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Budgetary MCP

An MCP server that provides pre-flight token-spend estimates for AI coding tasks, returning a range, scenario, and confidence signal before execution. It aggregates spend across branches and projects, and honestly abstains with a 'no read' when it lacks coverage for a specific task.

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Budgetary MCP logo, by thriftellCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by thriftell
You need:Install (Claude Code) Copy claude mcp add budgetary \ --env BUDGETARY_API_KEY=bg_test_YOUR_KEY \ --env BUDGETARY_HOST=claude-code \ -- npx -y @budgetary/mcpStart with a free bg_test_ key.
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What you can do with it

  • Estimate token spend for a coding task before running it
  • Get a confidence signal for LLM query costs
  • Aggregate token usage across branches and projects

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.13.0Apache-2.0
mcp-registry: io.github.thriftell/budgetary@0.13.0Source repositoryProject website
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@budgetary/mcp@0.13.0
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@budgetary/mcp 0.13.0

npm
@budgetary/mcp package definition
{
  "version": "0.13.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@budgetary/mcp",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "BUDGETARY_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Budgetary API key (bg_live_ or bg_test_ prefix). Get one at https://budgetary.tools."
    },
    {
      "name": "BUDGETARY_HOST",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "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."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "budgetary-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@budgetary/mcp@0.13.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BUDGETARY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BUDGETARY_API_KEY>",
        "BUDGETARY_HOST": "<YOUR_BUDGETARY_HOST>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "budgetary-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@budgetary/mcp@0.13.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BUDGETARY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BUDGETARY_API_KEY>",
        "BUDGETARY_HOST": "<YOUR_BUDGETARY_HOST>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "budgetary-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@budgetary/mcp@0.13.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BUDGETARY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BUDGETARY_API_KEY>",
        "BUDGETARY_HOST": "<YOUR_BUDGETARY_HOST>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "budgetary-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@budgetary/mcp@0.13.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BUDGETARY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BUDGETARY_API_KEY>",
        "BUDGETARY_HOST": "<YOUR_BUDGETARY_HOST>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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