# QuickBooks Online L1 · Needs a person QuickBooks is accounting software with a large developer toolkit. **Can an AI agent use QuickBooks Online? No.** Our agent couldn't get into QuickBooks Online on its own. Category: Accounting · Connects by: MCP, API, CLI, SDK · Agent payments: None found · Driven: 28 Oct 2026 **How to connect** - MCP server URL: `https://mcp.intuit.com/mcp` (documented). Source: https://mcp.intuit.com/mcp - CLI install: `npm install -g intuit-cli` (documented). Source: https://www.npmjs.com/package/intuit-cli **Level 1: Needs a person.** Agents can't get in on their own. - Got in by: A person sets it up (Not on its own in its last 2 drives) - Got as far as: Sign up (Use, Pay and Leave not reached) - To reach L2: Let an agent sign up on its own. 2 drives on one day, awaiting confirmation [What the levels mean](https://agentdrives.com/method/levels?via=md) ## From finding it to leaving What an agent managed without a person, at each step. 1. **Find**: Partly. Docs with gaps: llms.txt and an MCP server; no docs on signing in. 127 doc pages read. 2. **Get in**: Stopped. Can't sign up. The sign-up form requires a phone number the agent does not have. Stopped here. 3. **Use**: Not reached. Tasks need an account. 4. **Pay**: Not reached. Buying needs an account. 5. **Leave**: Not reached. Nothing to cancel or delete. ## Getting in None of the 2 ways in worked without a person. Where it stopped: **Email and password**. The sign-up form requires a phone number the agent does not have. - Both kinds of agent (On a server, or in its own browser): No. Signing up needs a person: it asks for a phone number. - Signed agent (Known to Cloudflare): Yes. The site opens. | Way in | What happened | |---|---| | Email and password | Stopped by a phone number | | Sign-in for apps (OAuth, MCP) | Not tried: Not part of this drive | [Let AI agents sign up without a phone number](https://agentdrives.com/guides/sign-up-without-a-phone-number.md?via=md) ## What an agent can do with QuickBooks Online No task was tried: our agent couldn't get into QuickBooks Online. Core tasks QuickBooks Online offers an agent: - Create and send an invoice (API) - Record a payment on an invoice (API) - Record a bookkeeping transaction (API) - Run a financial report (P&L, balance sheet) (API) - Connect a bank feed (Web app) - Reconcile a bank transaction (Web app) - Track and manage inventory (API) - Accept an online payment (Web app) - Run payroll (Web app) What it can't do, and why: - Get API credentials or a sandbox company: They come from a developer account, which needs a phone number. - Reach the remote MCP endpoint: The server answered 403 to every request. 26 more tasks it offers: - File payroll taxes (Web app) - Create an estimate or quote (API) - Convert an estimate to an invoice (API) - Set up recurring invoices (API) - Set up payment reminders (Web app) - Bill time or expenses on an invoice (Web app) - Create a budget (API) - Forecast cash flow (Web app) - Scan a receipt or bill (Web app) - Track project profitability (Web app) - Track classes and locations (API) - Generate year-end tax forms (Web app) - Pay a bill (API) - Enter a supplier bill (API) - Build a dashboard of work/business data (Web app) - Ask the built-in AI assistant a question (Web app) - Connect a third-party integration (Web app) - Export data to a file (Web app) - Import data from a file or another tool (Web app) - Create a client or contact (API) - Invite a member (accountant/team) (Web app) - Change account/subscription settings (Web app) - Remove the product's branding on invoices (Web app) - Work from the mobile app (Web app) - Register an OAuth app / API key (Web app) - Open a QuickBooks Checking business account (Web app) **Surface audit:** 501 documented operations, 2 run, 2 passed, 499 blocked (sandbox or plan limits). ## How an agent connects MCP, API, CLI, SDK and llms.txt found. Agent surfaces: API documented · MCP documented · CLI tested · SDK documented · Docs tested · Agent payments none found. Issues found: 1. - **MCP server**: Listed, not tested. Official server. Local server (README: 145 tools when driven) and Intuit Developer Plugin (12 tools) It didn't answer when we asked for its tools on 1 Nov 2026. https://mcp.intuit.com/mcp (113 tools across its docs) - **API**: Listed, not tested. REST + GraphQL Accounting API, 74 entities and reports in the API Reference. (255 operations across its docs) - **OpenAPI**: None found. none published. - **CLI**: 1 tested. intuit-cli 0.2.4 on npm, 22 command groups. (91 commands across its docs) - **SDK**: Listed, not tested. Java v6.6.3, .NET V14.7.1.6, PHP v6.4.1; OAuth clients for Node 4.2.5, Python 1.2.7, Ruby. (30 methods across its docs) - **llms.txt**: Yes. https://quickbooks.intuit.com/llms.txt - **Agent payments**: None found. The checkout: Chose a plan; the checkout didn't open: Simple Start, $38 a month; Checkout: a checkout; No CAPTCHA at checkout; Asks for a phone number. - **Docs**: Some gaps. Covers getting started. No auth, error codes or code examples. (127 of 804 pages read) [The standards](https://agentdrives.com/standard) ## Tips for agent builders - Use the docs under developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/...; the llms.txt links 404 - With an Intuit Developer app, use intuit-cli (npm install -g intuit-cli; intuit auth login --env sandbox, callback http://localhost:9477/callback) or the local quickbooks-online-mcp-server ## How QuickBooks Online compares On our standard (11 criteria, each against every product we measured on it): - [A request id on every answer](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-07): **Ahead of most** 64 of 103 others lower, 39 the same. - [Prices an agent can read](https://agentdrives.com/standard#find-06): **Level with most** 80 of 105 others the same, 25 lower. - [Real status codes](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-01): **Level with most** 125 of 127 others the same, 2 lower. - [WebMCP tools on the web app](https://agentdrives.com/standard#proto-02): **Level with most** 91 of 93 others the same, 2 higher. - [Docs an agent can navigate](https://agentdrives.com/standard#docs-11): **Level with most** 87 of 141 others the same, 10 lower, 44 higher. - [Pages fit one fetch](https://agentdrives.com/standard#docs-08): **Level with most** 87 of 141 others the same, 54 higher. - [Sign-in for agents acting for a person](https://agentdrives.com/standard#in-08): **Behind most** 65 of 119 others higher, 54 the same. - [The best way in is built for agents](https://agentdrives.com/standard#in-12): **Behind most** 81 of 147 others higher, 66 the same. - [Export before leaving](https://agentdrives.com/standard#leave-03): **Behind most** 89 of 144 others higher, 55 the same. - [Every way in works for an agent](https://agentdrives.com/standard#in-11): **Behind most** 90 of 145 others higher, 55 the same. - [A path written for agents](https://agentdrives.com/standard#docs-10): **Behind most** 103 of 141 others higher, 38 the same. [How each criterion is graded](https://agentdrives.com/standard) ## For the team behind QuickBooks Online **7 things to fix for agents.** Agent blockers: 1 found · Agent surfaces: no issues found. Safety review: 2 issues found. Agents get stuck at Get in. Prove QuickBooks Online is yours, then see where each issue is, read your safety findings and ask for a free drive after a fix. How to fix each one comes with the Audit. - Find: Partly - Get in: Blocks agents - Use: Not reached - Pay: Not reached - Leave: Not reached [Claim QuickBooks Online, free](https://agentdrives.com/app/products?add=quickbooks.intuit.com&ref=listing) · [What a drive covers](https://agentdrives.com/method?via=md) ## Where QuickBooks Online fits - Category: [Payments and finance](https://agentdrives.com/categories/finance?via=md), [Accounting](https://agentdrives.com/categories/accounting?via=md) - Wall: [Phone number at sign-up](https://agentdrives.com/access/get-in/sign-up) (kept our agent out), [Let AI agents sign up without a phone number](https://agentdrives.com/guides/sign-up-without-a-phone-number?via=md) (fix guide) - Standards: [MCP](https://agentdrives.com/standards/mcp) (tools an agent can call), [llms.txt](https://agentdrives.com/standards/llms-txt) (its docs, listed for agents) - Steps: [Find](https://agentdrives.com/access/find), [Get in](https://agentdrives.com/access/get-in) (stopped here), [Use](https://agentdrives.com/access/use), [Pay](https://agentdrives.com/access/pay), [Leave](https://agentdrives.com/access/leave) Data: [JSON](https://agentdrives.com/api/tools/quickbooks-intuit.json?via=md) · [Markdown](https://agentdrives.com/tools/quickbooks-intuit.md?via=md) · [History](https://agentdrives.com/tools/quickbooks-intuit/history?via=md) · [Atom](https://agentdrives.com/feeds/tools/quickbooks-intuit.atom) · [JSON Feed](https://agentdrives.com/feeds/tools/quickbooks-intuit.json) · licence [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) **Found an error?** [Tell us on this page](https://agentdrives.com/tools/quickbooks-intuit?via=md#correct) or read [how corrections work](https://agentdrives.com/corrections?via=md).