Let your AI agent do the bookkeeping legwork in Dougs while you approve every change

Try it yourself

What you get

Missing receipts attached, foreign-software VAT and categories corrected, and overdue returns flagged in your Dougs books, with every change shown to you first.

Tools

• dougs-cli (open source, MIT, npm)
• Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or any agent that runs commands
• A Dougs account
• Gmail (read-only) for invoices

Time / cost: One afternoon for the first cleanup, per the author; README estimates ~1 h → ~10 min for about 20 receipts

Steps

1. Install Node.js 22.13+ and run npm i -g dougs-cli, then dougs login.
2. Ask your agent the author's starter prompt below.
3. Review the list it proposes: receipt matches, VAT fixes, new rules.
4. Approve or reject each batch; file the VAT return yourself in Dougs.

Copy-ready prompt

Help me do my accounting with npm i -g dougs-cli and tell me what needs attention in my books.

Prompt quoted verbatim from @eberle_tom’s public post. Check the output yourself and approve before anything is sent or bought.

Watch out: Unofficial and not affiliated with Dougs; it logs in with your Dougs password. It does not file returns or replace your accountant. Only for Dougs users; review every plan.

Proof / source

Open-source code Open-source repo github.com/tom-eberle/dougs-cli (MIT) plus the author's post with the author's own before/after numbers.