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Claude Code can interact with Treeline in two ways: through the MCP server (tools) or directly via CLI commands. Both work well — use whichever fits your workflow.

MCP Setup

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Add Treeline as an MCP server:

Terminal window
claude mcp add treeline -- tl mcp

This gives Claude Code access to Treeline’s MCP tools (status, query, sync, tag, etc.) alongside your other tools.

CLI Access

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Claude Code can also run tl commands directly in its shell. This is useful when you want to pipe output, chain commands, or use CLI-only features like tl import or tl backup.

Terminal window
tl status --json
tl query "SELECT * FROM transactions WHERE amount < -100" --json
tl skills list --json

Example Session

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Once connected, just ask questions naturally:

  • “What’s my checking account balance?”
  • “Show me all untagged transactions from this month”
  • “Write a query that shows my spending trend by category over the last 6 months”
  • “Create a skill that tracks my freelance income categories”

Claude Code will use the appropriate Treeline tool or CLI command to answer.