NYC Checkbook MCP Server

by betanyc Your server? Claim it

local only

NYC Checkbook runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 46 installs a week from npm. Last commit 9 Nov 2026.

NYC Checkbook data: city spending, contracts, budget, payroll, and revenue from Checkbook NYC

Installs per day peak 203 · avg 18 · +109% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · @betanyc/nyc-checkbook-mcp

Stars

11 open issues

9 Nov 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

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

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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add nyc-checkbook-mcp -- npx -y @betanyc/nyc-checkbook-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nyc-checkbook-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betanyc/nyc-checkbook-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.nyc-checkbook-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@betanyc/nyc-checkbook-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nyc-checkbook-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betanyc/nyc-checkbook-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "nyc-checkbook-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betanyc/nyc-checkbook-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: CHECKBOOK_ENABLE_SMART_SEARCH (Set to 1 to enable smart_search, an unsupported web endpoint that is off by default).

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NYC Checkbook — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for NYC Checkbook?

NYC Checkbook 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 npm package @betanyc/nyc-checkbook-mcp was installed 46 times last week.

How do I connect NYC Checkbook?

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 @betanyc/nyc-checkbook-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use NYC Checkbook?

The npm package @betanyc/nyc-checkbook-mcp was installed 46 times in the last week. Week over week that is +109%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is NYC Checkbook open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 3 stars on GitHub and 11 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.