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Cycles — Budget Authority for AI Agents for Claude Desktop

io.github.runcycles/cycles-mcp-server

Runtime budget authority for AI agents — reserve, enforce, reconcile spend across providers

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Cycles — Budget Authority for AI Agents in Claude Desktop

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cycles-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@runcycles/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CYCLES_API_KEY": "<CYCLES_API_KEY>",
        "CYCLES_BASE_URL": "<CYCLES_BASE_URL>",
        "CYCLES_MOCK": "<CYCLES_MOCK>",
        "CYCLES_DEFAULT_TENANT": "<CYCLES_DEFAULT_TENANT>",
        "CYCLES_DEFAULT_WORKSPACE": "<CYCLES_DEFAULT_WORKSPACE>",
        "CYCLES_DEFAULT_APP": "<CYCLES_DEFAULT_APP>",
        "CYCLES_DEFAULT_WORKFLOW": "<CYCLES_DEFAULT_WORKFLOW>",
        "CYCLES_DEFAULT_AGENT": "<CYCLES_DEFAULT_AGENT>",
        "CYCLES_DEFAULT_TOOLSET": "<CYCLES_DEFAULT_TOOLSET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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