WooCommerce MCP

The Woo MCP tab (under AI Assistant > Woo MCP in the left sidebar) lets you connect a desktop AI client through WooCommerce’s own native MCP integration instead of the plugin’s link. When connected this way, the AI gets access to WooCommerce’s core tools (orders, products, customers) plus all the AST PRO tracking tools — in a single connection.

This is only needed if you connect through WooCommerce MCP instead of your own link. It requires WooCommerce 10.9 or newer with the MCP integration feature switched on.

Connection key

The WooCommerce MCP route authenticates using a WooCommerce REST API key. To set one up:

1. Click Create a key in WooCommerce to open WooCommerce’s API key screen (or go to WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > REST API). Give it Read/Write access.
2. Copy both the Consumer Key (ck_…) and Consumer Secret (cs_…) before leaving — the secret is shown once only.
3. Paste both halves into the fields on this screen — the one starting ck_ and the one starting cs_ — then click Use this key.

Once a key is stored, the hint above the fields shows when it was entered and your setup steps appear below. To replace a key, paste a new one and click Use this key again.

Connecting to different AI clients

• claude.ai — cannot send an API key header. Use your own link for claude.ai and for phones. Not supported.
• ChatGPT — cannot send an API key header either. Use your own link for ChatGPT. Not supported.
• Claude Desktop — click Copy config, then open Claude Desktop: Settings > Developer > Edit Config. Paste the copied block inside the mcpServers object, save, and restart Claude Desktop.
• Cursor — click Add to Cursor. Cursor shows an IN USE badge and a “Connected and working” note once it has made a successful call. Use Reset to make Cursor sign in again on its next request.

Forget this key

Click Forget key to remove the key from this site so the setup steps above are no longer shown. The key itself keeps working until you delete it in WooCommerce.

A WooCommerce key opens the whole store — orders, products, customers — because the key belongs to WooCommerce and cannot be narrowed. Your own link reaches only what this plugin adds.

Who is connected

The Who is connected table lists every AI client currently using this key. Each row shows Acting as, App, Connected, Last used, and Status. Because a WooCommerce key belongs to one account, every connection acts as that same account.

Individual connections cannot be turned off one at a time — each holds the same key and would simply open a new session on its next request. Click Delete this key to end all access at once. A new key must be created to reconnect.

About this key

The About this key section shows what WooCommerce knows about the stored key:

• Acting as — the WooCommerce account the key belongs to.
• Named — the key’s description as set in WooCommerce.
• Access — the key’s permission level (for example, Read and write).
• Last used — how long ago this key last made a request.

What this key can do

Everything an assistant can reach through WooCommerce MCP — WooCommerce’s own tools, plus the ones this plugin adds:

WooCommerce tools

• woocommerce-orders-create — Write
• woocommerce-orders-get — Read
• woocommerce-orders-list — Read
• woocommerce-orders-update — Write
• woocommerce-products-create — Write
• woocommerce-products-delete — Delete
• woocommerce-products-get — Read
• woocommerce-products-list — Read
• woocommerce-products-update — Write

AST PRO tools

• ast-pro-add-tracking — Write
• ast-pro-delete-tracking — Delete
• ast-pro-get-orders-missing-tracking — Read
• ast-pro-get-shipments — Read
• ast-pro-get-tracking — Read