Features

What Carton Pack Pro does.

See where every item goes, in 3D.

Step-by-step playback
Orbit, pan, zoom
Explode view
Click to inspect
SKU labels
Carton tabs

Printed packing steps

Layer 1 — on the floor of the carton:
1. Lay KIT-1005 Bamboo cutting board, 18 × 12 in flat in the back-left corner on the floor of the carton (18.0 x 12.0 x 0.75 in).
2. Set APP-2001 Cotton crew tee on its side, turned 90 degrees, in the back-right corner on the floor of the carton (1.0 x 10.0 x 8.0 in).
3. Set APP-2001 Cotton crew tee on its side in the front-left corner on the floor of the carton (10.0 x 1.0 x 8.0 in).

Your cartons and your SKUs.

Types

Carton
interior L × W × H	What fits
outer L × W × H	Sets dimensional weight
maxWeight	Max weight of contents
tareWeight	Added to gross
cost	Price per carton; used by Lowest cost
padding	Dunnage space on all six sides

SKU
length / width / height	Size of one unit
weight	Weight of one unit
fragile	Nothing stacked on top
stackable	Off: nothing stacked on top
maxStackWeight	Max weight on top
orientationLock	Permitted rotations
groupKey	Marks a kit; flagged if split across cartons
hazmatClass	One hazard class per carton
keepApart	One keep apart value per carton

Import

RFC 4180 CSV
Column mapping
Create-only or upsert
Row-level results

Import docs →

What you can ask the cartonizer to minimize.

Fewest cartons

MIN_CARTONS

As few cartons as the rules allow.

Lowest cost

MIN_COST

Balances carton price against billable weight.

Lowest billable weight

MIN_DIM_WEIGHT

Billable weight is the higher of actual and dimensional weight.

Tightest fit

BEST_FIT

Least wasted space in the carton.

Lowest live rate

LOWEST_RATE

Carton cost plus the ShipStation shipping rate. Needs your ShipStation API key.

The rules every pack plan follows.

Rule	Field	Value
Rotations	orientationLock	6 per item
Orientation lock	orientationLock	This side up · Must lie flat · Must stand upright · No rotation
Carton weight cap	maxWeight	0 = no limit of its own
Tare weight	tareWeight	Added to gross
Non-stackable	stackable	Nothing stacked on top
Max weight on top	maxStackWeight	Never exceeded
Nesting	nestIncrement	A stack packs as one block
Fragile	fragile	Nothing stacked on top; packed late
Support	supportThreshold	70% of its base must be supported
Dunnage	padding	All six sides
Hazard class	hazmatClass	One class per carton
Keep apart	keepApart	One value per carton
Dimensional weight	dimWeightDivisor	Billed on the higher of actual or dimensional
Carrier rules	carrier	UPS · FedEx · USPS
Max cartons per shipment	maxCartons	3 Free · 50 Pro · 200 Business · 200 Enterprise

Cartonization reference →

Pack orders from your own code.

/api/v1

POST              /pack  /orders/pack
GET POST          /cartons  /items
POST              /cartons/bulk  /items/bulk
GET PATCH DELETE  /cartons/:id  /items/:id
GET               /jobs  /jobs/:id
GET               /settings  /usage  /health  /openapi.json

Access
Auth	Authorization: Bearer cpp_live_…
Scopes	read · write
Rate limit	30/min Free · 300/min Pro · 1,200/min Business · 1,200/min Enterprise
Over plan limit	402
Over rate limit	429 + Retry-After

API reference →

Ten tools for an AI assistant.

MCP tools
pack_order	Pack an order by SKU or by size
compare_cartons	One order against two to six carton sets
list_cartons	Sizes, usable volume, cost
create_carton	Add a carton size
list_items	The product catalog
search_items	Find items by SKU or name
create_item	Add a SKU
list_pack_jobs	Recent pack jobs; search by order number
get_pack_job	One saved plan
get_usage	Plan limits and this month's use

Ask

Pack SO-10482 and tell me which box to use.

Connection
Protocol	stdio
Backend	REST /api/v1
Credential	Your REST API key and its scopes
Plan	Business and Enterprise

MCP setup →

Send orders from any system in one format.

Order format: NormalizedOrder

Order number, source system and lines.

Signed order URL

One URL per connection; requests signed with HMAC.

pack.completed webhook

Cartons, billable weight, live rates.

Deep links

Each pack job gets a link. It works as long as your plan keeps the job.

Pack and ship in NetSuite →