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Reconcile petty cash in chat

The petty cash tin never agrees with the book. Office managers and bookkeepers who run an imprest float want vouchers, a count and a top-up figure without a spreadsheet.

Claude can explain petty cash, but it keeps no float or vouchers. The Petty Cash server records each voucher, reconciles your cash count against the expected balance, and calculates the top-up that restores the imprest. Each month continues from the last.

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What you get

Petty cash float

Custodian Beata, imprest 1,000 PLN

Table
VoucherPLN
Coffee and milk-42.50
Printer toner-89.99
Courier to the lab-25.00
Balance842.51
Example from "Open the tin and log the week". Invented names, real math from the tools.

Free to start. Petty Cash Pro is $19 once. Free vs Pro

Without a tool, and with the tool

Without a tool

Claude can explain the imprest system and add up vouchers you type in. It doesn't keep the float, the voucher numbers or past counts, so each month starts from nothing.

With Petty Cash

Petty Cash opens a float, records numbered vouchers and top-ups, reconciles a cash count against the expected balance, and works out the top-up that restores the imprest.

An example, from prompt to finished file

Example scenarios built on the real tools of Petty Cash. Names and amounts are invented.

Example · Office manager at a veterinary clinic

Reconcile petty cash in chat

You

Add vouchers from the tin: GBP 12.40 milk and coffee, GBP 18.00 parking for the locum, GBP 7.99 batteries. I counted GBP 161.61. Does it reconcile against the GBP 200 float?

  1. voucher_add Records each of the three vouchers with a number
  2. reconcile Compares the count with the expected balance
Result

Three numbered vouchers (GBP 38.39), an expected balance of GBP 161.61, and a reconciliation that agrees to the penny.

Example · Beata Sikora, office manager at a dental clinic in Gdynia, Poland

Open the tin and log the week

You

Open a petty cash float of 1,000 PLN, custodian Beata. Then: 42.50 PLN coffee and milk, 89.99 PLN printer toner, 25.00 PLN courier to the lab.

  1. float_open Opens the float with an imprest of 100000 grosze
  2. voucher_add Records VOU-2026-0001 to VOU-2026-0003 with category and payee
Result

Three numbered vouchers and a balance of 842.51 PLN against a 1,000 PLN imprest.

About 10 min saved (estimate)

Example · Tom Fletcher, manager of a hardware shop in Norwich, UK

Friday count with a short

You

I counted 163.40 GBP in the tin today. Does it reconcile?

  1. reconcile Compares the count with the expected balance and marks the vouchers reconciled
Result

Expected 168.40 GBP, counted 163.40 GBP: 5.00 GBP short, with the 11 vouchers since the last count listed for checking.

About 15 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

  • Taking cash out with no voucher, so the tin is always short.
  • Topping up to a round number instead of the exact amount spent.
  • Counting rarely, so a mistake from six weeks ago is impossible to trace.

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/petty-cash/t/<token>

Or run it locally (Node.js 18+)

npx -y @theluckystrike/mcp-petty-cash

Free vs Pro for Petty Cash

Free ($0, no key)Pro ($19 once)
1 floatUnlimited floats and vouchers
20 vouchers per calendar monthreplenish_request: top-up, category totals, double entry
Unlimited counts (reconcile)float_report
Top-ups and voucher delete
Where these limits come from

servers/petty-cash/src/index.ts:26-27, :129, :226, :381, :445; https://mcp.zovo.one/s/petty-cash

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Questions

Can I do this in Claude?
Claude can explain petty cash, but it keeps no float or vouchers. The Petty Cash server records each voucher, reconciles your cash count against the expected balance, and calculates the top-up that restores the imprest. Each month continues from the last.
Is the cash count limited on the free tier?
No. reconcile is free and unlimited.
Can I delete a voucher after a count?
No. A voucher covered by a count is refused. Add a correcting voucher instead.
Does it post to my accounting software?
No. It gives the double entry and an expense-ready payload. It writes nothing elsewhere.

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