Claude + SimplyBook.me: Connect Your Bookings to Claude
Yes, Claude works with SimplyBook.me, directly. SimplyBook.me ships an MCP connector as one of its custom features: switch it on, copy the connector URL from your admin panel, and add it to Claude as a custom connector. Claude can then search your services, check availability and create bookings in a chat. What the connector doesn’t do is act on its own, which is where Carly comes in.
Where SimplyBook.me stands with Claude
As of November 5, 2026, SimplyBook.me offers an official MCP Connector custom feature, documented in its help center, that works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP-capable tools. There’s no listing in Claude’s connector directory, so you add it as a custom connector by URL.
It exposes the booking side of your account: services, providers, availability, bookings and clients. SimplyBook.me also has a separate developer API with its own key under the API custom feature, for anything the connector doesn’t cover.
How to connect SimplyBook.me to Claude
- Turn on the connector. In SimplyBook.me, open Custom Features and enable MCP Connector.
- Copy the URL. Open the connector’s Admin AI Assistant tab and copy the connector URL.
- Add it to Claude. In Claude, open Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste the URL and finish the sign-in.
- Ask Claude: “What’s free with Josh on Thursday afternoon?”
The same URL works in Carly: at carlyassistant.com/integrations, add it under Connect an API. Then click Get the Carly connector and Claude reaches SimplyBook.me and everything else in Carly through one connector.
What Claude can do with SimplyBook.me
- “Who’s booked tomorrow, by provider?”
- “Find the next three openings for a 60-minute massage.”
- “Book Emily Carter for Friday at 2pm with Claire.”
- “Which clients booked more than once last month?”
With your Gmail or Outlook connected in Carly too, Claude can match a client’s email to their booking history in one step.
Where the connector stops
The connector works when you’re in the chat. Claude’s scheduled tasks run on a clock, and nothing in SimplyBook.me can start one. A client who emails at 9pm asking for Saturday, a cancellation that just opened a prime slot, the no-show from this morning: all of it waits for someone to open Claude.
Carly handles those in the cloud, on a schedule you set or when something arrives:
- When a client emails asking for a time, check SimplyBook.me and reply with the openings, or book it by your rules.
- Every evening at 7, email each provider tomorrow’s bookings.
- After a no-show, text the client a rebooking link from your business number.
- Six weeks after a visit, email clients who haven’t rebooked.
Carly also answers your phone and books callers straight into SimplyBook.me, so the same rules run on calls as on email. Carly connects to thousands of apps, and you set it up in plain English. Routine steps run as free Zapier-style workflows; work that needs judgment runs as an AI agent. Free Zapier-style workflows; AI agents from $35/month. Get started with Carly.
Claude alone vs Claude with Carly
| Claude + SimplyBook.me connector | Claude + Carly | |
|---|---|---|
| Services, availability, bookings | Yes | Yes, same connector |
| Creates a booking when you ask | Yes | Yes |
| Replies to a booking email on its own | No | Yes |
| No-show texts and rebooking emails | No | Yes |
| Answers the phone and books | No | Yes |
| 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 SimplyBook.me?
Yes. Enable the MCP Connector custom feature in SimplyBook.me, copy the connector URL from the Admin AI Assistant tab and add it to Claude as a custom connector. Claude can then read availability and create bookings in a chat.
Is there a SimplyBook.me MCP server?
Yes, the official MCP Connector custom feature. It works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP-capable tools, and with Carly under Connect an API.
Can Claude book appointments in SimplyBook.me automatically?
When you ask in a chat, yes. For bookings that happen on their own, when a client emails or calls, connect SimplyBook.me to Carly and set the rule once.
Does SimplyBook.me have an API too?
Yes, a developer API with its own key under the API custom feature, separate from the MCP connector.
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