search_payees
Search payees by name with transaction counts.
How to use it
search_payees is exposed by the Quicken Mac MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the search_payees tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Quicken Mac MCP
claude mcp add quicken -- npx -y quicken-mac-mcpOther tools in Quicken Mac MCP (7)
List all accounts with name, type, and active/closed status. Optional type filter.
List all category tags with parent hierarchy. Filter by expense/income.
List investment holdings with shares, cost basis, and stored Quicken price quotes.
Query transactions with filters: date range, account types/names, amount range, payee search, category. Returns one row per split entry, with note (transaction-level) and splitnote (per-split) memos.
Run arbitrary SELECT queries (500-row limit).
Aggregate negative consumer-spending splits by category, excluding transfers and report-excluded rows and preserving (Uncategorized).
Monthly negative consumer-spending totals with the same exclusions, optionally broken down by category.