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# Record a payment on an invoice

> Record an offline payment against an invoice and settle it. Input schema, a tools/call example and an example result.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/wild-apricot/record_payment

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Record an offline payment against an invoice and settle it.

Wild Apricot MCP tools: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/wild-apricot.md

MCP tool: `wild_apricot_write → record_payment`

Access: write. Confirm: waits for the user's OK before it runs.

Selects Record payment on the invoice, enters the amount, date and payment type and saves. The amount must be equal to or less than the invoice amount. A smaller amount marks the invoice partially paid, the full balance marks it fully paid, and contact balances update. Wild Apricot sends no receipt for a manual payment. Needs a full administrator, membership manager, events manager or donations manager. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `invoice_id` | integer | yes | Invoice ID from list_invoices. |
| `amount` | number | yes | Amount received, at most the invoice amount. |
| `date` | date | yes | Date the payment was received. |
| `payment_type` | string | yes | How it was received, one of the payment types in your account, such as check, cash or wire transfer. |

## tools/call

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "wild_apricot_write",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "record_payment",
      "arguments": {
        "invoice_id": 90417,
        "amount": 95,
        "date": "2026-10-21",
        "payment_type": "Bank transfer"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "payment_id": 71002,
    "invoice_id": 90417,
    "contact": "Sam Okafor",
    "amount": 95,
    "date": "2026-10-21",
    "payment_type": "Bank transfer",
    "invoice_status": "paid",
    "balance": 0
  },
  "isError": false
}
```

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