---
name: "purchasing_list_repeating_bills"
area: "purchasing"
title: "List repeating bills"
price: "free"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/purchasing_list_repeating_bills"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/purchasing"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_list_repeating_bills"
---

# List repeating bills (`purchasing_list_repeating_bills`)

Lists the repeating bills: whose each is, how often, the next dates, and what each recorded.

The repeating bills: whose, their lines, how often, the next dates, how many were recorded and the last one, and why one waits or is paused.

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

Before setting one up, or to see what the business is billed every month.

## Say this to your agent

> Which bills come in every month, and when is the next one?

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `status` | string | no |  | `"active"`, `"paused"`, `"ended"` |  |

## Example

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

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

```json
{}
```

REST:

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

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "purchasing_list_repeating_bills",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "repeating": [
      {
        "repeating_id": 4101,
        "name": "Warehouse rent",
        "supplier": {
          "supplier_id": 4102,
          "name": "Hafenblick Immobilien GmbH"
        },
        "lines": [
          {
            "description": "Warehouse rent, Billbrookdeich 112, [Month] [Year]",
            "unit_cost": "2400",
            "tax_rate": 19,
            "account": "6500"
          }
        ],
        "currency": null,
        "reference": "Miete [Month] [Year]",
        "notes": null,
        "tax_treatment": null,
        "payment_terms_days": 3,
        "every": 1,
        "unit": "month",
        "status": "active",
        "next_date": "2026-11-01",
        "upcoming": [
          "2026-11-01",
          "2026-12-01"
        ],
        "end_date": null,
        "times_left": null,
        "made": 0,
        "last_bill_id": null,
        "last_reference": null,
        "last_error": null
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

`result`: repeating: each with its id, name, supplier, lines, reference, every and unit, status, next dates, end_date or times_left, made, the last bill and its last error.

## 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

- [purchasing_save_supplier](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_save_supplier.md): Adds a supplier or changes one: contact, email for orders, address, currency, payment terms and the book account their bills go to. $0.01 a call.
- [purchasing_list_suppliers](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_list_suppliers.md): Suppliers by name, each with what is owed to them on open bills and how many orders are open. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [purchasing_save_supplier_items](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_save_supplier_items.md): Says which Inventory items a supplier sells: their code, cost, pack size, minimum order, lead time and a fixed reorder quantity. $0.005 per item saved.
- [purchasing_list_supplier_items](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_list_supplier_items.md): What suppliers sell: codes, costs, packs, minimums, lead times and the preferred supplier, for one supplier or one SKU. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [purchasing_draft_reorders](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_draft_reorders.md): Drafts one purchase order per supplier for every item at or below its reorder point, counting what is already on order. $0.01 per draft order.
- [purchasing_create_order](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_create_order.md): Drafts a purchase order to a supplier: lines (with Inventory SKUs if you like), currency, delivery date and stock location. $0.01 a call.
- [purchasing_update_order](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_update_order.md): Changes a draft order, or records it as sent without emailing it. $0.01 a call.
- [purchasing_send_order](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_send_order.md): Emails an order to the supplier with a link to its PDF; a draft takes the next number first. $0.10 a call.
- [purchasing_receive](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_receive.md): Records what arrived on a sent order; lines with a SKU come into Inventory at the ordered cost. $0.01 a call.
- [purchasing_close_order](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_close_order.md): Closes a sent order (stop waiting for the rest) or cancels one that received nothing. $0.01 a call.
- [purchasing_list_orders](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_list_orders.md): Purchase orders, newest first, by status, supplier or date; or one order in full. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [purchasing_create_bill](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_create_bill.md): Records a bill a supplier sent, from its own lines or from an order, with its PDF; it is posted to the books. $0.01 a call.
- [purchasing_update_bill](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_update_bill.md): Adds a recorded bill's PDF if it has none, or changes its notes or due date; amounts and the PDF it has never change. $0.01 a call.
- [purchasing_pay_bill](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_pay_bill.md): Records money paid on a bill, or money back from the supplier; it is posted to the books. $0.01 a call.
- [purchasing_pay_bills](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_pay_bills.md): Pays several bills at once from one bank account, like Xero's batch payments, with the SEPA file to upload to the bank. $0.01 per bill paid.
- [purchasing_set_planned_date](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_set_planned_date.md): Plans the day the business will pay a bill, so the cash flow forecast takes the money out then rather than on the due date. Free.
- [purchasing_record_prepayment](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_record_prepayment.md): Records a deposit the business paid a supplier before their bill, like Xero's prepayments; it waits as a credit with them. $0.01 a call.
- [purchasing_use_credit](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_use_credit.md): Puts a credit with a supplier on their bill, like Xero's allocate credit, or records it coming back. $0.01 a call.
- [purchasing_list_credits](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_list_credits.md): Lists credits with suppliers, deposits and overpayments, with what is left on each. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [purchasing_save_repeating_bill](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_save_repeating_bill.md): Records a supplier's bill again every so many weeks, months or years, with [Month] and [Year] filled in, like Xero's repeating bills. $0.01 a call.
- [purchasing_delete_repeating_bill](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_delete_repeating_bill.md): Stops a repeating bill for good; the bills it recorded stay. Free.
- [purchasing_void_bill](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_void_bill.md): Voids a bill entered by mistake; the books reverse it and its order can be billed again. $0.01 a call.
- [purchasing_list_bills](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_list_bills.md): Supplier bills by due date, filtered by status, supplier, order or dates; or one bill in full. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [purchasing_report](https://conecto.chat/tools/purchasing/purchasing_report.md): Aged payables (what is owed to each supplier by how late) or spend (what each supplier billed and was paid). Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
