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Actual Budget MCP Server

io.github.s-stefanov/actual-mcp ยท v1.15.1

MCP server exposing Actual Budget accounts, transactions, budgets and reporting to LLM assistants.

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
claude mcp add actual-mcp -e ACTUAL_SERVER_URL=<ACTUAL_SERVER_URL> -e ACTUAL_PASSWORD=<ACTUAL_PASSWORD> -e ACTUAL_BUDGET_SYNC_ID=<ACTUAL_BUDGET_SYNC_ID> -e ACTUAL_DATA_DIR=<ACTUAL_DATA_DIR> -e ACTUAL_BUDGET_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD=<ACTUAL_BUDGET_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD> -e ACTUAL_SYNC_TTL_MS=<ACTUAL_SYNC_TTL_MS> -- npx -y [email protected]
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "actual-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ACTUAL_SERVER_URL": "<ACTUAL_SERVER_URL>",
        "ACTUAL_PASSWORD": "<ACTUAL_PASSWORD>",
        "ACTUAL_BUDGET_SYNC_ID": "<ACTUAL_BUDGET_SYNC_ID>",
        "ACTUAL_DATA_DIR": "<ACTUAL_DATA_DIR>",
        "ACTUAL_BUDGET_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD": "<ACTUAL_BUDGET_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD>",
        "ACTUAL_SYNC_TTL_MS": "<ACTUAL_SYNC_TTL_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "actual-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ACTUAL_SERVER_URL": "<ACTUAL_SERVER_URL>",
        "ACTUAL_PASSWORD": "<ACTUAL_PASSWORD>",
        "ACTUAL_BUDGET_SYNC_ID": "<ACTUAL_BUDGET_SYNC_ID>",
        "ACTUAL_DATA_DIR": "<ACTUAL_DATA_DIR>",
        "ACTUAL_BUDGET_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD": "<ACTUAL_BUDGET_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD>",
        "ACTUAL_SYNC_TTL_MS": "<ACTUAL_SYNC_TTL_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "actual-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ACTUAL_SERVER_URL": "<ACTUAL_SERVER_URL>",
        "ACTUAL_PASSWORD": "<ACTUAL_PASSWORD>",
        "ACTUAL_BUDGET_SYNC_ID": "<ACTUAL_BUDGET_SYNC_ID>",
        "ACTUAL_DATA_DIR": "<ACTUAL_DATA_DIR>",
        "ACTUAL_BUDGET_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD": "<ACTUAL_BUDGET_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD>",
        "ACTUAL_SYNC_TTL_MS": "<ACTUAL_SYNC_TTL_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

NameDescription
ACTUAL_SERVER_URL
Required
URL of your Actual Budget server
ACTUAL_PASSWORD
Required, secret
Actual Budget server password
ACTUAL_BUDGET_SYNC_ID
Required
Budget sync ID
ACTUAL_DATA_DIR
Optional
Local dir for cached budget data
ACTUAL_BUDGET_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD
Optional, secret
E2E encryption password, if enabled
ACTUAL_SYNC_TTL_MS
Optional
Sync cache TTL in ms

Details

Package[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
Package[email protected] (NPM, streamable-http)
First published20 Oct 2026
Last updated20 Oct 2026
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