# How to connect QuickBooks to OpenClaw (no API keys) > Connect QuickBooks to OpenClaw with ClawLink in one click — 105 tools your AI agent can call from chat via hosted OAuth. No API keys, no manual setup. Web version: https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/quickbooks The usual route to QuickBooks access for OpenClaw is an MCP server you configure and keep running, plus your own OAuth app or API keys. ClawLink gives OpenClaw a more practical QuickBooks setup: install one ClawHub skill, connect QuickBooks in the browser, and OpenClaw can call real QuickBooks actions from any chat surface with no auth, token refresh, or tool wiring to build yourself. **Start here:** install the ClawLink plugin (`openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin`), pair it in the browser, then connect the app in the ClawLink dashboard. The interactive install prompt is on the web version of this page: https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/quickbooks ## Setup It takes three steps to connect OpenClaw to QuickBooks. 1. **Install ClawLink** — add the plugin to OpenClaw once. 2. **Connect QuickBooks** — one-click OAuth in the ClawLink dashboard. 3. **Use it from chat** — ask OpenClaw in plain English. **Alternative for any agent (no plugin needed):** if the OpenClaw plugin route isn't available or doesn't work, any AI agent with shell access can use the ClawLink CLI instead: ```bash npx -y @useclawlink/cli login # sign in via browser — no API key to paste npx -y @useclawlink/cli connect quickbooks # connect QuickBooks (browser OAuth) npx -y @useclawlink/cli actions quickbooks # list available actions npx -y @useclawlink/cli run quickbooks --input '' # execute (add --confirm for writes) ``` ### Install by command The setup prompt above does all of this in one paste. By hand, it is one install command plus a browser approval: ```bash openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin ``` Then ask OpenClaw to set up ClawLink. It starts browser pairing and prints an approval link — open it, approve the device, return to the chat, and say `done`. Finally, connect QuickBooks in the [ClawLink dashboard](https://claw-link.dev/dashboard) — a one-click OAuth approval, no API keys. Verify the connection by asking OpenClaw: > Create it in QuickBooks for me, then confirm the important fields before you finish. ### Using a different agent? The OpenClaw plugin is one client of ClawLink's MCP server. Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any agent that can run a shell command pairs with the same ClawLink account through the CLI: ```bash npx -y @useclawlink/cli login ``` `login` opens the same browser approval and stores a credential locally. Once QuickBooks is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 105 QuickBooks tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: [connect apps to any AI agent](https://claw-link.dev/learn/connect-apps-to-any-ai-agent). ## QuickBooks MCP for OpenClaw Looking for a QuickBooks MCP server for OpenClaw? ClawLink connects QuickBooks to OpenClaw and exposes 105 QuickBooks tools your agent can call over [MCP](https://claw-link.dev/learn/what-is-an-mcp-server), with [hosted auth](https://claw-link.dev/learn/oauth-for-ai-agents) and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using Hermes instead? The [Hermes QuickBooks integration](https://claw-link.dev/hermes/quickbooks) works the same way. ## What the OpenClaw QuickBooks integration can do 105 QuickBooks tools are ready for OpenClaw once the account is connected. The 30 below are the ones people reach for most; your agent can call all 105. ### 30 of 105 QuickBooks tools for OpenClaw | Tool | What it does | |---|---| | **Create account** `quickbooks_create_account` | Create a new account in QuickBooks | | **Create bill** `quickbooks_create_bill` | Create a new bill in QuickBooks | | **Create credit memo** `quickbooks_create_credit_memo` | Create a new credit memo in QuickBooks | | **Create customer** `quickbooks_create_customer` | Create a new customer in QuickBooks | | **Create deposit** `quickbooks_create_deposit` | Create a new deposit in QuickBooks | | **Create employee** `quickbooks_create_employee` | Create a new employee in QuickBooks | | **Create estimate** `quickbooks_create_estimate` | Create a new estimate in QuickBooks | | **Create invoice** `quickbooks_create_invoice` | Create a new invoice in QuickBooks | | **Customer balance detail** `quickbooks_customer_balance_detail` | Generate a balance detail report for a customer in QuickBooks with the given customer ID | | **Customer balance report** `quickbooks_customer_balance_report` | Generate a customer balance report in QuickBooks showing outstanding balances for customers | | **Get aged receivables report** `quickbooks_get_aged_receivables_report` | Generate an aged receivables report showing outstanding customer balances by age | | **Get attachable** `quickbooks_get_attachable` | Read details of a specific attachable by ID in QuickBooks Online | | **Get balance sheet report** `quickbooks_get_balance_sheet_report` | Generate a Balance Sheet report showing company assets, liabilities, and equity at a point in | | **Get bank account** `quickbooks_get_bank_account` | Retrieve a specific bank account by ID from QuickBooks Payments API | | **Get bill** `quickbooks_get_bill` | Fetch a QuickBooks bill by ID | | **Get bill payment** `quickbooks_get_bill_payment` | Retrieve details of a specific bill payment by ID in QuickBooks Online | | **Get changed entities** `quickbooks_get_changed_entities` | Retrieve entities that changed since a specified timestamp using QuickBooks Change Data Capture | | **Get company info** `quickbooks_get_company_info` | Read company information from QuickBooks Online | | **Get credit memo** `quickbooks_get_credit_memo` | Fetch a QuickBooks credit memo by ID | | **Get credit memo PDF** `quickbooks_get_credit_memo_pdf` | Download a QuickBooks credit memo as a PDF file | | **Get department** `quickbooks_get_department` | Read details of a specific department by ID in QuickBooks Online | | **Get deposit** `quickbooks_get_deposit` | Read details of a specific deposit by ID in QuickBooks Online | | **Get estimate** `quickbooks_get_estimate` | Fetch a QuickBooks estimate by ID | | **Get estimate PDF** `quickbooks_get_estimate_pdf` | Download a QuickBooks estimate as a PDF file | | **Get exchange rate** `quickbooks_get_exchange_rate` | Get exchange rate for a specific currency code and date in QuickBooks Online | | **Get general ledger report** `quickbooks_get_general_ledger_report` | Generate a General Ledger report showing all transactions with debits, credits, and running | | **Get inventory valuation summary** `quickbooks_get_inventory_valuation_summary` | Generate an Inventory Valuation Summary report showing inventory quantities and their current | | **Get invoice PDF** `quickbooks_get_invoice_pdf` | Download a QuickBooks invoice as a PDF file | | **Get item** `quickbooks_get_item` | Retrieve a specific item by its ID from QuickBooks Online | | **Get journal entry** `quickbooks_get_journal_entry` | Read details of a specific QuickBooks journal entry by ID | ## Example prompts **Create Account** > Create it in QuickBooks for me, then confirm the important fields before you finish. **Create Bill** > Create it in QuickBooks for me, then confirm the important fields before you finish. **Create Credit Memo** > Create it in QuickBooks for me, then confirm the important fields before you finish. **Create Customer** > Create it in QuickBooks for me, then confirm the important fields before you finish. ## ClawLink vs. building it yourself The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual OAuth app setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for OpenClaw. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want QuickBooks working from chat. | | Manual | ClawLink | |---|---|---| | **Connection flow** | Register a QuickBooks app, configure redirect URLs, manage consent details, and reconnect users when auth settings drift. | Users connect QuickBooks through the hosted browser flow and ClawLink keeps the token lifecycle out of your app code. | | **Ongoing maintenance** | You own refresh logic, permission debugging, environment config, and every provider-specific edge case for QuickBooks. | ClawLink handles the repetitive integration plumbing so your team can focus on the workflow instead of the infrastructure. | | **Agent usability** | You still need to expose the right QuickBooks actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 105 tools for QuickBooks are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. | ## ClawLink vs. Composio Composio also exposes QuickBooks to AI agents. It is developer infrastructure: Python and TypeScript SDKs, an MCP server, and a catalog past 1,000 apps, aimed at teams shipping agent products. ClawLink is built for OpenClaw users instead. You install the plugin once, connect QuickBooks in the browser, and the 105 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK, no config file, and no API key handling. Choosing between them? Read the full [Composio alternatives](https://claw-link.dev/hub/composio-alternatives) comparison. ### OpenClaw installed the QuickBooks skill but can't call the tools The ClawHub skill teaches OpenClaw about QuickBooks, but the calls run through the ClawLink plugin and your connected account. Make sure QuickBooks is connected in the dashboard, then start a fresh chat so OpenClaw reloads the tool catalog. If OpenClaw runs as a persistent gateway, restart it so the new tools register. ### Connection succeeds but no tools appear Reconnect QuickBooks from the dashboard, then start a fresh chat if the runtime still has the old tool catalog loaded. ### "Tool schema not loaded yet" error when calling QuickBooks tools QuickBooks tool schemas load on demand the first time a tool runs and are cached after that, so this error usually clears on its own: wait a few seconds and retry the same request. If every QuickBooks call keeps failing with it in a fresh chat, reconnect from the dashboard, and contact support if it still persists — that pattern points to a configuration problem on our side, not something you can fix by reconnecting again. ### QuickBooks returns 403 or "permission denied" on one action while others work Two usual causes. The connected account may not have access to the specific workspace, inbox, store, or project in the request — check that first. If access looks right, the agent may have sent a placeholder value (like "YOUR_ID" or an example id from documentation) instead of a real one: ask it to run a list or search tool first, then retry the action with a real id from those results. Most failures at this stage are one of these two, not ClawLink bugs. ### OAuth finished in the browser but the account is still missing Try reconnecting QuickBooks and complete the consent flow in the same browser session. Partial OAuth approvals or switching accounts mid-flow can leave the connection incomplete. ### Is there a OpenClaw QuickBooks integration? Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect OpenClaw to QuickBooks: link your QuickBooks account once in the browser and OpenClaw can call the QuickBooks API through 105 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling. ### How do I add QuickBooks to OpenClaw with ClawLink? Paste the setup prompt from this page into OpenClaw. It installs the ClawLink QuickBooks skill from ClawHub, then you click Connect in the dashboard to authorize QuickBooks. OpenClaw calls the tools from the next message — no config files or API keys to manage. ### How long does it take to connect QuickBooks to OpenClaw? About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to QuickBooks in the dashboard, authenticate, and OpenClaw can use it from the next chat message. ### Why use ClawLink instead of wiring QuickBooks up myself? The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual OAuth app setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for OpenClaw. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want QuickBooks working from chat. ### OpenClaw installed the QuickBooks skill but can't call the tools The ClawHub skill teaches OpenClaw about QuickBooks, but the calls run through the ClawLink plugin and your connected account. Make sure QuickBooks is connected in the dashboard, then start a fresh chat so OpenClaw reloads the tool catalog. If OpenClaw runs as a persistent gateway, restart it so the new tools register. ## Related - [Zoho Books tools](https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/zoho-books) — Organize finances, invoices, bills, and accounting - [OpenClaw Zoho Invoice integration](https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/zoho-invoice) — Create and send invoices, track payments, and manage billing - [Square](https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/square) — Process payments and manage POS