Lunchmoney MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets you interact with your Lunchmoney transactions and budgets through Claude and other AI assistants.

Local serverstdio

What is the Lunchmoney MCP Server?

Lunchmoney MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the leafeye/lunchmoney-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets you interact with your Lunchmoney transactions and budgets through Claude and other AI assistants”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is lunchmoney-mcp-server. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares LUNCHMONEY_TOKEN. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

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

How to install the Lunchmoney MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lunchmoney": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "lunchmoney-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LUNCHMONEY_TOKEN": "YOUR_LUNCHMONEY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
LUNCHMONEY_TOKENDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation