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Zero Core Budget MCP Server

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Zero Core Budget is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. 33 installs a week from npm. It exposes 6 tools. Last commit 29 Oct 2026.

Agent spending mgmt, budget tracking, ROI. Zero Core Budget.

Installs per day peak 8 · avg 2 · +312% w/w
a month agotoday
Uptime history 91 days of history
91 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
6
Tools
read from the server
387 ms
Response time
average over 24h
33
Installs / week
npm and PyPI

What changed 6

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 23 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

23 Oct 4 tools changed the parameters they ask for check_spend, get_spending_report, register_agent and 1 more
23 Oct 2 tool descriptions were rewritten check_spend, register_agent

What the code does

We read the source, 5 d ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Package points at a different repository meltingpixelsai/zero-core-budget
пакет @meltingpixels/zero-core-budget ссылается на meltingpixelsai/harvey-budget

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 4 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add zero-core-budget --transport http https://budget.rugslayer.com/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://budget.rugslayer.com/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.zero-core-budget]
url = "https://budget.rugslayer.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zero-core-budget": {
      "url": "https://budget.rugslayer.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "zero-core-budget": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://budget.rugslayer.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 6

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

health
health
Check Harvey Budget server status, uptime, and payment network configuration.
register
register_agent
Register an agent with daily and weekly budget limits, or update them. The agent_id belongs to the wallet that pays for this call: call check_spend, report_spend and get_spending_report from the same wallet.
report
report_spend
Record a completed spend with optional outcome tracking. Call this AFTER paying for a service to track spending and build ROI history.
spend
check_spend
Pre-spend budget approval check. Verifies daily/weekly/category limits, estimates ROI from your own past spends with this service, and suggests cheaper alternatives you have used. Call this BEFORE paying for any service.
spending
get_spending_report
Detailed spending analytics report. Returns total spent, category breakdown, top services with ROI, and optimization recommendations. Use to understand spending patterns and find inefficiencies.
tools
list_tools
List all available Harvey Budget tools with pricing and input requirements. Use this for discovery.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://budget.rugslayer.com/mcp streamable-http answering 416 ms 4 min ago

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Zero Core Budget — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Zero Core Budget do?
It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_spend, get_spending_report, health, list_tools, register_agent, report_spend. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Zero Core Budget working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 387 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Zero Core Budget?
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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Zero Core Budget need an API key?
No. Zero Core Budget completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 6 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Zero Core Budget?
It answers our handshake in 387 ms on average, which is faster than 34% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
How many people use Zero Core Budget?
The npm package @meltingpixels/zero-core-budget was installed 33 times in the last week. Week over week that is +312%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Zero Core Budget open source?
The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 2 open issues. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at budget.rugslayer.com, which runs on its operator's own terms.