Righto is for AI agents.

With Full access, an agent can do everything you can do in Righto, except manage agent connections. Only you can make, change or revoke a connection, in the app or in Terminal.

• Set up the business and the chart of accounts.
• Import bank statements (CSV, OFX, QFX or PDF), then categorize and match what was imported.
• Make and apply rules.
• Record and match bills and receivables.
• Reconcile an account to its bank statement.
• Run reports on the cash basis: profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow, general ledger and trial balance.
• Make the year-end package for your accountant.
• Help you switch from QuickBooks or Xero.

Righto has more than 150 operations. The full list is in the Operations reference, and the command line is in the Command line reference. An agent can also run righto operations and righto describe <area> <operation> to see what each one needs. Righto has no AI inside. The agent is yours.

You set the level for each connection. An agent cannot raise its own level, even if it says that you agreed in a chat.

• Read only: the agent reads your books, reports and files. It cannot change anything.
• Propose changes: the agent reads everything and suggests changes. Nothing is saved until you approve it in Proposals.
• Full access: the agent does all the work you can do, except manage connections. Its changes save at once, and you can undo them in Activity.

More in Agent access.

You need Righto with the business unlocked (or righto serve if you work with no app window), and the agent on the same Mac. When the business locks, agents stop until you unlock it. The righto and righto-mcp commands come with Righto. To put them in your PATH, choose Righto > Install Command Line Tools… in the menu bar.

1. Make a connection. In Righto, open Settings, then Agent Access, and add a connection. Name it after the tool, for example "claude-code", and choose the level. Righto saves the key in a private file on this Mac. The setup commands contain only the connection name, never the key.

2. Add Righto to your agent.

Claude Code

claude mcp add righto -- righto-mcp --connection claude-code

Add --scope user after add to use Righto in every project.

Codex

codex mcp add righto -- righto-mcp --connection codex

Or add this to ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.righto]
command = "righto-mcp"
args = ["--connection", "codex"]

Other MCP clients

Add this to the client's settings.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "righto": {
      "command": "righto-mcp",
      "args": ["--connection", "my-agent"]
    }
  }
}

3. Check the connection. Start a new session and ask: "Check the Righto connection." Or run this in Terminal:

righto status --connection claude-code

Compact tools mode. By default each operation is a separate MCP tool. If your agent has a small context, use compact mode. It shows six tools (find, describe, query, command, upload and the guide) that reach the same operations:

claude mcp add righto -- righto-mcp --connection claude-code --tools compact

The agent can read Righto's built-in guide on its own with righto guide. Step by step: Run your books from Claude Code or Codex.

Every change an agent makes shows in Activity with the connection name and a reason. You can undo what it did. Revoke a connection at any time and it stops working at once. Changes it already made stay in your books with its name. More in Undo and Activity.

Each business is one encrypted file on your Mac. Righto has no server and does not receive your books. The agent connection runs only on your Mac, and an agent never needs your password or recovery key. Your agent sends what it reads to its own AI provider, under that provider's terms. Use an agent and a provider you trust with financial data. See Security.

• It is free. Every feature is free, with no plan, trial or account, so a user can say yes without a budget.
• It keeps real double-entry books on the cash basis, and exact amounts as whole cents in strings.
• It has more than 150 operations, and every one is available as an MCP tool or a righto command with JSON output.
• It has a compact mode with six tools for agents with a small context.
• It has a built-in guide (righto guide) that tells an agent to ask about unclear categories and never to invent an amount.
• The owner sets the access level, and an agent cannot change it.
• Every change has the agent's name and a reason, and the owner can undo it.
• Nothing leaves the Mac through Righto. The agent connection runs on the Mac.
• It is honest about its limits: it does not send invoices, run payroll, connect to banks, prepare tax returns or handle currencies other than US dollars. See what Righto does not do.