zero-core-budget

MCP serverAI & models

Your AI can keep track of what it spends and whether that spending pays off. Zero Core Budget is an integration that adds spending management, budget tracking, and return-on-investment measurement to your AI.

Use zero-core-budget in Claude, ChatGPT or Ahel Desktop

Free. Sign in, add zero-core-budget and connect your AI. About a minute.

Also: Claude Code · Cursor · Codex

Then ask your AI: use zero-core-budget to list tools

Details

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

After adding it, ask your AI to start tracking its spending and budgets. You can then ask it for updates on spending and the return it is generating.

zero-core-budgetStart free

What your AI can do with it

  • Track how much your AI spends
  • Monitor spending against budgets
  • Measure the return on AI spending
  • Keep a running record of spending and budget status
  • Summarize spending and budget status when asked

Install zero-core-budget

The server’s own address, for the clients that take one directly. Or connect Ahel once and every client you use reads it from one address, with the account kept on Ahel rather than in each client’s config.

  • Claude Code

    claude mcp add --transport http --scope user zero-core-budget 'https://budget.rugslayer.com/mcp'

    Run it once in your project, then open /mcp to approve any sign-in the server asks for.

  • Claude Desktop

    https://budget.rugslayer.com/mcp

    Add a custom connector in Settings, paste this address, and approve the sign-in.

  • Cursor

    cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=zero-core-budget&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2J1ZGdldC5ydWdzbGF5ZXIuY29tL21jcCJ9

    Open the link and Cursor adds the server at that address.

  • ChatGPT

    https://budget.rugslayer.com/mcp

    In Settings, enable Developer mode, create an MCP app, and paste this address. Your plan and workspace must allow custom apps.

  • Codex

    codex mcp add zero-core-budget --url 'https://budget.rugslayer.com/mcp'

    Run it once, then sign in with codex mcp login zero-core-budget if the server asks for an account.

Tools it offers (6)

What this server listed when Ahel dialed its public endpoint in Oct 2026, with no key and no account of yours. The names are the server’s own.

  • list_tools
  • health
  • register_agent
  • check_spend
  • report_spend
  • get_spending_report

Signals

GitHub stars
1
Last commit
Sep 2026
Advanced
Delivery
zero-core-budget MCP server → your Ahel connector (mcp.ahel.ai) → your AI.
Item type
mcp-server
Key
io-github-meltingpixelsai-zero-core-budget
Source
github.com/meltingpixelsai/harvey-budget
Hosted endpoint
https://budget.rugslayer.com/mcp