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Log expenses and receipts in chat

Receipts get lost, and you can't reclaim VAT you can't prove. Sole traders and small teams do better logging each expense the moment it happens, with the receipt attached and the VAT already split.

Claude can read a receipt, but it keeps no ledger. Connect the Expense Tracker server and Claude stores each expense with its VAT split and project, attaches the receipt, totals by category and exports CSV or Excel at month end. Billable costs become invoice lines.

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What you get

Expense, Harper wedding

Jessops, memory card, billable

Table
LineGBP
Net70.00
VAT 20%14.00
Paid84.00
Example from "Log a receipt in one line". Invented names, real math from the tools.

Free to start. Expense Tracker Pro is $19 once. Free vs Pro

Without a tool, and with the tool

Without a tool

Claude can read a receipt photo and tell you the merchant, amount and VAT. It doesn't keep a ledger, though. Each expense lives only in that chat, with no running total, no project tag that lasts and no export at month end.

With Expense Tracker

Expense Tracker stores each expense with its net and VAT split, category, merchant and project, attaches the receipt file, and totals by category, project or month. It exports to CSV, XLSX or JSON, and turns billable expenses into invoice lines.

An example, from prompt to finished file

Example scenarios built on the real tools of Expense Tracker. Names and amounts are invented.

Example · Event planner

Log expenses and receipts in chat

You

Log EUR 96.80 at Metro for table linen, 21% VAT, project Van Dijk wedding, billable. Attach receipt.jpg. Then export all October expenses to Excel.

  1. expense_add Records the expense with its net/VAT split and billable flag
  2. receipt_attach Attaches receipt.jpg to that expense
  3. expense_export Writes October's expenses to an .xlsx file
Result

One stored expense (EUR 80.00 net, EUR 16.80 VAT) with its receipt, and an October .xlsx file for the accountant.

Example · Freelance photographer in Bristol

Log a receipt in one line

You

Spent GBP 84 at Jessops on a memory card, 20% VAT, project Harper wedding, billable.

  1. expense_add Logs GBP 84 with VAT split and project
  2. receipt_attach Attaches the receipt photo
Result

GBP 70.00 net plus GBP 14.00 VAT, marked billable to the Harper project.

About 3 min saved (estimate)

Example · IT consultant in Krakow

Claim a client trip

You

Drove 260 km to the client in Katowice and back for project Orlen-migration. Use the Polish rate.

  1. mileage_add Logs 260 km at PLN 1.15 per km
Result

A mileage entry of PLN 299.00 on the project.

About 5 min saved (estimate)

Every example here works on the free tier. One $39 key removes the limits on all of them. Pricing

Common mistakes with this job

  • Recording the gross amount and forgetting to split out VAT.
  • Not tagging billable expenses to a project, so they never get rebilled.
  • Keeping receipt photos in the camera roll with no link to the entry.

Connect in 1 minute

Paste one URL into Claude.ai, Claude Desktop, Cursor or VS Code. No install, no account.

1. Get a free token (30 days, 600 calls an hour)

curl -s -X POST https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/token

2. Paste this URL as a custom connector

https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/expense-tracker/t/<token>

Or run it locally (Node.js 18+)

npx -y @theluckystrike/mcp-expense-tracker

Free vs Pro for Expense Tracker

Free ($0, no key)Pro ($19 once)
Unlimited logging of expenses, mileage and receiptsFull history
List and summary for the last 30 daysUnlimited projects and rules
3 projects, 5 category rulesUnlimited export rows
CSV and JSON export up to 200 rowsxlsx export
Rebill up to 20 itemsUnlimited rebill items
Where these limits come from

servers/expense-tracker/src/index.ts:23-27 (FREE_WINDOW_DAYS = 30, FREE_PROJECTS = 3, FREE_RULES = 5, FREE_EXPORT_ROWS = 200, FREE_REBILL_ITEMS = 20), :685

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Questions

Can I do this in Claude?
Claude can read a receipt, but it keeps no ledger. Connect the Expense Tracker server and Claude stores each expense with its VAT split and project, attaches the receipt, totals by category and exports CSV or Excel at month end. Billable costs become invoice lines.
Which mileage rates are built in?
One flat rate per region: PL 1.15 PLN/km, UK 0.45 GBP/mile, US 0.70 USD/mile, EU 0.30 EUR/km. You can pass your own rate.
Can it read the receipt photo?
It attaches the file to the expense. You give the amount and merchant.

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