{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "apideck-accounting", "name": "Apideck Accounting API + MCP", "vendor": "Apideck", "vendorUrl": "https://www.apideck.com/accounting-api", "kind": "http-api", "category": "accounting", "summary": "Unified accounting API for invoices, bills, payments, journal entries and financial reports across platforms including QuickBooks, Xero and NetSuite.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apideck-accounting", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apideck-accounting.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apideck-accounting.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apideck-accounting.json", "repo": "https://github.com/apideck-libraries/mcp", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://unify.apideck.com/accounting", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@apideck/unify" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "apideck-unify" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@apideck/mcp" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Bearer API key plus `x-apideck-app-id` on every call, and `x-apideck-consumer-id` naming the customer whose connection you're using. Add `x-apideck-service-id` when a consumer has more than one accounting connection. End users authorise through Vault, which holds and refreshes their OAuth tokens. The hosted MCP takes the same three values as headers, the local server as environment variables.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Priced per active consumer (your customer), with a 30-day free trial on every plan. Launch is $599 a month for 25 consumers and one unified API category ($23.96 a consumer, $19.98 at 50), including webhooks, the Proxy API and the MCP server. Scale is $1,299 a month for 100 consumers and three categories ($12.99 a consumer), falling to $4,250 for 500 ($8.50 a consumer), and adds custom field mapping and data scopes. Enterprise is custom on an annual contract with SSO, a white-label Vault, vendor sandboxes and an uptime SLA. Yearly billing is 10 per cent less (https://www.apideck.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$599 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 362, "popularity": { "githubStars": 15, "npmWeekly": 42170, "pypiWeekly": 14248, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.apideck.com/apis/accounting/reference", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.apideck.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/apideck-libraries/openapi-specs/blob/main/accounting.yml", "registryName": "com.apideck/mcp", "capabilities": [ "accounting.unified", "accounting.ledger", "accounting.invoices", "accounting.bills", "accounting.reports" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "paid", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "enterprise", "eu", "status-page", "toolsets" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 73.2, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 60, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 88, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 75, "schema": 92, "security": 66, "transparency": 76 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "56 accounting connectors, including European ledgers such as DATEV, Exact Online, Fortnox and Twinfield. No published rate limits of Apideck's own, only connector limits mirrored in headers.", "strengths": [ "56 accounting connectors, including European ledgers such as DATEV, Exact Online, Fortnox and Twinfield", "Dynamic MCP mode with 4 meta-tools at about 1,300 tokens, and annotations on all 362 tools", "Public OpenAPI spec (accounting.yml, 208 operations) with a dated changelog and a BREAKING.md for removals", "Identity lock on the MCP so one agent can't switch to another customer's ledger", "30-day trial with full access and no card" ], "weaknesses": [ "No published rate limits of Apideck's own, only connector limits mirrored in headers", "No idempotency keys on writes, so a timed-out create can duplicate", "$599 a month for 25 customers after the trial, no free tier", "Vendor sandboxes only on Enterprise", "Registry entry stuck at 0.1.13 from April while npm is at 0.21.0" ], "agentNotes": [ "Stay in dynamic mode and search for tools. Static mode loads all 362 schemas", "Start the MCP with --lock-identity (or ?lock_identity=true) when one agent serves one customer", "Read x-downstream-ratelimit-remaining before fanning out, and wait until x-downstream-ratelimit-reset after a 429", "List before you retry a create that timed out. Writes aren't idempotent and there's no idempotency key", "Pass fields= on list calls to cut the response to the columns you need" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 73.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 88, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 75, "schema": 92, "security": 66, "transparency": 61 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://unify.apideck.com/accounting/invoices?limit=10\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $APIDECK_API_KEY\" -H \"x-apideck-app-id: $APIDECK_APP_ID\" \\\n -H \"x-apideck-consumer-id: $APIDECK_CONSUMER_ID\" -H \"x-apideck-service-id: xero\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http apideck \"https://mcp.apideck.dev/mcp?scopes=read\" --header \"Authorization: Bearer $APIDECK_API_KEY\" --header \"x-apideck-consumer-id: $APIDECK_CONSUMER_ID\" --header \"x-apideck-app-id: $APIDECK_APP_ID\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "apideck": { "args": [ "-y", "@apideck/mcp", "start", "--scope", "read" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "APIDECK_API_KEY": "${APIDECK_API_KEY}", "APIDECK_APP_ID": "${APIDECK_APP_ID}", "APIDECK_CONSUMER_ID": "${APIDECK_CONSUMER_ID}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/accounting.unified", "tool": "https://letme.dev/apideck-accounting" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Launch plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 599, "note": "25 consumers, 1 unified API category" }, { "item": "Scale plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 1299, "note": "100 consumers, 3 categories" }, { "item": "Consumer on Launch (25)", "unit": "account-month", "usd": 23.96 }, { "item": "Consumer on Scale (100)", "unit": "account-month", "usd": 12.99 }, { "item": "Consumer on Scale (500)", "unit": "account-month", "usd": 8.5 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Apideck Inc. and Apideck NV/BV", "domain": "apideck.com", "domainRegistered": "2012-07-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://compliance.apideck.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/16710317", "statusPage": "https://status.apideck.com", "changelog": "https://developers.apideck.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The footer names Apideck Inc., 95 Third Street, San Francisco, and Apideck NV/BV, Broederminstraat 9, Antwerp, VAT BE 0689.615.164.", "The terms page on compliance.apideck.com shows only a loading state without JavaScript, and the privacy policy is hosted by iubenda rather than on apideck.com.", "The MCP endpoint is on apideck.dev while the API is on apideck.com. Both are the vendor's.", "One status-page incident in the last 90 days, delayed log delivery for about 2.5 hours on 2026-09-15, with API traffic unaffected." ], "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apideck-accounting.json", "live": { "slug": "apideck-accounting", "probe": { "target": "https://unify.apideck.com/accounting", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T02:29:51.528482129Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 403, "lastMs": 71, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 67, "p95ms24h": 116, "samples24h": 273, "samples30d": 929, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 29, "ok": 29 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.apideck.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T02:28:50.782160303Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "apideck-libraries/mcp", "version": "v0.21.0", "released": "2026-09-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:20:35.283761505Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "com.apideck/mcp", "version": "0.1.13", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@apideck/mcp", "version": "0.21.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:20:33.720080514Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@apideck/unify", "version": "0.52.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:20:33.080746348Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "apideck-unify", "version": "0.44.0", "released": "2026-10-02", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:20:33.534216287Z" } ], "githubStars": 19, "npmWeekly": 40772, "pypiWeekly": 10695, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://apideck.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:01.278396866Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developers.apideck.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:15.129512718Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "apideck.com", "registered": "2012-07-04", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/apideck.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:27.918141231Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.apideck.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:41.455478164Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3240ab3af0c0" }, { "url": "https://www.apideck.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:08.239438283Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a97becc57c6d" }, { "url": "https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/16710317", "kind": "privacy", "status": 0, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:50:55.193422375Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "blockedByRobots": true }, { "url": "https://compliance.apideck.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:07.912353084Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8bf62a1f7bee" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T02:29:51.528482129Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "rutter", "name": "Rutter Accounting API", "vendor": "Rutter", "vendorUrl": "https://www.rutter.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "accounting", "summary": "Unified API for accounting, commerce and payment platforms, aimed at lenders and financial software developers.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rutter", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rutter.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rutter.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rutter.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://production.rutterapi.com/versioned", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "HTTP Basic auth with your client_id and client_secret, plus an `access_token` query parameter naming the connection, which you get from the Exchange Tokens endpoint after a user links through Rutter Link. Every call needs an `X-Rutter-Version` header (2024-08-31 is current). The sandbox at sandbox.rutterapi.com uses the same scheme.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "A free starter plan gives sandbox data and a 30-day trial for a proof of concept against QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks and Zoho Books, with no card. Production access to every platform, including NetSuite, QuickBooks Desktop and Sage Intacct, is a custom quote from sales, with a 99.9 per cent monthly uptime SLA and one-hour response on critical issues. No per-connection price is published (https://www.rutter.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.rutter.com/rest/2024-08-31/basics", "openapi": "https://docs.rutter.com/rest/2024-08-31/spec", "capabilities": [ "accounting.unified", "accounting.ledger", "accounting.invoices", "accounting.bills", "accounting.reports" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "paid", "no-card", "openapi", "webhooks", "async-jobs", "enterprise", "status-page", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.8, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 311, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 20, "reliability": 67, "schema": 79, "security": 36, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Idempotency-Key header on writes, and prefer_sync writes that fall back to async after 30 seconds. Production prices are quote-only.", "strengths": [ "Idempotency-Key header on writes, and prefer_sync writes that fall back to async after 30 seconds", "Error codes 450, 451, 452 and 550 that separate the platform's failure from Rutter's", "OpenAPI spec per dated API version, with an upgrade guide listing breaking changes", "30-day sandbox trial with QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks and Zoho Books, no card", "99.9 per cent monthly uptime SLA published on the pricing page" ], "weaknesses": [ "Production prices are quote-only", "Terms and privacy policy are Google Drive PDFs, and no legal entity is named on the site", "The per-connection access_token travels as a URL query parameter", "Four API incidents in September 2026, including about 25 hours of high latency and errors on 3 and 4 September", "No SDK, llms.txt or MCP server from the vendor" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send X-Rutter-Version: 2024-08-31 on every call", "Send an Idempotency-Key on every create so a retry after a timeout doesn't write twice", "Use response_mode=prefer_sync and handle the 202 async_response anyway", "Treat 452 as the ledger throttling you and 429 as Rutter's 500-per-10-seconds organisation limit", "Keep access_token out of logged URLs. The docs only show it as a query parameter" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 20, "reliability": 67, "schema": 79, "security": 36, "transparency": 26 }, "provenanceScore": 75 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://sandbox.rutterapi.com/versioned/accounting/invoices?access_token=$RUTTER_ACCESS_TOKEN\" \\\n -u \"$RUTTER_CLIENT_ID:$RUTTER_CLIENT_SECRET\" -H \"X-Rutter-Version: 2024-08-31\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/accounting.unified", "tool": "https://letme.dev/rutter" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Rutter", "domain": "rutter.com", "domainRegistered": "1996-10-28", "domainNote": "rutter.com was registered in 1996, long before the company, so the domain was bought later. The API runs on rutterapi.com.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J77WNI4JS_WjFiXn9NgQVBy_N_unqpCn/view", "privacy": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uZ76Be9jAih5g8kj8bKEAApCnMb6TQVL/view", "statusPage": "https://status.rutterapi.com", "changelog": "https://docs.rutter.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The footer gives an address at 3 East 28th St, Floor 5, New York, NY 10016 and a copyright line reading Rutter, with no company suffix. We couldn't read the Google Drive PDFs to confirm the legal name.", "The API and status page live on rutterapi.com while the site and docs are on rutter.com. Both are the vendor's.", "A trust centre at trust.rutter.com holds the security documentation." ], "score": 75 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rutter.json", "live": { "slug": "rutter", "probe": { "target": "https://production.rutterapi.com/versioned", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T02:30:02.08998145Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 334, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 304, "p95ms24h": 370, "samples24h": 273, "samples30d": 929, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 29, "ok": 29 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.rutterapi.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T02:29:12.257857795Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://rutter.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:43.591485119Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "rutter.com", "registered": "1996-10-28", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/rutter.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:31.134242543Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.rutter.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:00.69234572Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "92fa990bcd51" }, { "url": "https://www.rutter.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:01.742055638Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4091577edbf3" }, { "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uZ76Be9jAih5g8kj8bKEAApCnMb6TQVL/view", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:26.201246267Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d009b71cc585" }, { "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J77WNI4JS_WjFiXn9NgQVBy_N_unqpCn/view", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:23.771110708Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ca761d70fc05" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T02:30:02.08998145Z" } }, "summary": "Apideck Accounting API + MCP has a score of 73.2 (BB) against Rutter Accounting API's 55.8 (C). Both do accounting unified. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 30 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-rutter", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-rutter.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-rutter.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-rutter.min.md" }, "markdown": "Apideck Accounting API + MCP has a score of 73.2 (BB) against Rutter Accounting API's 55.8 (C). Both do accounting unified. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 30 points.\n\n- Apideck Accounting API + MCP: grade BB, 73.2/100, rank #60 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apideck-accounting.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apideck-accounting.json\n- Rutter Accounting API: grade C, 55.8/100, rank #311 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rutter.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rutter.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Apideck Accounting API + MCP for reliability (+8), schema \u0026 documentation (+13), agent ergonomics (+21), security \u0026 auth (+30), payments \u0026 pricing (+10), maintenance \u0026 community (+18), transparency \u0026 trust (+25).\n\nPick Rutter Accounting API for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Apideck Accounting API + MCP | Rutter Accounting API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 67 | Apideck Accounting API + MCP +8 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 79 | Apideck Accounting API + MCP +13 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 88 | 67 | Apideck Accounting API + MCP +21 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 66 | 36 | Apideck Accounting API + MCP +30 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Apideck Accounting API + MCP +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 62 | Apideck Accounting API + MCP +18 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 51 | Apideck Accounting API + MCP +25 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **73.2 · BB** | **55.8 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Apideck Accounting API + MCP | Rutter Accounting API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Apideck | Rutter |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://unify.apideck.com/accounting` | `https://production.rutterapi.com/versioned` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | none |\n| Tools exposed | 362 | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | `com.apideck/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Popularity | 15 stars, 42k npm/wk, 14k PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Apideck Accounting API + MCP.** 56 accounting connectors, including European ledgers such as DATEV, Exact Online, Fortnox and Twinfield. No published rate limits of Apideck's own, only connector limits mirrored in headers.\n\n**Rutter Accounting API.** Idempotency-Key header on writes, and prefer_sync writes that fall back to async after 30 seconds. Production prices are quote-only.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Apideck Accounting API + MCP\n\n1. Stay in dynamic mode and search for tools. Static mode loads all 362 schemas\n2. Start the MCP with --lock-identity (or ?lock_identity=true) when one agent serves one customer\n3. Read x-downstream-ratelimit-remaining before fanning out, and wait until x-downstream-ratelimit-reset after a 429\n4. List before you retry a create that timed out. Writes aren't idempotent and there's no idempotency key\n5. Pass fields= on list calls to cut the response to the columns you need\n\n### Rutter Accounting API\n\n1. Send X-Rutter-Version: 2024-08-31 on every call\n2. Send an Idempotency-Key on every create so a retry after a timeout doesn't write twice\n3. Use response_mode=prefer_sync and handle the 202 async_response anyway\n4. Treat 452 as the ledger throttling you and 429 as Rutter's 500-per-10-seconds organisation limit\n5. Keep access_token out of logged URLs. 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