# Budgetary: estimate token spend MCP server

Pre-flight, probabilistic token-spend estimate (range, scenario, confidence) for a coding task.

## Links
- Registry page: https://www.getdrio.com/mcp/io-github-thriftell-budgetary
- Repository: https://github.com/thriftell/budgetary-clients
- Website: https://budgetary.tools

## Install
- Command: `npx -y @budgetary/mcp`
- Endpoint: https://api.budgetary.tools/mcp
- Auth: Auth required by registry metadata

## Setup notes
- Package: Npm @budgetary/mcp v0.1.1
- Environment variable: BUDGETARY_API_KEY (required; secret)
- The upstream registry signals required auth or secrets.
- Remote endpoint: https://api.budgetary.tools/mcp

## Tools
- estimate - Return a pre-flight, probabilistic token-spend estimate (range + scenario + confidence) for a coding task before you run it. Estimates only — it never reports your actual token usage. Endpoint: https://api.budgetary.tools/mcp

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## Metadata
- Owner: io.github.thriftell
- Version: 0.1.1
- Runtime: Npm
- Transports: STDIO, HTTP
- License: Not captured
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- Updated: Jun 12, 2026
- Source: https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io