Expense MCP Server

by assaf

answering

Expense is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago.

Receipt tracker with no friction: receipts arrive by email and file themselves

Uptime history 3 hours of history

3 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

9 of 9 checks

—

Tools

hidden behind auth

448 ms

Response time

average over 24h

API key or OAuth

Access

streamable-http

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add expense --transport http https://expense.labnotes.org/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "expense": {
      "url": "https://expense.labnotes.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.expense]
url = "https://expense.labnotes.org/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "expense": {
      "url": "https://expense.labnotes.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "expense": {
      "url": "https://expense.labnotes.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge — the server is running, but you need an API key or OAuth to use it.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://expense.labnotes.org/mcp	streamable-http	needs key	335 ms	12 min ago

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Expense — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for Expense?

The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.

Is Expense working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 9 of 9 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 448 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Expense?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own key or an OAuth login: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does Expense need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, Expense answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.

How fast is Expense?

It answers our handshake in 448 ms on average, which is faster than 30% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.