Monarch MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 658 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 3 Nov 2026.
Query and update Monarch Money accounts, transactions, and budgets
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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 monarch-mcp -e 'MONARCH_EMAIL=<MONARCH_EMAIL>' -e 'MONARCH_PASSWORD=<MONARCH_PASSWORD>' -- uvx monarch-mcp-jamiew{
"mcpServers": {
"monarch-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"monarch-mcp-jamiew"
],
"env": {
"MONARCH_EMAIL": "<MONARCH_EMAIL>",
"MONARCH_PASSWORD": "<MONARCH_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.monarch-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["monarch-mcp-jamiew"]
env = { MONARCH_EMAIL = "<MONARCH_EMAIL>", MONARCH_PASSWORD = "<MONARCH_PASSWORD>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"monarch-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"monarch-mcp-jamiew"
],
"env": {
"MONARCH_EMAIL": "<MONARCH_EMAIL>",
"MONARCH_PASSWORD": "<MONARCH_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"monarch-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"monarch-mcp-jamiew"
],
"env": {
"MONARCH_EMAIL": "<MONARCH_EMAIL>",
"MONARCH_PASSWORD": "<MONARCH_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<MONARCH_EMAIL> (Monarch Money account email), <MONARCH_PASSWORD> (Monarch Money account password).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
MONARCH_MFA_SECRET (TOTP secret for 2FA, not a rotating code), MONARCH_FORCE_LOGIN (Set to 'true' to skip the cached session).
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