Upwork

What the Upwork connector does

The Upwork MCP server connects an Upwork account to Claude and any MCP-compatible agent. Its 46 listed tools search jobs and freelancers, post jobs, manage proposals, offers and milestones, and read dashboards for clients, freelancers and agencies. Upwork draws a firm line: hiring, contracts and payments stay on Upwork.

Upwork tools (46)

• upwork__boost_profile
• upwork__confirm_attachment_upload
• upwork__confirm_draft
• upwork__end_contract
• upwork__find_freelancers
• upwork__find_jobs
• upwork__find_saved_jobs
• upwork__get_account
• upwork__get_agency
• upwork__get_agency_dashboard
• upwork__get_client_dashboard
• upwork__get_client_financials
• upwork__get_draft
• upwork__get_freelancer_dashboard
• upwork__get_freelancer_financials
• upwork__get_job_posting
• upwork__get_messages
• upwork__get_profile
• upwork__get_rate_insights
• upwork__get_tool_help
• upwork__get_upload_status
• upwork__invite_freelancer
• upwork__list_accounts
• upwork__list_client_invitations
• upwork__list_client_proposals
• upwork__list_contracts
• upwork__list_freelancer_proposals
• upwork__list_milestones
• upwork__list_offers
• upwork__manage_client_proposals
• upwork__manage_milestones
• upwork__manage_offers
• upwork__manage_proposals
• upwork__manage_talent_lists
• upwork__post_job
• upwork__respond_to_offer
• upwork__save_job
• upwork__send_message
• upwork__set_tool_mode
• upwork__set_tool_permission
• upwork__start_attachment_upload
• upwork__store_uploaded_files
• upwork__submit_milestones
• upwork__update_contract
• upwork__update_draft
• upwork__update_profile

Tool names from Anthropic's directory listing. This server requires sign-in, so we could not read tool descriptions or parameter schemas.

Limits

• Upwork's documentation is access-restricted, so this page is deliberately thin. https://www.upwork.com/ai/mcp returns HTTP 403 to every automated request we made, including with a browser user-agent — and so does https://www.upwork.com/robots.txt, so we could not even read the access policy. This page therefore carries no prerequisites, plan requirements, rate limits or troubleshooting guidance, because none were available to cite.
• There is no FAQ on this page, and that is the point. A connector FAQ is only honest when the questions come from the vendor's own troubleshooting material. With the documentation access-restricted there is no sourced question set, so inventing one would be the fabrication this catalogue exists to avoid. It is a Tier C page by necessity, and a thin accurate page beats a full invented one.
• No tool descriptions or schemas. The endpoint requires OAuth, so we have names from Anthropic's directory and nothing more. What each tool accepts and returns is not something we can state.
• A permission mechanism exists but is undocumented to us. Three tools set tool mode and permissions; we cannot say what they gate.
• Write tools reach counterparties. Ending a contract, submitting milestones, posting a job and sending a message all change state other people see.
• Plan and fee implications are unknown. Upwork's commercial terms around connector use are not something we could verify.

Sources

• Anthropic Connectors Directory entry, including Upwork's own connector description quoted above (retrieved 2026-09-12) · retrieved 2026-09-12
• Live OAuth posture check against https://mcp.upwork.com/mcp — HTTP 401 with a www-authenticate Bearer challenge carrying error="invalid_token", and RFC 9728 metadata at https://mcp.upwork.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp returning resource_name: "Upwork MCP" and naming https://mcp.upwork.com as the authorization server (2026-09-12) · retrieved 2026-09-12
• Upwork MCP documentation as listed by Anthropic — https://www.upwork.com/ai/mcp (HTTP 403, not readable; checked 2026-09-12 with and without a browser user-agent) · retrieved 2026-09-12
• Upwork support — <mcp-support@upwork.com> · Privacy — https://www.upwork.com/legal#privacy (HTTP 403, not readable — the whole www.upwork.com host is access-restricted to our client, as noted above; the URL is the one Anthropic's directory publishes)