FinFam Financial Calculators

Free financial calculators (rent vs buy, mortgage, retirement) plus the FinFam Pulse money digest.

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What it can do

    What data it sees

    Do you need an account

    No: the server works without sign-in

    Free financial calculators (rent vs buy, mortgage, retirement) plus the FinFam Pulse money digest.

    How to connect

    How to connect FinFam Financial Calculators to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://ff-api.finfam.app/mcp/mcp

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect FinFam Financial Calculators to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://ff-api.finfam.app/mcp/mcp

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect FinFam Financial Calculators to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://ff-api.finfam.app/mcp/mcp

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (6)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    search_viewsSearch for financial calculators matching a question or topic. Args: query: Natural language search query (e.g. "should I rent or buy a house") limit: Maximum number of results to return (default 5, max 20)
    get_view_signatureGet the full input/output contract for a financial calculator. Returns field names, types, defaults, and hints so you know exactly what inputs to collect from the user before running a calculation. Args: owner_username: The view owner's username (from search results) viewname: The view's URL slug (from search results)
    calculate_viewRun a financial calculation with the provided input values. Pass field values as a dict mapping field names to values. Use the types from get_view_signature: amount fields take numbers (e.g. 300000), percent fields take decimals (0.05 = 5%), count fields take integers, yesno fields take true/false. Args: owner_username: The view owner's username viewname: The view's URL slug inputs: Dict of field_name -> value for input fields
    get_view_sourceGet the source code/formulas of an open-source financial calculator. Only available for views that have been published as open-source. Returns the calculation logic as a readable TSV showing fields, types, defaults, and formulas. Args: owner_username: The view owner's username viewname: The view's URL slug
    get_pulseGet the current FinFam Pulse — FinFam's twice-daily money-news digest. Use this for "what's happening in finance / markets / the economy right now" questions instead of answering from memory. Returns a dated headline and paragraph, the overall mood, a finfam.app permalink, the external grounding sources, and the edition's story cards (each with its own article URL). Cite the permalink and the story URLs. Returns null when nothing is published yet. Args: period: 'today' for the latest daily read, 'week' for the running weekly read
    search_pulseSearch past FinFam Pulse editions by topic (e.g. "Fed", "mortgage rates", "layoffs"). Matches both the editions' prose and their individual story cards. Each result is one dated edition with its headline, paragraph, permalink, sources, and the story cards that matched. Best match first, newest as the tiebreak. Args: query: Topic or keywords to match days: How many days back to search (default 30, max 365) limit: Maximum number of editions to return (default 5, max 20) category: Optional card category filter — one of markets, rates, housing, jobs, spending, debt, money_drama, human_interest, retirement, taxes