mcp for ynab for VS Code
io.github.walensis-labs/mcp-for-ynab
YNAB budget access for AI assistants: safe gated writes, month-close sessions, float attribution.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install mcp for ynab in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "ynab-access-token",
"description": "YNAB_ACCESS_TOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "ynab-allow-writes",
"description": "YNAB_ALLOW_WRITES",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"mcp-for-ynab": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@walensis/mcp-for-ynab"
],
"env": {
"YNAB_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${input:ynab-access-token}",
"YNAB_ALLOW_WRITES": "${input:ynab-allow-writes}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs