Install Actual Budget MCP Server 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": {
"s-stefanov-actual-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"actual-mcp@1.15.0"
],
"env": {
"ACTUAL_SERVER_URL": "",
"ACTUAL_PASSWORD": "YOUR_ACTUAL_PASSWORD",
"ACTUAL_BUDGET_SYNC_ID": "",
"ACTUAL_DATA_DIR": "",
"ACTUAL_BUDGET_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD": "YOUR_ACTUAL_BUDGET_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD",
"ACTUAL_SYNC_TTL_MS": "60000"
}
}
}
}