PaydayLoan.Help MCP
A free, read-only MCP server for AI assistants that provides state payday loan rules with sources, states by rule, and cost math. It allows querying specific state regulations, listing states by rule, and calculating APR and renewal costs.
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https://paydayloan.help/mcpWhat you can do with it
- Query payday loan rules for a specific state
- List states filtered by payment plan requirements
- Calculate APR and renewal costs for a loan
Source and maintenance
Protocol and capabilities
- Server
- paydayloan-help 1.0.0
- MCP protocol
- 2025-06-18
- Tools
- 3 advertised
- Resources
- Not advertised
- Resource templates
- Not advertised
- Prompts
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{
"tools": {
"listChanged": false
}
}Server-provided instructions
Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.
Tools
3 advertised
get_state_payday_rules — Payday loan rules for a state
One state's (or DC's) payday loan law as published on paydayloan.help: whether payday loans are allowed, maximum loan, term, fee or rate cap, rollovers, cooling-off, concurrent loans, extended payment plan, database, collection limits, other borrower rights, the regulator with license-lookup and complaint links, the statute citation, research date and confidence level, with every source URL.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"state"
],
"properties": {
"state": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$",
"description": "Two-letter state code, e.g. TX or DC."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Payday loan rules for a state",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}list_states_by_payday_rule — States by payday loan status or payment-plan rule
Lists states (50 plus DC) by their payday loan rules as published on paydayloan.help: filter by status (allowed with limits, installment-only, or typical payday loans not allowed), by whether state law requires an extended payment plan, or by a list of state codes to compare. Each row gives the status, a one-paragraph summary, the payment-plan flag, research confidence and the state page link.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 10,
"maximum": 20,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Rows to return, 1 to 20."
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 0,
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Rows to skip, for paging."
},
"states": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$"
},
"maxItems": 51,
"minItems": 1,
"description": "Two-letter codes to compare, e.g. [\"TX\",\"OH\",\"FL\"]."
},
"status": {
"enum": [
"allowed",
"allowed-installment-only",
"not-allowed"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "allowed = payday loans allowed with limits; allowed-installment-only = only longer installment-style loans; not-allowed = typical payday loans not allowed."
},
"payment_plan_required": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "true = only states whose law requires lenders to offer an extended payment plan; false = only states that do not."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "States by payday loan status or payment-plan rule",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}payday_loan_cost — Payday loan APR and renewal cost
The paydayloan.help cost calculator: from the amount borrowed, the fee per $100 and the days until due, returns the APR, the fee per period, total fees after a number of fee-only renewals, the principal still owed, and the same amount as a federal credit union payday alternative loan (PAL) at the 28% maximum rate: monthly payment and total interest.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"amount",
"fee_per_100"
],
"properties": {
"days": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 14,
"maximum": 365,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Days from taking the loan to its due date, e.g. 14."
},
"amount": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 10000,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Amount borrowed in dollars, e.g. 400."
},
"renewals": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 0,
"maximum": 52,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Times the loan was renewed, rolled over or re-borrowed right after payoff (fee-only)."
},
"pal_months": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 6,
"maximum": 12,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Months to repay the comparison PAL (PAL I allows 1 to 6, PAL II 1 to 12)."
},
"fee_per_100": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Fee charged per $100 borrowed for one loan period, e.g. 15."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"title": "Payday loan APR and renewal cost",
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false,
"idempotentHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}Prompts
Not advertised
Resources
Not advertised
30-day availability
Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.
- Successful checks
- 1 of 1 (100%)
- Average latency
- 577 ms
- 95th percentile latency
- 577 ms
Maintenance history
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Connect from your client
Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http paydayloan-help-mcp https://paydayloan.help/mcpCodex
codex mcp add paydayloan-help-mcp --url https://paydayloan.help/mcpCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"paydayloan-help-mcp": {
"url": "https://paydayloan.help/mcp"
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"paydayloan-help-mcp": {
"type": "streamableHttp",
"url": "https://paydayloan.help/mcp",
"disabled": false
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"paydayloan-help-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://paydayloan.help/mcp"
}
}
}Gemini CLI
gemini mcp add --transport http paydayloan-help-mcp https://paydayloan.help/mcpClaude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"paydayloan-help-mcp": {
"url": "https://paydayloan.help/mcp"
}
}
}Windsurf
{
"mcpServers": {
"paydayloan-help-mcp": {
"serverUrl": "https://paydayloan.help/mcp"
}
}
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