Budgetary: estimate token spend MCP Server

Budgetary: estimate token spend is an MCP integration. Pre-flight token-spend estimate (range, scenario, confidence) for a coding task, or an abstention.

Packages and local setup

The published npm package is @budgetary/mcp, version 0.13.0. Its declared MCP transport is stdio.

The package declares BUDGETARY_API_KEY (required): Budgetary API key (bg_live_ or bg_test_ prefix). Get one at https://budgetary.tools.; BUDGETARY_HOST: Optional tag naming the MCP host this server runs under — e.g. claude-code, cursor, codex, copilot. It labels each estimate with where it came from, and an explicit value overrides the host name the MCP handshake reports. Free-form; defaults to "mcp" when unset..

Before connecting

Check the maintainer’s instructions for account access, authentication and the supported client configuration. Once connected, inspect the tools your client receives and try a small task that matches the server’s stated purpose. The registry description does not include a verified, complete tool list.

Project and source

View the publisher’s registry entry · Project repository · Project website. This profile uses version 0.13.0 from the registry. Registration identifies the publisher namespace; it does not establish that this is a first-party integration for every service it connects.

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