# `io.usefulapi/kickserv` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/kickserv
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/kickserv
- Version: 1.16.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T19:23:21.685Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Kickserv MCP by usefulapi
Look up Kickserv customers, jobs, notes and time entries, and create jobs, tasks and charges.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:40:28.730Z over streamable-http.

**20 tools: 9 can delete or cancel things and 11 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 9 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 11 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `kickserv_log_time_entry` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "kickserv_log_time_entry" destructive (destructiveHint: true), and its name says "log", a word for reading.

annotations: {"destructiveHint":true}; The name "kickserv_log_time_entry" says "log": a word for reading.
```


## Deletes or cancels (9)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `kickserv_add_customer_note`

- The name "kickserv_add_customer_note" says "add": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: add a note to a customer. Set `public` to true to make it visible to the customer. Kickserv: POST /{account}/customers/{customer_number}/notes.xml.
```

### `kickserv_add_job_charge`

- The name "kickserv_add_job_charge" says "add": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: add a charge (line item — a product, service or part) to a job. This changes the job's estimate/invoice total; it does NOT charge the customer's card. Pick `item_id` from kickserv_list_items. Kickserv: POST /{account}/jobs/{job_number}/job_charges.xml.
```

### `kickserv_add_job_note`

- The name "kickserv_add_job_note" says "add": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: add a note to a job. Set `public` to true to make it visible to the customer. Kickserv: POST /{account}/jobs/{job_number}/notes.xml.
```

### `kickserv_create_customer`

- The name "kickserv_create_customer" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: create a new customer. Kickserv assigns the customer number. Kickserv: POST /{account}/customers.xml.
```

### `kickserv_create_job`

- The name "kickserv_create_job" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: create a job (work order) for a customer. `customer_id` is the customer's internal `id` (from kickserv_get_customer), not the customer number; `job_type_id` is the job category. Set `estimate` to create it as an estimate. Kickserv: POST /{account}/jobs.xml.
```

### `kickserv_create_task`

- The name "kickserv_create_task" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: create a task (appointment / to-do) on a job and optionally assign employees. `job_id` is the job's internal `id` (from kickserv_get_job), not the job number. Kickserv: POST /{account}/tasks.xml.
```

### `kickserv_log_time_entry`

- The name "kickserv_log_time_entry" says "log": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "write": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: log hours worked by an employee on a job. `employee_id` is the employee's `id` from kickserv_list_employees. Kickserv: POST /{account}/jobs/{job_number}/time_entries.xml.
```

### `kickserv_update_customer`

- The name "kickserv_update_customer" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: update fields on an existing customer. Only the fields you pass change. Balances, credit limit and custom fields are not settable here. Kickserv: PATCH /{account}/customers/{customer_number}.xml.
```

### `kickserv_update_job`

- The name "kickserv_update_job" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: update an existing job — reschedule it, rename it, change its description, category or custom job status, or reassign employees (employee_ids replaces the assignment). Totals, tax and payment fields are not settable here. Kickserv: PATCH /{account}/jobs/{job_number}.xml.
```

## Only reads (11)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `kickserv_get_customer`

- The name "kickserv_get_customer" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch one customer by customer number, optionally with related contacts, jobs, tasks and notes. The result's `id` is what job/task create calls need as `customer_id`. Kickserv: GET /{account}/customers/{customer_number}.xml.
```

### `kickserv_get_job`

- The name "kickserv_get_job" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch one job by job number, optionally with its customer, assigned employees, job charges (line items), time entries and notes. Kickserv: GET /{account}/jobs/{job_number}.xml.
```

### `kickserv_get_task`

- The name "kickserv_get_task" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch one task (appointment / to-do attached to a job) by id. Kickserv: GET /{account}/tasks/{task_id}.xml.
```

### `kickserv_list_customer_jobs`

- The name "kickserv_list_customer_jobs" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the jobs for one customer, 30 per page. Kickserv: GET /{account}/customers/{customer_number}/jobs.xml.
```

### `kickserv_list_customer_notes`

- The name "kickserv_list_customer_notes" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the notes on one customer. Kickserv: GET /{account}/customers/{customer_number}/notes.xml.
```

### `kickserv_list_customers`

- The name "kickserv_list_customers" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List or search customers, 30 per page. Every filter is an exact match on that field. Use `only` to keep the response small. Kickserv: GET /{account}/customers.xml.
```

### `kickserv_list_employees`

- The name "kickserv_list_employees" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List all employees (technicians and office staff), active and inactive. Use their `id` for job/task assignment and time entries, and `employee_number` to filter jobs. Kickserv: GET /{account}/employees.xml.
```

### `kickserv_list_items`

- The name "kickserv_list_items" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List products/services (the price list used for job charges), 30 per page. Active items only by default. Kickserv: GET /{account}/items.xml.
```

### `kickserv_list_job_notes`

- The name "kickserv_list_job_notes" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the notes on one job. Kickserv: GET /{account}/jobs/{job_number}/notes.xml.
```

### `kickserv_list_job_time_entries`

- The name "kickserv_list_job_time_entries" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the time entries (hours logged by technicians) on one job. Kickserv: GET /{account}/jobs/{job_number}/time_entries.xml.
```

### `kickserv_list_jobs`

- The name "kickserv_list_jobs" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List jobs (work orders, estimates, invoices), 30 per page, filterable by schedule window, status, assigned employee, category (job type) or job status. Kickserv: GET /{account}/jobs.xml.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `kickserv`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_list_customers",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_get_customer",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_list_customer_jobs",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_list_jobs",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_get_job",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_list_customer_notes",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_list_job_notes",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_list_job_time_entries",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_get_task",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_list_employees",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_list_items"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_create_customer",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_update_customer",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_add_customer_note",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_create_job",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_update_job",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_add_job_note",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_create_task",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_log_time_entry",
      "mcp__kickserv__kickserv_add_job_charge"
    ]
  }
}
```