Run Budget Guard MCP server

• budget_statusFree

  See spend vs limits, remaining budget, whether the run is stopped and why, and the last 20 ledger events. Set close=true when the run finishes.

• open_budgetFree

  Open a hard budget for one agent run before it starts: max dollars, tokens, calls and/or wall-clock seconds. Returns a handle. Give the handle to every sub-agent; they all draw from the same ledger, so one runaway loop or fork cannot exceed the run cap.

• recordFree

  After a call, report the actual usage minus what you reserved (positive if it cost more, negative to give back an overestimate). Keeps the ledger honest without blocking.

• reserveFree

  Call BEFORE each model call, tool call or sub-agent spawn with your estimate. Returns allowed=true and deducts it, or allowed=false with the limit that tripped. When allowed is false, stop, do not retry, and return your partial result to the user. Atomic, so parallel sub-agents cannot both slip under the cap.

• usage_and_upgradeFree

  Show today's usage for your key or IP and the $49/month All Access upgrade link (cloudforbots.com/offer). Free tier: 500 calls/day. Not metered.

• weekly_reportFree

  Draft a plain-English report of the last 7 days for your key (or IP): runs, spend, runs that went over their cap, and dollars spent after a cap would have stopped them. Read-only; sends nothing. Show it to your user.

• –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
• Live reliabilityremote reachable in 472ms20/20
• Tool poisoning6 tool descriptions checked15/15
• Auth qualityopen endpoint, read-only tools10/15
• Maintenanceno repository listed3/15
• Maintainer identityverified namespace with website, no repo4/10

Safety score

69/100

higher than 35% of 4,460 AI and agents servers

Tools

6

the typical AI and agents server has 6

Tools that change things

0%

typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break

Uptime

100%

of our recent checks; the typical remote AI and agents server answers 100%

Response time

452 ms

faster than 30% of 2,331 AI and agents servers

Run Budget Guard: common questions

Is Run Budget Guard MCP server safe?

With care: it is graded C, so read the findings first (69/100). Read the Run Budget Guard safety report

How do I install Run Budget Guard?

It runs remotely at budget.cloudforbots.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.

Does Run Budget Guard need an API key?

Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.

Is Run Budget Guard maintained?

The latest release is v1.0.1.

Is Run Budget Guard up?

100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.

What can I use instead of Run Budget Guard?

Servers from other publishers that do the same job: HOL Guard MCP server, Commonly MCP server and mcptoon MCP server.

How does Run Budget Guard compare with other AI and agents MCP servers?

safety score 69/100 (higher than 35% of 4,460 AI and agents servers); tools 6 (the typical AI and agents server has 6); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.