Perk has expanded its AI travel and MCP capabilities through Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI assistants. The intelligent AI-native platform now supports more actions for travel and spend management. Perk is the first AI-native platform to offer these capabilities through AI assistants. Customers can book and manage trips directly through their preferred AI tools.
They can also submit expenses and create team events without leaving those environments. The launch moves Perk’s MCP server beyond insights and into direct action. This development targets shadow work across travel, expenses, and workplace events. It allows employees to complete routine tasks through AI assistants.
Perk enables customers to book and manage travel through Claude and ChatGPT. They can also submit expenses and organize team events using these AI tools. The launch gives companies another way to manage everyday travel and spend processes. Meanwhile, businesses retain existing controls and approval processes.
Out-of-policy bookings and expenses made through Perk’s MCP server enter existing approval workflows. Managers can then review and act on those requests through their AI assistant.
Perk Brings Travel, Expenses and Events Into AI
Perk’s AI travel and spend MCP addresses what the company calls shadow work. This includes booking work travel, submitting expenses, and organizing team events. Employees can now handle these tasks through their preferred AI tools. As a result, teams can reduce manual steps across routine business processes.
Creating and managing team events directly through Claude and ChatGPT represents an industry first. Perk also remains the only platform to proactively surface eVisa and ETA requirements through MCP. The Entry Ready capability provides these entry requirements through the platform. Therefore, travelers can access important travel information while planning their trips.
“We built this so customers can get insights and take action in real time, while businesses maintain control no matter what tools they’re working in. The Perk Agent for Slack is coming next, and this is just the next phase of fully agentic workflows to remove shadow work, and help teams focus on the most impactful work,” comments Nikita Miller, Chief Product Officer, Perk.
Perk’s MCP supports different workflows for employees and business teams. Travelers can ask the AI assistant to find flights for upcoming trips. They can also cancel hotel bookings or submit receipts. The system can match submitted receipts with relevant trips.
Users can also ask which events are coming up. These capabilities bring common travel tasks directly into AI conversations. Managers can use the system to review and approve expenses. They can also view team travel and return out-of-policy expenses.
Finance teams can generate travel reports through AI assistants. They can also identify major spending categories for specific periods. Event managers can create team offsites and send reminders. These workflows can help reduce repetitive administrative work.
Perk Extends MCP Access to Slack
Perk has also announced plans to bring the Perk Agent to Slack. The company expects the capability to launch for customers in September. The Perk Agent for Slack will provide direct access to Perk’s MCP connector. Customers will not need to configure a separate AI assistant.
Instead, Slack will provide another way to access the same Perk tools. The system will use existing Perk authentication and permissions. This approach keeps access aligned with the controls already used within Perk. It also extends the company’s AI travel and spend MCP strategy into a widely used workplace platform.
Perk’s MCP is currently available to all Perk customers through its travel solutions offering. The upcoming Slack integration will further expand access to Perk’s AI-powered workflows. Customers will be able to manage travel and spend tasks through another familiar workplace environment.
The development also reflects the growing role of agentic AI in business operations. Companies increasingly use AI assistants to automate repetitive tasks and support employee workflows.
Perk’s Travel and Spend MCP approach connects travel management, expense management, and event coordination through AI assistants. At the same time, businesses can retain their existing authentication, permissions, and approval processes. The company plans to continue expanding these agentic workflows. Its MCP capabilities now provide both insights and actions for travel and spend management.
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