MCP server

Run Budget Guard

com.botrecipe/budget

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Hard dollar, token, call and time caps shared by every sub-agent in one agent run.

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

botrecipe.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

6

Token cost

About 1,035 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http budget https://budget.cloudforbots.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.budget]
url = "https://budget.cloudforbots.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"budget":{"httpUrl":"https://budget.cloudforbots.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"budget":{"url":"https://budget.cloudforbots.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"budget":{"type":"http","url":"https://budget.cloudforbots.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add budget https://budget.cloudforbots.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"budget","server_url":"https://budget.cloudforbots.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"budget","server_url":"https://budget.cloudforbots.com/mcp"}

Tools

• budget_status ~131 tokens
  See spend vs limits, remaining budget, whether the run is stopped and why, and the last 20 ledger events. Set close=true when the run finishes.
• open_budget ~336 tokens
  Open a hard budget for one agent run before it starts: max dollars, tokens, calls and/or wall-clock seconds. Returns a handle. Give the handle to every sub-agent; they all draw from the same ledger, so one runaway loop or fork cannot exceed the run cap.
• record ~151 tokens
  After a call, report the actual usage minus what you reserved (positive if it cost more, negative to give back an overestimate). Keeps the ledger honest without blocking.
• reserve ~261 tokens
  Call BEFORE each model call, tool call or sub-agent spawn with your estimate. Returns allowed=true and deducts it, or allowed=false with the limit that tripped. When allowed is false, stop, do not retry, and return your partial result to the user. Atomic, so parallel sub-agents cannot both slip unde
• usage_and_upgrade ~68 tokens
  Show today's usage for your key or IP and the $49/month All Access upgrade link (cloudforbots.com/offer). Free tier: 500 calls/day. Not metered.
• weekly_report ~88 tokens
  Draft a plain-English report of the last 7 days for your key (or IP): runs, spend, runs that went over their cap, and dollars spent after a cap would have stopped them. Read-only; sends nothing. Show it to your user.

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