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DimensionLunchMoney MCP ServerManage LunchMoney personal finance: transactions, budgets, categories, and more via MCP.Basic MemoryYour AI never forgets again.
FMRS41 / 100 · D72 / 100 · B
Reliability5 / 2010 / 20
Security and permissions8 / 2015 / 20
Maintenance7 / 2016 / 20
Documentation9 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience12 / 2014 / 20
Best for
  • Individuals using LunchMoney to manage finances and wanting to automate queries and operations via AI assistants
  • Developers integrating financial data with AI workflows
  • Users who want quick setup and use of an MCP server
  • Privacy-conscious developers who want local data storage.
  • Researchers who need AI-assisted management of large note collections.
  • Users of Markdown editors like Obsidian.
Not for
  • Users without a LunchMoney account or API token
  • Scenarios requiring multi-user or centralized server-side management (current config is single-user)
  • Users needing HTTP transport without self-deployment (can use Cloudflare Worker or self-hosted option)
  • Users needing cloud sync and mobile access (unless using the paid cloud service).
  • Minimalists who want zero configuration.
  • Scenarios requiring large-scale vector databases and complex retrieval (local SQLite may be insufficient).
Required permissions
  • Requires LunchMoney API token; permissions depend on token scope, may include read/write access to transactions, accounts, budgets, etc.
  • Can access the filesystem (only for attach_file_to_transaction, restricted to JPEG/PNG/HEIC/HEIF/PDF types)
  • Can make network requests to LunchMoney API
  • Read and write to the local filesystem (default: ~/basic-memory).
  • Perform file and directory operations (create, edit, delete).
  • Access local SQLite database (or Postgres/Milvus if configured).
Risks and side effects
  • API token compromise could lead to unauthorized access and modification of financial data
  • Tools can delete transactions, accounts, balance history; accidental use may cause data loss
  • When deployed over HTTP remotely without LUNCHMONEY_ATTACHMENTS_DIR set, there is a risk of arbitrary file reads
  • Uses v2 API (alpha), subject to changes
  • Tools have write operations that may unintentionally modify or delete notes.
  • Edit operations may overwrite existing content, though there are protections.
  • Semantic search and reranking features may require model downloads, adding latency.
  • Local data backups are the user's responsibility.
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, Claude Code, CodexClaude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, Obsidian
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