Actual Budget MCP Server

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 mcp add actual-budget-mcp -- npx -y actual-budget-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "actual-budget-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "actual-budget-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.actual-budget-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "actual-budget-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "actual-budget-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "actual-budget-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "actual-budget-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "actual-budget-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: ACTUAL_SERVER_URL (URL of your Actual Budget server, for example http://localhost:5006), ACTUAL_PASSWORD (Password for your Actual Budget server. Not needed if you set ACTUAL_SESSION_TOKEN), ACTUAL_SESSION_TOKEN (Session token for servers behind OIDC, which have no password. Use instead of ACTUAL_PASSWORD; if both are set, the token wins), ACTUAL_BUDGET_ID (Your budget's Sync ID, found under Settings > Show advanced settings), ACTUAL_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD (Only needed if your budget file is end-to-end encrypted), ACTUAL_READ_ONLY (Set to 1 to hide every write tool from the model, exposing only reads and analysis), ACTUAL_DATA_DIR (Directory for the local budget cache). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.