john-zhang-dev/xero-mcp

This MCP server allows Clients to interact with Xero Accounting Software.
Get Started
1. Make sure node is installed.
2. Create an OAuth 2.0 app in Xero to get a _CLIENT_ID_ and _CLIENT_SECRET_.
- Create a free Xero user account (if you don't have one)
- Login to Xero Developer center https://developer.xero.com/app/manage/
- Click New app
- Enter a name for your app
- Select Web app
- Provide a valid URL (can be anything valid eg. https://www.myapp.com)
- Enter redirect URI: http://localhost:5000/callback
> **Note:** The redirect URI can be customized, but it must use localhost and include both an explicit port and a path (e.g. http://localhost:5050/my-path). Set the same value as XERO_REDIRECT_URI in your MCP client config below.
- Tick to Accept the Terms & Conditions and click Create app
- On the left-hand side of the screen select Configuration
- Click Generate a secret
3. Configure your MCP client:
### Claude Desktop
Go to Settings -> Developers -> Local MCP Servers -> Edit Config and add the following to claude_desktop_config.json:
Restart Claude Desktop, or reload via Developer -> Reload MCP Configuration.
### Claude Code
Run the following command to add the MCP server:
The server will be available in your next Claude Code session. To make it available across all projects, add --scope user to the command above.
4. When accessing a Xero tool for the first time, a Xero login page will pop up to ask your consent. Complete the auth flow and manually close the web page (as the Xero page will not auto close in this version)
**Privacy alert: after completing the Xero OAuth2 flow, your Xero data may go through the LLM that you use. If you are doing testing you should authorize to your Xero Demo Company.**
Tools
- authenticate
Authenticate with Xero using OAuth2
- create_bank_transactions
Creates one or more spent or received money transaction
- create_contacts
Creates one or multiple contacts in a Xero organisation
- get_balance_sheet
Retrieves report for balancesheet
- get_bank_transaction
Retrieves a single spent or received money transaction by its Xero bank transaction ID
- get_invoice
Retrieves a single sales invoice or purchase bill by its Xero invoice ID
- list_accounts
Retrieves the full chart of accounts
- list_bank_transactions
Retrieves any spent or received money transactions
- list_contacts
Retrieves all contacts in a Xero organisation
- list_invoices
Retrieves sales invoices or purchase bills
- list_organisations