How do I use setTaxRate from Claude or ChatGPT?

Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "set my sales tax to 6.25%", and it calls setTaxRate.

Is setTaxRate safe to let an AI call?

setTaxRate changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Commerce

`setTaxRate`

Set Tax Rate

Set the sales-tax rate a shop charges, either for the ONLINE SHOP (omit location) or for ONE pickup location (name it in location, which overrides the shop for orders fulfilled there).

write

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "set my sales tax to 6.25%", and it calls setTaxRate.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "rateBps": 1
  },
  "name": "setTaxRate"
}

Arguments

locationstringoptionalWHICH pickup location this applies to: its name (e.g. "Beverly") or its id, as returned by getTaxSettings. Omit to target the ONLINE SHOP's own rate, which every location without its own rate follows.
rateBpsintegerrequiredThe rate in basis points: 100 = 1%, so 625 is 6.25%. Max 10000 (100%). Must be above zero. Use setNoTax to say nothing is charged.
spacestringoptionalSpace id or slug (see listPageSpaces) for a Space-owned shop. Omit for your personal shop.
spaceIdstringoptionalSame as `space`: the Space id (see listPageSpaces) of a Space-owned shop. Pass either one. Omit both for your personal shop.

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Declared limits

rateBps: minimum 1
rateBps: maximum 10000

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

set my sales tax to 6.25%
charge 7% tax at the Salem counter
change the tax rate for Beverly
my online shop charges 8.25% tax

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

Questions

What does setTaxRate do?
Set the sales-tax rate a shop charges, either for the ONLINE SHOP (omit location) or for ONE pickup location (name it in location, which overrides the shop for orders fulfilled there). It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use setTaxRate from Claude or ChatGPT?
Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "set my sales tax to 6.25%", and it calls setTaxRate.
Is setTaxRate safe to let an AI call?
setTaxRate changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.