Install Actual Budget for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"henfrydls-actual-budget-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"actual-budget-mcp@0.10.7"
],
"env": {
"ACTUAL_SERVER_URL": "",
"ACTUAL_PASSWORD": "YOUR_ACTUAL_PASSWORD",
"ACTUAL_SESSION_TOKEN": "YOUR_ACTUAL_SESSION_TOKEN",
"ACTUAL_BUDGET_ID": "",
"ACTUAL_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD": "YOUR_ACTUAL_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD",
"ACTUAL_READ_ONLY": "",
"ACTUAL_DATA_DIR": "",
"ACTUAL_HTTP_TIMEOUT_MS": ""
}
}
}
}