PayPal's Agent Toolkit with limits on refunds and the owner's Approve/Deny above them.
To add PayPal, guarded to Claude, run the install command below or copy the ready-made config for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code further down. Restart your client after adding it and its tools show up in your next conversation. It needs 13 environment variables, listed below.
Install
npx -y fizzl-paypal-guard-mcp@0.2.1Environment variables
PAYPAL_CLIENT_IDSet in your MCP configPAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRETSet in your MCP configPAYPAL_ENVIRONMENTSet in your MCP configLIMIT_REFUNDSet in your MCP configLIMIT_REFUND_PER_DAYSet in your MCP configLIMIT_REFUNDS_PER_DAYSet in your MCP configLIMIT_CURRENCYSet in your MCP configGUARD_POLICYSet in your MCP configFIZZL_AGENT_KEYSet in your MCP configTELEGRAM_BOT_TOKENSet in your MCP configTELEGRAM_CHAT_IDSet in your MCP configAPPROVAL_IN_CHATSet in your MCP configAPPROVAL_MINUTESSet in your MCP configInstall with your client
claude mcp add paypal-guarded --env PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID> --env PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET> --env PAYPAL_ENVIRONMENT=<YOUR_PAYPAL_ENVIRONMENT> --env LIMIT_REFUND=<YOUR_LIMIT_REFUND> --env LIMIT_REFUND_PER_DAY=<YOUR_LIMIT_REFUND_PER_DAY> --env LIMIT_REFUNDS_PER_DAY=<YOUR_LIMIT_REFUNDS_PER_DAY> --env LIMIT_CURRENCY=<YOUR_LIMIT_CURRENCY> --env GUARD_POLICY=<YOUR_GUARD_POLICY> --env FIZZL_AGENT_KEY=<YOUR_FIZZL_AGENT_KEY> --env TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=<YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN> --env TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=<YOUR_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID> --env APPROVAL_IN_CHAT=<YOUR_APPROVAL_IN_CHAT> --env APPROVAL_MINUTES=<YOUR_APPROVAL_MINUTES> -- npx -y fizzl-paypal-guard-mcp@0.2.1
Run this in a terminal to add the server to Claude Code.
What this does
PayPal, guarded exposes a set of tools to Claude over the Model Context Protocol. After you add it to claude_desktop_config.json (snippet above) and restart Claude Desktop, those tools become callable inside any conversation.
Requirements
This server needs the following environment variables to be set before it can run:
PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET PAYPAL_ENVIRONMENT LIMIT_REFUND LIMIT_REFUND_PER_DAY LIMIT_REFUNDS_PER_DAY LIMIT_CURRENCY GUARD_POLICY FIZZL_AGENT_KEY TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID APPROVAL_IN_CHAT APPROVAL_MINUTES
Set these via the env object in your MCP config (see claude_desktop_config.json snippet above).
Frequently asked questions
How do I install PayPal, guarded?
Run the Claude Code command in the install section to add PayPal, guarded to Claude Code, or copy the ready-made config for your client from the install section on this page. Restart your client afterwards and the tools appear in your next conversation.
Which clients work with PayPal, guarded?
This page carries setup and config for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code. Any other MCP client that accepts a standard server config can connect to PayPal, guarded as well.
Does PayPal, guarded need an API key?
Yes. Before it can run, set these environment variables: PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID, PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET, PAYPAL_ENVIRONMENT, LIMIT_REFUND, LIMIT_REFUND_PER_DAY, LIMIT_REFUNDS_PER_DAY, LIMIT_CURRENCY, GUARD_POLICY, FIZZL_AGENT_KEY, TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN, TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID, APPROVAL_IN_CHAT, APPROVAL_MINUTES. They go in the env block of your MCP config.
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