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---
name: fireflyiii
description: >-
  Manage Firefly III transactions (CRUD) and list accounts, categories, budgets, bills, and tags via flowbot fireflyiii. Use when the user mentions fireflyiii, firefly, finance, transactions, expenses, budgeting, accounting, accounts, categories, budgets, bills, tags.
compatibility: Requires flowbot CLI, network access to a Flowbot server
metadata:
  capability: fireflyiii
  cli_root: fireflyiii
---

# Firefly III

Use `flowbot fireflyiii` for capability `fireflyiii`.
**CLI root is `fireflyiii`** — do not invent `flowbot fireflyiii` unless cli.md lists it as an alias.
Prefer the workflows below; load [references/cli.md](references/cli.md) only when you need a flag or subcommand not covered here.

**JSON fields:** Transaction id is the Firefly transaction group id (string `id`). List/get map the first split only.

## Setup

1. Ensure CLI auth: `flowbot login`
2. Set server via `FLOWBOT_SERVER_URL` or `--server-url`; optional `--profile`, `--debug` / `-d`
3. Prefer `-o json` when parsing results programmatically
4. Destructive commands often need `-y` / `--yes` in non-interactive sessions — check cli.md
5. Token scopes: `service:fireflyiii:read` / `service:fireflyiii:write`

## Workflows

### Record an expense

When a user wants to log a withdrawal or purchase:
1. `flowbot fireflyiii accounts -t asset`
2. `flowbot fireflyiii create -t withdrawal --date <YYYY-MM-DD> -a <amount> -m "<description>" --source-name "<account>" --destination-name "<payee>" [--category "<cat>"] [--budget-name "<budget>"] [--tag <tag>]`
3. Report back with the transaction ID. Source and destination must each use --*-id or --*-name.

### Review and fix a transaction

When a user wants to find, update, or delete a transaction:
1. `flowbot fireflyiii list --start <YYYY-MM-DD> --end <YYYY-MM-DD> [-t withdrawal]`
2. `flowbot fireflyiii get <id>`
3. `flowbot fireflyiii update <id> -a <amount> -m "<description>"`
4. For delete use `flowbot fireflyiii delete <id> -y` in non-interactive sessions.

### Browse finance reference data

When a user needs accounts, categories, budgets, bills, or tags:
1. `flowbot fireflyiii accounts [-t asset|expense|revenue]`
2. `flowbot fireflyiii categories`
3. `flowbot fireflyiii budgets`
4. `flowbot fireflyiii bills`
5. `flowbot fireflyiii tags`

### Check Firefly III connectivity

When verifying the finance backend:
1. `flowbot fireflyiii health`
2. `flowbot fireflyiii about`
3. Summarize version and health status.

## Troubleshooting

| Error | Fix |
|-------|-----|
| not logged in | `flowbot login` |
| server URL is required | set `FLOWBOT_SERVER_URL` or pass `--server-url` |
| permission denied / 403 | token missing service scopes (`service:fireflyiii:read` / `service:fireflyiii:write`) |
| hung waiting for confirm or exit 7 | pass `--yes` / `-y`. `--no-input` without `--yes` exits 7 and does not read stdin |
| empty results | provider not configured, wrong id/name, or empty dataset |
| unknown command | use `flowbot fireflyiii`, not the capability id as the CLI verb |