Freshbooks MCP for AI Agents

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Freshbooks MCP or direct API to generate invoices, log expenses, fetch client records, and track billable hours through natural language.

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FreshBooks is a cloud-based accounting software for small businesses. It streamlines invoicing, expense tracking, and time management in one place.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Freshbooks action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Webhook

Register a new webhook callback for a FreshBooks account.

Delete Webhook

Delete a webhook callback from a FreshBooks account.

Get Business Users

Retrieves staff identities and members for a specific FreshBooks business.

List Businesses

List all businesses associated with the authenticated user.

List Clients

Retrieves all clients for a FreshBooks account.

List Journal Entries

Retrieves all journal entries for a FreshBooks business account.

List Projects

Retrieves all projects associated with a FreshBooks business account.

List Webhooks

List all webhook callbacks registered for a FreshBooks account.

Register as a New User

Register a new user account in FreshBooks.

Update Webhook

Update or verify a FreshBooks webhook callback.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect Freshbooks MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/mcp @ai-sdk/openai
Install the Composio SDK and your agent framework
2

Create a session with MCP enabled

typescript
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();
const { mcp } = await composio.create("your-user-id", {
  toolkits: ["freshbooks"],
  mcp: true,
});
Create a session scoped to Freshbooks and read its MCP URL and headers
3

Connect your agent to the MCP server

typescript
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from "ai";

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: { type: "http", url: mcp.url, headers: mcp.headers },
});

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-5.6-sol"),
  tools: await client.tools(),
  prompt: "List all businesses connected to my Freshbooks account",
  stopWhen: stepCountIs(10),
});

console.log(text);
await client.close();
Pass the session's MCP URL and headers to your agent and run a Freshbooks request
SETUP GUIDE

Connect Freshbooks API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core @composio/openai openai
Install the Composio SDK, the OpenAI provider, and the OpenAI SDK
2

Create a Composio session

typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from "@composio/openai";

const composio = new Composio({ provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider() });
const client = new OpenAI();

const session = await composio.create("your-user-id", { toolkits: ["freshbooks"] });
const tools = await session.tools();
Initialize Composio with the OpenAI Responses provider and create a session scoped to Freshbooks
3

Run Freshbooks tools with your agent

typescript
let response = await client.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
  tools,
  input: [{ role: "user", content: "List all businesses connected to my Freshbooks account" }],
});

while (response.output.some((o) => o.type === "function_call")) {
  const outputs = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(session, response.output);
  response = await client.responses.create({
    model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools,
    previous_response_id: response.id,
    input: outputs,
  });
}

console.log(response.output_text);
Send a request, execute the Freshbooks tool calls through the session, and print the final answer

Why Use Composio?

AI Native Freshbooks Integration

  • Supports both Freshbooks MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Freshbooks data

Managed Auth

  • Built-in OAuth handling with automatic token refresh and rotation
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Freshbooks access
  • Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Freshbooks
  • Scoped, least privilege access to Freshbooks resources
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

No, you can get started immediately using Composio's built-in Freshbooks app. For production, we recommend configuring your own OAuth credentials.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Composio is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant with all data encrypted in transit and at rest. Learn more.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

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