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Kick Tool List

User-facing summary of what you can ask the Kick AI agent to do through MCP, grouped by capability.

The Kick AI agent has access to your full Kick workspace: transactions, rules, reports, accounts, and more. You can ask it to look things up, make changes, and run reports using natural language.

In the tables below, Tool shows the human-facing MCP tool title that AI clients may display.

The agent will always show you a preview before making any changes. Confirm or cancel before anything is saved.


Workspace & Context

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

Browse workspaces you can access, with their entities

"What workspaces and entities can I work in?"

Browse workspaces and entities

Read

Resolve a workspace, entity, or ledger by name

"Find the workspace for Acme LLC"

Resolve workspace, entity, or ledger

Read


Transactions

Finding and reading

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

Search transactions by date, amount, counterparty, category, review state, or keyword

"Find all unreviewed Stripe transactions from last quarter"

Review transactions

Read

Get full details on a specific transaction

"Show me transaction 12345"

Review transactions

Read

Find similar transactions across your workspace

"What other transactions look like this one?"

Review transactions

Read

Get transaction statistics (totals, counts) for a filter

"How much did we spend on Software in Q1?"

Review transactions

Read

Find suggested transfer matches for a transaction

"What's the matching transfer for this withdrawal?"

Review transactions

Read

Find suggested accrual matches (transactions, invoices, or bills)

"What invoice matches this deposit?"

Review transactions

Read

Updating

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

Change the category, counterparty, memo, class, or entity

"Recategorize this to Travel"

Modify transactions

Write

Update multiple transactions at once

"Set all these Stripe transactions to Revenue"

Modify transactions

Write

Split a transaction across multiple categories

"Split this $1,200 charge: $800 SaaS, $400 Marketing"

Modify transactions

Write

Revert split transactions back to a single line

"Undo the splits on these transactions"

Modify transactions

Write

Deleting

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

Mark a transaction for deletion

"Delete this duplicate transaction"

Modify transactions

Write

Mark multiple transactions for deletion at once

"Delete all these imported duplicates"

Modify transactions

Write

Cancel a pending deletion

"Undo the delete on transaction 12345"

Modify transactions

Write

Manual transactions

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

Create a manual transaction

"Add a $500 owner contribution on March 15"

Modify transactions

Write


Transfer Matching

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

Match two transactions as a transfer between accounts

"Match these two as a transfer"

Match or unmatch transfers

Write

Unmatch a previously matched transfer

"Unmatch this transfer pair"

Match or unmatch transfers

Write


Documents

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

Search documents in your workspace

"Find the invoice from Acme in March"

Browse documents

Read

Get metadata for a document

"What do we have on file for document 34567?"

Browse documents

Read

Upload a document

"Upload this receipt"

Upload documents

Write

Link a document to a transaction

"Attach invoice 34567 to this transaction"

Link or detach documents

Write

Remove a document link from a transaction

"Detach the receipt from this transaction"

Link or detach documents

Write

Download a document

"Get me the file for this invoice"

Download a document

Read


Rules

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

List rules and rule groups

"What rules do we have for Stripe?"

Inspect categorization rules

Read

Preview which transactions a rule would match

"What transactions would this rule hit?"

Inspect categorization rules

Read

Preview which transfers a rule would match

"Show me transfers this rule applies to"

Inspect categorization rules

Read

See which transactions have been affected by a rule

"Which transactions did rule 42 touch?"

Inspect categorization rules

Read

See which transfers have been affected by a rule

"Which transfers did rule 42 touch?"

Inspect categorization rules

Read

See accounting defaults

"What are the default accounting settings?"

Inspect categorization rules

Read

See normalized descriptions used for counterparty matching

"What descriptions have been normalized?"

Inspect categorization rules

Read

Create a new rule

"Create a rule to categorize all Gusto transactions as Payroll"

Modify rules

Write

Create a new rule group

"Create a rule group called 'Payroll Rules'"

Modify rules

Write

Update a rule

"Change this rule to also match 'Gusto Payroll'"

Modify rules

Write

Update a rule group

"Rename this rule group"

Modify rules

Write

Update a rule's note

"Add a note to this rule"

Modify rules

Write

Delete a rule

"Delete the duplicate Stripe rule"

Modify rules

Write

Delete a rule group

"Delete the empty rule group"

Modify rules

Write

Change rule priority order

"Move this rule above the other Gusto rule"

Modify rules

Write


Categories

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

List all categories in the workspace

"Show me all available categories"

Browse categories

Read

Search categories by name

"Find categories related to travel"

Browse categories

Read

Browse the global category library

"What global categories are available?"

Browse categories

Read

Get spending statistics by category

"How much was categorized as Marketing this year?"

Browse categories

Read

Create a new category

"Create a category called 'R&D Contractors'"

Modify categories

Write

Update a category

"Rename this category to 'Software & SaaS'"

Modify categories

Write

Delete a category

"Delete the unused 'Miscellaneous' category"

Modify categories

Write


Counterparties

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

List counterparties in the workspace

"Show all counterparties"

Browse counterparties

Read

Search counterparties by name

"Find the Gusto counterparty"

Browse counterparties

Read

Create a counterparty

"Add a new counterparty called 'Acme Corp'"

Modify counterparties

Write

Update a counterparty

"Update the address for this counterparty"

Modify counterparties

Write

Delete a counterparty

"Remove this duplicate counterparty"

Modify counterparties

Write

Merge two counterparties

"Merge 'Acme' and 'Acme Corp' into one"

Modify counterparties

Write

Copy a global counterparty to the workspace

"Add the global Gusto counterparty to this workspace"

Modify counterparties

Write


Classes

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

List classes in the workspace

"What classes do we have?"

Browse classes

Read

Search for a class

"Find the Marketing class"

Browse classes

Read

Get spending statistics by class

"What's the total spend for the NYC class?"

Browse classes

Read

Get transaction counts by class

"How many transactions are in each class?"

Browse classes

Read

Create a class

"Add a class called 'East Coast'"

Modify classes

Write

Update a class

"Rename this class to 'West Region'"

Modify classes

Write

Delete a class

"Delete the unused 'Temp' class"

Modify classes

Write


Reports

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

Profit & Loss

"Run a P&L for Q1"

Run financial reports

Read

Balance Sheet

"Show the balance sheet as of March 31"

Run financial reports

Read

Cash Flow Statement

"Get the cash flow statement for this year"

Run financial reports

Read

Trial Balance

"Run a trial balance"

Run financial reports

Read

Chart of Accounts report

"Show the full chart of accounts"

Run financial reports

Read

Account Transactions

"Show all transactions for the Payroll account"

Run financial reports

Read

Expenses by Vendor

"What did we spend by vendor last quarter?"

Run financial reports

Read

Owner Cash Flow

"Show owner cash flow for the year"

Run financial reports

Read

Top Transactions

"What were the largest transactions this month?"

Run financial reports

Read


Chart of Accounts

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

List accounts

"Show all liability accounts"

Inspect chart of accounts and ledgers

Read

Get all accounts for a workspace

"List every account in this workspace"

Inspect chart of accounts and ledgers

Read

Create a new account

"Add a 'Credit Card Rewards' income account"

Modify chart of accounts

Write

Update an account

"Rename this account to 'Bank Fees'"

Modify chart of accounts

Write

Update multiple accounts at once

"Set all these accounts to inactive"

Modify chart of accounts

Write

Disable accounts

"Disable these legacy accounts"

Modify chart of accounts

Write

Enable accounts

"Re-enable this account"

Modify chart of accounts

Write

Delete accounts

"Delete these unused accounts"

Modify chart of accounts

Write

Create an account group

"Add an account group called 'Payroll & Benefits'"

Modify account groups

Write

Update an account group

"Rename this account group"

Modify account groups

Write

Delete an account group

"Remove this account group"

Modify account groups

Write


Ledger Setup

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

List ledgers in the workspace

"Show all ledgers for this workspace"

Inspect chart of accounts and ledgers

Read

Get the ledger for a specific entity

"What's the ledger for Entity A?"

Inspect chart of accounts and ledgers

Read


Journal Entries & Manual Journals

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

Look up a journal entry

"Show me journal entry JE-1234"

Inspect manual journal entries

Read

List manual journals

"Show all manual journals for March"

Inspect manual journal entries

Read

Create a manual journal entry

"Create a manual journal to accrue $5,000 of rent expense"

Modify manual journals

Write

Create multiple manual journals at once

"Create these three accrual entries"

Modify manual journals

Write

Update a manual journal

"Update the memo on this journal entry"

Modify manual journals

Write

Delete a manual journal

"Delete this manual journal"

Modify manual journals

Write


Opening Balances

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

View opening balances for a ledger

"Show opening balances for this ledger"

Inspect opening balances

Read

Get opening balance for a specific account

"What's the opening balance for Checking?"

Inspect opening balances

Read

Set or update an opening balance

"Set the Checking opening balance to $12,500"

Modify opening balances

Write

Set opening balances in bulk

"Set these opening balances from my trial balance"

Modify opening balances

Write

Remove an opening balance

"Clear the opening balance for this account"

Modify opening balances

Write


Invoices

Invoice tools require an accrual ledger plan.

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

Create invoices

"Create an invoice for $1,500 of consulting services"

Create invoices

Write

Update or delete invoices created through MCP

"Change invoice INV-1001 to $1,750"

Update invoices

Write


Bills

Bill tools require an accrual ledger plan.

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

Create bills

"Create a bill for $320 of office supplies"

Create bills

Write

Update or delete bills created through MCP

"Update bill BILL-2001 to $410"

Update bills

Write


Entities & Financial Accounts

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

List connected bank and payment accounts

"Show all connected financial accounts"

View financial accounts

Read

List all entities in a workspace

"List every entity in this workspace"

Browse entities

Read

Search for an entity

"Find the entity for Acme LLC"

Browse entities

Read

Get entity address

"What address do we have on file for this entity?"

Browse entities

Read

Create a new entity

"Add an entity called Acme Consulting LLC"

Modify entities

Write

Update entity details

"Update the legal name for this entity"

Modify entities

Write

Update entity address

"Change the address for Entity B"

Modify entities

Write

Save tax locations for an entity

"Set the tax location for this entity to California"

Modify entities

Write


Client Onboarding

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

Create a new organization client

"Set up a new client organization for Acme LLC"

Create organization client

Write


Tasks

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

List tasks

"What tasks are open in this workspace?"

Browse tasks

Read

Create a task

"Create a task to review the Q1 books"

Modify tasks

Write

Update a task

"Mark this task as done"

Modify tasks

Write

Delete a task

"Remove this completed task"

Modify tasks

Write


Skills

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

List available Kick skill guides

"What Kick skills can you load?"

List Kick skills

Read

Load a step-by-step workflow guide

"Load the transaction review skill before we triage"

Load a Kick skill

Read

Skills are step-by-step workflow guides the assistant can load before working in a Kick domain. They document the right attributes, query syntax, and common pitfalls for related tools.


Activity & Audit Trail

What you can ask
Example
Tool
Read / Write

View recent activity in the workspace

"Show me what changed in the last 7 days"

Review activity history

Read

Get detailed activity logs

"Show the audit log for this transaction"

Review activity history

Read

Get details on a specific activity event

"What happened in activity event 456?"

Review activity history

Read

Revert an activity

"Undo this categorization change"

Undo activity

Write


For a full technical reference including input parameters, output schemas, and enums, see → MCP Tool Reference.

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