Cycles — Budget Authority for AI Agents
Quality Score
90
/100
Runtime budget authority for AI agents — reserve, enforce, reconcile spend across providers
§01 Install
Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"cycles-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@runcycles/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CYCLES_API_KEY": "<your-cycles_api_key>",
"CYCLES_BASE_URL": "https://api.runcycles.io",
"CYCLES_MOCK": "false"
}
}
}
}Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"cycles-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@runcycles/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CYCLES_API_KEY": "<your-cycles_api_key>",
"CYCLES_BASE_URL": "https://api.runcycles.io",
"CYCLES_MOCK": "false"
}
}
}
}Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)
npx -y @runcycles/mcp-server§02 Environment variables
CYCLES_API_KEYrequiredsecret
Cycles API key for authentication. Set CYCLES_MOCK=true for local development without a key.
CYCLES_BASE_URLURL of the Cycles server.
CYCLES_MOCKEnable mock mode for local development — no API key or live server required.
§03 MCP Quality Score · methodology
freshness
25
completeness
20
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
5
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