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Your AI agent books appointments from messages, finds free slots, moves a sick stylist's day and finds clients due back. Sign in to Phorest once in your own Cloud Browser. No API request, no development team. - Free 7-day trial, no card - Unofficial, not affiliated with Phorest - Page: https://cotlet.dev/integrations/phorest-api-mcp-server ## What can your AI agent do in Phorest? - Book appointments from messages - Find free slots for a service - Move a sick stylist's day - Find clients due for a visit - Add new clients and notes - See tomorrow's gaps per stylist ## Does Phorest have an MCP server or an API? - Phorest asks you to contact Support with your account number for API access. - The Phorest API has no webhooks, so new bookings must be polled. - Phorest has no connector in the ChatGPT apps directory or in Claude. | What you need | Phorest API | By hand | Cotlet | |---|---|---|---| | Appointments and free slots | With credentials | Yes, one by one | Yes | | Book or move a booking | With credentials | Yes, one by one | Yes, after your OK | | Clients and notes | With credentials | Yes, one by one | Yes | | Ask in ChatGPT or Claude | No | No | Yes | | Developer needed | Yes | No | No | Checked 8 Nov 2026. Sources: [Phorest help: Getting Started with Phorest API](https://support.phorest.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018509300-Getting-Started-with-Phorest-API), [Phorest developer docs](https://developer.phorest.com/docs/getting-started), [Phorest help: access Phorest in a web browser](https://support.phorest.com/hc/en-us/articles/19543168443666-Is-it-possible-to-access-Phorest-through-my-web-browser) ## How does the Phorest MCP server work? 1. **Sign in to Phorest.** Once, in a browser we host for you. 2. **Connect your AI agent.** One address in its settings. 3. **Hand it the busywork.** It drafts the work, you OK what customers get. We never keep your Phorest password, and no booking, move or cancellation goes through until you approve it. ## How to connect Phorest to your AI agent 1. **Sign in to Phorest in a Cloud Browser.** Create a Cotlet account, open Phorest in its Cloud Browser, sign in with your Phorest login on my.phorest.com and press Enable for agents. 2. **Add the Cotlet address.** Enter https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 as the MCP server or connector URL in your agent. 3. **Let the agent in.** Chat apps open a Cotlet sign-in page. Editors, n8n and scripts send an API key made in the console. Phorest shares the address `https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1` with every other app you enable, so one connector covers them all. Turned Phorest on after connecting? Refresh the connector and the 10 tools appear. Claude: ``` Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector URL: https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/connect Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http cotlet \ https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" ``` ChatGPT: ``` Settings > Apps & Connectors > Create MCP server URL: https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/connect Authentication: OAuth ``` Cursor: ``` // ~/.cursor/mcp.json { "mcpServers": { "cotlet": { "url": "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:COTLET_API_KEY}" } } } } ``` Codex: ``` # ~/.codex/config.toml [mcp_servers.cotlet] url = "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1" bearer_token_env_var = "COTLET_API_KEY" ``` n8n: ``` MCP Client Tool (inside an AI Agent) Transport: HTTP Streamable URL: https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 Auth: Bearer, Tool: phorest_read ``` Make, Zapier: ``` Make: MCP Client > Call a tool Zapier: MCP Client by Zapier > Run Tool Server URL: https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 Token: Tool: phorest_write ``` ## All 10 Phorest MCP tools ### Appointments Free slots come from the calendar and the services each staff member offers. Bookings, moves and cancellations wait for your OK; your reminder settings decide what the client hears. - **List appointments** (`list_appointments`, read): Appointments for a day or range, by staff member. - **Find free slots** (`find_free_slots`, read): Open times for a service, optionally with one staff member. - **Book appointment** (`book_appointment`, write, asks first): Books a service for a client with a staff member. - **Reschedule appointment** (`reschedule_appointment`, write, asks first): Moves an appointment to a new time or staff member. - **Cancel appointment** (`cancel_appointment`, write, asks first): Cancels an appointment with a reason. ### Clients Search matches name, mobile and email, so a returning client is found before a duplicate is made. Notes are for your team only. - **List clients** (`list_clients`, read): Clients, searchable by name, phone or email. - **Get client** (`get_client`, read): One client with visit history, notes and upcoming bookings. - **Create client** (`create_client`, write): Adds a new client. - **Add client note** (`add_client_note`, write): Adds a note to a client record. ### Services The service menu with durations and prices, so bookings use your exact service names. - **List services** (`list_services`, read): Your service menu with durations and prices. Inputs, REST path and example response of every tool: https://cotlet.dev/integrations/phorest-api-mcp-server#tools ## Who can see my Phorest session, and how do I revoke it? - **What we store.** Your signed-in Phorest profile, AES-256-GCM encrypted, in Finland. No password. - **What your agent gets.** The 10 Phorest tools, never the session cookie. - **What the session sees.** What your login sees: calendar, clients, notes, services. - **What no tool touches.** Card payments, sales, payroll, marketing sends, deletes. - **If Phorest signs you out.** You sign in again yourself, in the same Cloud Browser. - **How to cut access.** Disable for agents, reset the browser, or change your Phorest password. Cotlet never types your password: you sign in yourself, and the agent only uses the session. Our site scores A+ on Qualys SSL Labs, securityheaders.com and Mozilla Observatory ([live results](https://cotlet.dev/security.md)). ## What happens when Phorest changes? - **12 h** between tests of the Phorest reads - **24 h** between tests of sends a customer would notice - **$0** for a call to a Phorest tool paused for repair When Phorest moves a button on the appointment screen or renames a calendar view, we fix the tool and your agent calls it the same way. [status.cotlet.dev](https://status.cotlet.dev) checks the site, console and API every 3 minutes. ## Approvals, undo and mistakes 1. **Reads tomorrow's appointments.** For the stylist who is off. 2. **Finds free slots.** With other stylists who offer the same service. 3. **Proposes the moves.** And lists what does not fit. 4. **Waits, then moves.** The batch shows up in your Cotlet console first. | Action | Undo | |---|---| | Book an appointment | Yes, cancel it | | Move an appointment | Move it back; a reminder already sent stays sent | | Cancel an appointment | Book it again | | Add a client or note | Yes, edit it in Phorest | 3 of 10 tools ask first: book_appointment, reschedule_appointment, cancel_appointment. A new client or a client note reach no customer, so they run at once. You can turn the wait off per tool once you trust a routine. MCP call: ``` { "name": "book_appointment", "arguments": { "client_id": "CL-40192", "service": "Cut and blow dry", "staff": "Aoife", "start": "2026-11-13T14:30" } } ``` REST: ``` curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/phorest/clients/CL-40192/appointments \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"service":"Cut and blow dry","staff":"Aoife","start":"2026-11-13T14:30"}' ``` Response: ``` { "appointment_id": "A-73188", "client": "Sophie Walsh", "service": "Cut and blow dry", "staff": "Aoife", "start": "2026-11-13T14:30", "status": "Booked" } ``` A cron job or n8n flow can call the same tools over REST at `/api/v1/phorest` with the same key and price, in JSON. Failed calls are free. Each tool row above shows its REST path. ## How much does the Phorest MCP server cost? **About $46 a month** for a salon with 5 stylists, 7,940 credits. Your Phorest plan stays as it is. | Job | Calls | Credits | |---|---|---| | Booking from a message | 3 × 120 | 3,600 | | Appointment moved | 3 × 40 | 1,200 | | Tomorrow's book checked | 1 × 26 | 260 | | Clients due back, weekly | 12 × 4 | 480 | | New client with a note | 3 × 30 | 900 | | Cloud Browser, 30 days | | 1,500 | | Total | | 7,940 | - Free 7-day trial, no card - 10 credits per successful call, MCP or REST - 50 credits a day for the Cloud Browser - Works on your current Phorest plan Phorest publishes no booking counts, so the month is our example. Dollars at the $29 pack rate. ## Phorest MCP server on GitHub, Zapier or hosted: which to use | Option | What it does | Where it stops | |---|---|---| | Phorest API | Appointments, clients and services for your own developer. | Credentials through Phorest Support; no webhooks; you build and host the code. | | Third-party bridges | Hosted connections to ChatGPT and Claude built on the API. | Need the same Phorest API credentials first. | | By hand | Every screen of Phorest, one booking at a time. | Your front desk's time. | If you already have Phorest API credentials and a developer, building on the API is cheaper for simple reads. To book and reschedule from ChatGPT or Claude this week, Cotlet works in the Phorest account you already have. ### Phorest MCP setup on GitHub and PyPI Prefer code? Our public repo has a ready Phorest MCP config for Claude Code, ChatGPT and Cursor, an agent skill and a small command-line tool. Add your Cotlet API key and your agent works in your own Phorest account. - MCP config for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex - Agent skill and Cursor rules for Phorest - Clone it and run, Python standard library only - Elastic License 2.0, free in your own business - Code: https://github.com/cotlet-connect/phorest-mcp ## Who runs Cotlet Take Group sp. z o.o. runs Cotlet. It is a software company registered in Poland, EU (VAT PL6342984273), in business since 2019, led by its founders Bart Krawczyk (Co-founder, CTO) and Jake Slugocki (Co-founder, SEO, sales and marketing). Questions about the Phorest tools go to contact@cotlet.dev. ## Phorest MCP server: questions ### How do I get access? Sign up free at https://cotlet.dev, open Phorest under Integrations in the console and sign in to Phorest in its Cloud Browser. The trial starts with your first app and asks for no card. ### How do I connect Phorest to ChatGPT or Claude? Sign up at cotlet.dev, log in to Phorest once in its Cloud Browser and add Cotlet to ChatGPT or Claude, following the steps in your console. No API key is needed. ChatGPT and Claude then work in your Phorest account through Cotlet, in their phone apps too. ### What can ChatGPT do in Phorest? With Cotlet, ChatGPT, Claude and other AI agents handle jobs like these in Phorest: book appointments from messages; reschedule a sick stylist's day; find clients due for a visit. You ask in plain words, and anything that reaches other people waits for your OK first. ### Is there an official ChatGPT or Claude app for Phorest? No. Phorest has no ChatGPT or Claude connector of its own and Phorest has no official MCP server (checked 8 Nov 2026). Cotlet is an independent one that works in ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and any MCP client, on your signed-in account. ### Can ChatGPT book appointments in Phorest? Yes, with Cotlet. ChatGPT finds the client, checks free slots for the service and books it with the stylist you name. Booking waits for your OK by default. ### Can ChatGPT reschedule appointments in Phorest? Yes, with Cotlet. ChatGPT moves an appointment to a new time or another stylist, for example when someone is off sick, after your OK. ### Can ChatGPT find clients in Phorest? Yes, with Cotlet. ChatGPT searches clients by name, mobile or email and reads their visit history and notes, for example to find colour clients due back. ### Do I need Phorest API credentials to use Cotlet? No. Cotlet works through your own Phorest login, so you do not need credentials from Phorest Support or a development team. It can do what your login can do in Phorest. ### Does it send booking reminders? Phorest sends its own reminders and confirmations by your settings. A booking the agent makes is a normal Phorest booking, so the same reminders go out. ### Is the MCP server different from the REST API? Only in how it is called. Both carry the same 10 tools, inputs, answers, API key and price. Agents use MCP; scripts and HTTP steps use REST. ### Is Cotlet affiliated with Phorest? 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