# Paw Planner AI — full reference

> Business management for pet sitters: bookings, automatic mileage, revenue and tax reports.

## About

- Product: Paw Planner AI — Business management for pet sitters: bookings, automatic mileage, revenue and tax reports.
- Built by: Pulse AI Solutions (https://pulseaisolutions.com)
- Who it is for: independent pet sitters and dog walkers running a small business from their phone
- Free to start; the AI plan (gig grader, AI drafts, Claude connector) is enabled per account
- Mileage: round trips from the sitter's home to each client, measured automatically with Google Maps and logged at the IRS rate of $0.70 a mile
- Web app at https://pawplannerai.com; mobile-first, no install
- Support: support@pawplannerai.com

## Plans

- Free: Bookings, clients and pets, automatic mileage, revenue and tax reports, calendar feed, Google Calendar sync.
- AI plan: Everything in Free plus the AI gig grader, AI drafts (visit summaries, follow-ups, payment reminders) and the Claude connector (MCP). Enabled per account; ask from Settings.

## Features

- Smart Booking System: Schedule walks, overnights, and daycare with ease. Calendar and list views show your week at a glance.
- Automatic Mileage Tracking: Calculate driving distance automatically from your home to each client. Export tax-ready reports with one click.
- Client & Pet Management: Store client info, multiple pets per client, and special care instructions all in one organized place.
- Revenue Tracking: Track payments, see what's outstanding, and monitor your monthly income with real-time dashboards.
- Business Reports: View your metrics: revenue, mileage, tax deductions, filtered by today, week, month, or year.
- Tax Deduction Calculator: Automatic calculation of mileage deductions at $0.70/mile. Export reports ready for your accountant.
- Mobile-First Design: Access your schedule on the go. Built for pet sitters who are always on the move.
- Quick Actions: Add bookings and clients in seconds. Smart defaults remember your preferences and rates.
- AI Job Grading: Instantly see if a booking is worth your time. AI calculates profit after mileage costs and travel time.

## Mileage and taxes

- Every booking at a client's home gets a round-trip distance and drive time from the sitter's home, measured with the Google Maps Distance Matrix API when the booking is created or its client changes.
- Miles are logged at $0.70 a mile (the IRS standard business rate the product uses); reports total them by day, week, month, year or any range, and export to CSV.
- "Meet & Greet" and "Key Pickup" are non-billable: their miles count, their payment does not.
- Not tax advice. Paw Planner logs and exports; the sitter's preparer files.

## Claude connector (MCP)

Paw Planner is an MCP server. A user on the AI plan connects Claude (or Claude Code, Cursor, any MCP client with OAuth) to their own account and the agent acts as them.

- MCP endpoint: https://pawplannerai.com/api/v1/mcp (Streamable HTTP, JSON responses, tools only)
- Auth: OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic client registration. Discovery: https://pawplannerai.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/api/v1/mcp and https://pawplannerai.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
- An unauthenticated request to the endpoint returns 401 with a WWW-Authenticate challenge naming the resource metadata; follow it.
- Scope: the connected user's own clients and bookings only. delete_booking requires the user's confirmation. Dates are YYYY-MM-DD, times HH:MM, money USD, miles are round trips.
- Guide for people: https://pawplannerai.com/claude

Tools:
- list_clients: your clients with pets and contact details; call first for ids
- get_client: one client in full with lifetime totals and recent bookings
- create_client: add a client; the street address is what mileage measures to
- add_pet: add a pet to a client with breed, age, weight and care notes
- list_bookings: upcoming or past bookings with pay, status and round-trip miles
- get_booking: one booking in full with the client and pets
- create_booking: book a visit; mileage, drive time and Google Calendar sync happen automatically
- update_booking: edit date, times, service, price, status or notes; only passed fields change
- mark_paid: record that a booking was paid
- cancel_booking: cancel a booking and keep it in history
- delete_booking: delete a booking permanently, only after you confirm
- business_summary: the dashboard: revenue, miles, deduction, unpaid, next seven days
- mileage_report: deductible round-trip miles for a year or range, every trip listed
- revenue_report: revenue by service type and client, paid and unpaid, for a period
- list_unpaid: completed bookings nobody has paid for yet, with the total owed
- list_service_rates: your saved default rates and the service types you use
- grade_booking: the AI gig grade (A to F) with its rationale

Setup in Claude:
1. In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors, then Add custom connector.
2. Paste https://pawplannerai.com/api/v1/mcp as the URL and save.
3. Click Connect. You land on pawplannerai.com, sign in if you need to, and click Allow once.
4. Ask Claude something. It only sees your own clients and bookings.

Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http pawplanner https://pawplannerai.com/api/v1/mcp

What it can see:
- List your clients and their pets, with contact details and care notes
- Your bookings: upcoming, past, by client, by status, with pay and round-trip miles
- Revenue and mileage for today, this week, this month and this year, and who has not paid
- A mileage report for any year or date range at the IRS rate, every trip listed
- Revenue by service type and by client for any period
- Book, edit, cancel or mark a visit paid; add a client or a pet
- The AI gig grade for a booking: $/hour once the drive is counted
- Delete a booking only after you say yes in the chat

Example questions:
- “What do I have tomorrow, and how many miles will I drive?”
- “Who still owes me for October?”
- “How many deductible miles have I logged this year, and what is that worth?”
- “Book a 30-minute dog walk for Bella on Friday at 9am.”
- “Which of my clients is the most profitable once you count the drive?”

FAQ:
- Q: Which plan includes the Claude connector?
  A: The AI plan, the same one that turns on the gig grader and AI drafts. It is enabled per account; a free account sees what the connector is and how to ask for it.
- Q: What can Claude change in my account?
  A: Book, edit, cancel or mark a visit paid, and add clients and pets, with the same mileage calculation, Google Calendar sync and activity log the app applies. Deleting a booking asks for your confirmation first. It cannot change your profile, password or plan.
- Q: Can Claude see other sitters’ clients?
  A: No. The connection is to your account and sees exactly what you see: your clients, your bookings, your miles.
- Q: How do I disconnect it?
  A: Settings, then Claude connector, then Disconnect next to the app. That revokes its access immediately. Removing the connector inside Claude works too.
- Q: Does it work with Claude Code, Cursor or other MCP clients?
  A: Yes. Paw Planner is a standard MCP server with OAuth, so any client that supports remote MCP servers with authorization can connect. The URL is the same.
- Q: Is this tax advice?
  A: No. Claude reports the round-trip miles logged in Paw Planner at the IRS standard rate. Take the numbers to whoever files your Schedule C.

## Agents without an account

There is no anonymous API: every record belongs to a pet sitter and is private to them. An agent that needs a sitter's data connects over MCP with that sitter's approval (above).
The REST API under https://pawplannerai.com/api/v1/ is the web app's own and is not a supported agent surface; the MCP tools are.

## Links

- Sign up: https://pawplannerai.com/register?src=llms
- Claude connector: https://pawplannerai.com/claude
- For AI agents: https://pawplannerai.com/ai
- Privacy: https://pawplannerai.com/privacy · Terms: https://pawplannerai.com/terms
- Markdown pages: https://pawplannerai.com/index.md, https://pawplannerai.com/claude.md, https://pawplannerai.com/ai.md