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Actual Budget for Zed

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client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Actual Budget in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "actual-budget-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "actual-budget-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ACTUAL_SERVER_URL": "<ACTUAL_SERVER_URL>",
        "ACTUAL_PASSWORD": "<ACTUAL_PASSWORD>",
        "ACTUAL_SESSION_TOKEN": "<ACTUAL_SESSION_TOKEN>",
        "ACTUAL_BUDGET_ID": "<ACTUAL_BUDGET_ID>",
        "ACTUAL_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD": "<ACTUAL_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD>",
        "ACTUAL_READ_ONLY": "<ACTUAL_READ_ONLY>",
        "ACTUAL_DATA_DIR": "<ACTUAL_DATA_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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