QuickBooks Online MCP Server

Name: QuickBooks Online MCP Server
Author: amin-ale

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MCP server by amin-ale · updated 2 months ago · ★ 0

Score 27

QuickBooks Online MCP server for invoices, customers, and payments. OAuth 2.1 + PKCE, stdio/HTTP. QuickBooks Online MCP Server is a community project by amin-ale, not verified by a company domain.

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Works withClaude Code Claude Desktop Cursor Codex Gemini CLI VS Code Windsurf Antigravity CLI

Maintenance

Last commit 89 days ago

Licence

MIT: permissive, fine for commercial use

Quality

Clear description, published package or server URL, original repository

Security

Not checked yet. What we check

What you need

Setting	Needed	What it is
`QBO_CLIENT_ID`Environment variable, secret	Required	Intuit app client id.
`QBO_CLIENT_SECRET`Environment variable, secret	Required	Intuit app client secret.
`QBO_ENVIRONMENT`Environment variable	Optional	sandbox or production. Default: `sandbox`
`QBO_REALM_ID`Environment variable	Optional	QuickBooks company (realm) id.
`QBO_SCOPES`Environment variable	Optional	Space-separated OAuth scopes; defaults to accounting only. Default: `com.intuit.quickbooks.accounting`

From the publisher's entry in the official MCP Registry. Required settings are already in the install config below as placeholders.

Install QuickBooks Online MCP Server

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claude mcp add quickbooks-online-mcp-server -e QBO_CLIENT_ID=YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_ID -e QBO_CLIENT_SECRET=YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_SECRET -- uvx mcp-quickbooks

Run in your terminal. Add --scope user to use it in every project.

Step-by-step: install QuickBooks Online MCP Server in Claude Code

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quickbooks-online-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-quickbooks"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QBO_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_ID",
        "QBO_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings, Developer, Edit config. Paste into claude_desktop_config.json and restart.

Step-by-step: install QuickBooks Online MCP Server in Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quickbooks-online-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-quickbooks"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QBO_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_ID",
        "QBO_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (this project).

Step-by-step: install QuickBooks Online MCP Server in Cursor

{
  "servers": {
    "quickbooks-online-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-quickbooks"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QBO_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_ID",
        "QBO_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code uses "servers", not "mcpServers".

Step-by-step: install QuickBooks Online MCP Server in VS Code

codex mcp add quickbooks-online-mcp-server --env QBO_CLIENT_ID=YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_ID --env QBO_CLIENT_SECRET=YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_SECRET -- uvx mcp-quickbooks

Step-by-step: install QuickBooks Online MCP Server in Codex

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quickbooks-online-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-quickbooks"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QBO_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_ID",
        "QBO_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.gemini/config/mcp_config.json (all projects) or .agents/mcp_config.json (this project).

Step-by-step: install QuickBooks Online MCP Server in Antigravity CLI

gemini mcp add quickbooks-online-mcp-server uvx mcp-quickbooks

Gemini CLI was replaced by Antigravity CLI in June 2026 and remains only for enterprise licences and paid API keys.

Step-by-step: install QuickBooks Online MCP Server in Gemini CLI

MCP servers run with your permissions and can read what you give them access to. Some need an API key: check the README and add it under env in the quickbooks-online-mcp-server block.

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QuickBooks Online MCP Server: common questions

How do I install QuickBooks Online MCP Server?

In Claude Code run claude mcp add quickbooks-online-mcp-server -e QBO_CLIENT_ID=YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_ID -e QBO_CLIENT_SECRET=YOUR_QBO_CLIENT_SECRET -- uvx mcp-quickbooks. For Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code, paste the config shown above and restart. See the install guides.

Is QuickBooks Online MCP Server the official server?

QuickBooks Online MCP Server is a community project by amin-ale, not verified by a company domain.

Is QuickBooks Online MCP Server free?

The code is published under the MIT licence. The service it connects to may have its own pricing.

Is QuickBooks Online MCP Server safe to use?

It scores 27 of 100. Grades: maintenance B, licence A, quality C. The security check has not run for it yet. Review the code before you install. How grades work.

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Does QuickBooks Online MCP Server work with ChatGPT?

Not directly. It runs locally, and ChatGPT only connects to remote servers with a URL. Use it in Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code or Codex.