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Printful API and MCP server

Printful's API covers orders, shipping rates and files, but it takes a token that expires and code you write and host. Sign in to Printful 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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Printful has no API for this. So we run one for you.

Printful's own API, a GitHub MCP server and Cotlet compared
What you need Printful's APIGitHub MCP serverCotlet
Use without an API key or code No Partly Yes, 10 tools
Acts as you, signed in 24/7 No No Yes, Cloud Browser
Fixed for you when Printful changes N/A No Yes, tested every 6h
Runs with your laptop off N/A No Yes, hosted

Checked Oct 17, 2026. Sources: Printful API documentation · Printful Help: How can I check the status of an order? · Printful Help: Can I change or cancel an order that is already submitted? · Printful Help: What are mockup images?

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

  1. 01Sign in to Printful in your own Cloud Browser

  2. 02Connect it for your agents

  3. 03Cotlet keeps it signed in and working

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

AI agents connect over MCP, scripts call the REST API. Both reach the same 10 tools with one API key.

For AI agents: MCP

Add Cotlet to your agent once. Printful 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/printful with its own method and path, such as POST /api/v1/printful/draft-orders, with the same API key. Our open-source repo has ready scripts to start from.

REST API docs

What can the Printful API and MCP server do?

10 tools on your own Printful account. Agents call them as operations of the MCP tools printful_read and printful_write; scripts call each one at its own REST endpoint, with the same inputs and answers.

API reference
Printful tools in Cotlet's MCP server and REST API
Tool What it does Access
list_orders Orders of your store, newest first, filtered by status. read
get_order One order with recipient, items, costs and shipments. read
list_sync_products Products synced to your store, with their variants. read
list_product_templates Your saved product templates. read
get_shipping_rates Shipping options and delivery windows for a recipient and items. read
create_draft_order Create an order as a draft. Nothing is charged or sent to print. write
upload_design_file Add a design file to your file library from a URL. writeasks first
generate_mockups Generate product mockups for a template and return download links. write
confirm_order Submit a draft order for fulfillment. writeasks first
cancel_order Cancel a submitted order or delete a draft. writeasks first

Scroll the table for all 10 tools.

Ask in plain words. Your agent does the rest.

All Printful use cases

Is it safe to connect Printful?

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 Printful 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. Most calls use 25 credits, and your Cloud Browser uses 50 credits a day while Printful is enabled for agents, so 20 calls a day come to 550 credits.

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Cotlet credit packs: price, credits and calls at 25 credits each
Credits Price, one time Calls at 25 credits Per 1,000 credits
5,000 $29 200 $5.80
15,000 $79 600 $5.27
32,000 $149 1,280 $4.66
60,000 $249 2,400 $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 Printful have an API?

Printful has a full REST API, documented at developers.printful.com, with private tokens for your own store and OAuth for public apps, but no official MCP server (checked 17 Oct 2026). The API docs never mention MCP. The API covers orders, shipping rates, files, mockups, sync products and webhooks, so the gap is a hosted, maintained MCP server with no token or OAuth app to run.

How do I get access?

Sign up free, open Printful 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 10 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 Printful yourself and press Enable for agents. Your agent's calls go through it, from its IP with its cookies, so Printful 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: upload_design_file, confirm_order, cancel_order wait for your OK by default. You can switch that off per tool for scheduled runs.

Can my agent spend money without asking?

Only if you switch confirmation off. By default confirm_order and cancel_order wait for your OK. Printful charges your card when an order is submitted for fulfillment, and an order that is Being Fulfilled can no longer be canceled (Printful Help: Can I change or cancel an order that is already submitted).

Should I use a Printful 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 Printful 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 Printful?

No. Cotlet is independent and not affiliated with Printful.

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