I built a simple MCP server in Python this afternoon that Claude Desktop was able to use. I created 2 simple tools: a stock price checker and a tool to control my office Lifx lamps. Next, I want to create a CLI that can talk to the MCP server without the need for Claude Desktop.#

It turns out the QuickBooks integration I had written for Google Sheets had a serious bug, not picking up all of the data. So I used the QB interface to create a custom report and manually copied the numbers into my Google Sheet. Lo and behold, I showed the same losses that QuickBooks had been reporting, thus wiping out the tax liability. The business had been underwater all last year, so I knew that when my tax person emailed me, I had really made an embarrassing mess. All's well that ends well! 😊#