Lunch Money

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add lunchmoney-mcp -e LUNCHMONEY_API_TOKEN=... -e LUNCHMONEY_DEBUG=... -- npx -y @akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lunchmoney-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LUNCHMONEY_API_TOKEN": "...",
        "LUNCHMONEY_DEBUG": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

MCP server for managing LunchMoney personal finances: transactions, budgets, categories, and more.

Questions

Lunch Money is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package @akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add lunchmoney-mcp -e LUNCHMONEY_API_TOKEN=... -e LUNCHMONEY_DEBUG=... -- npx -y @akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp

Run: codex mcp add lunchmoney-mcp --env LUNCHMONEY_API_TOKEN=... --env LUNCHMONEY_DEBUG=... -- npx -y @akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp

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