--- title: "Flexport MCP" description: "Flexport MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that connects a company's Flexport account to Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft 365 Copilot, or an internal AI tool, letting the assistant track shipments, get rates, and place bookings within each user's existing Flexport permissions." language: en canonical: https://www.flexport.com/technology/flexport-mcp/ lifecycle: live --- # Flexport MCP ## Now your AI agent can talk to our AI agent ## Connect Flexport to the agent your team already works with Your team's AI agent already drafts, summarizes, and pulls live data out of the systems you have connected to it. Flexport MCP adds Flexport to that list. Your team can ask where a shipment is, what a lane is costing this week, or to place a booking against a rate, and your agent works directly with your Flexport account to act. [HOW TO CONNECT](https://apidocs.flexport.com/v3/tag/Overview/) ## Quote, track, and book freight with your own AI agent [REQUEST A DEMO](https://www.flexport.com/get-started/) **Track a shipment** — Look one up by Flexport ID, name, or tag and get status, milestones, departure and arrival estimates, vessel, and live customs entry status including any holds. **Browse shipments** — Filter your active shipments to instantly flag those requiring immediate attention; including customs holds, overdue tasks, active exceptions, or container demurrage and detention (D&D) risks. **Get a rate** — Search active contract and available spot market rates across ocean FCL/LCL and air freight lanes. Where no rate exists, your AI agent requests pricing from your Flexport team. **Browse quotes** — Pull up active quote requests by name, by Flexport ID, or all at once, then drill into any priced option to see the line-item charges underneath it. **Create a booking** — Book against a rate your AI agent just pulled, with the price, routing, and cargo details validated first. Booking without a rate works too, help pending your approval. **Look up account details** — Find Harmonized System codes from a product name, look up official port identifiers and country codes, and pull verified addresses already on file to populate a booking. ## Works with your team's familiar AI agents **Claude and Claude Code** **ChatGPT and Codex** **Microsoft Copilot** **Meta's Muse** **Your internal tools** Flexport MCP speaks the open Model Context Protocol, so it also works with any other agent that supports it. **Full demo** Flexport MCP Long Demo (7:28) ## Frequently asked questions ### What is Flexport MCP? Model Context Protocol is an open standard that lets AI assistants call external tools, and Flexport MCP is the server we've built on that standard. Once your company connects it, your assistant can reach your Flexport account directly and act on your behalf, always within the permissions you already have. ### Which AI platforms does it work with? Claude on desktop and web, OpenAI's ChatGPT and Codex, Microsoft 365 Copilot Studio, and any internal tool your team has built that supports a Model Context Protocol connection. ### How do we set it up? An administrator at your company enables the connection once from the Flexport client app, which makes it available across your organization. After that, each person connects their own assistant from their account settings and signs in with their usual Flexport login to authorize it. Your Flexport account team will walk your team through the details for whichever platform you use. ### How is it secured, and who at our company can connect? Any active Flexport user can connect once an administrator has enabled it for your organization. Every connection is tied to an individual person signing in under their own Flexport account rather than a shared credential, so what the assistant can reach is exactly what that person can already reach in the Flexport app and nothing beyond it. Administrators can see every connected assistant, revoke any individual user, or switch the whole organization off, and doing so ends the active sessions immediately. Suppliers placing bookings on your behalf work from cargo details and the cargo ready date alone, with no visibility into rates or pricing at any point. ### Will this affect our existing Flexport API integration? No. The Flexport MCP server runs independently from our public Application Programming Interface and maintains its own separate rate limits, so your existing integrations won't be slowed down or interrupted by it. ### Can it analyze historical data, such as average transit times by lane? Not yet. The tools available today are focused on live shipments and current rates. Backward-looking analysis is on the roadmap and will arrive through an Insights Builder tool. ### What if our assistant is set to a different language than our Flexport account? Flexport MCP returns structured data rather than written text, and your assistant translates it into whatever language your team is working in before it answers. ## Automate your supply chain end-to-end **Flexport Platform** Unify shipments, orders, and inventory in one AI-powered platform. Get real-time visibility, faster bookings, and automated customs brokerage in a single view. [Learn more](https://www.flexport.com/products/flexport-platform/) **Control Tower** Flexport Control Tower unifies booking management, order management, and supply chain optimization in one platform, with real-time visibility down to the SKU level. [Learn more](https://www.flexport.com/technology/control-tower/) **Customs Suite** Manage compliance risk and reduce costs with Flexport's Customs Technology Suite. AI-powered tools for broker auditing, tariff simulation, and refund calculation. [Learn more](https://www.flexport.com/technology/customs-suite/) --- *This is a markdown version of [https://www.flexport.com/technology/flexport-mcp/](https://www.flexport.com/technology/flexport-mcp/) for AI/LLM consumption.*