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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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PaydayLoan.Help MCP logo, by PaydayLoan.HelpVendor evidenceStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Operated by PaydayLoan.Help
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://paydayloan.help/mcp
Vendor documentation

What 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

Vendor evidenceRegistry 1.2026.1101.1

Protocol and capabilities

Server
paydayloan-help 1.0.0
MCP protocol
2025-06-18
Tools
3 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
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Prompts
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Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

PaydayLoan.Help (paydayloan.help) answers questions about payday loan law in the 50 states and DC and about what a payday loan costs. State records were read from statute text and state regulator pages (research date 2026-10-24); each result gives the statute, the regulator with its license-lookup and complaint links, every source URL with the date read, and a research confidence level. Low- and medium-confidence states say so; pass that on. The cost tool is the site calculator's arithmetic (APR, fees over renewals) with a comparison to a federal credit union payday alternative loan at the 28% maximum. This is general information from published law and arithmetic. It is not legal advice, not a loan offer and not a judgment of anyone's rights or eligibility; for a specific situation, point people to the state regulator, a nonprofit credit counselor or a lawyer. The site is not a lender and does not refer anyone to payday lenders. The site is published by PaydayLoan.Help. Docs: https://paydayloan.help/developers/

Tools

3 advertised

get_state_payday_rules — Payday loan rules for a state
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

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.

get_state_payday_rules input schema
{
  "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
}
get_state_payday_rules annotations
{
  "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
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

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.

list_states_by_payday_rule input schema
{
  "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
}
list_states_by_payday_rule annotations
{
  "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
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

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.

payday_loan_cost input schema
{
  "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
}
payday_loan_cost annotations
{
  "title": "Payday loan APR and renewal cost",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

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No prompt definitions available.

Resources

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No resource definitions available.

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

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 577 ms · metadata changed · 3 tool(s)

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http paydayloan-help-mcp https://paydayloan.help/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add paydayloan-help-mcp --url https://paydayloan.help/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable paydayloan-help-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paydayloan-help-mcp": {
      "url": "https://paydayloan.help/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paydayloan-help-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://paydayloan.help/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start paydayloan-help-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "paydayloan-help-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://paydayloan.help/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http paydayloan-help-mcp https://paydayloan.help/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.
Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paydayloan-help-mcp": {
      "url": "https://paydayloan.help/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paydayloan-help-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://paydayloan.help/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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