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Royal Mail MCP server

Book, track and cancel Royal Mail and Parcelforce parcels by chatting with your AI.

This is a small helper that lets your AI assistant talk to Royal Mail's Click & Drop system. You describe the parcel in plain words, and the AI books it, tracks it, or cancels it for you. It is handy if you post parcels for a shop, an office, or a small business and you are tired of clicking through the Click & Drop website.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat. It cannot post a parcel or look up a tracking number. An MCP server is a small helper program you install once, and it gives your AI a new skill. This one gives your AI a direct line to Royal Mail Click & Drop, so when you ask it to book or track something, it can actually do it.

What this MCP server does

You type a request, like booking a parcel to an address. Your AI reads it, picks the right Royal Mail service, and passes the details to this helper. The helper sends the booking to Royal Mail's Click & Drop system using your own account key. Royal Mail replies with an order number, a tracking number, or a label file, and the AI shows you the result in the chat.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Book a 1st class letter to Alex Taylor, Manchester”, the Royal Mail MCP server connects it to Royal Mail, and you get back order number or tracking status.

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What you can do with it

Book a single parcel or letter with a chosen Royal Mail or Parcelforce service
Book many orders at once and get one merged PDF of all the labels
Track one or several orders and get a plain-English status summary
Cancel an order before it is manifested, with no charge
Save a postage label as a PDF file on your computer
List every Royal Mail and Parcelforce service the tool supports, with codes

Try asking your AI

“Book a 1st class letter to Alex Taylor, 45 High Street, Manchester M1 1AA, 80 grams. Reference it ORDER-1842.”
“Ship these three orders via Tracked 48 and give me the order numbers.”
“Cancel order 1004. The customer sent the wrong postcode.”
“Track orders 1002, 1003 and 1004 and summarise where each one is.”

What it gives back to you

You get back clear answers in the chat: an order number when a booking succeeds, a tracking number and current status when you track, or a confirmation when something is cancelled. For labels, the tool saves a PDF file on your computer and tells you where it is. For batch bookings, you get a single merged PDF ready to print.

Before you start

What you need

A Royal Mail Click & Drop account
Your Click & Drop API key (a kind of password for apps; you find it in Click & Drop under Settings, then API credentials)
Node.js installed on your computer (the free software that runs this helper)
An MCP-compatible AI app such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code or Zed

Good to know

Your API key gives full access to your Click & Drop account, so keep it private, and remember the tool can book and cancel real shipments that cost real money.

Install it with your AI

Add Royal Mail MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

Sign in to get the install prompt

Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check Royal Mail MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.