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Summary
Invoice Ninja: clients, invoices, quotes, recurring invoices, payments, products, expenses and projects. REST API v5 on Invoice Ninja's hosted service or your own instance, API-token auth.
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Invoice Ninja + Claude
Invoice Ninja: clients, invoices, quotes, recurring invoices, payments, products, expenses and projects. REST API v5 on Invoice Ninja's hosted service or your own instance, API-token auth.
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
INVOICENINJA_URL, INVOICENINJA_API_TOKEN
Step 1 — Get credentials
Getting a token
- Sign in and open Settings → Account Management → API Tokens (on v5; on a self-hosted instance the same page exists).
- Create a token and put it in
INVOICENINJA_API_TOKEN. - Set
INVOICENINJA_URL. For the hosted service that ishttps://invoicing.co; for a self-hosted instance, your own root. No trailing slash and no/api/v1— the adapter appends it.
The header is X-API-TOKEN.
One token, one company. Invoice Ninja supports several companies per account, and the token is bound to the one it was created in. A second company needs a second token and a second connector.
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in Claude
Recommended path — works on claude.ai web without editing any config file.
- Open claude.ai/customize/connectors.
- Click "Add custom connector".
- Fill in:
- Name:
Invoice Ninja - URL:
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp - Authentication: Bearer token → paste your MCP API key (from AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key)
- Name:
- Click Connect to authorize.
All tools below appear in your chat — start typing prompts.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
invoice_ninja_list_clients | List clients with their name, contacts, balance, paid-to-date total and currency |
invoice_ninja_get_client | Read one client in full: their contacts, addresses, payment terms, balance and the settings that override the company defaults for them |
invoice_ninja_list_invoices | List invoices with their number, date, due date, client, amount and balance |
invoice_ninja_get_invoice | Read one invoice in full: every line item with quantity, cost and tax, the totals, the balance outstanding and the payments applied |
invoice_ninja_list_quotes | List quotes with their number, date, client, amount and status — what is out with prospects and not yet converted into an invoice |
invoice_ninja_list_payments | List payments with their date, amount, method, client and the invoices they were applied to — the money that actually arrived |
invoice_ninja_list_recurring_invoices | List recurring invoices with their frequency, next send date, client and amount — the predictable part of the revenue |
invoice_ninja_list_products | List products with their key, notes, cost, price, quantity and tax settings |
invoice_ninja_list_expenses | List expenses with their date, vendor, category, amount and whether they have been billed to a client — the cost side of the ledger |
invoice_ninja_list_projects | List projects with their name, client, budgeted hours, task rate and due date — the anchor for time and profitability questions |
FAQ
Does it work with Claude Code as well as Claude Desktop? Yes — point both at https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp.
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