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MCP Integrations Shift4
MCP & AI Agent Integration

Shift4
automation.

19 AI agent actions for Shift4 — callable from any MCP-compatible runtime, Claude, Cursor, or Cerebral OS workflow. Use Shift4 to process payments, generate invoices, and manage financial workflows without human intervention. Full governance, audit trail, and dry-run safety on every execution.

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Live in production environments
<200ms median execution
Dry-run before production
Execution trace
live
19
actions
100%
governed
<200ms
latency
19
AI agent actions
9
Read operations
10
Write operations
2
High-risk actions (approval gated)
Finance & Payments Shift4 is a Finance & Payments integration — use it to automate payments, invoicing, and financial operations from any AI agent or MCP-compatible runtime.
Actions

What you can do
with Shift4.

Every action below is available as an MCP tool and a verb in Cerebral OS — callable from any AI agent, Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, or your own runtime via the BYOA API. All executions are governed, audited, and dry-run safe.

Get Charge
shift4:get_charge
Fetch a single charge by ID with payment details and status.
Read Low risk
Get Customer
shift4:get_customer
Fetch a single customer by ID with their details and metadata.
Read Low risk
Get Plan
shift4:get_plan
Fetch a single plan by ID with pricing and billing details.
Read Low risk
Get Refund
shift4:get_refund
Fetch a single refund by ID with details and status.
Read Low risk
Get Subscription
shift4:get_subscription
Fetch a single subscription by ID with status and billing details.
Read Low risk
List Charges
shift4:list_charges
List charges with optional filtering and pagination.
Read Low risk
List Customers
shift4:list_customers
List customers with optional filtering and pagination.
Read Low risk
List Plans
shift4:list_plans
List subscription plans with optional filtering and pagination.
Read Low risk
List Refunds
shift4:list_refunds
List refunds with optional filtering and pagination.
Read Low risk
Cancel Subscription
shift4:cancel_subscription
Cancel a subscription immediately or at the end of the current period.
Write High risk
Capture Charge
shift4:capture_charge
Capture a previously authorized charge.
Write Medium risk
Create Card Token
shift4:create_card_token
Create a secure card token for use in charges. This tokenizes sensitive card data.
Write Medium risk
Create Charge
shift4:create_charge
Create a new charge (payment) in Shift4.
Write Medium risk
Create Customer
shift4:create_customer
Create a new customer in Shift4.
Write Medium risk
Create Plan
shift4:create_plan
Create a new subscription plan.
Write Medium risk
Create Refund
shift4:create_refund
Create a refund for a charge.
Write Medium risk
Create Subscription
shift4:create_subscription
Create a new subscription for a customer.
Write Medium risk
Delete Customer
shift4:delete_customer
Delete a customer permanently. This cannot be undone.
Write High risk
Update Customer
shift4:update_customer
Update an existing customer's details.
Write Medium risk
MCP & Runtime API

Call Shift4
from any AI agent.

Any AI agent — Claude, Cursor, LangChain, AutoGen, or your own — can call Shift4 actions through the Cerebral OS Runtime API. Governance, credentials, and audit trail fire automatically.

shift4:get_charge READ
# Call via Runtime API
curl
-X POST \
  "https://api.cerebralos.com/v1/runtime/actions/run"
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "verb": "shift4:get_charge",
    "args": {},
    "execution_id": "agent-001"
  }'
shift4:cancel_subscription WRITE
# Dry-run first — no production risk
curl
-X POST \
  "https://api.cerebralos.com/v1/runtime/actions/run"
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "verb": "shift4:cancel_subscription",
    "args": {},
    "execution_id": "agent-001",
    "metadata": {"dryRun": true}
  }'
Get your Runtime API key at app.cerebralos.com/signup — 1,000 free executions, no credit card required.
AI agent examples

What your AI agent
can do with Shift4.

Real patterns your AI agent can execute via MCP or the Runtime API. Every action governed, dry-run safe, and fully audited.

Trigger
AI agent needs Shift4 data
Call shift4:get_charge via MCP or Runtime API
AI processes result and takes next action
Full execution logged to audit trail automatically
Trigger
Workflow needs to write to Shift4
Dry-run validates shift4:cancel_subscription before execution
Approval gate fires if risk level is high
Action executes with full governance — logged, audited, reversible
Trigger
Payment or billing event
Sync to accounting system
Generate invoice
Alert finance team
How it works

Every Shift4 action
governed end-to-end.

Cerebral OS isn't a connector. It's the execution layer that sits in front of Shift4 — adding governance, dry-run safety, and a full audit trail to every operation.

Governance first
Every verb carries a risk classification. High-risk writes require explicit approval gates before they execute in production.
Dry-run safe
Simulate any Shift4 action before it touches production. See exactly what would happen before a single real call is made.
Immutable audit trail
Every Shift4 action is logged — what ran, what changed, who approved it, when it happened. Full history on every verb, forever.
Connect with

Shift4 works best
alongside these.

Build multi-step workflows that connect Shift4 to the rest of your stack. All governed. All audited.

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