MCP Setup Guide

Updated April 15, 2026

How to connect AI assistants like Claude and Cursor to your Pika account via MCP.

Connect AI Assistants via MCP

Pika supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which lets AI assistants like Claude and Cursor read and manage your financial data directly.

What You Can Do

Once connected, your AI assistant can: view transactions and accounts, create new transactions, query spending by category or tag, check your dashboard summary, and manage reminders.

Your AI assistant connects using OAuth — no API key copying required. The connection is secure and you can revoke access anytime from Settings → Connected Apps.

Option 1: Claude Desktop (Recommended)

Add the following to your Claude Desktop config file (claude_desktop_config.json):

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pika": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://your-pika-server.com/api/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Option 2: Cursor

In Cursor, go to Settings → MCP Servers and add a new server with the URL of your Pika instance. Cursor will automatically open a browser to complete OAuth sign-in.

Option 3: Manual API Key

If your client does not support OAuth, you can generate an API key from the Pika admin panel under MCP → API Keys and use it as a Bearer token.

Test your connection

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>" https://your-pika-server.com/api/mcp