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Housecall Pro API and MCP server

Housecall Pro's API is MAX-plan only and cannot create progress invoices, send invoices or record payments. Sign in to Housecall Pro once in your own Cloud Browser, and your AI agent does the work there for you. The same tools work over MCP for agents and as a REST API for scripts.

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Housecall Pro has no API for this. So we run one for you.

Housecall Pro's own API, a GitHub MCP server and Cotlet compared
What you need Housecall Pro's APIGitHub MCP serverCotlet
Progress invoices, sending invoices, payments No Partly Yes, 15 tools
Acts as you, signed in 24/7 No No Yes, Cloud Browser
Fixed for you when Housecall Pro changes N/A No Yes, tested every 6h
Runs with your laptop off N/A No Yes, hosted

Checked Oct 14, 2026. Sources: Housecall Pro Public API reference · Housecall Pro Help: FAQs about HCP Data (API key on MAX) · Housecall Pro Help: Zapier Integration Overview · Housecall Pro Help: Send an Invoice

Your own Cloud Browser, on 24/7. Sign in once. We keep it connected.

  1. 01Sign in to Housecall Pro in your own Cloud Browser

  2. 02Connect it for your agents

  3. 03Cotlet keeps it signed in and working

How do I connect Housecall Pro to Claude, ChatGPT or my code?

AI agents connect over MCP, scripts call the REST API. Both reach the same 15 tools with one API key.

For AI agents: MCP

Add Cotlet to your agent once. Housecall Pro and every other app you connect show up as its tools.

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • OpenClaw
  • Hermes
  • GrokBot
  • Cursor
  • n8n
  • Any MCP client
  1. 1

    Add Cotlet to your agent

    Claude Code
    claude mcp add --transport http cotlet \
  https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"
    Cursor
    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "cotlet": {
      "url": "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${COTLET_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}
    Codex
    # ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.cotlet]
url = "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1"
bearer_token_env_var = "COTLET_API_KEY"

    Paste the snippet for your client. The same server and key serve every app you connect, so you do this once.

For scripts: REST API

Every tool is an endpoint under /api/v1/housecall-pro with its own method and path, such as POST /api/v1/housecall-pro/invoices/{invoice_id}, with the same API key. Our open-source repo has ready scripts to start from.

REST API docs

What can the Housecall Pro API and MCP server do?

15 tools on your own Housecall Pro account. Agents call them as operations of the MCP tools housecall_pro_read and housecall_pro_write; scripts call each one at its own REST endpoint, with the same inputs and answers.

API reference
Housecall Pro tools in Cotlet's MCP server and REST API
Tool What it does Access
list_customers Search customers by name, email, phone or address, with their service addresses. read
list_jobs Jobs with customer, schedule, assigned team and total, newest first. read
get_job One job with line items, total, notes, schedule and every invoice on it. read
list_estimates Estimates with their options, totals and status such as Customer Approved or Customer Declined. read
list_invoices Invoices with status, amount due, due date and last send date, filtered like the Invoice list. read
get_invoice One invoice with line items, amount due, payment history and send history. read
list_price_book Services and materials from your Price book with their prices. read
create_customer Add a customer with a name, contact details and a service address. writeasks first
create_job Create a job for a customer with line items and, optionally, a schedule and a dispatched team member. writeasks first
create_estimate Create a draft estimate for a customer with a first option and its line items. writeasks first
add_estimate_option Add a named option with its own line items to a draft estimate. write
send_estimate Send an estimate with chosen options to the customer by email or text. writeasks first
create_progress_invoice Create an invoice for a percent or a fixed amount of a job total. Needs Progressive invoicing on the account. writeasks first
send_invoice Send or resend an invoice to the customer by email or text with a message. writeasks first
record_invoice_payment Apply a payment to an open invoice, optionally sending the customer a receipt. writeasks first

Scroll the table for all 15 tools.

Ask in plain words. Your agent does the rest.

All Housecall Pro use cases

Is it safe to connect Housecall Pro?

You sign in yourself in your own Cloud Browser, we never save your password, and anything that reaches your readers waits for your OK. The browser profile is encrypted in the EU. Independent scanners grade cotlet.dev A+.

Security overview

How much do the Housecall Pro API and MCP server cost?

One price for both: a tool call costs the same over MCP or REST. Free 7-day trial with 2,000 credits, no card needed. Then one-time credit packs, no subscription, valid 12 months. Each call uses 10 credits, and your Cloud Browser uses 50 credits a day while Housecall Pro is enabled for agents, so 20 calls a day come to 250 credits.

See full pricing
Cotlet credit packs: price, credits and calls at 10 credits each
Credits Price, one time Calls at 10 credits Per 1,000 credits
5,000 $29 500 $5.80
15,000 $79 1,500 $5.27
32,000 $149 3,200 $4.66
60,000 $249 6,000 $4.15

Only successful calls use credits; failed calls and timeouts cost nothing. At a balance of 0 calls pause, never a surprise charge. Authenticate with the Authorization: Bearer header.

Questions

Does Housecall Pro have an API?

Housecall Pro has a public REST API, but only on the MAX plan, with a limited-access API key (checked 14 Oct 2026). The public reference documents reads for invoices and a job create call; it documents no call to create, send or pay an invoice, and Housecall Pro publishes no MCP server.

How do I get access?

Sign up free, open Housecall Pro under Integrations in the console and press Request access. Your free trial starts with your account, no card needed.

Is the MCP server different from the API?

No, only the way in. Cotlet builds each integration as a REST API and puts an MCP server on top, so both have the same 15 tools, the same inputs and answers, one API key and one price. AI agents such as Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use MCP; scripts, cron jobs and HTTP steps in n8n, Make or Zapier use the REST API.

What is the Cloud Browser?

Your own Chrome that Cotlet runs for you in the EU, around the clock. You open it from the console, sign in to Housecall Pro yourself and press Enable for agents. Your agent's calls go through it, from its IP with its cookies, so Housecall Pro sees the browser you signed in with. Password saving is off and the profile is stored encrypted with AES-256-GCM.

Can my agent act without asking me?

Not on anything that reaches other people: create_customer, create_job, create_estimate, send_estimate, create_progress_invoice, send_invoice, record_invoice_payment wait for your OK by default. You can switch that off per tool for scheduled runs.

Can my agent send or pay an invoice, which the API cannot?

Yes. send_invoice and record_invoice_payment work like Send and Pay in the web portal. Both reach your customers or your books, so you confirm each call by default. Texting also needs text messaging approved on your account and a number in the customer's Mobile field.

Should I use a Housecall Pro MCP server from GitHub instead?

Pick one if you want the code on your own computer and do not mind the upkeep: you install it, sign it in and fix it when Housecall Pro changes. Pick Cotlet if you want it hosted and kept working for you.

Can I use it in n8n, Make or Zapier?

Yes. Add https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 in n8n's MCP Client node, or call the REST endpoints from an HTTP step in Make or Zapier.

Who runs Cotlet?

Cotlet is run by Take Group, a Polish software company working since 2019. Take Group runs about 3,200 websites on its own systems and has its own DevOps team for infrastructure security. We built and used integrations like this inside the company for years before opening them as Cotlet.

Is Cotlet affiliated with Housecall Pro?

No. Cotlet is independent and not affiliated with Housecall Pro.

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