monarch-money
local MCP servermonarch-money is a local MCP server: MCP server for Monarch Money — account, transaction, and budget management. Install it from npm as monarch-money-mcp-server.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add monarch-money -e MONARCH_SESSION_TOKEN=... -e MONARCH_EMAIL=... -e MONARCH_PASSWORD=... -e MONARCH_TOTP=... -e MONARCH_EMAIL_OTP=... -e MONARCH_SESSION_PASSPHRASE=... -e MONARCH_STATE_DIR=... -e MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOL_GROUPS=... -e MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOLS=... -e MONARCH_DISABLED_TOOLS=... -- npx -y monarch-money-mcp-server
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": {
"monarch-money": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"monarch-money-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"MONARCH_SESSION_TOKEN": "...",
"MONARCH_EMAIL": "...",
"MONARCH_PASSWORD": "...",
"MONARCH_TOTP": "...",
"MONARCH_EMAIL_OTP": "...",
"MONARCH_SESSION_PASSPHRASE": "...",
"MONARCH_STATE_DIR": "...",
"MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOL_GROUPS": "...",
"MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOLS": "...",
"MONARCH_DISABLED_TOOLS": "..."
}
}
}
}Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.
What you need
- Runtime: Node.js 18+ (runs with npx).
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
- Environment variables:
MONARCH_SESSION_TOKEN,MONARCH_EMAIL,MONARCH_PASSWORD,MONARCH_TOTP,MONARCH_EMAIL_OTP,MONARCH_SESSION_PASSPHRASE,MONARCH_STATE_DIR,MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOL_GROUPS,MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOLS,MONARCH_DISABLED_TOOLS
Summary
MCP server for Monarch Money — account, transaction, and budget management.
monarch-money vs similar servers
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| monarch-money | 80 | Local | Yes | npm |
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Questions
It reads 10 environment variables: MONARCH_SESSION_TOKEN, MONARCH_EMAIL, MONARCH_PASSWORD, MONARCH_TOTP, MONARCH_EMAIL_OTP, MONARCH_SESSION_PASSPHRASE, MONARCH_STATE_DIR, MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOL_GROUPS, MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOLS, MONARCH_DISABLED_TOOLS. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.
Node.js 18+ (runs with npx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
monarch-money is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package monarch-money-mcp-server.
Run: claude mcp add monarch-money -e MONARCH_SESSION_TOKEN=... -e MONARCH_EMAIL=... -e MONARCH_PASSWORD=... -e MONARCH_TOTP=... -e MONARCH_EMAIL_OTP=... -e MONARCH_SESSION_PASSPHRASE=... -e MONARCH_STATE_DIR=... -e MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOL_GROUPS=... -e MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOLS=... -e MONARCH_DISABLED_TOOLS=... -- npx -y monarch-money-mcp-server
Run: codex mcp add monarch-money --env MONARCH_SESSION_TOKEN=... --env MONARCH_EMAIL=... --env MONARCH_PASSWORD=... --env MONARCH_TOTP=... --env MONARCH_EMAIL_OTP=... --env MONARCH_SESSION_PASSPHRASE=... --env MONARCH_STATE_DIR=... --env MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOL_GROUPS=... --env MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOLS=... --env MONARCH_DISABLED_TOOLS=... -- npx -y monarch-money-mcp-server
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