The Real Cost MCP Server

The Real Cost by NoBanks Nearby is a free set of US money calculators with the math shown: credit card payoff, debt consolidation, loan cost by term, crypto trading fees and emergency fund. This MCP…

Local serverstdio

What is the The Real Cost MCP Server?

therealcost-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the nobanks/therealcost-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “The Real Cost by NoBanks Nearby is a free set of US money calculators with the math shown: credit card payoff, debt consolidation, loan cost…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using uvx. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

ToolWhat it does
balancenumber
aprnumber
paymentnumber
min_pctnumber
min_floornumber
min_plus_interestboolean
debtsarray
loan_aprnumber
loan_term_monthsinteger
origination_fee_pctnumber
principalnumber
termsinteger array
amountnumber
fee_pctnumber
spread_pctnumber
network_fee_buynumber
network_fee_sellnumber
weekly_buynumber
buys_per_yearinteger
flat_fee_per_buynumber
monthly_expensesnumber
months_coveredinteger
savednumber
monthly_addnumber
apynumber
target_monthsinteger
target_datestring
credit_card_payoff
debt_consolidation
loan_cost_by_term
crypto_trade_cost
emergency_fund
list_guides

How to install the The Real Cost MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "therealcost": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/NoBanks/therealcost-mcp",
        "therealcost-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.