# Read your first Economico report


Economico gives your agent access to your business's books through MCP, REST and
the CLI. This guide connects the CLI and reads a report without changing the books.
You need Node.js 24 or newer and access to the business you want to inspect.

## Install and sign in

```sh
npm install -g @economico/cli
economico login --server https://economi.co --local
economico businesses list
```

Login opens the browser. Sign in with your email code or Google. Create a company
if you need one, review its agreement and approve the connection. The CLI stores
credentials locally; keep them out of source control. In a remote terminal, use
`economico login --no-browser` to print the authorization URL; the browser must be
able to reach the CLI's loopback callback.

## Select a business and discover its operations

Use a slug returned by `businesses list` in place of `your-business`:

```sh
economico --business your-business tools
economico --business your-business catalog list
economico --business your-business catalog describe --name parties.create
```

Every data call names its business. Commands and schemas are filtered by the
connection's effective permissions. Discover the schema before attempting a write.

## Read a balance sheet

```sh
economico --business your-business reports run \
  --kind balance_sheet --currency USD --human
```

Use your business's reporting currency. The result shows recorded balances; an
empty ledger cannot establish your actual cash, expenses or runway. Inspect the
[source documents and entries in the workspace](/app) before relying on a number.

## Connect an MCP host instead

Add `https://economi.co/mcp` as a remote HTTP MCP server in your host, then complete
its OAuth authorization. Start with `businesses`, select an authorized slug, and
use `catalog` and `reports`. See the [Agent Center](/agents/) for host-specific
setup and the [setup skill](/skill.md) for your first recorded transaction.

For reusable bookkeeping workflows, install the published skill pack:

```sh
npx skills add economico/cfo-skills
```

See [authentication](/docs/authentication/) for unattended agents and
[the API reference](/docs/api/) for REST calls and error recovery.