Quote To Cash

hubspot/agent-cli-skills/quote-to-cash

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Build the product catalog, assemble quotes (line items + associations to deals), and track invoices and subscriptions through to revenue.

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Guides HubSpot quote-to-cash work: product catalog, quotes with line items, invoices and subscriptions.

What it does
This skill provides instructions for running HubSpot quote-to-cash operations through the hubspot CLI. It covers creating products, building quotes from line items, associating line items to quotes and quotes to deals, and searching invoices and subscriptions by status and date. It also documents constraints such as required token scopes, read-only properties, and UI-only actions like quote sharing and invoice creation.
When to use it
Use it when working in HubSpot on product catalogs, quote assembly, or tracking invoices and subscriptions through to revenue. It fits tasks such as creating products, building or promoting quotes, and finding outstanding, overdue, or recently billed invoices.
Requirements
Requires the hubspot CLI with an authenticated token (user OAuth login or a HUBSPOT_ACCESS_TOKEN service key) and scopes for the relevant object types; jq is used in the examples. It ships no scripts, only instructions and a reference file, and some actions such as quote share links, PDF generation, and invoice creation are UI-only.

Resources

FileWhen to use
resources/q2c-essentials.mdSix-field cheat sheet, association directions, portal caveats for invoices/subscriptions/orders/carts.

Foundations

Read bulk-operations/SKILL.md first — JSONL piping, batch read, pagination, and the dry-run/digest/confirm flow for destructive ops live there. Reshape recipes (read → write payload) are in bulk-operations/resources/json-patterns.md.

hubspot <command> --help is the source of truth. Object types are plural (products, line_items, quotes, invoices, subscriptions). Never hardcode property tables — hubspot properties list --type <type> is one call away. Verify any enum value the agent is about to write with hubspot properties options-list --type <type> <property> | jq -r '.value'.

Portal note: invoices, subscriptions, orders, carts show an empty objectTypeId in hubspot objects types. They work through objects search/list when the token has the matching scope (invoices-read, subscriptions-read, etc.) and 403 otherwise. CLI-created quotes are always DRAFT; approval routing, share links, PDF generation, and invoice creation usually require the HubSpot UI.

1. Create a product

bash
hubspot objects create --type products \  --property name="Enterprise License" \  --property price=12000 \  --property hs_sku=ENT-001

For a recurring product set recurringbillingfrequency; check the API enum values first with hubspot properties options-list --type products recurringbillingfrequency | jq -r '.value'. Bulk-import a catalog by piping JSONL of {"properties":{...}} to hubspot objects create --type products --dry-run.

2. Build a quote: line items → quote → associations

objects create emits one result line per stdin line, in input order. That lets you build line items, capture their IDs, and associate them to the new quote in three pipes — no per-record shell loop.

bash
DEAL_ID=12345
# 1. Create the line items. items.jsonl holds {"name":..,"qty":..,"price":..,"product_id":..} per line.jq -c '{properties:{    name:.name, quantity:(.qty|tostring), price:(.price|tostring),    hs_product_id:.product_id, hs_line_item_currency_code:"USD"  }}' items.jsonl \| hubspot objects create --type line_items > /tmp/lineitems.jsonl
# 2. Create the quote.QUOTE_ID=$(hubspot objects create --type quotes \  --property hs_title="Acme Corp - 2026" \  --property hs_expiration_date=2026-06-30 \  --property hs_currency=USD \  --format json | jq -r '.data.id // .id')
# 3. Associate every new line item to the quote in one pipe.jq -r '.id' /tmp/lineitems.jsonl \| jq -cR --arg q "$QUOTE_ID" '{from:("quotes:" + $q), to:("line_items:" + .)}' \| hubspot associations create
# 4. Link the quote to the deal.hubspot associations create --from "deals:$DEAL_ID" --to "quotes:$QUOTE_ID"

Discount handling — discount is the writable percentage (10 = 10% off). hs_total_discount is HubSpot-computed; do not set it. Verify with hubspot properties get --type line_items hs_total_discount (property name is positional; look for modificationMetadata.readOnlyValue:true) before relying on this in a portal you don't own.

Promote a quote out of DRAFT when ready to share. objects update is irreversible — dry-run first, then re-run with the digest and --confirm <quote_id>:

bash
hubspot objects update --type quotes <quote_id> --property hs_status=APPROVAL_NOT_NEEDED --dry-runhubspot objects update --type quotes <quote_id> --property hs_status=APPROVAL_NOT_NEEDED --digest <hash> --confirm <quote_id>

Verify hs_status enum values for your portal: hubspot properties options-list --type quotes hs_status | jq -r '.value'.

3. Track invoices

The CLI reads invoice data and updates status; creation usually needs HubSpot Commerce + UI. Filter by hs_invoice_status and date.

bash
# All outstanding invoiceshubspot objects search --type invoices \  --filter "hs_invoice_status=OUTSTANDING" \  --properties hs_number,hs_amount_billed,hs_balance,hs_due_date
# Past-due (overdue) invoices, dynamic datehubspot objects search --type invoices \  --filter "hs_due_date<$(date +%Y-%m-%d) AND hs_invoice_status!=PAID" \  --properties hs_number,hs_due_date,hs_balance
# Invoices billed in the last 30 dayshubspot objects search --type invoices \  --filter "hs_invoice_date>=$(date -v-30d +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null || date -d '30 days ago' +%Y-%m-%d)" \  --properties hs_number,hs_amount_billed,hs_invoice_date

Verify the status enum the same way: hubspot properties options-list --type invoices hs_invoice_status | jq -r '.value'.

4. Track subscriptions

Same shape, filter on hs_subscription_status. Verify the enum values before writing the filter — do not hardcode ACTIVE/CANCELLED/PAST_DUE:

bash
hubspot properties options-list --type subscriptions hs_subscription_status | jq -r '.value'
# Then filter (case matters)hubspot objects search --type subscriptions \  --filter "hs_subscription_status=<value-from-above>" \  --properties hs_mrr,hs_arr,hs_subscription_status
# Sum MRR across active subshubspot objects search --type subscriptions \  --filter "hs_subscription_status=<active-value>" --format json \  | jq '[.data[].properties.hs_mrr | select(. != null and . != "") | tonumber] | add // 0'

Known constraints

  • invoices, subscriptions, orders, carts, payments need the matching read scope on the active token; 403 means the user OAuth login or private-app token is missing the scope.
  • objects delete on products/quotes/line_items works under both user OAuth (hubspot auth login, with the object's write scope) and a service key (export HUBSPOT_ACCESS_TOKEN=<token>); a 403 means the active token is missing that write scope. The exception is the --gdpr permanent purge, which requires a service key — the GDPR endpoint does not accept user OAuth tokens. See bulk-operations/SKILL.md for the dry-run → digest → confirm flow before bulk-deleting catalog records.
  • Quote share links, PDF generation, approval routing, and from-scratch invoice creation are UI-only — the CLI updates records but cannot send a quote to a customer.
  • hs_total_discount on line items is read-only — set discount (percentage) instead.

Source and attribution

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