Get customer
One customer with tax status, credits and payment collection setting.
MCP tool chargebee_read → get_customer
read
Returns the customer record behind a customer ID. Refundable credits and excess payments are amounts in the smallest currency unit, so 5000 is $50.00. auto_collection is on or off: with on, Chargebee charges the saved payment method when an invoice is due.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| customer_id string required | string | Customer ID from find_customer. |
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "chargebee_read",
"arguments": {
"operation": "get_customer",
"arguments": {
"customer_id": "customer_8c41d2"
}
}
}
}Example response
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
}
],
"structuredContent": {
"customer_id": "cus_9s2kQw",
"company": "Brightleaf Analytics",
"email": "billing@brightleaf.example",
"auto_collection": "on",
"taxability": "taxable",
"refundable_credits": 0,
"excess_payments": 0,
"created_at": "2025-03-12T09:14:00Z"
},
"isError": false
}