---
name: "invoices_summary"
area: "invoices"
title: "What customers owe"
price: "free"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/invoices_summary"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/invoices"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_summary"
---

# What customers owe (`invoices_summary`)

What customers owe, per currency: outstanding, overdue and paid this month, and the quotes still open.

What customers owe, per currency: outstanding, overdue and paid this month, plus quotes still open.

Price: Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month for the whole account, then $0.50 per 10,000 reads. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

Someone asks how much is owed, or for a money overview.

## Say this to your agent

> How much do customers owe us, and how much of it is overdue?

## Inputs

This tool takes no arguments: send `{}`.

## Example

Written for Hansen & Voss, a restaurant-equipment wholesaler in Hamburg with 60 staff.

MCP: call `invoices_summary` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/invoices` with these arguments:

```json
{}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/invoices_summary \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "invoices_summary",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "today": "2026-10-14",
    "month": "2026-10",
    "currencies": [
      {
        "currency": "EUR",
        "outstanding": "13887.30",
        "outstanding_formatted": "€13,887.30",
        "outstanding_count": 1,
        "overdue": "0.00",
        "overdue_formatted": "€0.00",
        "overdue_count": 0,
        "paid_this_month": "0.00",
        "paid_this_month_formatted": "€0.00",
        "payments_this_month": 0,
        "open_quotes": "0.00",
        "open_quotes_formatted": "€0.00",
        "open_quotes_count": 0
      }
    ],
    "drafts": 1
  }
}
```

`result`: Today and the month, per currency the outstanding, overdue and paid-this-month amounts with their counts and the open quotes, and how many drafts there are.

## Errors

This tool has no errors of its own.

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [invoices_set_profile](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_set_profile.md): Sets the business details on quotes and invoices: name, country, address, tax ID, logo, terms, tax, numbering, how to pay and legal notes. $0.001 a call.
- [invoices_get_profile](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_get_profile.md): The business details on quotes and invoices, the next numbers, and what is missing before documents can be sent. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [invoices_connect_stripe](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_connect_stripe.md): Connects the business's own Stripe account with a restricted key, so invoices can be paid online; the money goes straight to the business. $0.001 a call.
- [invoices_create](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_create.md): Creates a draft quote or invoice: the customer, the lines, the currency and the dates. $0.01 a call.
- [invoices_update](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_update.md): Changes a draft quote or invoice; customer and lines replace the old ones. $0.01 a call.
- [invoices_send](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_send.md): Sends a draft: it gets the next number, its PDF is made, and the customer is emailed a link to view, pay or accept it. $0.10 a call.
- [invoices_get](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_get.md): One quote or invoice in full, by invoice_id or number: lines, totals, taxes, payments, history, its page and a fresh PDF link. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [invoices_list](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_list.md): Quotes and invoices, newest first, by kind, status (also overdue, unpaid and expired), customer and issue date. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [invoices_convert_quote](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_convert_quote.md): Turns an accepted quote into a draft invoice with the same customer and lines. $0.01 a call.
- [invoices_record_payment](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_record_payment.md): Records money received against a sent invoice, or a refund; the invoice becomes partially paid or paid. $0.01 a call.
- [invoices_record_prepayment](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_record_prepayment.md): Records a customer's deposit before there is an invoice, like Xero's prepayments; it waits as their credit, with its VAT owed at once. $0.01 a call.
- [invoices_use_credit](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_use_credit.md): Puts a customer's credit on their invoice, like Xero's allocate credit, or pays it back to them. $0.01 a call.
- [invoices_list_credits](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_list_credits.md): Lists customers' credits, deposits and overpayments, with what is left on each. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [invoices_remind](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_remind.md): Emails the customer a reminder about a sent invoice with a balance, at most once a day. $0.02 a call.
- [invoices_remind_overdue](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_remind_overdue.md): Emails a reminder about every invoice at least some days overdue, the longest overdue first. $0.02 per reminder sent.
- [invoices_set_expected_date](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_set_expected_date.md): Notes the day a customer says they will pay an invoice, so the cash flow forecast counts the money then, even when the invoice is overdue. Free.
- [invoices_create_credit_note](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_create_credit_note.md): Corrects a sent invoice with a numbered credit note: all of it, some of its lines or an amount, emailed like an invoice. $0.10 a call.
- [invoices_void](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_void.md): Voids a document: a sent one keeps its number but can no longer be paid or accepted; a draft is discarded. $0.01 a call.
- [invoices_save_repeating](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_save_repeating.md): Makes an invoice again every so many weeks, months or years, drafted or sent on its day, with [Month] and [Year] filled in, like Xero's repeating invoices. $0.001 a call.
- [invoices_list_repeating](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_list_repeating.md): Lists the repeating invoices: who each is for, how often, the next dates, and what each made. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [invoices_delete_repeating](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_delete_repeating.md): Stops a repeating invoice for good; the invoices it made stay. Free.
- [invoices_statement](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_statement.md): Makes a customer statement, outstanding or activity, as a PDF, and emails it when asked, like Xero's statements. $0.05 a call.
- [invoices_report](https://conecto.chat/tools/invoices/invoices_report.md): Aged receivables on any day, or sales per customer for a period with the credit notes taken off. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
