NZ Open Banking MCP (Akahu)

io.github.thatskiff33/nz-openbank-mcp · v0.1.7

Ask about your NZ bank accounts via Akahu open finance. Read-only by default, consent per write.

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Terminal

claude mcp add nz-openbank-mcp -e AKAHU_USER_TOKEN=<AKAHU_USER_TOKEN> -e AKAHU_APP_TOKEN=<AKAHU_APP_TOKEN> -e AKAHU_READ_ONLY=<AKAHU_READ_ONLY> -e AKAHU_AUTOMATION_BYPASS=<AKAHU_AUTOMATION_BYPASS> -e AKAHU_MASK_ACCOUNTS=<AKAHU_MASK_ACCOUNTS> -- uvx nz-openbank-mcp==0.1.7

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nz-openbank-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "nz-openbank-mcp==0.1.7"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AKAHU_USER_TOKEN": "<AKAHU_USER_TOKEN>",
        "AKAHU_APP_TOKEN": "<AKAHU_APP_TOKEN>",
        "AKAHU_READ_ONLY": "<AKAHU_READ_ONLY>",
        "AKAHU_AUTOMATION_BYPASS": "<AKAHU_AUTOMATION_BYPASS>",
        "AKAHU_MASK_ACCOUNTS": "<AKAHU_MASK_ACCOUNTS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nz-openbank-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "nz-openbank-mcp==0.1.7"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AKAHU_USER_TOKEN": "<AKAHU_USER_TOKEN>",
        "AKAHU_APP_TOKEN": "<AKAHU_APP_TOKEN>",
        "AKAHU_READ_ONLY": "<AKAHU_READ_ONLY>",
        "AKAHU_AUTOMATION_BYPASS": "<AKAHU_AUTOMATION_BYPASS>",
        "AKAHU_MASK_ACCOUNTS": "<AKAHU_MASK_ACCOUNTS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "nz-openbank-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "nz-openbank-mcp==0.1.7"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AKAHU_USER_TOKEN": "<AKAHU_USER_TOKEN>",
        "AKAHU_APP_TOKEN": "<AKAHU_APP_TOKEN>",
        "AKAHU_READ_ONLY": "<AKAHU_READ_ONLY>",
        "AKAHU_AUTOMATION_BYPASS": "<AKAHU_AUTOMATION_BYPASS>",
        "AKAHU_MASK_ACCOUNTS": "<AKAHU_MASK_ACCOUNTS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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

Environment variables

Name	Description
`AKAHU_USER_TOKEN` Required, secret	User token from https://my.akahu.nz/developers.
`AKAHU_APP_TOKEN` Required, secret	App token from https://my.akahu.nz/developers.
`AKAHU_READ_ONLY` Optional	Refuse all write tools when 'true'. Leave as 'true' unless you specifically need refresh/verify/report writes.
`AKAHU_AUTOMATION_BYPASS` Optional	Skip per-call consent prompts for safe-to-automate writes (account refresh only). Requires read-only=false.
`AKAHU_MASK_ACCOUNTS` Optional	When 'true', account numbers show only the bank code, last four digits and suffix. Default 'false' shows them in full. Transaction descriptions are never masked.

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	6 Nov 2026
Last updated	6 Nov 2026
Registry name	`io.github.thatskiff33/nz-openbank-mcp`

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