Your books from a terminal,
or as a bridge
Read and record from the shell, or run it as an MCP server for clients that only speak stdio.
Server URL: https://app.orla.finance/api/mcp/personal
Setup
Log in once,
and the token lives in your keychain
The CLI signs in for the machine, so a client that runs it as a bridge needs no sign-in of its own.
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.
- Log in oncenpx orla-cli login opens the browser and asks which spaces this machine may reach; the token lands in your keychain.
- Bridge a stdio clientPoint it at npx -y orla-cli mcp and it is connected.
- Read from the shellnpx orla-cli tx list --from 2026-08-01: the same call the app makes, with the same rights as you.
terminal
npx orla-cli login
npx orla-cli tx list --from 2026-08-01
# as an MCP server for a stdio-only client
npx -y orla-cli mcpThe client is open source under MIT at github.com/cheetah-trade/orla-cli. The service it talks to is not, and the boundary is the same either way.
If the menus have moved, orla-cli on GitHub is current for the client itself.
What to ask
Commands, and a job for cron
Every figure comes from your own books, and is recomputed each time you ask.
- orla-cli tx list --from 2026-08-01
- orla-cli accounts
- A cron job that files Sunday's receipts.
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.
- Claude Code →One command in the terminal, then /mcp to sign in.
- 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.
- 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.