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Quickstart

Deploy your first agent and clear your first invoice queue in under ten minutes. You'll connect an accounting system, set a payment policy, and let the payables agent take it from there.

~10_MIN NO_CODE_REQUIRED CLI_OPTIONAL

01Install the CLI

Everything below can also be done from the dashboard; the CLI is for teams who want it in scripts and CI.

TERMINAL

$ curl -fsSL https://get.blackoffice.ai | sh
$ blackoffice auth login

02Connect your accounting system

OAuth read/write connections. QuickBooks, NetSuite, Xero and 80+ others are supported.

TERMINAL

$ blackoffice connect quickbooks
✓ connected · 3,412 records synced · 41s

03Set a payment policy

Policies are declared once and enforced on every agent action. This one auto-pays matched invoices under $5,000 and routes the rest to you.

policy.yaml

payables:
  auto_pay:
    max_amount: 5000
    requires: [po_match, receipt_match]
  escalate_to: ops@yourco.com

04Deploy the agent

TERMINAL

$ blackoffice deploy --agents=payables
✓ payables agent live · watching 3 inboxes · policy attached

That's it. The agent now captures, matches and schedules every incoming invoice. Check app.blackoffice.ai/operations for the live queue, or wire exceptions into Slack with the Approvals API.

Approvals API

Route exceptions to Slack or your own tools.

Policy engine

Limits, chains and tolerances in one file.

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