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actual-mcp-server
by agigante80
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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actual-mcp-server · Summary

MCP server connecting Claude Desktop/LibreChat/LobeChat to Actual Budget with 63 tools for natural-language financial management.

everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

actual-mcp-server · Use cases

  • Natural language budget management and transaction creation
  • Spending analysis and financial insights without leaving the chat interface
  • Multi-user budget management with secure authentication

everything · Use cases

  • Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
  • Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
  • Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

actual-mcp-server · Install

Docker Installation (Recommended)

docker run -d \
  --name actual-mcp-server-backend \
  -p 3600:3600 \
  -e ACTUAL_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:5006 \
  -e ACTUAL_PASSWORD=your_password \
  -e ACTUAL_BUDGET_SYNC_ID=your_sync_id \
  -e MCP_SSE_AUTHORIZATION=your_secret_token \
  -v actual-mcp-data:/data \
  ghcr.io/agigante80/actual-mcp-server:latest

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "actual-budget": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "actual-mcp-server", "--stdio"],
      "env": {
        "ACTUAL_SERVER_URL": "http://localhost:5006",
        "ACTUAL_PASSWORD": "your_actual_password",
        "ACTUAL_BUDGET_SYNC_ID": "your-sync-id-here",
        "MCP_BRIDGE_DATA_DIR": "/absolute/path/to/data-dir"
      }
    }
  }
}

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything
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