Full read-write Claude connector for Phorest

Make Claude book appointments and manage clients in Phorest

Claude becomes a second front desk for your salon: answering client questions, checking the diary, and creating bookings from Phorest data. Every booking and client change waits for your approval before it touches the book.

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Phorest is salon management software covering appointments, client records, staff schedules, services, and retail for salons and clinics. Teams want Claude to answer client questions, check availability, create bookings, and keep client records current without switching into Phorest.

What is a Phorest MCP server?

A Phorest MCP server is a small hosted service that exposes Phorest's data and actions to Claude over the Model Context Protocol, so Claude can operate industry-specific platforms inside your own account. We build it as a custom connector with separate read and write tools, and destructive actions stay gated behind your approval.

What can Phorest's current connector do today?

Today, Phorest does not ship a first-party Claude or MCP connector, so reaching it from Claude means a custom integration against the Phorest API, and hand-wired access tends to stay read-leaning. A purpose-built Phorest connector adds scoped write actions like creating clients and bookings, with separated tools and approval on anything that changes the book.

What does full read-write Phorest access unlock?

Full read-write means Claude can pull a client's visit history, check appointment availability, and create the booking in one conversation. It can add new clients from enquiries, update contact details, and report on a staff member's week, with every change to the diary held for your approval.

Look up a client and summarize their visit history, purchases, and courses
Check availability and create an appointment booking, after you approve
Add a new client to your Phorest client list from an enquiry, after you approve
Update a client's contact details or notes, after you approve
List a staff member's appointments for the week and flag open slots
Pull the product list with stock levels, cost, and sale price for a salon

Can Claude check availability and book in Phorest?

Yes, Claude can check open slots for a service and staff member through Phorest's Booking API and then create the appointment. Availability checks run instantly as read tools, and the booking itself is staged for your approval, so you see the exact time, client, and service before anything lands in the diary.

Can Claude manage client records in Phorest?

Yes, Claude can look up clients, summarize visit history and purchases, add new clients from enquiries, and update contact details. Reads are free and immediate; any create or update to a client record is a separate write tool that executes only after you approve it, so your client list stays clean and controlled.

Can Claude update product stock levels in Phorest?

No, and we will not pretend otherwise. Phorest's product endpoint is read-only, so Claude can pull the full product list with barcodes, stock levels, cost, and sale price for reporting and reorder suggestions, but it cannot write stock changes back. We only build tools the API genuinely supports, which keeps every action dependable.

How a Phorest connector works

We build a small MCP server that talks to the Phorest API using the API credentials Phorest issues for your business, so the connector never exceeds what your own account can do. Read tools like client lookups and availability checks are separated from write tools like creating bookings and clients. Anything that changes the diary or a client record is gated behind your approval in the conversation. You connect it to Claude once and your whole team's workflow can use it.

Frequently asked questions

Does Phorest have a Claude or MCP connector?

Not a first-party one. Phorest has a documented REST API at developer.phorest.com covering clients, bookings, services, staff, and products, but there is no official Phorest connector in the Claude connector directory today. A custom MCP connector wraps the Phorest endpoints your salon actually uses and exposes them to Claude as tools, with reads and writes separated and approval required before anything changes.

Can Claude book appointments in Phorest?

Yes, with a custom connector. Phorest's Booking API is built for exactly this: it powers custom online booking flows, so the connector can check availability for a service and staff member and then create the booking. Claude shows you the client, service, time, and staff member before confirming, and the booking only lands in the diary after you approve it. Availability checks on their own run freely as read tools.

How do we get API access to Phorest for a connector?

Phorest grants API access on request through their API team, and credentials use basic authentication tied to your business. We handle that setup as part of the build: requesting access, wiring the issued credentials into the connector's server-side configuration, and confirming the endpoints your workflows need. Your credentials stay on the server, are never exposed to the model, and the connector inherits only the access Phorest granted your account.

Using Claude Code?

The same connector works in the terminal: connect Phorest to Claude Code.

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