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NZ Open Banking MCP (Akahu) for VS Code

io.github.thatskiff33/nz-openbank-mcp

Ask about your NZ bank accounts via Akahu open finance. Read-only by default, consent per write.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install NZ Open Banking MCP (Akahu) in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "akahu-user-token",
      "description": "AKAHU_USER_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "akahu-app-token",
      "description": "AKAHU_APP_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "akahu-read-only",
      "description": "AKAHU_READ_ONLY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "akahu-automation-bypass",
      "description": "AKAHU_AUTOMATION_BYPASS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "akahu-mask-accounts",
      "description": "AKAHU_MASK_ACCOUNTS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "nz-openbank-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "nz-openbank-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AKAHU_USER_TOKEN": "${input:akahu-user-token}",
        "AKAHU_APP_TOKEN": "${input:akahu-app-token}",
        "AKAHU_READ_ONLY": "${input:akahu-read-only}",
        "AKAHU_AUTOMATION_BYPASS": "${input:akahu-automation-bypass}",
        "AKAHU_MASK_ACCOUNTS": "${input:akahu-mask-accounts}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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