HelloBooks AI Agents MCP Server

AI agents for bookkeeping, reconciliation, and financial close for SMBs.

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What is the HelloBooks AI Agents MCP server?

Connect HelloBooks AI Agents to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. AI agents for bookkeeping, reconciliation, and financial close for SMBs. The hellobooks ai agents mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

A public, read-only Model Context Protocol server that lets AI agents answer questions about HelloBooks accurately — pricing, integrations, country support, compliance frameworks — instead of relying on stale web snippets.

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • list_plans — All HelloBooks plans (Free, Pro, Business, CPA) + Warehouse / Manufacturing add-ons. Optional country and plan filters
  • list_integrations — Banks, payments, payroll, time tracking, shipping, tax-compliance, accounting sync, ecommerce, CRM, storage (Drive/OneDrive), freelance (Upwork)
  • country_support — Per-country feature availability (BAS, STP, GST e-invoice, MTD, 1099, etc.)
  • compliance_capabilities — For a given country, the supported compliance frameworks with version + cert info
  • list_competitors — Competitor positioning (QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks, Wave, Zoho Books, Tally) with where HelloBooks wins, where the competitor wins, and pricing
  • compliance_deadlines — When statutory returns and payroll filings are due, per country. Covers IN (GSTR-1/3B/9/9C, CMP-08, Form 24Q, Form 16, PF ECR, ESI), AU (BAS, STP
  • local_payment_methods — Local bank-rail / wallet payment methods (UPI, BACS, PayID, BPAY, ACH, RTP, Zelle, PayNow, FAST, Interac, …) with rail speed, use-cases, authority
  • feature_search — Free-text search across the marketing feature catalog, plan features, integrations, country features, compliance frameworks, competitor positioning
  • list_features — Full 96-feature marketing catalog. Filter by category, tier, status, marketedOnly, or substring query
  • list_feature_categories — The 13 feature categories on the marketing site with per-category counts by status (live/beta/planned)
  • list_articles — Published content on hellobooks.ai — head-to-head compare pages and curated flagship blog posts. Optional country, tag, query, limit filters
  • list_tax_rates — Statutory tax-rate slabs by jurisdiction — IN GST (5/12/18/28 + zero + exempt + composition trader/manufacturer/restaurant), UK VAT

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: GA4_MEASUREMENT_ID, GA4_API_SECRET. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Installation

The server ships on npm as npm, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Where it fits

Plenty of payments and commerce servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. HelloBooks AI Agents's toolset — list_plans, list_integrations, country_support and 10 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by HelloBooksAIAgents; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • With 13 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch HelloBooks AI Agents.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
list_plansAll HelloBooks plans (Free, Pro, Business, CPA) + Warehouse / Manufacturing add-ons. Optional country and plan filters.
list_integrationsBanks, payments, payroll, time tracking, shipping, tax-compliance, accounting sync, ecommerce, CRM, storage (Drive/OneDrive), freelance (Upwork). Optional category, country, status filters.
country_supportPer-country feature availability (BAS, STP, GST e-invoice, MTD, 1099, etc.).
compliance_capabilitiesFor a given country, the supported compliance frameworks with version + cert info.
list_competitorsCompetitor positioning (QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks, Wave, Zoho Books, Tally) with where HelloBooks wins, where the competitor wins, and pricing notes. Optional country, tier, and id filters.
compliance_deadlinesWhen statutory returns and payroll filings are due, per country. Covers IN (GSTR-1/3B/9/9C, CMP-08, Form 24Q, Form 16, PF ECR, ESI), AU (BAS, STP, Super Guarantee), GB (VAT MTD, RTI, Self Assessment), US (1099-NEC/MISC,
local_payment_methodsLocal bank-rail / wallet payment methods (UPI, BACS, PayID, BPAY, ACH, RTP, Zelle, PayNow, FAST, Interac, …) with rail speed, use-cases, authority, and HelloBooks support level. Optional country, useCase, rail, and id fi
feature_searchFree-text search across the marketing feature catalog, plan features, integrations, country features, compliance frameworks, competitor positioning, statutory deadlines, local payment methods, and published articles. Que
list_featuresFull 96-feature marketing catalog. Filter by category, tier, status, marketedOnly, or substring query.
list_feature_categoriesThe 13 feature categories on the marketing site with per-category counts by status (live/beta/planned).
list_articlesPublished content on hellobooks.ai — head-to-head compare pages and curated flagship blog posts. Optional country, tag, query, limit filters.
list_tax_ratesStatutory tax-rate slabs by jurisdiction — IN GST (5/12/18/28 + zero + exempt + composition trader/manufacturer/restaurant), UK VAT (20/5/zero/exempt), AU GST (10/GST-free), US state-administered summary, CA GST + HST (O
lookup_tax_ratePick a single statutory rate by exact id (e.g. IN-standard-18) or by country + free-text category (e.g. "office supplies", "restaurant", "exports"). Returns the matched rate, score, and source URL.

How to install the HelloBooks AI Agents MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hellobooks": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "npm"],
      "env": {
        "GA4_MEASUREMENT_ID": "your-value",
        "GA4_API_SECRET": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
GA4_MEASUREMENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
GA4_API_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use HelloBooks AI Agents to list plans.
  • Use HelloBooks AI Agents to list integrations.
  • Use HelloBooks AI Agents to country support.

Frequently asked questions

It connects HelloBooks AI Agents to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 13 tools (list_plans, list_integrations, country_support, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with HelloBooks AI Agents directly.