<value> appdirect-cli doctor

doctor confirms the credentials work before you run anything that touches data. It exits 0 even when the credential is rejected, so scripts should add --fail-on error.

What this skill does

Full command reference: guide.md. For the AI-agent operating contract (--agent, --dry-run, when to confirm before mutating), see AGENTS.md.

What makes this different

Most AppDirect integrations and MCP servers proxy each question into a live API call - and re-mint an hourly OAuth token to do it. That's fine for one record. It dies at scale, when you're asking which subscriptions across all your reseller companies are active but never got invoiced this quarter.

This skill syncs AppDirect into a local SQLite mirror with full-text search. Aggregate questions become one local SQL join: instant, offline, and the AI sees the answer, not the raw data. Compound commands like reconcile, subs changed, and company show join across subscriptions, invoices, payments, companies, and opportunities - work a stateless API wrapper can't do.

The pain this closes

On r/msp, billing reconciliation for resold SaaS is a recurring complaint - "billing reconciliation nightmare," monthly true-ups, and margin leak from subscriptions that are active in the marketplace but never made it onto an invoice. The console shows one company on one screen, so catching an un-invoiced subscription, a failed payment, or a stalled deal means clicking through hundreds of company billing pages by hand. The reconciliation slips, and the leak compounds every month-close.

This skill turns those questions into one command each:

• appdirect-cli reconcile --since 30d --agent - active subscriptions with no invoice, overdue invoices, and failed payments across every company.
• appdirect-cli payments unpaid --since 7d --json - the weekly failed-payment chase as one sorted list.
• appdirect-cli subs changed --since 7d --json - new, ended, and suspended subscriptions for churn review.
• appdirect-cli company show <companyId> - one customer's whole picture for renewal prep.
• appdirect-cli pipeline stale --days 14 --json - open opportunities that have gone quiet.

See pain-point.md for the longer narrative.

Frequently asked questions

Does this work with ChatGPT?

Yes, in the ChatGPT desktop app. It runs MCP servers locally (STDIO), the way appdirect-mcp runs, and shares MCP configuration with Codex (OpenAI): add appdirect-mcp under Settings > MCP servers as a STDIO server, or add it once to Codex's ~/.codex/config.toml. ChatGPT on the web is not supported by msp-skills yet: it needs a remote server. If your team works there, a hosted gateway is the better pick; check that your AI app is on the gateway's setup list.

Does this work with Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, or Gemini?

Yes - all of them speak MCP. Cross-tool install commands are in the matrix above and the deep-dive in docs/which-agent.md.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. The recommended install is to paste one sentence into Claude Code or Codex - your agent reads SKILL.md and does the install. The fallback is a one-line installer per OS (bash or PowerShell). Neither path requires writing code. You'll enter your AppDirect credentials once.

Is my AppDirect data safe?

Your data stays on your machine. The CLI and MCP server are local binaries. The SQLite mirror sits in a directory under your user account. The AI agent only sees what the CLI returns - typically a query result, not raw bulk data. Credentials are read from your environment or your agent's config; never bundled into this repo or transmitted anywhere by MSP Skills.

Do I need to be an AppDirect partner?

Yes. The skill authenticates with partner API credentials (OAuth2 client_credentials) for a marketplace you operate or resell on. It is not for end-user purchases on a marketplace you don't control. If you run a white-label marketplace on your own domain, point the CLI at it with APPDIRECT_BASE_URL.

Will this hit AppDirect's API rate limits?

It is built to avoid them. The marketplace REST API uses leaky-bucket rate limits (for example, 20-request buckets that refill a few requests per second). Because this skill syncs to a local mirror and answers most questions offline, your day-to-day queries make almost no live calls. sync respects the limits, and you can cap request rate with --rate-limit.

Will this replace my AppDirect portal?

No - it complements it. The portal stays the place you click through one company at a time; this skill answers the cross-company, before-month-close billing and pipeline questions the portal has no screen for.

What does it cost?

Free. Apache-2.0 licensed. You pay only for whichever AI agent you use (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, etc.), and that's billed by your AI provider, not by us.

Safety model

Tiers are derived from each command's real HTTP method, so a write named finalize-opportunity or upload-and-link-image is gated as a write, not waved through as a read.

The strongest control is the scope you grant the AppDirect credentials - the CLI can only do what the credentials are permitted to do. Full details, including how to lock it down, are in governance.md.

Status

Beta. Validated against the AppDirect API surface and being validated with MSPs running it live against their own production tenant in our weekly Build Sessions. RSVP at compoundingteams.com/build-sessions.

Standards. Conforms to the open Agent Skills spec (Anthropic, Dec 2025; 40+ agents). MCP-compatible - works with any MCP-capable agent including Hermes. OpenClaw-ready (frontmatter pre-wired, awaiting OpenClaw launch).

Maintained by Servosity. Apache-2.0 licensed. Built with CLI Printing Press. Last updated: 2026-06-07.