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Spend Brake for Claude Desktop

io.github.kivanow/spend-brake

Capped search, maps and other paid APIs over MCP, with hard dollar limits per key.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Spend Brake in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spend-brake": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@spend-brake/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAKE_KEY": "<BRAKE_KEY>",
        "BRAKE_URL": "<BRAKE_URL>",
        "BRAKE_API_URL": "<BRAKE_API_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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