FreshBooks Automation

Automate FreshBooks operations including listing businesses, managing projects, tracking time, and monitoring budgets for small and medium-sized business accounting.

Toolkit docs: composio.dev/toolkits/freshbooks

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Setup

This skill requires the Rube MCP server connected at https://rube.app/mcp.

Before executing any tools, ensure an active connection exists for the freshbooks toolkit. If no connection is active, initiate one via RUBE_MANAGE_CONNECTIONS.

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Core Workflows

1. List Businesses

Retrieve all businesses associated with the authenticated user. The business_id from this response is required for most other FreshBooks API calls.

Tool: FRESHBOOKS_LIST_BUSINESSES

Parameters: None required.

Example:

Tool: FRESHBOOKS_LIST_BUSINESSES
Arguments: {}

Output: Returns business membership information including all businesses the user has access to, along with their role in each business.

Important: Always call this first to obtain a valid business_id before performing project-specific operations.

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2. List and Filter Projects

Retrieve all projects for a business with comprehensive filtering and sorting options.

Tool: FRESHBOOKS_LIST_PROJECTS

Key Parameters:

• business_id (required) -- Business ID obtained from FRESHBOOKS_LIST_BUSINESSES
• active -- Filter by active status: true (active only), (inactive only), omit for all