Freshbooks MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 299 installs a week from npm. Last commit 18 Sep 2026.
FreshBooks invoicing for Claude — invoices, clients, estimates, and payments
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Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add freshbooks-mcp -- npx -y @chrischall/freshbooks-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"freshbooks-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@chrischall/freshbooks-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.freshbooks-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@chrischall/freshbooks-mcp"]{
"mcpServers": {
"freshbooks-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@chrischall/freshbooks-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"freshbooks-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@chrischall/freshbooks-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_ID (OAuth client ID from my.freshbooks.com/#/developer), FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET (OAuth client secret), FRESHBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN (OAuth refresh token from the one-time bootstrap (rotates on every use)), FRESHBOOKS_REDIRECT_URI (Registered redirect URI; required on refresh calls too (default https://localhost/callback)), FRESHBOOKS_TOKEN_STORE (Path for the rotating-refresh-token store (default ~/.freshbooks-mcp/session.json)).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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