Expense Tracker MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for tracking personal expenses. This server provides tools to add, list, and summarize expenses, utilizing a local SQLite database for storage.

Features

• Add Expenses: Log expenses with details including amount, category, subcategory, date, and notes.

• List Expenses: Retrieve a list of expenses within a specified date range.

• Summarize Expenses: Generate summaries of expenses (total amount) grouped by category.

• Categories Resource: Access a comprehensive list of predefined expense categories.

• Local Database: All data is stored in a local expenses.db file.

Related MCP server: Personal Finance Tracker

Prerequisites

• Python 3.13 or higher

• uv (recommended) or pip

Installation

1. Clone the repository (if applicable) or navigate to the project directory:

   cd "d:\Study\Expense Tracker MCP"

2. Install dependencies:

   Using uv:

   uv sync

   Or using pip:

   pip install -e .

Usage

Running Locally

You can run the MCP server locally for testing or development.

Development mode (with auto-reload):

uv run fastmcp dev main.py

Production run:

uv run fastmcp run main.py

Inspector

You can inspect and test the server tools using the MCP Inspector:

uv run fastmcp inspect main.py

Integration with Claude Desktop

To use this Expense Tracker with Claude Desktop:

1. Open your Claude Desktop configuration file:

   • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

   • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add the expense-tracker server to the mcpServers object. Make sure to use the absolute path to your main.py file.

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "expense-tracker": {
         "command": "uv",
         "args": [
           "run",
           "fastmcp",
           "run",
           "d:/Study/Expense Tracker MCP/main.py"
         ]
       }
     }
   }

3. Restart Claude Desktop.

Tools Available

add_expense

Adds a new expense entry.

• Arguments:

  • amount (float): The cost of the expense.

  • category (string): The category of the expense (see categories resource).

  • subcategory (string, optional): A more specific classification.

  • note (string, optional): Additional details.

  • date (string, optional): Date of expense in DD-MM-YYYY format. Defaults to current date (IST) if omitted.

list_expenses

Lists expenses within a date range.

• Arguments:

  • start_date (string): Start date in DD-MM-YYYY format.

  • end_date (string): End date in DD-MM-YYYY format.

summarize

Summarizes expenses by category.

• Arguments:

  • start_date (string): Start date in DD-MM-YYYY format.

  • end_date (string): End date in DD-MM-YYYY format.

  • category (string, optional): Filter by a specific category.

Resources

expense://categories

Returns the JSON content of the available expense categories.

Project Structure

• main.py: The core MCP server implementation.

• expenses.db: SQLite database file (created automatically).

• categories.json: specific categories configuration.

• pyproject.toml: Project configuration and dependencies.

Notes

• Date Format: The system uses DD-MM-YYYY for date storage and querying.

• Timezone: Default dates are calculated in Indian Standard Time (IST).