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🌂 Umbrella MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides read-only access to the Umbrella Cost finops SaaS platform. This server enables natural language querying of your cloud cost and usage data through LLM clients.

🚀 Features

  • 🔐 Secure Authentication: Support for both MSP and Direct customer accounts

  • 📊 Cost Analysis: Query cost and usage data across AWS, Azure, and GCP

  • 🎯 Cost Optimization: Access recommendations and savings opportunities

  • 🚨 Anomaly Detection: Monitor cost spikes and unusual spending patterns

  • 💰 Budget Management: Track budgets and alerts

  • 📈 Resource Analytics: Analyze EC2, S3, RDS, and Kubernetes costs

  • 🏢 Multi-Tenant Support: MSP customer management capabilities

  • 🔍 Read-Only Access: Safe querying without risk of data modification

📋 Prerequisites

  • Node.js 18+ and npm

  • Valid Umbrella Cost account credentials

  • MCP-compatible client (Claude Desktop, etc.)

⚡ Quick Start

1. Install Dependencies

npm install

2. Build the Server

npm run build

3. Test the Server

npm run test-runner

4. Run the MCP Server

npm start # or for development npm run dev

🔧 Configuration

Environment Variables

Create a .env file with:

# API Base URL (defaults to https://api.umbrellacost.io/api/v1) UMBRELLA_API_BASE_URL=https://api.umbrellacost.io/api/v1 # Server Configuration MCP_SERVER_NAME=Umbrella MCP MCP_SERVER_VERSION=1.0.0

Test Credentials

For testing and validation, use these provided credentials:

MSP Customer:

  • Username: elisha@umbrellacost.cloud

  • Password: 6K2UX6DoYSgV%E

Direct Customer:

  • Username: elisha@umbrellacost.net

  • Password: G37oi57Kp@cNzx

Usage

Authentication

Before making any API calls, authenticate with your Umbrella Cost credentials:

// Using the authenticate tool authenticate(username="your-email@domain.com", password="your-password")

Test Credentials

For testing and demonstration, you can use these provided credentials:

MSP Customer:

  • Username: elisha@umbrellacost.cloud

  • Password: 6K2UX6DoYSgV%E

Direct Customer:

  • Username: elisha@umbrellacost.net

  • Password: G37oi57Kp@cNzx

Available Tools

The MCP server provides the following tools:

Core Tools

  • authenticate - Authenticate with Umbrella Cost API

  • list_endpoints - List all available API endpoints

  • help - Get help and usage information

API Endpoint Tools

All Umbrella Cost API endpoints are available as tools with the prefix api_. For example:

  • api__invoices_caui - Get cost and usage data

  • api__usage_rds_instance_costs - Get RDS instance costs

  • api__recommendations - Get cost optimization recommendations

  • api__budgets - Get budget information

  • api__anomaly_detection - Get cost anomaly detection results

Example Queries

Once connected to an LLM client, you can ask natural language questions like:

  • "Show me my AWS costs for the last 30 days"

  • "What are my biggest cost optimization opportunities?"

  • "Which RDS instances are costing the most?"

  • "Are there any cost anomalies I should be aware of?"

  • "What's my current budget status?"

  • "Show me my Kubernetes cluster costs"

API Categories

The server organizes endpoints into the following categories:

Cost Analysis

  • Cost and usage data retrieval

  • Service cost breakdowns

  • Historical cost trends

Usage Analysis

  • RDS instance costs

  • S3 bucket costs

  • Resource utilization data

Resource Explorer

  • Resource-level cost breakdown

  • Resource operations data

Dashboards

  • Dashboard configurations

  • Custom dashboard data

Budget Management

  • Budget tracking

  • Budget alerts and notifications

Recommendations

  • Cost optimization suggestions

  • Right-sizing recommendations

Anomaly Detection

  • Cost anomaly identification

  • Unusual spending patterns

Commitment Analysis

  • Reserved instances analysis

  • Savings plans utilization

Kubernetes

  • Container cost analysis

  • Cluster cost breakdown

User Management

  • User information

  • Customer management (MSP)

Development

Building

npm run build

Development Mode

npm run dev

Type Checking

npm run type-check

Linting

npm run lint

Security

  • Read-Only Access: The MCP server only provides read access to prevent accidental modifications

  • Credential Security: Authentication credentials are only used to obtain tokens and are not stored

  • Token-Based: All API requests use secure authentication tokens

  • Rate Limiting: Respects Umbrella Cost API rate limits

Error Handling

The server provides comprehensive error handling for:

  • Authentication failures

  • Network connectivity issues

  • API rate limiting

  • Invalid parameters

  • Permission errors

Support

For issues and questions:

  1. Check the built-in help: Use the help tool with topics like authentication, endpoints, or parameters

  2. Review the API documentation at Umbrella Cost

  3. Contact your Umbrella Cost support team

License

Copyright © 2024 Umbrella Cost. All rights reserved.

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