# FreshBooks API for AI Agents

The best cloud based small business accounting software. Send invoices, track time, manage receipts, expenses, and accept credit cards. Call the FreshBooks API from the agent stack you already run. Swytchcode supplies the manifest, then handles authentication, retries, idempotency, and validation on every call.

Copy paste to your AI agent

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[Visit official site](https://www.freshbooks.com/) [View documentation](https://www.freshbooks.com/api/start)

## What can you build with the FreshBooks API?

1. Call FreshBooks directly from an AI agent without writing custom auth, retry, or error-handling code.
2. Get the right endpoints and call sequence for the workflow you need, instead of having the agent explore the FreshBooks API surface.
3. Chain FreshBooks with other approved integrations in one workflow, each step validated against your policy before it runs.
4. Give an agent safe read/write access to FreshBooks in production, with idempotent retries if a call fails.

## How to connect the FreshBooks API to an AI agent

Four steps, no SDK, no boilerplate. Every FreshBooks call routed through Swytchcode is idempotency-keyed and safe to retry.

1. **Install the CLI**  
   Run "npx swytchcode" to install the Swytchcode CLI—no account required to start.

2. **Pull the manifest**  
   Run "swytchcode get fresh_books" to pull the FreshBooks API manifest, including its schema and available actions.

3. **Authenticate once**  
   Provide your FreshBooks API credentials a single time. Swytchcode stores and refreshes them so your agent never handles raw secrets.

4. **Call it from your agent**  
   Run "swytchcode exec fresh_books.<action> --key value" from any agent or script. No SDK, no framework lock-in.

```
swytchcode get fresh_books
swytchcode exec fresh_books.<action> --key value
```

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Swytchcode?
### How do I get started with Swytchcode?
### How does an AI agent actually call the FreshBooks API through Swytchcode?
### What happens if a FreshBooks call fails, times out, or hits a rate limit?
### Can I restrict which FreshBooks actions my agent is allowed to run?
### Where does Swytchcode store my FreshBooks credentials?
### Do I need to write a custom FreshBooks SDK integration for my agent?
### How is calling FreshBooks through Swytchcode different from calling its API directly?
### Do I need a specific framework to call FreshBooks?
### Does Swytchcode log what my agent does with FreshBooks?

## Build me a FreshBooks AI assistant

Copy the prompt into your agent. It will load Swytchcode and wire up FreshBooks.

Build me a FreshBooks AI assistant  
Set up https://www.swytchcode.com/skills.md