QuickBooks Online MCP

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QuickBooks Online MCP

Read + write QBO data from Claude.

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Best for

Best for bookkeepers + accountants running client books on QBO.

At a glance

Pricing: open-source
Setup time: 30 minutes
Learning curve: moderate
Last verified: 5/26/2026

What we love

✓Intuit-maintained
✓Core to most US SMB bookkeeping
✓Multi-realm support

Where it falls short

−Refresh-token rotation needed
−API quirks vs Xero
−Per-realm OAuth setup

Install & connect

Copy-paste ready

Install

shell

git clone https://github.com/intuit/quickbooks-online-mcp-server.git && cd quickbooks-online-mcp-server && npm install && npm run build

Config — Claude Desktop

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quickbooks": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/quickbooks-online-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_ID": "your_client_id",
        "QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_client_secret",
        "QUICKBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "your_refresh_token",
        "QUICKBOOKS_REALM_ID": "your_realm_id",
        "QUICKBOOKS_ENVIRONMENT": "sandbox"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config — Claude Code

shell

claude mcp add quickbooks -- node /path/to/quickbooks-online-mcp-server/dist/index.js --env QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_ID=... --env QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET=... --env QUICKBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN=... --env QUICKBOOKS_REALM_ID=... --env QUICKBOOKS_ENVIRONMENT=sandbox

Pricing

✓ Pricing verified Jun 14, 2026

1 tier

Open-source

perpetual

✓MIT

Overview

MCP server for QuickBooks Online — customer + vendor + invoice + bill + journal entry CRUD, P&L + balance sheet read. Intuit OAuth2.

Key features

●Customer + vendor + invoice CRUD
●Bill + journal entry CRUD
●Reports (P&L, BS)
●Multi-realm support
●OAuth2

Exposed tools

The MCP-tool names this server exposes. Your agent can invoke any of these when this server is connected.

create_customer / get_customer / update_customer / search_customers
Full CRUD over QBO customers.
create_invoice / get_invoice / update_invoice / search_invoices
Full CRUD over QBO invoices.
create_bill / get_bill / update_bill / search_bills
Full CRUD over QBO bills.
create_vendor / get_vendor / update_vendor / search_vendors
Full CRUD over QBO vendors.
create_journal_entry / get_journal_entry / search_journal_entries
Manual journal entries and review.
create_purchase / get_purchase / search_purchases
Purchase / expense / CC charge transactions.
get_balance_sheet
Pull a Balance Sheet report for a date range.
get_profit_and_loss
Pull a P&L report for a date range.
get_cash_flow
Pull a Cash Flow report.
get_aged_receivables / get_aged_payables
AR and AP aging reports.
search_accounts
Search the chart of accounts by name, type, or active state.
get_company_info
Read the connected QBO company's metadata (realm ID, name, settings).

Best use cases

AI bookkeeping

Let Claude code QBO transactions + run reconciliations across many client realms.

Report pull + analysis

Pull P&L + Balance Sheet into Claude for variance analysis.

Integrations

QuickBooks Online

Plaid

Stripe

Xero export

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