Ledger Mcp Server

# ledger-service MCP server

MCP Server for accessing and managing ledger files through Claude.

Components

Tools

The server implements three tools for ledger management:

• **list-accounts**: Lists all accounts in the ledger

  • Takes “year” as a required argument
  • Returns formatted list of all available accounts

• **account-balance**: Gets the balance for a specific account

  • Takes “year” and “account” as required arguments
  • Returns the current balance for the specified account

• **account-register**: Shows the transaction register for an account

  • Takes “year” and “account” as required arguments
  • Returns detailed transaction history for the specified account

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.13 or higher
• `uv` package manager
• Node.js and npm (for debugging)

Install from PyPI

```bash uv pip install ledger-service ```

Debugging

Using the inspector to debug the server:

```bash npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector \ uv \ –directory /path/to/ledger-service \ run \ ledger-service ```


Configure Claude Desktop

Add the server configuration to Claude Desktop’s config file:

On MacOS: `~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json` On Windows: `%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

<details> <summary>Development Configuration</summary>

```json “mcpServers”: { “ledger-service”: { “command”: “uv”, “args”: [ “–directory”, “/path/to/ledger-service”, “run”, “ledger-service” ] } } ``` </details>

<details> <summary>Production Configuration</summary>

```json “mcpServers”: { “ledger-service”: { “command”: “uvx”, “args”: [ “ledger-service” ] } } ``` </details>

Development

Local Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Create and activate a virtual environment
3. Install dependencies:

The base path can be configured by modifying the `LEDGER_BASE_PATH` constant in `server.py`.

License

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007