"Six months ago, everyone was talking about MCPs. And I was like, screw MCPs. Every MCP would be better as a CLI."

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Up Bank CLI

A production-ready command-line interface for the Up API. Manage your Australian digital banking accounts, transactions, categories, tags, and webhooks directly from your terminal.

Features

• Accounts — List accounts and view balances
• Transactions — View transaction history and categorize spending
• Categories — Browse spending categories
• Tags — Organize transactions with custom labels
• Webhooks — Real-time event notifications
• JSON output — All commands support --json for scripting

Installation

npm install -g @ktmcp-cli/upbank

Authentication Setup

Get your API token from the Up app:

1. Open the Up app
2. Go to Settings → API → Create new token
3. Copy your Personal Access Token

Configure the CLI:

upbank config set --token YOUR_TOKEN

Commands

Accounts

upbank accounts list
upbank accounts get <account-id>
upbank accounts transactions <account-id>

Transactions

upbank transactions list
upbank transactions get <transaction-id>

Categories

upbank categories list

Tags

upbank tags list

Webhooks

upbank webhooks list
upbank webhooks create <url>
upbank webhooks delete <webhook-id>
upbank webhooks ping <webhook-id>

JSON Output

upbank accounts list --json
upbank transactions list --json | jq '.[] | {id, amount: .attributes.amount.value}'

License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.

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