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Shipengine

Automates shipping label generation, validates customer addresses in real time, and syncs tracking updates directly into your order management system.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Shipengine integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Shipengine calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Shipengine data, across all 66 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Shipengine access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Shipengine, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Shipengine is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Shipengine.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Shipengine action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Shipengine, and when to use it.

Create label
Use this to generate a shipping label for a package. Provide the carrier ID, shipment details, and service level to get a printable label.
Validate address
Verify that a shipping address is correct and deliverable before purchasing a label to avoid carrier penalties.
Get rates
Pull available shipping rates from multiple carriers for a specific package to find the lowest cost option.
Track package
Pull the current status and full event history for a shipment using a tracking number or label ID.
Void label
Cancel a previously created label to request a refund from the carrier. Use this for canceled orders.
Create shipment
Define a shipment with origin and destination details before generating a label or comparing rates.
List carriers
Pull a list of all connected carrier accounts and their current status to ensure a provider is active.
Create tag
Assign a custom tag to a shipment for internal organization or filtering in your logistics dashboard.
Get label
Retrieve the PDF or PNG image of a specific shipping label using the label ID.
Update shipment
Modify the details of a shipment that has not yet been labeled, such as weight or package dimensions.
Search shipments
Query shipments based on date ranges, carrier IDs, or custom tags to find specific orders.
Create address
Save a frequently used address to the system to speed up the shipment creation process.

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Frequently asked questions

When Ceven calls the ShipEngine address validation endpoint, it receives a detailed response indicating if the address is verified, unverified, or requires a correction. If an address is flagged as invalid, the agent does not proceed to purchase a label. Instead, it pauses the workflow and drafts a message to the customer asking for a corrected address. Once the customer replies, the agent re validates the new input. This prevent the business from paying for labels that would inevitably be returned by the carrier, saving both shipping costs and administrative time spent on manual corrections.
Yes. ShipEngine is designed to connect to your existing carrier accounts. You provide your own account credentials for carriers like UPS, FedEx, or USPS within the ShipEngine dashboard. Ceven then interacts with those accounts via the ShipEngine API. This means you keep your negotiated shipping rates and volume discounts. Ceven simply acts as the orchestration layer that tells ShipEngine which account to use for a specific label based on the rules you define in your workflow, such as selecting the cheapest carrier or the fastest delivery speed.
If a specific carrier API is unresponsive, ShipEngine returns a specific error code to Ceven. The agent is programmed to recognize these carrier side outages. Depending on your settings, the agent can either retry the request after a short delay or automatically fail over to an alternative carrier to ensure the package still goes out on time. You will receive a notification in your workflow logs indicating that a fallback carrier was used due to a primary provider outage, ensuring your fulfillment pipeline never comes to a complete halt.
Ceven is limited by the API rate limits set by ShipEngine and the individual carriers. ShipEngine employs a rate limiting system that varies by account tier. If a workflow attempts to generate thousands of labels in a few seconds, ShipEngine may return a 429 too many requests error. Ceven handles this by implementing an exponential backoff strategy, where it pauses and retries the request at increasing intervals. For extremely high volume bursts, we recommend coordinating with ShipEngine to increase your account limits to avoid processing delays during peak seasons.
Yes. One of the primary strengths of the ShipEngine integration is its ability to normalize tracking data from hundreds of different carriers into a single format. Ceven can monitor shipments regardless of whether they were sent via DHL, USPS, or a local courier. The agent polls the tracking endpoint or listens for webhooks and translates the carrier specific status codes into plain English. This allows you to build a single notification workflow that tells a customer their package is out for delivery, regardless of which carrier is actually handling the last mile.
For international orders, Ceven uses ShipEngine to generate the necessary customs declarations and commercial invoices. The agent pulls the required product descriptions, weights, and Harmonized System codes from your product database and passes them to the ShipEngine API. If the API indicates that required customs information is missing for a specific destination country, the agent will flag the order and alert your shipping team. This ensures that international parcels are not held up at customs due to missing paperwork, which is a common cause of delivery delays.
Absolutely. You can set up a workflow where a cancellation event in your store triggers a search for the associated ShipEngine label. If the label has not yet been scanned by the carrier, Ceven calls the void label endpoint. This tells the carrier that the shipment is canceled, which typically triggers a credit back to your shipping account. The agent then updates your internal records to show the label was voided and the funds recovered, removing the need for a human to manually audit canceled orders and request refunds from carriers.
No. Ceven never sees or stores your raw carrier usernames or passwords. All carrier authentication is handled securely within ShipEngine. Ceven only stores the API key used to communicate with ShipEngine. When the agent needs to create a label, it sends a request to ShipEngine, which then uses the stored credentials to communicate with the carrier. This architecture ensures that your sensitive shipping account details remain isolated within the ShipEngine vault and are never exposed to the workflow orchestration layer or the AI model.

Alternatives to Shipengine

Other tools that solve a similar problem. Ceven supports these too, so you can switch or run more than one at once.

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