One command,
and your terminal reads your books
Claude Code speaks remote MCP directly. Nothing to install and no key to paste: the browser opens on Orla's consent page.
Server URL: https://app.orla.finance/api/mcp/personal
Setup
Add it from the shell,
sign in with /mcp
A line in the terminal adds it, and the sign-in happens on a page in your browser.
You tick which spaces the client may reach, and one row in the app revokes it later. Card numbers and IBANs stay masked unless you switch that on.
- Where it is addedIn the current project by default, or for every project with --scope user.
- AuthenticateRun /mcp inside Claude Code and pick Orla; the browser opens on Orla's consent page and the terminal picks the connection up.
- As a plugin insteadclaude plugin install orla@orla brings the same personal connection with four bookkeeping skills beside it. The commands are on the skill page.
terminal
# the remote server, no package to install
claude mcp add --transport http orla \
https:/If the menus have moved, Claude Code's MCP documentation is current for the client itself.
What to ask
Ask between two commits
Every figure comes from your own books, and is recomputed each time you ask.
- What did I spend on hosting last quarter?
- Which rows this month have no category?
- Which bills are due this week, from the bills report?
- Book yesterday's 40 EUR taxi to Transport.
The boundary
It reads and records.
It does not pay
An agent that pays is a different connection, with its own wallet and its own limits.
- What it cannot doPay anyone. The payment tools are not in the list it is given, and are refused by name if asked.
- What it costsNothing, and it takes none of the agent seats in your plan. Reading is unmetered; what it records comes out of your plan's monthly allowance of agent writes, and the free plan has a small one.
Other clients
The same connection,
seen from another chair
- Claude →A custom connector in Settings, nothing to install.
- Cursor →One entry in mcp.json, globally or in the repository.
- VS Code →One entry under servers, or one code --add-mcp line.
- Zed →One entry under context_servers in settings.json.
- Windsurf →One entry with serverUrl in the Codeium config.
- Terminal →The CLI itself, and a stdio bridge for clients without HTTP.
- Any agent →A skill file the agent reads itself: one install, every client.
Write your first mandate
on a thirty minute call
On your own books: one position, one rule, and the first bill waiting for your button.