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qbo-cli - Quickbooks CLI for AI Agents

qbo-cli - Quickbooks CLI for AI Agents

by voska·Feb 27, 2026·4 points·3 comments
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AI Analysis

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QuickBooks API access designed for AI agents with clean terminal output—Claude Code ready.

Strengths
  • •Pure Go binary, no dependencies, cross-platform with Homebrew/Scoop install
  • •Three output modes (JSON, tables, TSV) with agent-aware exit codes and schema introspection
  • •OAuth 2.0 keyring storage, full API coverage including reports, batch ops, change capture
Weaknesses
  • •Narrow audience—only relevant if using QBO + agents; unknown adoption beyond solo dev
  • •Early stage (v0.1.1)—missing observability/error handling details for production agent loops
Target Audience

AI agents, developers, accountants, financial teams using QuickBooks

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Post Description

I wanted my agent to be able to give me insights into my financials and handle some of the accounting tasks in a context-efficient way, so I built `qbo-cli` to interface with Quickbooks Online.

Heavily inspired by steipete's CLI tools.

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