How to connect Payhip to Claude

Connect Claude Web, Desktop and Cowork to Payhip MCP. Notify me when a digital product is sold, alert on refunded payments this week, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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Payhip is an e-commerce platform for selling digital products, memberships, and physical goods directly to your audience. It simplifies online sales, payment processing, and customer access in one place.

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Introduction

Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, available on the web, in the desktop app, and on mobile. Cowork is its agent for knowledge work, and it runs on all of those surfaces too. Connected to your apps, Claude can work with your files and services to accomplish complex tasks on your behalf.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Payhip account to Claude via Composio Connect, enabling it to notify me when a digital product is sold, alert on refunded payments this week, track new membership subscriptions daily, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Setup is the same on Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork, and you only need to do it once. The connector is tied to your account, so it's available in all three.

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Connecting Payhip to Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

Two ways to add the Composio connector. Pick whichever you prefer.

1. Add with one click

Click the button. Claude opens with the Composio connector filled in. Click Add, then go to step 2.

Add to Claude

Add manually

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

2. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

3. Connect your Payhip account

Back in Claude, ask it to connect to Payhip or give it any Payhip-related task.

For example, ask Claude to:

  • "Notify me when a digital product is sold"
  • "Alert on refunded payments this week"
  • "Track new membership subscriptions daily"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Claude, and your Payhip account is ready to use.

What is the Payhip Claude Connector, and what's possible with it?

The Payhip MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Payhip account. It provides structured and secure access to your Payhip store’s events and transactions, so your agent can respond to new purchases, handle refunds, and manage customer subscriptions automatically.

  • Automated purchase handling: Let your agent detect and process completed sales in real time, enabling instant actions or notifications when a customer makes a purchase.
  • Refund event response: Have your agent react to payment refunds, updating records or informing support teams as soon as a refund is issued.
  • Subscription management automation: Empower your agent to handle new subscription signups by processing Payhip's subscription.created events for seamless onboarding or customer engagement.
  • Subscription cancellation detection: Ensure your agent responds immediately to subscription.deleted events, so you can trigger follow-ups or update your CRM when a customer cancels their subscription.

Troubleshooting

1. Why does Claude not use the Composio connector for Payhip?

The connector can show as connected, but Claude must use it in each Payhip conversation.

  • Click + at the lower left of the chat, or type /.
  • Hover Connectors.
  • Turn on Composio.
  • Ask Claude to connect to Payhip again.

2. Why does Claude show an MCP server error before Payhip connects?

Claude can show Couldn't reach the MCP server or Authorization with the MCP server failed when you add the connector for Payhip.

  • Check that the connector URL is https://connect.composio.dev/mcp.
  • Connectors run from Anthropic's cloud, so your device network is usually not the problem.
  • Add the connector again from Customize > Connectors, then ask Claude to connect Payhip.
  • If it fails again, send the error and the ofid_ reference id to support@composio.dev.

3. Why does the Payhip authorization link not work?

The Composio connector is one server. Your Payhip account connects separately when Claude asks for it.

  • If the browser does not open, or the link expires, ask Claude to retry the Payhip connection.
  • Composio creates a fresh Payhip authorization link.
  • Open that link in your browser and finish the Payhip sign-in.

4. Why do Payhip actions fail after they worked before?

The Payhip connection can expire or lose permission.

  • Ask Claude to inspect the Payhip connection.
  • If the connection is unhealthy, disconnect it when Claude prompts you.
  • Reconnect the Payhip account and retry the action.
  • If Claude shows a permission prompt, approve it before Claude changes data in Payhip.
  • If the action still fails with a permission error, check that the connected account has that permission in Payhip itself.

5. How do I switch to a different Payhip account?

Claude can manage the Payhip connection for you.

  • Ask Claude to disconnect or delete the current Payhip account.
  • Ask Claude to connect Payhip again.
  • Open the new Composio authorization link for Payhip.
  • Sign in with the other Payhip account in the browser.
  • After the account connects, ask Claude to retry the Payhip task.

6. Why is my Payhip connection missing in Claude Desktop or on a Team plan?

The connector belongs to your Claude account, so your Payhip connection works in Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork.

  • In Claude Desktop, open Customize > Connectors.
  • Next to Composio, click and click Clear cache.
  • If Payhip tools still do not appear, click , disconnect, remove the connector, and add it again.
  • On Team or Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner must enable the connector before you can connect Payhip.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Payhip action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Coupon

Tool to create a coupon for discounts in Payhip.

Delete Coupon

Tool to delete a coupon by ID.

Get Coupon

Tool to retrieve a coupon with the given ID.

Update Coupon

Tool to edit an existing coupon in Payhip.

Verify Coupon

Tool to verify a Payhip coupon code.

Webhook Event - Paid

Tool to process Payhip's paid webhook event.

Webhook Event - Refunded Payment

Tool to process Payhip's refunded webhook event.

Webhook Event - Subscription Created

Tool to process Payhip's subscription.

Webhook Event - Subscription Deleted

Tool to process Payhip's 'subscription.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Payhip MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Payhip tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Payhip and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Payhip tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Payhip scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Payhip data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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