# Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi (remote · finale-inventory.usefulapi.io)

Read Finale Inventory products, stock, orders and shipments; create draft purchase orders.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-17

## Components

- remote · `finale-inventory.usefulapi.io`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-finale-inventory/finale-inventory.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-finale-inventory/finale-inventory)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `required`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-17.

- **Endpoint Security**: 78/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, advertised via RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Discovery is public, which costs nothing: no tool can be invoked without a token.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port redirected somewhere other than https, so enforcement is unproven.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
  - The authorisation server offers only Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591), which MCP 2026-07-28 deprecated in favour of Client ID Metadata Documents.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 0/100
  - Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint redirected instead of responding directly.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 79/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2178 tokens (~167/item across 13 items; 13 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 17/100
  - Stability observed for 5 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 13 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 14 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi server?

Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi is a hosted endpoint at https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http io-usefulapi-finale-inventory 'https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-finale-inventory": {
      "url": "https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "io-usefulapi-finale-inventory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.io-usefulapi-finale-inventory]
url = "https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "io-usefulapi-finale-inventory": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add io-usefulapi-finale-inventory --url 'https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  io-usefulapi-finale-inventory:
    url: "https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-finale-inventory": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add io-usefulapi-finale-inventory -t streamable-http -u 'https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-finale-inventory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-16 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 63, +3)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional] The server now declares the “prompts” capability
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: 100
- [functional] New prompt “getting_started”
- [functional] Server version: 1.0.0 → 1.1.0

### 2026-10-13 (score 60, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-12 (score 60)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (13)

### `finale_list_facilities` (~147 tokens)

List locations (facilities)

List Finale locations and sublocations: facilityName, facilityUrl (use it in other tools), parentFacilityUrl (set for sublocations), status. GET /{account}/api/facility/.

Input parameters:

- `fields` (array): Fields to return per row (default: a compact useful set).
- `limit` (integer): Maximum rows to return, 1-1000 (default 100).
- `updated_since` (string): Only records last updated on or after this UTC time. Finale allows a range of at most 30 days (updated_until defaults to now).
- `updated_until` (string): Only records last updated on or before this UTC time (needs updated_since).

### `finale_list_products` (~195 tokens)

List products

List products (SKUs): productId, internalName, status, productUrl, manufacturer, UPC, packing. Optional exact filters on productId and status. Collections come back ordered by lastUpdatedDate; for large catalogs narrow with updated_since or page with next_updated_since. GET /{account}/api/product/.

Input parameters:

- `fields` (array): Fields to return per row (default: a compact useful set).
- `limit` (integer): Maximum rows to return, 1-1000 (default 100).
- `product_id` (string): Exact product id (SKU).
- `status` (string): Only active or only inactive products.
- `updated_since` (string): Only records last updated on or after this UTC time. Finale allows a range of at most 30 days (updated_until defaults to now).
- `updated_until` (string): Only records last updated on or before this UTC time (needs updated_since).

### `finale_get_product` (~85 tokens)

Get a product

One product in full: ids, description, UPC/ASIN, dimensions and weight, cost, supplier list, reorder guidelines, price list, custom fields. GET /{account}/api/product/{id} (falls back to a productId filter when the resource URL differs).

Input parameters:

- `product_id` (string, required): The product id (SKU) as shown by finale_list_products.

### `finale_list_orders` (~225 tokens)

List orders (sales and purchase)

List orders without their line items: orderId, type (SALES_ORDER or PURCHASE_ORDER), status (ORDER_CREATED, ORDER_LOCKED = committed, ORDER_COMPLETED, ORDER_CANCELLED), dates, origin/destination facility, reference number, total. Get the items with finale_get_order. For a large order history always pass updated_since (Finale cuts unfiltered collections at 120,000 rows before applying other filters). GET /{account}/api/order/.

Input parameters:

- `fields` (array): Fields to return per row (default: a compact useful set).
- `limit` (integer): Maximum rows to return, 1-1000 (default 100).
- `order_type` (string): Only sales or only purchase orders.
- `status` (string): Only orders in this status.
- `updated_since` (string): Only records last updated on or after this UTC time. Finale allows a range of at most 30 days (updated_until defaults to now).
- `updated_until` (string): Only records last updated on or before this UTC time (needs updated_since).

### `finale_get_order` (~73 tokens)

Get an order

One order in full: header, line items (productUrl, quantity, unitPrice), roles (customer or supplier), adjustments, shipment and invoice URLs, notes. GET /{account}/api/order/{orderId}.

Input parameters:

- `order_id` (string, required): The order id as shown by finale_list_orders (orderId).

### `finale_list_shipments` (~181 tokens)

List shipments

List shipments (sales shipments, purchase receipts, transfers): shipmentId, type, status (for example SHIPMENT_INPUT, SHIPMENT_PACKED, SHIPMENT_SHIPPED), order, origin/destination, dates, tracking code. GET /{account}/api/shipment/.

Input parameters:

- `fields` (array): Fields to return per row (default: a compact useful set).
- `limit` (integer): Maximum rows to return, 1-1000 (default 100).
- `status` (string): Exact shipment status, e.g. SHIPMENT_SHIPPED.
- `updated_since` (string): Only records last updated on or after this UTC time. Finale allows a range of at most 30 days (updated_until defaults to now).
- `updated_until` (string): Only records last updated on or before this UTC time (needs updated_since).

### `finale_get_shipment` (~60 tokens)

Get a shipment

One shipment in full, including its shipment items (product, facility, quantity), packages and transfers. GET /{account}/api/shipment/{shipmentId}.

Input parameters:

- `shipment_id` (string, required): The shipmentId as shown by finale_list_shipments.

### `finale_list_parties` (~157 tokens)

List customers and suppliers

List party groups (customers, suppliers, carriers): partyId (derived from partyUrl; use it as supplier_party_id when drafting a purchase order), name (description), type, roles, status. GET /{account}/api/partygroup/.

Input parameters:

- `fields` (array): Fields to return per row (default: a compact useful set).
- `limit` (integer): Maximum rows to return, 1-1000 (default 100).
- `updated_since` (string): Only records last updated on or after this UTC time. Finale allows a range of at most 30 days (updated_until defaults to now).
- `updated_until` (string): Only records last updated on or before this UTC time (needs updated_since).

### `finale_list_inventory_items` (~203 tokens)

List stock entries

Current stock as Finale stores it: one entry per product, location, lot and order with quantityOnHand, quantityOnOrder (committed purchase orders) and quantityReserved (committed sales orders). The inventoryitem collection has no server-side filter, so the WHOLE collection is downloaded (one collection read of the 300 per hour; can be large on big accounts, up to the 50,000 character result cap) and filtered here: pass product_id or facility_url. For per-product totals use finale_get_product_stock. GET /{account}/api/inventoryitem/.

Input parameters:

- `facility_url` (string): Only entries at this facilityUrl (from finale_list_facilities).
- `fields` (array): Fields to return per row (default: a compact useful set).
- `limit` (integer): Maximum rows to return, 1-1000 (default 100).
- `product_id` (string): Only entries of this product id (SKU).

### `finale_get_product_stock` (~106 tokens)

Get stock levels of a product

Stock of one product summed over Finale's stock entries: totals for quantityOnHand, quantityOnOrder and quantityReserved, and the same per location/sublocation. Downloads the WHOLE inventoryitem collection (Finale offers no filter; large on big accounts), so it counts as one collection read of the 300 per hour: avoid calling it in a loop. GET /{account}/api/inventoryitem/.

Input parameters:

- `product_id` (string, required): The product id (SKU).

### `finale_list_inventory_transfers` (~139 tokens)

List stock transfers

List stock transfers between locations: product, from/to facility, quantity, lot, send and receive dates. GET /{account}/api/inventorytransfer/.

Input parameters:

- `fields` (array): Fields to return per row (default: a compact useful set).
- `limit` (integer): Maximum rows to return, 1-1000 (default 100).
- `updated_since` (string): Only records last updated on or after this UTC time. Finale allows a range of at most 30 days (updated_until defaults to now).
- `updated_until` (string): Only records last updated on or before this UTC time (needs updated_since).

### `finale_list_stock_changes` (~146 tokens)

List stock changes (inventory variances)

List stock changes (physical counts and adjustments already recorded in Finale): id, type, date, status, location, comments. Read-only history. GET /{account}/api/inventoryvariance/.

Input parameters:

- `fields` (array): Fields to return per row (default: a compact useful set).
- `limit` (integer): Maximum rows to return, 1-1000 (default 100).
- `updated_since` (string): Only records last updated on or after this UTC time. Finale allows a range of at most 30 days (updated_until defaults to now).
- `updated_until` (string): Only records last updated on or before this UTC time (needs updated_since).

### `finale_create_draft_purchase_order` (~257 tokens)

Create a draft purchase order (WRITE)

WRITE. Creates a purchase order for a supplier in status ORDER_CREATED, i.e. an editable draft. It is NOT locked (committed), received, completed or emailed, no stock changes and no money moves: review and commit it in Finale. Products are looked up first (one single read each; products whose resource URL differs from the SKU cost collection reads, bounded to 3 or one full product-list read), then ONE POST creates the order; the call is never retried, so check finale_list_orders before repeating it after an error. POST /{account}/api/order/.

Input parameters:

- `destination_facility_url` (string): Receiving location's facilityUrl (from finale_list_facilities; not a sublocation). Omit for 'Multiple / unspecified'.
- `items` (array, required): Order lines.
- `order_id` (string): Order id (max 20 ASCII characters; must be unique). Omit to let Finale number it.
- `private_notes` (string): Internal notes.
- `public_notes` (string): Notes to the supplier.
- `reference_number` (string): Supplier reference number (max 60 characters).
- `supplier_party_id` (string, required): Supplier partyId (from finale_list_parties).

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-finale-inventory/finale-inventory#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-17: 64
- 2026-10-16: 64
- 2026-10-15: 63
- 2026-10-14: 63
- 2026-10-13: 60
- 2026-10-12: 60

## Common questions

### What is the Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi server?

Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi is listed in the public MCP registry as io.usefulapi/finale-inventory. Read Finale Inventory products, stock, orders and shipments; create draft purchase orders. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp).

### Is the Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi server safe to use?

Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi scores 64 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi server expose?

Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi exposes 13 tools: finale_list_facilities, finale_list_products, finale_get_product, finale_list_orders, finale_get_order, and 8 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,974 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi server require authentication?

Yes. Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.

### Is the Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi server still maintained?

Finale Inventory MCP by usefulapi is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 17 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://finale-inventory.usefulapi.io/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Website: https://usefulapi.io/finale-inventory/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-finale-inventory/finale-inventory.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-finale-inventory/finale-inventory.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-finale-inventory/finale-inventory