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MCP Server for YNAB MCP Server

Name: MCP Server for YNAB MCP Server
Author: hs737

Connect your AI assistant to YNAB. Read-only by default, with reversible opt-in writes.

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hs737-mcp-server-for-ynab": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-for-ynab"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YNAB_API_KEY": "YOUR_YNAB_API_KEY",
        "YNAB_PLAN_ID": "",
        "YNAB_ALLOW_WRITES": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
YNAB_API_KEY	Yes	YNAB personal access token from app.ynab.com/settings/developer. Secret.
YNAB_PLAN_ID	No	Default plan (budget) id, so tools do not need it passed on every call.
YNAB_ALLOW_WRITES	No	Set to 1 to register the write tools. Unset means read-only, and the write tools are absent from tools/list entirely.

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