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title: "PayPal MCP Server: Claude and ChatGPT Setup | SourceMedium"
description: PayPal's MCP server, hosted at mcp.paypal.com or local via @paypal/mcp, sends invoices, issues refunds, lists transactions, and accepts dispute claims.
url: "https://sourcemedium.com/mcp-directory/paypal/"
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generatedAt: "2026-09-29T01:21:01.000Z"
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[MCP Directory](https://sourcemedium.com/mcp-directory/) Payments and finance Official
# PayPal MCP server

Remote endpoint mcp.paypal.com/mcp. Checked September 2026.

PayPal's remote server at mcp.paypal.com carries the full agent tool catalog for a merchant account: it lists transactions, creates and sends invoices with reminders, captures orders, issues refunds, accepts dispute claims, and manages subscriptions and plans. The same tools run locally from the @paypal/mcp package against sandbox or production.

## PayPal MCP options

Every fact in a row comes from the publisher's own documentation.

| Option | Audience | Reads or changes | Sign-in | Setup |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PayPal remote MCP server `https://mcp.paypal.com/mcp` PayPal [Registered as com.paypal.mcp/mcp](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/?q=com.paypal.mcp%2Fmcp) | Merchants | Hosted server with PayPal's full agent tool catalog: create, send, remind, and cancel invoices, create and capture orders, issue refunds, list transactions, accept dispute claims, add shipment tracking, and create or cancel subscriptions and plans; separate sandbox endpoint. Can write | OAuth sign-in | [Setup guide →](https://developer.paypal.com/ai-tools/mcp-server) |
| PayPal MCP server, local PayPal [Registered as io.github.paypal/paypal-mcp-server](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/?q=io.github.paypal%2Fpaypal-mcp-server) | Developers | Runs on your machine through npx with a PayPal access token generated from Developer Dashboard client credentials; same tool catalog as the remote server, against sandbox or production. Installed from the @paypal/mcp package. Can write | API key or token | [Setup guide →](https://developer.paypal.com/ai-tools/mcp-server) |

## Connect PayPal to your assistant

Each card lists the servers whose setup guide covers that assistant.

### Connect PayPal to ChatGPT

- [PayPal remote MCP server →](https://developer.paypal.com/ai-tools/mcp-server) [Add from ChatGPT's plugin directory](https://openai.com/business/plugins/paypal/)

### Connect PayPal to Claude

- [PayPal remote MCP server →](https://developer.paypal.com/ai-tools/mcp-server) [Add from Claude's connector directory](https://claude.com/marketplace/connectors/paypal)
- [PayPal MCP server, local →](https://developer.paypal.com/ai-tools/mcp-server)

### Connect PayPal to Cursor

- [PayPal remote MCP server →](https://developer.paypal.com/ai-tools/mcp-server)
.cursor/mcp.json

```
{"mcpServers":{"paypal":{"url":"https://mcp.paypal.com/mcp"}}}
```
- [PayPal MCP server, local →](https://developer.paypal.com/ai-tools/mcp-server)

PayPal's setup guides also name Cline.

## Other ways to reach PayPal data

- [PayPal REST APIs →](https://developer.paypal.com/api/rest/)
- [PayPal Transaction Search API →](https://developer.paypal.com/api/transaction-search/v1)

## One MCP server per tool still can't answer a cross-channel question.

Each server brings its own sign-in, its own definition of revenue, and data your assistant can't join to the rest.

SourceMedium connects 63 commerce and marketing sources, keeps one set of maintained definitions, and gives ChatGPT, Claude, and other assistants a single connection to all of it. PayPal is not a SourceMedium source today.
## More in Payments and finance

- [QuickBooks MCP server →](https://sourcemedium.com/mcp-directory/quickbooks/)
- [Ramp MCP server →](https://sourcemedium.com/mcp-directory/ramp/)
- [Sage Intacct MCP server →](https://sourcemedium.com/mcp-directory/sage-intacct/)