Firefly III command-line interface based on CLI-Anything specification. Converts MCP mode to stateless CLI mode to avoid Node residual process issues.

Installation

pip install cli-anything-firefly-iii

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+
Running Firefly III instance
Personal Access Token (PAT)

Configuration

Environment Variables (Recommended)

export FIREFLY_III_BASE_URL="https://firefly.yourdomain.com"
export FIREFLY_III_PAT="your-personal-access-token"

Command Line Arguments

cli-anything-firefly-iii --base-url https://firefly.yourdomain.com --pat your-token

Usage

REPL Mode

cli-anything-firefly-iii

Subcommand Mode

# Account management
cli-anything-firefly-iii accounts list
cli-anything-firefly-iii accounts list --type asset
cli-anything-firefly-iii accounts get --id 123
cli-anything-firefly-iii accounts create --name "Cash" --type asset --currency-code USD

# Transaction management
cli-anything-firefly-iii transactions list
cli-anything-firefly-iii transactions list --limit 10 --start 2024-01-01
cli-anything-firefly-iii transactions create --description "Grocery" --amount 50.00 --source-account 1
cli-anything-firefly-iii transactions get --id 456

# Budget management
cli-anything-firefly-iii budgets list

# Category management
cli-anything-firefly-iii categories list

# Tag management
cli-anything-firefly-iii tags list

# Bill management
cli-anything-firefly-iii bills list

# Piggy banks
cli-anything-firefly-iii piggy-banks list

# Insights and reports
cli-anything-firefly-iii insights expense --start 2024-01-01 --end 2024-01-31
cli-anything-firefly-iii insights income --start 2024-01-01 --end 2024-01-31

# Search
cli-anything-firefly-iii search transactions --query "grocery"

# Data export
cli-anything-firefly-iii export transactions --start 2024-01-01 --end 2024-01-31

# System information
cli-anything-firefly-iii info about
cli-anything-firefly-iii info status

JSON Output

All commands support --json flag for structured output:

cli-anything-firefly-iii --json accounts list

Preset Filtering

Use --preset parameter to filter available commands:

# Default preset (core features)
cli-anything-firefly-iii --preset default accounts list

# Full preset (all features)
cli-anything-firefly-iii --preset full accounts list

# Budget preset
cli-anything-firefly-iii --preset budget budgets list

# Reporting preset
cli-anything-firefly-iii --preset reporting insights expense --start 2024-01-01 --end 2024-01-31

Available presets:

default: Core features (accounts, transactions, categories, tags, bills, search)
full: All features
basic: Basic features (accounts, transactions, categories, tags, search)
budget: Budget-related (accounts, budgets, transactions, summary, insight)
reporting: Reporting-related (accounts, transactions, categories, insight, summary, search)
admin: Admin features (about, configuration, currencies, users, preferences)
automation: Automation (rules, recurrences, webhooks, transactions)

Comparison with MCP Version

Feature	MCP Version	CLI-Anything Version
Process Lifecycle	Long-running	Single call, immediate exit
Memory Usage	Continuous	On-demand, released after
Communication	Stdio/SSE	Command args + stdout
State Management	Stateful	Stateless
Preset Filtering	Supported	Supported
JSON Output	Built-in	`--json` flag

Troubleshooting

Connection Failed

Error: Cannot connect to Firefly III instance: https://firefly.yourdomain.com

Check:

Is Firefly III instance running
Is base URL correct
Is network connection normal

Authentication Failed

Error: Authentication failed: Personal Access Token is invalid

Check:

Is PAT correct
Has PAT expired
Generate new PAT in Firefly III Options > Profile > OAuth

Development

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git
cd CLI-Anything/firefly-iii/agent-harness

# Install dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Code formatting
black cli_anything/

License

MIT License