Install freshbooks-mcp for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"chrischall-freshbooks-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@chrischall/freshbooks-mcp@1.2.2"
],
"env": {
"FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_ID": "",
"FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_FRESHBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET",
"FRESHBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "YOUR_FRESHBOOKS_REFRESH_TOKEN",
"FRESHBOOKS_REDIRECT_URI": "",
"FRESHBOOKS_TOKEN_STORE": "",
"FRESHBOOKS_BUSINESS_ID": "",
"FRESHBOOKS_ACCOUNT_ID": "",
"FRESHBOOKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": ""
}
}
}
}