Allowance MCP
About
Payment security for AI agents. Allowance lets agents request human-approved virtual cards, complete checkout, and report receipts without exposing a real card.
Details
- Author
- useallowance
- Downloads
- 327
- Categories
- Other, Security
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- Request spend limits per merchant and reason
- Wait for human approval through Allowance
- Fetch approved contact, shipping, and billing details
- Issue short-lived virtual cards for approved purchases
- Report purchase success or failure for auditability
- Support remote no-browser checkout where available
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Allowance MCPCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Connect to the hosted MCP endpoint via an MCP client using OAuth—no API key is needed. Configure the server by adding the URL to your MCP settings JSON: { "mcpServers": { "allowance": { "url": "https://mcp.useallowance.com" } } }. Users authenticate through the client or registry flow.
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"allowance mcp": {
"allowance": {
"url": "https://mcp.useallowance.com"
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"allowance": {
"url": "https://mcp.useallowance.com"
}
}Allowance MCP
Allowance is a payment security layer for AI agents. It lets agents request scoped human approval, receive limited virtual cards, complete checkout, and report receipts without exposing the human's real card.What agents can do
- Request a spend limit for a specific merchant and reason - Wait for human approval through Allowance - Fetch approved contact, shipping, and billing details when checkout requires them - Issue short-lived virtual cards for approved purchases - Report purchase success or failure for auditability - Use remote no-browser checkout where supportedHosted MCP endpoint
https://mcp.useallowance.com
The hosted server uses OAuth. Users connect through an MCP client or registry flow and do not need to paste an API key into the MCP config.
Server config
``json
{
"mcpServers": {
"allowance": {
"url": "https://mcp.useallowance.com"
}
}
}
``
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