Install monarch-money 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": {
"pulsemcp-monarch-money": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"monarch-money-mcp-server@0.0.13"
],
"env": {
"MONARCH_SESSION_TOKEN": "YOUR_MONARCH_SESSION_TOKEN",
"MONARCH_EMAIL": "",
"MONARCH_PASSWORD": "YOUR_MONARCH_PASSWORD",
"MONARCH_TOTP": "YOUR_MONARCH_TOTP",
"MONARCH_EMAIL_OTP": "YOUR_MONARCH_EMAIL_OTP",
"MONARCH_SESSION_PASSPHRASE": "YOUR_MONARCH_SESSION_PASSPHRASE",
"MONARCH_STATE_DIR": "~/.monarch-money-mcp",
"MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOL_GROUPS": "",
"MONARCH_ENABLED_TOOLS": "",
"MONARCH_DISABLED_TOOLS": ""
}
}
}
}