Build a Custom AI Accountant: Claude Cowork + QuickBooks MCP

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Stop manual bookkeeping. Let Claude do the heavy lifting. 🤖💼 In this video, we’re building a custom AI Accountant by connecting Claude Cowork to QuickBooks Online using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Try it yourself! https://github.com/intuit/quickbooks-online-mcp-server Unlike a standard chat, Claude Cowork can autonomously plan and execute multi-step tasks. By adding a QuickBooks MCP server, we give Claude "eyes and hands" inside our accounting software to categorize expenses, find unpaid invoices, and generate financial summaries—all through natural language. What You’ll Learn: What an MCP server is, and how powerful it can be Claude Cowork: Enabling the new agentic mode in Claude Desktop to handle long-running tasks. Live Demo: Watching Claude write-off a set of accounts receivable balances.