Tools like Claude Code and Codex are really good at using the HLedger CLI, but I wanted similar in the desktop apps to make use of artifacts and other integrations, so I made an HLedger MCP server. ... I've been using this to do "bookkeeping in the background" ā I just toss a receipt when it shows up in to Claude Desktop, and let it chug!
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Oh, awesome! Thanks Simon! If anyone has any ideas of novel use cases Iād love to see them. This has been my primary method of adding new entries to my journals the few weeks.
EDIT: Adding a bit more info on the workflow here
I use the "Filesystem MCP" from Anthropic to close my drag-receipt, add entry flow.
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Drag receipt to Claude
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Filesystem MCP moves and renames it
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HLedger MCP creates a new entry in the correct journal
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