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GSA Per Diem MCP Server

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GSA Per Diem runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 090 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

GSA Per Diem federal travel lodging and M&IE rates. 6 tools.

Installs per day peak 1 592 · avg 204 · +6% w/w
a month agotoday
1 090
Installs / week
pypi · gsa-perdiem-mcp
28
Stars
0 open issues
2 Nov 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What changed 1

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 18 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

18 Aug the owner changed

What the code does

We read the source, 22 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

In the project's build, not in the package

Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

Runs an external command deploy/gsa-perdiem/parity/run.ts:34
  execFileSync(PYTHON, [join(ROOT, "deploy/gsa-perdiem/parity/build_corpus.py")], {cwd: PACKAGE, env: pythonEnv, stdio: ["ignore", "ignore", "inherit"]});

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Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check GSA Per Diem every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add gsa-perdiem-mcp -e 'PERDIEM_API_KEY=<PERDIEM_API_KEY>' -- uvx gsa-perdiem-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gsa-perdiem-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gsa-perdiem-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PERDIEM_API_KEY": "<PERDIEM_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.gsa-perdiem-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["gsa-perdiem-mcp"]
env = { PERDIEM_API_KEY = "<PERDIEM_API_KEY>" }
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gsa-perdiem-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gsa-perdiem-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PERDIEM_API_KEY": "<PERDIEM_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "gsa-perdiem-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gsa-perdiem-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PERDIEM_API_KEY": "<PERDIEM_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own value in place of <PERDIEM_API_KEY> (Free api.data.gov key from https://api.data.gov/signup/ for 1,000 req/hr). The author’s registry entry marks it as required.

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GSA Per Diem — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for GSA Per Diem?
GSA Per Diem runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package gsa-perdiem-mcp was installed 1 090 times last week.
How do I connect GSA Per Diem?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls gsa-perdiem-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use GSA Per Diem?
The pypi package gsa-perdiem-mcp was installed 1 090 times in the last week. Week over week that is +6%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is GSA Per Diem open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 28 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.