MCP Server

MtnCreed

It would be extraordinary to have an MCP server for this app to connect it to AI agents. When done properly, this is a secure way to access and edit data with a power of AI. You can not only use this to manage and update transactions, but you could also use it for powerful reporting.

Currently I am using the Playwright MCP server with an AI agent to open and manage Quicken in one tab and an online retailer like Amazon in another tab. This allows me to automate transaction categorizations, even handling split transactions. This would be a lot faster and more efficient if Quicken had and MCP server.

I also have custom monthly reports that I create for myself by pulling data from multiple Quicken reports. With an MCP server I could also automate this.

The goal here would be just to get basic read. Write permissions for transactions and categories. I have no need for it (not should it handle) financial institution connections.

RobWilk

There is zero privacy with AI services. They remember everything you tell them and there is no expectation that it won't be shared. Every time I ask an AI service a medical question, pop ups come up saying "do not share personally identifying information" besides the "_x_ is not a doctor" (meaning no medical privacy laws apply). Heck, AI learned how to code by reading other people's private code (for example, microsoft's reason for owning github is so that it could use public and private code stored there to train it's copilot tool).

Recently, Google even announced that their Web-Based-AI-search-assistant will even have read all your e-mail and be very familiar with who you are from that. I'm sure Microsoft's tool is already trained on hotmail/outlook mail.

I also don't want an AI service making transfers between accounts for me. I have a tool like this so that -i- can see my financial picture. So I can make better decisions.

Why not ask for MCP access directly from your banks? You'd probably get more access and tools from them if they would actually let you do that.

EDIT: Also, AI tools work in their own self-interest, and may make decisions you don't want them to. As sure as AI can write bad code, AI with access to your banking could bankrupt you.

tim40

Before we get an MCP Server, I'd love to get a basic API so I could connect Power BI (or any BI reporting tool) directly to the quicken data and refresh it on a schedule.

RobWilk

They apparently modified ChatGPT so it will not give medical, FINANCIAL, or legal advice. I expect other models (Grok, Gemini) will follow.