check_budget — spendctl MCP Tool Read-only
check_budget
(check budget) is one of 8 tools on the
spendctl
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call check_budget from your client
- Claude Code spendctl check_budget run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop spendctl check_budget ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor spendctl check_budget ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code spendctl check_budget .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed spendctl check_budget ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf spendctl check_budget ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline spendctl check_budget ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI spendctl check_budget ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok spendctl check_budget .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT spendctl check_budget Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai spendctl check_budget Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain spendctl check_budget pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http spendctl https://mcp.spendctl.dev/mcpOther tools on this server
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 5 November 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.