Paylo MCP Server
The Paylo MCP Server connects AI agents to the Paylo storefront network, enabling product discovery, merchant browsing, and end-to-end order and payment management.
Discover Merchants – List and browse available Paylo storefronts, optionally filtering by category or limiting results.
Search Products – Search for products across all stores or within a specific merchant, using a keyword, category, or merchant ID.
Get Product Details – Retrieve detailed information about a specific product (price, description, availability) by its unique ID.
Create Orders – Place a new order by specifying product IDs and quantities, with an optional customer email for receipts.
Generate Payment Links – Produce a Paystack-powered payment URL for an existing order to share with the customer for checkout.
Check Payment Status – Query the current payment status of an order, returning whether it is
success,pending, orfailed.
All responses include UTM-tagged URLs for attribution tracking.
Queries the Paylo product catalog database to retrieve merchant and product information for commerce operations.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Paylo MCP Serversearch for wireless headphones under 10000 naira"
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.
Paylo MCP Server
The Commerce Discovery Gateway for AI Agents
The Paylo MCP Server connects AI agents to the Paylo storefront network via the Model Context Protocol. Agents can search merchants, browse products and services, and retrieve catalog data — all through a live hosted SSE endpoint.
Connect
The server is hosted at:
https://mcp.usepaylo.com/sseNo local setup required. Point your MCP client at this URL.
Related MCP server: ACP Commerce MCP Server
Available Tools
Tool | Description |
| Search active Paylo storefronts by name, keyword, or category |
| Get full catalog summary and stats for a storefront by slug |
| Search products across all stores or within a specific storefront |
| Get details for a single product by storefront slug and product slug |
| Search services across all stores or within a specific storefront |
| List categories available within a storefront |
All responses include UTM-tagged URLs for attribution tracking.
Architecture
AI Agent → MCP (SSE) → Paylo MCP Server → usepaylo.com API → Storefront CatalogThe MCP server is a thin proxy. It does not access the database directly — all data is fetched from the Paylo backend API and returned as structured JSON.
Self-Hosting
If you prefer to run your own instance:
git clone https://github.com/scephiro/paylo-mcp-server.git
cd paylo-mcp-server
npm install
npm run buildSet environment variables:
GPT_API_SECRET=your_backend_secret
PAYLO_API_BASE_URL=https://usepaylo.com # default
MCP_PORT=3030 # defaultStart the server:
node build/index.jsThe server listens on http://0.0.0.0:3030. Connect via GET /sse and send messages to POST /messages?sessionId=<id>.
Docker
docker run -p 3030:3030 \
-e GPT_API_SECRET=your_secret \
ghcr.io/scephiro/paylo-mcp-server:latestLicense
MIT — see LICENSE.
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