What you'll be able to do
Most accounting questions are slow because the answer is buried in QuickBooks' UI under a report you have to remember to run. With a read-only MCP server wired into Claude, you'll be able to ask things like:
- "Show me every vendor whose bill total this month is up vs last."
- "Pull the open A/R aging into a markdown table."
- "What's the trial balance delta between the last two months?"
- "Find any invoices over $5,000 that have been outstanding more than 60 days."
No custom report. No spreadsheet export. Just a conversation.
Planned tool surface
The v0.1 surface (subject to change as it lands):
qbo_search_vendors— by name, status, with pagingqbo_get_vendor— full vendor detail by IDqbo_search_bills— date range, vendor, paid/unpaid filterqbo_get_bill— full bill with line items + account splitsqbo_search_customers— by name, balance, statusqbo_search_invoices— date range, customer, paid/openqbo_list_accounts— full chart of accountsqbo_get_trial_balance— for any date range
Same JSON envelope as the rest of the MCP server family. OAuth handled via the proven scaffold from the methodology pack — auto-refresh on expiry, encrypted tokens at rest, kill-switch endpoint.
Who this is for
This MCP server is for you if:
- You run QuickBooks Online and use Claude or another MCP-aware AI client for daily work.
- You'd rather ask "what's the A/R aging look like" than dig through Reports → Customers & Receivables → A/R Aging Detail every time.
- You're already a fan of the SellerCloud or Walmart MCP servers and want the same shape for your books.