Freshbooks Mcp

io.github.chrischall/freshbooks-mcp · v1.3.1

FreshBooks invoicing for Claude — invoices, clients, estimates, and payments

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Terminal

claude mcp add freshbooks-mcp -e FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_ID=<FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_ID> -e FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET=<FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET> -e FRESHBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN=<FRESHBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN> -e FRESHBOOKS_REDIRECT_URI=<FRESHBOOKS_REDIRECT_URI> -e FRESHBOOKS_TOKEN_STORE=<FRESHBOOKS_TOKEN_STORE> -e FRESHBOOKS_BUSINESS_ID=<FRESHBOOKS_BUSINESS_ID> -e FRESHBOOKS_ACCOUNT_ID=<FRESHBOOKS_ACCOUNT_ID> -e FRESHBOOKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS=<FRESHBOOKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS> -- npx -y @chrischall/[email protected]

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freshbooks-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_ID": "<FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_ID>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET": "<FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "<FRESHBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_REDIRECT_URI": "<FRESHBOOKS_REDIRECT_URI>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_TOKEN_STORE": "<FRESHBOOKS_TOKEN_STORE>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_BUSINESS_ID": "<FRESHBOOKS_BUSINESS_ID>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_ACCOUNT_ID": "<FRESHBOOKS_ACCOUNT_ID>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<FRESHBOOKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freshbooks-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_ID": "<FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_ID>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET": "<FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "<FRESHBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_REDIRECT_URI": "<FRESHBOOKS_REDIRECT_URI>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_TOKEN_STORE": "<FRESHBOOKS_TOKEN_STORE>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_BUSINESS_ID": "<FRESHBOOKS_BUSINESS_ID>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_ACCOUNT_ID": "<FRESHBOOKS_ACCOUNT_ID>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<FRESHBOOKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "freshbooks-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_ID": "<FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_ID>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET": "<FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "<FRESHBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_REDIRECT_URI": "<FRESHBOOKS_REDIRECT_URI>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_TOKEN_STORE": "<FRESHBOOKS_TOKEN_STORE>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_BUSINESS_ID": "<FRESHBOOKS_BUSINESS_ID>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_ACCOUNT_ID": "<FRESHBOOKS_ACCOUNT_ID>",
        "FRESHBOOKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<FRESHBOOKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_ID` Optional	OAuth client ID from my.freshbooks.com/#/developer
`FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET` Optional, secret	OAuth client secret
`FRESHBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN` Optional, secret	Optional for local sign-in, which saves tokens privately. Required for hosted or legacy environment-token setup.
`FRESHBOOKS_REDIRECT_URI` Optional	Registered redirect URI; required on refresh calls too (default https://localhost)
`FRESHBOOKS_TOKEN_STORE` Optional	Path for the rotating-refresh-token store (default ~/.freshbooks-mcp/session.json)
`FRESHBOOKS_BUSINESS_ID` Optional	The integer businessId to work in when the authenticated identity belongs to several businesses. Without it, reads use the first business FreshBooks lists and writes are refused rather than landing in the wrong books.
`FRESHBOOKS_ACCOUNT_ID` Optional	Overrides the account id normally resolved from /auth/api/v1/users/me. Set it explicitly when the authenticated identity belongs to no business membership and resolution fails, or, together with FRESHBOOKS_BUSINESS_ID, when FreshBooks reports no account_id for the chosen business (accounting writes…
`FRESHBOOKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS` Optional	Per-request deadline for API calls, in milliseconds (default 30000)

Details

Package	`@chrischall/[email protected]` (NPM, stdio)
First published	4 Nov 2026
Last updated	4 Nov 2026
Registry name	`io.github.chrischall/freshbooks-mcp`

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