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Toast MCP connector

Connect Toast to Elaichi and Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client can read your restaurants' checks, orders, payments, menus, and payouts as the person who signed in, with every call logged.

  • How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Toast to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Toast once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Toast.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Paste a Toast API key. One person generates a token in Toast and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

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In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Toast MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Toast MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Toast MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Toast to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with Toast through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Operations

    Check on every restaurant before the huddle

    Ask for last night's checks and payments across all your Toast restaurants and get one plain-language rundown before the morning meeting, without opening each location one at a time.

  • Finance

    Reconcile payouts against payments

    Pull the payouts, payout payments, and sales dates for a week and set them next to the guest payments Toast recorded, so the numbers that go to the accountant already match.

  • Kitchen

    Compare menus across locations

    List the menus at each restaurant, spot items and prices that drift between locations, and create a corrected price when the chef signs off.

  • Front of house

    Find an open check fast

    Ask which checks are still open at a restaurant, or open a new check for a walk-in group, while the manager is still on the floor.

  • People

    Log labor and review shift coverage

    Record a labor entry after a shift and list the week's labor by restaurant, so scheduling conversations start from what actually happened.

  • Leadership

    Track metrics across the restaurant group

    List the restaurants in a group alongside their orders and payments, and record a metric for the board pack without a spreadsheet in between.

Try asking

  • “Total payments for the downtown restaurant last Friday”
  • “Which menu items appear on the most open checks today?”
  • “Summarize this week's payouts across all group restaurants”

See all 117 Toast tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Toast

All three can connect Toast to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Toast, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Toast tools Allow or restrict single Toast tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Toast call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

Toast tools for your AI agents

117 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Toast, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Toast gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Toast account.

The agent

Ask about last night's checks in plain language.

Answers come from live Toast orders, payments, and menus, not from a stale export.

  • checks
  • orders
  • payments
  • payouts

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Total payments for the downtown restaurant last Friday

Which menu items appear on the most open checks today?

Summarize this week's payouts across all group restaurants

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

Toast in Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor, connected once.

One governed endpoint for every MCP client, with no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

117 Toast tools, ready without writing code.

Checks, orders, payments, menus, payouts, labor, and restaurants, covered from the first day.

  • Create a Toast metric
  • List all Toast metrics
  • List all Toast restaurants informations
  • Create a Toast check
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Create a Toast metric Create Create a Toast aggregated sales reporting data request for a custom business-date range. Returns the reportRequestGuid used to retrieve the data with the metrics list method. Requires a body with startBusinessDate and endBusinessDate.
List all Toast metrics List Get the aggregated sales reporting data for a Toast analytics report request. Returns an id and an attributes object whose fields depend on the aggregation options used when the data request was created. Required: report_request_guid. Data is gathered asynchronously; retry until Toast finishes preparing the report.
List all Toast restaurants informations List List the Toast restaurants in the management group associated with the API client. Returns, for each restaurant, its guid, name, and activated, test_mode, and archived status flags.
Create a Toast check Create Create a check reporting data request in Toast for a specific time range. Returns: reportRequestGuid, the identifier used to retrieve the data. Required: time_range, startBusinessDate, endBusinessDate. Currently day is the only valid time_range value.
List all Toast checks List Get the check reporting data for a Toast report request. Returns the CheckReportingData object with per-check reporting fields (schema-specific shape); a 202 response is returned while Toast is still gathering the data. Required: report_request_guid.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Toast toolbox.

Finance sees payouts, kitchen sees menus, and each toolbox is scoped to one team.

  • Operations
  • Finance
  • Kitchen
  • Front of house
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Operations toolbox

Toast · restaurants and checks

Toast starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Finance toolbox

Toast · payments and payouts

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Kitchen toolbox

Toast · menus and prices

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Front of house toolbox

Toast · checks and orders

Toast starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

People toolbox

Toast · labor and shifts

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Leadership toolbox

Toast · metrics and group restaurants

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Share one Toast connection, never the API key.

One manager connects, teams and members work through it, and nobody sees a credential.

  • Downtown
  • Airport
  • Catering
  • Finance
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
TO

Toast (Downtown)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
TO

Toast (Airport)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
TO

Toast (Catering)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
TO

Toast (Finance)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
TO

Toast (Franchise group)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
TO

Toast (Regional ops)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Toast call is logged with a name.

When, who, what happened, and which check or payment, in an append-only log.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

emily.carter@northwind.io

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

jake.morgan@northwind.io

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

megan.brooks@northwind.io

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

tyler.reed@northwind.io

Toast Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

ryan.hayes@northwind.io

Toast Checks Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

ashley.parker@northwind.io

Toast Checks List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule closes the day, a person approves.

Nightly checks are fetched, grouped by restaurant, drafted into a digest, approved, then posted to Toast.

Toast digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch checks

    Toast

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Toast

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Toast sales health, computed without a model.

Four metrics, fourteen days of orders, and a breakdown by team, refreshed on a schedule.

Toast health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the checks collection

Live

Checks

1,284 ↓ 12%

Orders

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Checks created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Downtown 34%

Airport 27%

Catering 21%

Finance 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Toast to Claude?

First connect Toast in Elaichi by pasting a Toast API key. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp as the endpoint. Sign in with your Elaichi account and Toast is available in your next conversation.

Does Toast work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Toast is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Toast once and every client picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Toast data?

With Toast connected, an agent can list your restaurants, pull checks, orders, payments, and payouts for a location or a date range, read the menus at each site, and record new checks, labor entries, prices, payouts, and metrics on your behalf. Short, concrete asks like "payments at the downtown restaurant yesterday" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Toast give the AI access to every restaurant?

No. Every call to Toast runs inside the access of the person who signed in, so an agent can only see the restaurants and records that person can already see in Toast. Elaichi can narrow that further with roles and restrictions, and it can never widen it.

Can my team share one Toast connection?

Yes. One manager connects Toast with the API key and shares the connection with a team in Elaichi, and nobody else on the team ever handles a credential. Each person still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names the person who pulled a payout report, not the shared connection.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Toast?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow reading checks and payments while blocking anything that creates a check, a price, or a payout in Toast. A restricted action is never advertised to Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor at all, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to a Toast connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Toast at once, in every client they used. A Toast connection they shared with the team keeps working for everyone else. If you want it gone entirely, disconnecting Toast once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and every other client together.

Does the Toast MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Toast is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Toast?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Toast. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Toast call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Toast?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Toast: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Toast in front of your team

14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

Works with
Claude ChatGPT Cursor and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
When the trial ends
Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.