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list-aged-payables-by-contact

Retrieve aged payables for a specific contact in Xero, showing outstanding invoices by age up to a specified report date with optional date filters.

Instructions

Lists the aged payables in Xero. This shows aged payables for a certain contact up to a report date.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
contactIdYes
reportDateNoOptional date to retrieve aged payables in YYYY-MM-DD format. If none is provided, defaults to end of the current month.
invoicesFromDateNoOptional from date in YYYY-MM-DD format. If provided, will only show payable invoices after this date for the contact.
invoicesToDateNoOptional to date in YYYY-MM-DD format. If provided, will only show payable invoices before this date for the contact.

Implementation Reference

  • Core handler function that calls the internal Xero API helper, handles errors, and returns standardized XeroClientResponse with the aged payables report.
    export async function listXeroAgedPayablesByContact( contactId: string, reportDate?: string, invoicesFromDate?: string, invoicesToDate?: string ): Promise<XeroClientResponse<ReportWithRow>> { try { const agedPayables = await listAgedPayablesByContact(contactId, reportDate, invoicesFromDate, invoicesToDate); if (!agedPayables) { return { result: null, isError: true, error: "Failed to get aged payables by contact from Xero." }; } return { result: agedPayables, isError: false, error: null }; } catch (error) { return { result: null, isError: true, error: formatError(error), }; }
  • Internal helper function that authenticates with Xero client and makes the API call to retrieve the aged payables report by contact ID.
    async function listAgedPayablesByContact( contactId: string, reportDate?: string, invoicesFromDate?: string, invoicesToDate?: string ): Promise<ReportWithRow | undefined> { await xeroClient.authenticate(); const response = await xeroClient.accountingApi.getReportAgedPayablesByContact( xeroClient.tenantId, // xeroTenantId contactId, // contactId reportDate, // date invoicesFromDate, // fromDate invoicesToDate, // toDate getClientHeaders() ); return response.body.reports?.[0]; }
  • Defines the MCP tool 'list-aged-payables-by-contact' using CreateXeroTool, including schema, description, and execution logic that calls the handler and formats the MCP response.
    const ListAgedPayablesByContact = CreateXeroTool( "list-aged-payables-by-contact", `Lists the aged payables in Xero. This shows aged payables for a certain contact up to a report date.`, { contactId: z.string(), reportDate: z.string().optional() .describe("Optional date to retrieve aged payables in YYYY-MM-DD format. If none is provided, defaults to end of the current month."), invoicesFromDate: z.string().optional() .describe("Optional from date in YYYY-MM-DD format. If provided, will only show payable invoices after this date for the contact."), invoicesToDate: z.string().optional() .describe("Optional to date in YYYY-MM-DD format. If provided, will only show payable invoices before this date for the contact."), }, async ({ contactId, reportDate, invoicesFromDate, invoicesToDate }) => { const response = await listXeroAgedPayablesByContact(contactId, reportDate, invoicesFromDate, invoicesToDate); if (response.isError) { return { content: [ { type: "text" as const, text: `Error listing aged payables by contact: ${response.error}`, }, ], }; } const agedPayablesReport = response.result; const filter = formatAgedReportFilter(invoicesFromDate, invoicesToDate); return { content: [ { type: "text" as const, text: `Report Name: ${agedPayablesReport.reportName || "Not specified"}`, }, { type: "text" as const, text: `Report Date: ${agedPayablesReport.reportDate || "Not specified"}` }, { type: "text" as const, text: filter ?? "Showing all relevant invoices" }, { type: "text" as const, text: JSON.stringify(agedPayablesReport.rows, null, 2), } ], }; } ); export default ListAgedPayablesByContact;
  • Zod schema defining the input parameters for the tool: contactId (required), and optional date filters.
    { contactId: z.string(), reportDate: z.string().optional() .describe("Optional date to retrieve aged payables in YYYY-MM-DD format. If none is provided, defaults to end of the current month."), invoicesFromDate: z.string().optional() .describe("Optional from date in YYYY-MM-DD format. If provided, will only show payable invoices after this date for the contact."), invoicesToDate: z.string().optional() .describe("Optional to date in YYYY-MM-DD format. If provided, will only show payable invoices before this date for the contact."), },
  • Registers ListAgedPayablesByContact (imported on line 2) in the ListTools array, likely for server-side tool exposure.
    export const ListTools = [ ListAccountsTool, ListContactsTool, ListCreditNotesTool, ListInvoicesTool, ListItemsTool, ListManualJournalsTool, ListQuotesTool, ListTaxRatesTool, ListTrialBalanceTool, ListPaymentsTool, ListProfitAndLossTool, ListBankTransactionsTool, ListPayrollEmployeesTool, ListReportBalanceSheetTool, ListOrganisationDetailsTool, ListPayrollEmployeeLeaveTool, ListPayrollLeavePeriodsToolTool, ListPayrollEmployeeLeaveTypesTool, ListPayrollEmployeeLeaveBalancesTool, ListPayrollLeaveTypesTool, ListAgedReceivablesByContact, ListAgedPayablesByContact, ListPayrollTimesheetsTool, ListContactGroupsTool, ListTrackingCategoriesTool ];

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