# `io.usefulapi/lightspeed-r-series` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/lightspeed-r-series
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/lightspeed-r-series
- Version: 1.11.3 (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
Lightspeed Retail (R-Series) MCP by usefulapi
Read Lightspeed R-Series items, stock, sales, customers and POs; create customers and set stock.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:40:40.156Z over streamable-http.

**17 tools: 2 can delete or cancel things, 1 do something that can't be undone, 1 change things and 13 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 2 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 1 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 13 | allow |

## Findings

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "list_purchase_orders" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "irreversible".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true}; The name "list_purchase_orders" says "list": a word for reading.
```


## Deletes or cancels (2)

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

### `update_item`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Change fields of an existing item: description, default cost, SKUs, category. Only the fields you pass are changed. Prices and stock are not changed here (use update_stock for quantities). PUT /Account/{accountID}/Item/{itemID}.json.
```

### `update_stock`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
CHANGES STOCK COUNTS: sets (does not add to) the quantity on hand of one item in one shop to `qoh`, by updating the item's ItemShop record. Use for correcting a few items; for many items use an inventory count in Lightspeed. Identify the shop by shop_id, or by item_shop_id from get_item's ItemShops. Not for shopID 0 (the all-shops summary). PUT /Account/{accountID}/Item/{itemID}.json with ItemShops.
```

## Can't be undone (1)

Sends, pays, publishes or merges: once done, it cannot be taken back. Claude Code: ask.

### `list_purchase_orders`

- The name "list_purchase_orders" says "list": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "purchase": a word that usually means money moves, which cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Purchase orders to vendors: orderID, vendorID, shopID, orderedDate, arrivalDate, receivedDate, complete, totalQuantity, shipCost. GET /Account/{accountID}/Order.json.
```

## Changes things (1)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `create_customer`

- The name "create_customer" says "create": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create a new customer, optionally with a primary email and one phone number (stored in the customer's Contact). Give at least a first name, last name or company. Returns the new customer with its customerID. POST /Account/{accountID}/Customer.json.
```

## Only reads (13)

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

### `get_account`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The connected Lightspeed Retail (R-Series) account: id, name, status, employee count/limit, default and purchasing currencies. Good first call. GET /Account/{accountID}.json.
```

### `get_customer`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One customer by customerID with Contact (emails, phones, addresses), customer type and notes. GET /Account/{accountID}/Customer/{customerID}.json.
```

### `get_item`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One item by itemID with its prices, per-shop stock (ItemShops), category and other related records. GET /Account/{accountID}/Item/{itemID}.json.
```

### `get_purchase_order`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One purchase order by orderID with its lines (OrderLines: itemID, quantity, numReceived, price), vendor and shop. GET /Account/{accountID}/Order/{orderID}.json.
```

### `get_sale`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One sale by saleID with its line items (SaleLines with Item), payments (SalePayments with PaymentType) and customer. GET /Account/{accountID}/Sale/{saleID}.json.
```

### `list_categories`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Item categories (hierarchical): categoryID, name, fullPathName, parentID, nodeDepth. GET /Account/{accountID}/Category.json.
```

### `list_customers`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search customers by name, company or email: customerID, firstName, lastName, company, customerTypeID, createTime. Email search loads the Contact relation (emails, phones, addresses). Paginate with next_url. GET /Account/{accountID}/Customer.json.
```

### `list_employees`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Employees: employeeID, firstName, lastName, lockOut, archived, employeeRoleID, limitToShopID. Use employeeID to filter sales. GET /Account/{accountID}/Employee.json.
```

### `list_inventory`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Stock levels per item per shop (ItemShop records): qoh (quantity on hand), sellable, backorder, reorderPoint, reorderLevel, costs and values. shopID 0 is the all-shops summary. Paginate with next_url. GET /Account/{accountID}/ItemShop.json.
```

### `list_items`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the product catalog. Each item has itemID, description, SKUs (systemSku, customSku, upc, ean, manufacturerSku), defaultCost, categoryID and its Prices (price levels). Set include_stock to add per-shop quantities (ItemShops; shopID 0 = all shops). Paginate with next_url. GET /Account/{accountID}/Item.json.
```

### `list_sales`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Sales history: saleID, completed/voided flags, completeTime, totals (calcSubtotal, calcTax1/2, total, balance), customerID, employeeID, shopID, registerID. Filter by a date range on completeTime (default) or timeStamp, shop, customer, employee. Set include_lines for SaleLines (items sold). Paginate with next_url. GET /Account/{accountID}/Sale.json.
```

### `list_shops`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the account's shops (store locations): shopID, name, time zone, archived flag. Use shopID to filter sales, inventory and purchase orders. GET /Account/{accountID}/Shop.json.
```

### `list_vendors`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Suppliers: vendorID, name, accountNumber, archived. GET /Account/{accountID}/Vendor.json.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `lightspeed-r-series`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__get_account",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__list_shops",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__list_items",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__get_item",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__list_inventory",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__list_categories",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__list_sales",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__get_sale",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__list_customers",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__get_customer",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__list_vendors",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__get_purchase_order",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__list_employees"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__list_purchase_orders",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__create_customer"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__update_item",
      "mcp__lightspeed-r-series__update_stock"
    ]
  }
}
```