mcp-invoicenow-sg

mcp-invoicenow-sg 🇸🇬

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Introduction

mcp-invoicenow-sg is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Singapore electronic invoicing over InvoiceNow, the national e-invoicing platform operated by IMDA. It builds and validates PINT-SG v1.4.1 and SG Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 sent invoices (originally-issued invoices, not the received/purchase side). It is part of the mcp-einvoicing-* family of country-specific servers, all built on mcp-einvoicing-core, which provides the shared validation engine, EN 16931 abstractions, and Peppol network utilities.

Supported standards

• PINT-SG v1.4.1 (urn:peppol:pint:billing-1@sg-1) — the recommended profile for new senders.
• SG Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 — legacy profile, predates the PINT programme.
• Both are EN 16931-conformant; the invoice model extends mcp_einvoicing_core.en16931.EN16931Invoice.
• Validation runs IRAS's own C5 acceptance layer (non_peppol_doc_validation) — a first-party government artifact, e.g. it flags a missing buyer/seller UEN. As of v0.2.0, PINT-SG's own jurisdiction Schematron rules (e.g. the invoice_uuid requirement) are not checked — see "Not yet supported" below.

Not yet supported (see specs/README.md for full detail):

• CEN EN16931 base and PINT-SG jurisdiction Schematron validation. v0.1.0 bundled a self-compiled derivative of OpenPeppol's PINT-SG jurisdiction Schematron with no confirmed redistribution rights; it was removed in v0.2.0 (2026-08-28). The shared, properly-licensed core CEN EN16931 base validator is wired but not yet activated for SG — SGInvoice's IRAS GST category codes have no sourced crosswalk to the UNCL5305 code list that validator requires. See EN16931_BASE_UNAVAILABLE_WARNING in every validate_invoice_sg result (tracked as [CORE-EN16931-BASE-SG-CROSSWALK-1]) for what would unblock it.
• The Peppol Ordering message family (Order, OrderResponse, etc.) and IMDA's SG-specific Order Balance.
• UBL 2.1 XSD structural validation. Proven correct against a real UBL 2.1 schema in this package's own test suite (a test-only fixture, not shipped in the wheel), but not wired into the validate_invoice_sg tool: the OASIS UBL 2.1 schema files needed carry no locally-confirmed redistribution grant.
• IRAS's own Invoice Data Submission API (the 5th-corner "C5" copy specifically, as distinct from generic Peppol AS4 transport, which the Peppol tools below do support) — no publicly available document states an IMDA-accredited Access Point's actual API base URL or authentication flow.
• SG Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 Schematron validation — no rule set is bundled for this profile.
• The received/purchase-side invoice model (LocalTaxInvoice, TX2_Annex Annex B Type 1B).

Installation

Requirements

• Python ≥ 3.11
• mcp-einvoicing-core (installed automatically as a dependency)
• Optional: the xslt2 extra (pip install mcp-invoicenow-sg[xslt2]) — required for validate_invoice_sg to run. The bundled IRAS C5 stylesheet requires XSLT 2.0.

Using uvx (recommended)

uvx mcp-invoicenow-sg

Using uv

uv add mcp-invoicenow-sg

From source

git clone https://github.com/cmendezs/mcp-invoicenow-sg.git
cd mcp-invoicenow-sg
uv sync --all-extras

Configuration

Environment variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
LOG_LEVEL	No	INFO	Logging level: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, or ERROR
EINVOICING_PEPPOL_CODELIST_DIR	No	—	Local directory containing your own copy of the OpenPeppol eDEC Code Lists, required by the list_*/check_* Peppol codelist tools (not bundled with this package; see mcp-einvoicing-core README). Participant lookup, AS4 send, and directory search work without it.

This server needs no credentials to run.

Claude Desktop integration

To use this server with Claude, add this configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "invoicenow-sg": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-invoicenow-sg"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor integration

Cursor supports MCP servers via stdio. Add the configuration in:

• Global (all projects): ~/.cursor/mcp.json
• Project (this repository only): .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "invoicenow-sg": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-invoicenow-sg"]
    }
  }
}

Reload the Cursor window (Ctrl+Shift+P then Reload Window) to apply the changes.

Kiro integration

Kiro supports MCP servers via its dedicated configuration file. Two levels are available:

• Global (all projects): ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json
• Workspace (this repository only): .kiro/settings/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "invoicenow-sg": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-invoicenow-sg"],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

The file is automatically reloaded on save. You can also open the config via the command palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P) then MCP.

Available tools

Tool	Description
generate_invoice_sg	Build an SGInvoice from structured data and serialize it to UBL 2.1 XML.
validate_invoice_sg	Validate a UBL 2.1 invoice against IRAS's C5 acceptance layer (CEN EN16931 base, PINT-SG jurisdiction Schematron, SG BIS 3.0, and UBL 2.1 XSD structural validation are not checked — see "Not yet supported" above).
get_gst_category_codes_sg	Return the IRAS GST category codes (Annex E) accepted on Singapore invoices.
get_profile_urn_sg	Return the CustomizationID (BT-24) and ProfileID (BT-23) for a given profile (PINT_SG or BIS3).

Recommended workflow: get_profile_urn_sg to pick the profile pair, then generate_invoice_sg with that pair in the invoice data, then validate_invoice_sg on the result.

Peppol tools

Generic Peppol network tools (participant lookup, AS4 send, directory search, eDEC codelists) are also registered, from mcp_einvoicing_core.peppol.tools, with bare Singapore UENs normalized to scheme 0195 participant IDs:

Tool	Description
peppol_lookup_participant	Check whether a business is registered on the Peppol network; returns registration status and supported document types
peppol_get_service_endpoint	Fetch the AS4 endpoint for a participant's document type
resolve_peppol_dns	DNS-only (SML) diagnostic, independent of SMP reachability
peppol_send	Transmit a UBL/CII invoice via AS4
peppol_directory_search	Search the public Peppol Directory by participant, name, country, or document type
list_participant_id_schemes, list_document_type_ids, list_process_ids, list_spis_use_case_ids	OpenPeppol eDEC codelist lookups (require EINVOICING_PEPPOL_CODELIST_DIR)
check_document_type_id_in_codelist, check_process_id_in_codelist, check_participant_id_scheme_in_codelist, get_peppol_codelist_version	OpenPeppol eDEC codelist checks and version reporting

peppol_send is generic Peppol AS4 transport to the recipient's Access Point — it is not the same as submission to IRAS's own C5 corner, which stays unsupported (see "Not yet supported" above).

The tool reference in docs/TOOLS.md is generated from the running server:

uv run python scripts/gen_tool_reference.py

Vendor neutrality

This server implements the standard itself: it builds, validates, and signs the document locally. It is not a client for a commercial invoicing platform, and your signing keys and credentials never leave your own infrastructure.

A Peppol access point is required for InvoiceNow, but any accredited access point speaks the same AS4 profile, so switching providers is a configuration change, not a code change.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, the test and lint commands, and the pull request checklist. Security issues follow the private disclosure process in SECURITY.md.

Other e-invoicing MCP servers

Country	Server
🌍 Global	mcp-einvoicing-core
🇧🇪 Belgium	mcp-einvoicing-be
🇧🇷 Brazil	mcp-nfe-br
🇫🇷 France	mcp-facture-electronique-fr
🇩🇪 Germany	mcp-einvoicing-de
🇮🇳 India	mcp-einvoicing-in
🇮🇹 Italy	mcp-fattura-elettronica-it
🇲🇽 Mexico	mcp-cfdi-mx
🇵🇱 Poland	mcp-ksef-pl
🇸🇬 Singapore	mcp-invoicenow-sg
🇪🇸 Spain	mcp-facturacion-electronica-es
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	mcp-einvoicing-ae

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license — see LICENSE for details. For the full version history, see CHANGELOG.md.