How to integrate Givebutter MCP with Claude Code

Manage your Givebutter directly from Claude Code with zero worries about OAuth hassles, API-breaking issues, or reliability and security concerns. You can do this in two different ways: Via Composio Connect - Direct and easiest approach Via Composio SDK - Programmatic approach with more control

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Givebutter is a fundraising platform with a free, open API for managing campaigns and donations. It helps organizations easily track giving, engage supporters, and streamline fundraising efforts.

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Introduction

Manage your Givebutter directly from Claude Code with zero worries about OAuth hassles, API-breaking issues, or reliability and security concerns.

You can do this in two different ways:

  1. Via Composio Connect - Direct and easiest approach
  2. Via Composio SDK - Programmatic approach with more control

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Why use Composio?

  • Only one MCP URL to connect multiple apps with Claude Code with zero auth hassles.
  • Programmatic tool calling allows LLMs to write its code in a remote workbench to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Handling Large tool responses out of LLM context to minimize context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so LLMs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

Connecting Givebutter to Claude Code using Composio

1. Add the Composio MCP to Claude

Terminal

2. Start Claude Code

bash
claude

3. Open your MCP list

bash
/mcp

4. Select Composio and click on Authenticate

Select Composio and click Authenticate

5. This will redirect you to the Composio OAuth page. Complete the flow by authorizing Composio and you're all set.

Composio OAuth authorization page
Composio authorization complete
Ask Claude to connect to your account and authenticate via the link

What is the Givebutter MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Givebutter MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Givebutter account. It provides structured and secure access to your fundraising platform, so your agent can perform actions like creating campaigns, tracking donations, managing contacts, and handling payouts on your behalf.

  • Campaign management and creation: Easily instruct your agent to start new fundraising campaigns, update campaign details, or remove old campaigns when needed.
  • Donation and payout tracking: Ask your agent to retrieve lists of payouts, monitor donation flows, and keep tabs on your fundraising progress in real time.
  • Contact and member administration: Let your agent add, archive, or delete contacts, and fetch lists of campaign members for smooth supporter management.
  • Fund and webhook operations: Direct your agent to get details about specific funds, create or remove webhooks for event notifications, and manage fundraising infrastructure automatically.
  • Automated data cleanup: Empower your agent to archive or delete obsolete contacts, funds, or webhooks, keeping your Givebutter account organized and up to date.

Connecting Givebutter via Composio SDK

Composio SDK is the underlying tech that powers Rube. It's a universal gateway that does everything Rube does but with much more programmatic control. You can programmatically generate an MCP URL with the app you need (here Givebutter) for even more tool search precision. It's secure and reliable.

How the Composio SDK works

The Composio SDK follows a three-phase workflow:

  1. Discovery: Searches for tools matching your task and returns relevant toolkits with their details.
  2. Authentication: Checks for active connections. If missing, creates an auth config and returns a connection URL via Auth Link.
  3. Execution: Executes the action using the authenticated connection.

Step-by-step Guide

Step by step10 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • Claude Pro, Max, or API billing enabled Anthropic account
  • Composio API Key
  • A Givebutter account
  • Basic knowledge of Python or TypeScript
2

Install Claude Code

bash
# macOS, Linux, WSL
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

# Windows PowerShell
irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex

# Windows CMD
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.cmd -o install.cmd && install.cmd && del install.cmd

To install Claude Code, use one of the following methods based on your operating system:

3

Set up Claude Code

bash
cd your-project-folder
claude

Open a terminal, go to your project folder, and start Claude Code:

  • Claude Code will open in your terminal
  • Follow the prompts to sign in with your Anthropic account
  • Complete the authentication flow
  • Once authenticated, you can start using Claude Code
Claude Code initial setup showing sign-in prompt
Claude Code terminal after successful login
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here

Create a .env file in your project root with the following variables:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates with Composio (get it from Composio dashboard)
  • USER_ID identifies the user for session management (use any unique identifier)
5

Install Composio library

npm install @composio/core dotenv

Install the Composio TypeScript library to create MCP sessions.

  • @composio/core provides the core Composio functionality
  • dotenv loads environment variables from your .env file
6

Generate Composio MCP URL

import 'dotenv/config';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';

const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;

if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
  throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
}

const composioClient = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });

const composioSession = await composioClient.create(USER_ID, {
  toolkits: ['givebutter'],
});

const composioMcpUrl = composioSession?.mcp.url;

console.log(`MCP URL: ${composioMcpUrl}`);
console.log(`\nUse this command to add to Claude Code:`);
console.log(`claude mcp add --transport http givebutter-composio "${composioMcpUrl}" --headers "X-API-Key:${COMPOSIO_API_KEY}"`);

Create a script to generate a Composio MCP URL for Givebutter. This URL will be used to connect Claude Code to Givebutter.

What's happening

  • We import the Composio client and load environment variables
  • Create a Composio instance with your API key
  • Call create() to create a Tool Router session for Givebutter
  • The returned mcp.url is the MCP server URL that Claude Code will use
  • The script prints this URL so you can copy it
7

Run the script and copy the MCP URL

node --loader ts-node/esm generate_mcp_url.ts
# or if using tsx
tsx generate_mcp_url.ts

Run your TypeScript script to generate the MCP URL.

  • The script connects to Composio and creates a Tool Router session
  • It prints the MCP URL and the exact command you need to run
  • Copy the entire claude mcp add command from the output
8

Add Givebutter MCP to Claude Code

bash
claude mcp add --transport http givebutter-composio "YOUR_MCP_URL_HERE" --headers "X-API-Key:YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY"

# Then restart Claude Code
exit
claude

In your terminal, add the MCP server using the command from the previous step. The command format is:

  • claude mcp add registers a new MCP server with Claude Code
  • --transport http specifies that this is an HTTP-based MCP server
  • The server name (givebutter-composio) is how you'll reference it
  • The URL points to your Composio Tool Router session
  • --headers includes your Composio API key for authentication

After running the command, close the current Claude Code session and start a new one for the changes to take effect.

9

Verify the installation

bash
claude mcp list

Check that your Givebutter MCP server is properly configured.

  • This command lists all MCP servers registered with Claude Code
  • You should see your givebutter-composio entry in the list
  • This confirms that Claude Code can now access Givebutter tools

If everything is wired up, you should see your givebutter-composio entry listed:

Claude Code MCP list showing the toolkit MCP server
10

Authenticate Givebutter

The first time you try to use Givebutter tools, you'll be prompted to authenticate.

  • Claude Code will detect that you need to authenticate with Givebutter
  • It will show you an authentication link
  • Open the link in your browser (or copy/paste it)
  • Complete the Givebutter authorization flow
  • Return to the terminal and start using Givebutter through Claude Code

Once authenticated, you can ask Claude Code to perform Givebutter operations in natural language. For example:

  • "Create a new fundraising campaign for our school"
  • "List all recent payouts to our nonprofit account"
  • "Get details for fund with ID fund_abc123"

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Givebutter and Claude Code:

import 'dotenv/config';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';

const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;

if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
  throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
}

const composioClient = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });

const composioSession = await composioClient.create(USER_ID, {
  toolkits: ['givebutter'],
});

const composioMcpUrl = composioSession?.mcp.url;

console.log(`MCP URL: ${composioMcpUrl}`);
console.log(`\nUse this command to add to Claude Code:`);
console.log(`claude mcp add --transport http givebutter-composio "${composioMcpUrl}" --headers "X-API-Key:${COMPOSIO_API_KEY}"`);

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Givebutter with Claude Code using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with Givebutter directly from your terminal using natural language commands.

Key features of this setup:

  • Terminal-native experience without switching contexts
  • Natural language commands for Givebutter operations
  • Secure authentication through Composio's managed MCP
  • Tool Router for dynamic tool discovery and execution

Next steps:

  • Try asking Claude Code to perform various Givebutter operations
  • Add more toolkits to your Tool Router session for multi-app workflows
  • Integrate this setup into your development workflow for increased productivity

You can extend this by adding more toolkits, implementing custom workflows, or building automation scripts that leverage Claude Code's capabilities.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Contact Tags

Tool to add tags to a contact by contact ID.

Add Household Contact

Tool to add a contact to a household.

Archive Contact

Tool to archive a contact by their ID.

Create Campaign

Tool to create a new campaign.

Create Campaign Ticket

Tool to create a campaign ticket for events or fundraisers.

Create Contact

Tool to create a new contact in Givebutter.

Create Contact Activity

Tool to create a contact activity (e.

Create Discount Code

Tool to create a discount code for a campaign.

Create Fund

Tool to create a new fund.

Create Household

Tool to create a new household in Givebutter.

Create Transaction

Tool to create a new transaction for a campaign.

Create Webhook

Tool to create a new webhook subscription.

Delete Campaign

Tool to delete a campaign by its ID.

Delete Contact Activity

Tool to delete a contact activity by contact ID and activity ID.

Delete Discount Code

Tool to delete a discount code from a campaign.

Delete Fund

Tool to delete a fund by its ID.

Delete Household

Tool to delete a household by its ID.

Delete Webhook

Tool to delete a webhook by its ID.

Get Campaign

Tool to retrieve details for a specific campaign by its ID or code.

Get Campaign Ticket

Tool to retrieve a specific campaign ticket by campaign ID and ticket ID.

Get Contact

Tool to retrieve details of a specific contact by ID.

Get Contact Activity

Tool to retrieve a specific contact activity by contact ID and activity ID.

Get Discount Code

Tool to retrieve details of a specific discount code for a campaign.

Get Fund

Tool to retrieve details of a specific fund by its ID.

Get Household

Tool to retrieve details of a specific household by its ID.

Get Members

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of members for a given campaign.

Get Payouts

Tool to retrieve a list of payouts associated with your account.

Get Plans

Tool to retrieve a list of plans associated with your account.

Get Teams

Tool to retrieve a list of teams for a specific campaign.

Get Tickets

Tool to retrieve a list of tickets.

Get Transactions

Tool to retrieve a list of transactions associated with your account.

Get Webhook

Tool to retrieve a specific webhook by its ID.

Get Webhook Activity

Tool to retrieve a specific webhook activity by its ID.

Get Webhooks

Tool to retrieve all webhooks configured for your account.

List Campaigns

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of campaigns for the authenticated account.

List Campaign Tickets

Tool to retrieve a list of all campaign tickets for a specific campaign.

List Contact Activities

Tool to retrieve all activities for a specific contact.

List Contacts

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of contacts from your Givebutter account.

List Discount Codes

Tool to list all discount codes for a campaign.

List Funds

Tool to list all funds in your Givebutter account.

List Household Contacts

Tool to retrieve all contacts associated with a household.

List Households

Tool to retrieve a list of all households in your account.

List Messages

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of messages.

List Pledges

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of all pledges.

List Webhook Activities

Tool to list all webhook activities for a specific webhook.

Remove Contact Tags

Tool to remove tags from a contact in Givebutter.

Restore Contact

Tool to restore a deleted contact by contact ID.

Sync Contact Tags

Tool to sync tags for a contact.

Update Campaign

Tool to update an existing campaign's details by its ID.

Update Campaign (PUT)

Tool to update a campaign using PUT method.

Update Contact

Tool to update an existing contact's details by contact ID.

Update Contact Activity

Tool to update a contact activity by contact ID and activity ID.

Update Contact (PUT)

Tool to update a contact using PUT method.

Update Discount Code

Tool to update an existing discount code for a campaign.

Update Fund

Tool to update a fund's details by its ID.

Update Household

Tool to update an existing household's details by its ID.

Update Webhook

Tool to update an existing webhook subscription's details.

Update Webhook (PUT)

Tool to update a webhook using PUT method (full replacement).

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. Claude Code 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 Givebutter tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Givebutter 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 Givebutter data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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