Freshbooks MCP Server

MCP server for FreshBooks API integration

Local serverstdioPython

What is the Freshbooks MCP server?

If you already use Freshbooks, the freshbooks mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. MCP server for FreshBooks API integration.

What the server does

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for integrating FreshBooks with GenAI applications.

  • Comprehensive FreshBooks API coverage
  • Multiple authentication methods
  • Enterprise-ready with rate limiting
  • Full error handling and retry logic
  • Async support for better performance

Available tools

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

  • Enterprise — ready with rate limiting

Installation

The server ships on PyPI as freshbooks-mcp-server, 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

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Freshbooks's toolset — Enterprise — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by asklokesh; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Freshbooks's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

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.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Enterpriseready with rate limiting

How to install the Freshbooks MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-freshbooks": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["freshbooks-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Freshbooks to Enterprise.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Freshbooks to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 1 tool (Enterprise) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Freshbooks directly.