generated: '2026-09-04'
method: derived
status: candidate
source: >-
  Derived from openapi/arcbest-expedite-customer-api-openapi.yml and
  openapi/arcbest-expedite-tms-api-openapi.yml, which are themselves derived from ArcBest's own
  published Expedite API definition bundles. Searched for an official ArcBest MCP server (web search,
  npm registry search for "arcbest", the ArcBest developer pages and the archived
  github.com/ArcBest-Technologies org) - none exists.
provider: ArcBest
providerId: arcbest
deployment:
  mode: none
  endpoint: null
  install: null
  package: null
  auth: unknown
  verified: searched
note: >-
  ArcBest ships NO MCP server, hosted or local. The tools below are a CANDIDATE list this pipeline
  derived from ArcBest's own documented operations so an agent builder can see the shape of the
  surface. They are not callable as MCP today. Every ArcBest Expedite operation is credential-gated
  (bearer token from /authorize on the Customer API, HTTP Basic on the TMS API) and credentials are
  issued by ArcBest support, so any MCP server over this surface would have to carry per-tenant
  credentials.
tools:
  - name: arcbest_authorize
    description: Exchange an ArcBest-issued ClientId and ClientSecret for a bearer access token.
    api: arcbest:arcbest-expedite-customer-api
    rest: [authorizePost]
    consequence: read
  - name: arcbest_submit_expedite_quote
    description: Submit an expedite rate quote request and receive expedite options with pricing and transit.
    api: arcbest:arcbest-expedite-customer-api
    rest: [quotesSubmitQuote]
    consequence: read
  - name: arcbest_book_expedite_quote
    description: Submit a booking request against a returned expedite quote. Queued for an ArcBest operator; does not book immediately.
    api: arcbest:arcbest-expedite-customer-api
    rest: [quotesBookExpediteQuote]
    consequence: physical
  - name: arcbest_book_time_critical_forwarding_quote
    description: Submit a booking request against a returned time-critical forwarding quote.
    api: arcbest:arcbest-expedite-customer-api
    rest: [quotesBookTimeCriticalForwardingQuote]
    consequence: physical
  - name: arcbest_get_booking_status
    description: Poll the status of a booking request by quote number until it reports Shipment Booked.
    api: arcbest:arcbest-expedite-customer-api
    rest: [quotesGetBookingStatus]
    consequence: read
  - name: arcbest_list_shipment_status_codes
    description: List the shipment status code vocabulary used in tracking responses.
    api: arcbest:arcbest-expedite-customer-api
    rest: [shipmentsGetShipmentStatusCodes]
    consequence: read
  - name: arcbest_search_shipments
    description: Search booked shipments by reference number.
    api: arcbest:arcbest-expedite-customer-api
    rest: [shipmentsGetShipmentsByReferenceNumbers]
    consequence: read
  - name: arcbest_tms_create_quote
    description: Create an expedite rate quote from a third-party TMS.
    api: arcbest:arcbest-expedite-tms-api
    rest: [quoteCreate]
    consequence: read
  - name: arcbest_tms_create_booking
    description: Book a quoted expedite load from a third-party TMS.
    api: arcbest:arcbest-expedite-tms-api
    rest: [bookingCreate]
    consequence: physical
  - name: arcbest_tms_get_booking_status
    description: Poll booking status for one or more TMS quote ids.
    api: arcbest:arcbest-expedite-tms-api
    rest: [bookingGetStatus]
    consequence: read
  - name: arcbest_tms_get_bol
    description: Retrieve the Bill of Lading for a booked expedite order.
    api: arcbest:arcbest-expedite-tms-api
    rest: [orderBol]
    consequence: read
  - name: arcbest_tms_update_order_refs
    description: Update PO numbers or customer references on a booked order's BOL.
    api: arcbest:arcbest-expedite-tms-api
    rest: [orderUpdateRefs]
    consequence: write