The PayFast MCP Server enables AI assistants to securely manage payment transactions, subscriptions, and refunds through the PayFast payment gateway.

Connectivity

• ping — Test API connectivity and verify credentials

Transaction Management

• transaction.fetch — Retrieve details of a specific transaction by payment ID

• transaction.history — Query transaction history with optional date range filtering and pagination

• transaction.charge — Process a charge on a tokenized card

Subscription Management

• subscription.fetch — Get subscription details by token

• subscription.pause — Pause a subscription for a specified number of billing cycles

• subscription.unpause — Resume a paused subscription

• subscription.cancel — Permanently cancel a subscription

• subscription.update — Update subscription parameters like amount, cycles, frequency, or run date

• subscription.adhoc — Process a one-time ad-hoc charge on an existing subscription

Refund Processing

• refund.query — Check refund availability and amounts before creating a refund

• refund.create — Process a full or partial refund for a transaction

• refund.fetch — Retrieve refund transaction history and available balance

Credit Card Queries

• creditcard.fetch — Query credit card transaction details for a specific payment

⚠️ High-risk operations (canceling/pausing/updating subscriptions, creating refunds, ad-hoc charges) require explicit confirmation before execution.

The server supports sandbox mode for safe testing and uses environment variables for secure credential management.

1. Click on "Install Server".

2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.

3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@PayFast MCP Server Show my transaction history from the last 7 days"

That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.

Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.