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Xero MCP connector

The Xero connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent read and update your Xero contacts, payments, bank transactions and tracking categories, with each person signed in as themselves and every action recorded in an audit log.

  • Connects over OAuth
  • Free 14-day trial
  • No credit card
ChatGPT Elaichi connected

List Xero contacts with invoices overdue more than 30 days.

Working in Xero with Elaichi

  • List all Xero contacts
  • Get single Xero contact by ID
  • Xero contacts list attachments
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Xero Xero contacts list attachments Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Xero Get single Xero contact by ID Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Xero List all Xero contacts Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Xero Create a Xero contact Megan Brooks · Claude · 9:38 AM Done
Xero Update a Xero contact by ID Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Xero to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Xero MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Xero MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.

Terminal

$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.

Xero MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Xero MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Xero MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.

Server URL
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Type
Dynamic discovery

Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.

Connect Xero to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

What teams do with Xero through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Xero is logged.

  • Finance

    Find every payment from one customer

    Ask for all payments recorded against a customer in Xero this quarter and get the list with dates and amounts, without opening the payments screen and filtering by hand.

  • Accounts receivable

    Record a payment the moment it arrives

    When a customer confirms a transfer, tell the agent the contact, amount and date and it creates the payment in Xero on the spot.

  • Bookkeeping

    Check what hit the bank this week

    Pull the week's bank transactions out of Xero, see which ones have attachments, and spot anything that still needs a receipt.

  • Sales

    Add a new customer before the first bill

    After a deal closes, hand over the company name, billing email and address and the contact is created in Xero ready for invoicing.

  • Operations

    Clean up duplicate or stale contacts

    Find contacts in Xero with old addresses or duplicate names and update or remove them in bulk, with the history of each change kept.

  • Leadership

    See spend by department or project

    List the tracking categories set up in Xero and ask how payments break down across them, then rename or retire a category when a team changes.

Try asking

  • “List Xero contacts with invoices overdue more than 30 days.”
  • “Total payments received this month by tracking category.”
  • “Create a Xero contact for Northwind Supplies with billing email.”

See all 250 Xero tools →

What connecting Xero gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Xero account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

List Xero contacts with invoices overdue more than 30 days.

Total payments received this month by tracking category.

Create a Xero contact for Northwind Supplies with billing email.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about invoices, get real answers.

Plain language questions run against live Xero contacts, invoices and payments.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

AI apps

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot reach Xero.

One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Xero contacts List List all contacts in a Xero organisation. Returns: ContactID, Name, EmailAddress, ContactStatus, IsSupplier, IsCustomer, Addresses, Phones, Balances, UpdatedDateUTC, HasAttachments. Optionally filter by where clause, IDs, searchTerm, or includeArchived.
Get single Xero contact by ID Get Get a specific Xero contact by id. Returns: ContactID, Name, EmailAddress, ContactStatus, Addresses, Phones, Balances, PaymentTerms, BrandingTheme, ContactPersons, IsSupplier, IsCustomer, UpdatedDateUTC. Required: id.
Create a Xero contact Create Create or update one or more contacts in a Xero organisation. Returns: ContactID, Name, EmailAddress, ContactStatus, Addresses, Phones, IsSupplier, IsCustomer, PaymentTerms, UpdatedDateUTC, HasValidationErrors. Required: Contacts.
Update a Xero contact by ID Update Update an existing Xero contact by id. Returns: Contacts (array containing the updated contact record), Status, DateTimeUTC. Required: id, Contacts.
Delete a Xero contact by ID Delete Delete a specific contact from a Xero contact group by id. Returns an empty 204 response on success. Required: contact_group_id, id.

Tool catalog

250 Xero tools, zero custom code.

Contacts, payments, tracking categories and attachments, each with listed resources and methods.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Finance toolbox

Xero · invoices and payments

Xero starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Accounts payable toolbox

Xero · bills and credit notes

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Accounts receivable toolbox

Xero · overdue invoices and contacts

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Payroll toolbox

Xero · employees and pay runs

Xero starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Sales toolbox

Xero · quotes and customer contacts

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Audit toolbox

Xero · journals and tracking categories

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own toolbox.

Finance, payroll and sales each see a curated slice of Xero.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
XE

Xero (Finance UK)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
XE

Xero (Group reporting)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
XE

Xero (Accounts payable)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
XE

Xero (Payroll)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
XE

Xero (Sales ledger)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
XE

Xero (External accountant)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Share the Xero account, never the login.

See who connected each account and which teams and members use it.

ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

Xero Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Xero Contacts Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Xero Contacts List Toolbox

Audit log

Answer who touched that invoice.

Every Xero call logged with time, person, action, type and resource.

From answering questions to doing the work

A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.

Xero digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch contacts

    Xero

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Jake Morgan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Xero

    Queued

Automations

A schedule fires, the digest ships.

Fetch Xero invoices, group them, draft a digest, approve, post it back.

Xero health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the contacts collection

Live

Contacts

1,284 ↓ 12%

Invoices

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Contacts created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Finance UK 34%

Group reporting 27%

Accounts payable 21%

Payroll 18%

Collections and dashboards

Xero numbers arrive before anyone asks.

Four metrics, 14 days of invoices created, split by team, refreshed on schedule.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Xero

All three can connect Xero to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Xero, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Xero tools Allow or restrict single Xero tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Xero call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

Xero tools for your AI agents

250 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Xero, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

Questions, answered

How do I connect Xero to Claude?

Connect Xero in Elaichi first, then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp as the endpoint. Xero asks you to sign in with your own Xero login and pick the organization to allow, but before that somebody on your team registers an OAuth application inside Xero once and brings its client ID and secret into Elaichi. That is a one-time step for the company; everyone after that just signs in to Xero as themselves.

Does Xero work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Xero is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Xero once and every client gets it.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Xero data?

With Xero connected, an agent can look up and create contacts, record and update payments, list bank transactions and their attachments, and manage the tracking categories you use for departments or projects. It can also show the change history on a contact, payment or bank transaction. Xero has a lot of actions available, so short concrete asks like "payments from Acme in March" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Xero give the AI access to my whole organization?

No. Access to Xero follows the person who signed in, so an agent sees only the Xero organization and records that person could already open themselves. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example to reading only, but it can never grant more than the person's own Xero permissions allow.

Can my team share one Xero connection?

Yes. One person connects Xero in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever handles the client ID, secret or a Xero login. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log records who recorded a payment or changed a contact in Xero.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Xero?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading Xero contacts and payments while restricting deletion, bulk changes or creating payments. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT or any other client cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to a Xero connection when someone leaves?

When you offboard a person in Elaichi, their access to Xero through every AI client ends at once. If they had shared a Xero connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else. If you ever want to remove Xero entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client at the same time.

Does the Xero MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Xero is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Xero?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Xero. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Xero call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Xero?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Xero: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Xero in front of your team

14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.

Add one link to your AI app

The same link for everyone on your team.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Microsoft Copilot