Claude + Phorest: Connect Your Salon Software to Claude
Phorest doesn’t offer a Claude connector, and it hasn’t published an MCP server. It does have an API, which Phorest switches on for your salon when the owner asks. Once it’s on, connect it to Carly, add the Carly connector to Claude, and your clients, appointments, staff columns and sales are in the chat.
Where Phorest stands with Claude
As of November 5, 2026, there’s no Phorest connector in Claude and no official Phorest MCP server.
Phorest’s API covers the salon floor: clients, appointments, staff and timetables, products (read-only) and purchases. Access isn’t automatic. You email Phorest’s API team with the business owner copied in, or open an API access ticket with support from an email registered on your account, and Phorest issues credentials. Data is scoped per business and per branch, so a group gets a connection per salon.
How to connect Phorest to Claude through Carly
- Request API access. Email api-requests@phorest.com with the salon owner in copy, or raise an “API access” ticket with Phorest support quoting your account number. Phorest sends your credentials.
- Connect Phorest in Carly. In Carly, go to Integrations → Connect an API and connect Phorest with those credentials.
- Add Carly to Claude. Click Get the Carly connector, then Connect, and sign in.
- Ask Claude about the book. It answers through the Carly connector with live Phorest data.
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What Claude can do with Phorest once Carly is in
- “Who’s in Claire’s column tomorrow, and where are the gaps?”
- “Which colour clients haven’t been in for eight weeks?”
- “What did each stylist take last week in services and retail?”
- “Who’s booked Saturday with no mobile number on file?”
With your Gmail or Outlook connected in Carly too, Claude can match a client’s email to their appointment history in one step.
Where Claude stops
Claude answers when you ask. Its scheduled tasks run on a clock, and nothing in Phorest can start one. Phorest’s API has no webhooks either, so a cancellation that opened a prime slot, a client overdue for colour, the week’s numbers for the owner: all of it waits for someone to open a chat.
Carly handles those in the cloud, on a schedule you set or when an email comes in:
- Every evening at 7, email each stylist tomorrow’s column with client notes.
- Eight weeks after a visit, email clients who haven’t rebooked with a personal note from your address.
- When a client emails asking for a time, check the book and draft a reply with the openings.
- Every Monday, email the owner last week’s appointments, new clients and retail by stylist.
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Claude alone vs Claude with Carly
| Claude alone | Claude + Carly | |
|---|---|---|
| Phorest in Claude | No connector | Through the Carly connector |
| Clients, appointments, staff, sales | No | Yes |
| Setup | Nothing official to install | Request access, connect Carly |
| Tomorrow’s column to each stylist | No | Yes, every evening |
| Rebooking emails to lapsed clients | Only when you ask | Yes, at eight weeks |
| Runs with your laptop closed | Scheduled tasks only | Yes, in the cloud |
| Price | Your Claude plan | Free Zapier-style workflows; AI agents from $35/month |
FAQ
Does Claude work with Phorest?
Not directly. Phorest has no Claude connector and no official MCP server. Once Phorest switches on API access for your salon, connect it to Carly, add the Carly connector to Claude, and Claude can work with your Phorest data.
How do I get Phorest API access?
Email api-requests@phorest.com with the business owner copied in, or open an API access ticket with Phorest support from an email registered on your account, quoting your account number.
Does it work for a salon group?
Yes, with a connection per branch, because Phorest scopes API data per business and branch.
Can Carly email clients who are overdue for a visit?
Yes. Carly checks Phorest for clients who haven’t been in for eight weeks and emails each one from your address, with no chat open.
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