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actual-budget-mcp

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
ACTUAL_FILEYesBudget file name or sync id
ACTUAL_BASE_URLYesURL of your Actual Budget server
ACTUAL_CURRENCYNoCurrency code e.g. INR, EURUSD
ACTUAL_MCP_HOSTNoHost to bind to in HTTP mode0.0.0.0
ACTUAL_MCP_PORTNoPort to bind to in HTTP mode8000
ACTUAL_PASSWORDYesActual Budget server password
ACTUAL_TIMEZONENoTimezone e.g. Asia/Kolkata, America/New_YorkUTC
ACTUAL_MCP_TRANSPORTNoTransport mode — stdio for Cline/Cursor, http for Dockerstdio
ACTUAL_CURRENCY_SYMBOLNoCurrency symbol e.g. ₹, €$

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": true
}
logging
{}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
{
  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
extensions
{
  "io.modelcontextprotocol/ui": {}
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
list_accountsA

List all accounts from Actual Budget. Returns each account's id, name, whether it is off-budget, and whether it is closed. Use this to get account ids needed for filtering transactions.

list_payeesA

List all payees from Actual Budget. Returns each payee's id and name. Use payee names when filtering transactions by payee.

list_transactionsA

List transactions from Actual Budget with optional filters. Dates must be in YYYY-MM-DD format. account, category and payee accept names or ids. notes accepts a partial string to search within transaction notes. Returns date, account, payee, category, notes, and amount (in USD). Use list_accounts to get account names, list_categories for category names, list_payees for payee names.

list_categoriesA

List all budget categories from Actual Budget. Optionally filter by is_income=True for income categories or is_income=False for expense categories. Returns category id, name, group name, and whether it is an income category. Use category names when filtering transactions by category.

list_category_groupsA

List all category groups from Actual Budget. Returns group id, name, and whether it is an income group. Use this to understand how categories are organised.

list_budgetsA

List budget allocations from Actual Budget. month must be in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. 2024-01-01 for January 2024). If month is not provided, returns budgets for all months. Returns category name, budgeted amount, and month. Use list_categories to get category names.

add_transactionA

Create a new transaction in Actual Budget. date must be in YYYY-MM-DD format. amount is in dollars — use negative for expenses, positive for income. Use list_accounts for account names, list_payees for payee names, list_categories for category names. Returns the created transaction id and details.

update_transactionA

Update an existing transaction in Actual Budget. Only provided fields will be updated, others remain unchanged. Use list_transactions to get transaction ids. Returns the updated transaction details.

delete_transactionA

Delete a transaction from Actual Budget by id. This is destructive and cannot be undone. Use list_transactions to get transaction ids. Returns the id of the deleted transaction.

create_transferA

Transfer money between two accounts in Actual Budget. amount must be positive — direction is determined by from_account and to_account. Use list_accounts to get account names. Returns both the debit and credit transaction details.

set_budgetA

Set the budget amount for a category in a given month in Actual Budget. month must be in YYYY-MM-DD format e.g. 2024-01-01 for January 2024. Use list_categories to get category names. Returns the updated budget details.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription
monthly_reviewAnalyze spending vs budget for a given month
spending_by_categoryAnalyze spending for a specific category over a date range
add_expenseGuide to add a new expense transaction

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription
accounts_resourceList of all accounts in Actual Budget
categories_resourceList of all categories in Actual Budget

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