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Umbrella MCP Server

A read-only MCP server providing access to the Umbrella Cost finops platform for querying multi-cloud costs, optimization recommendations, and anomaly detection across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

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Dec 23, 2025

🌂 Umbrella MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides read-only access to the Umbrella Cost finops SaaS platform. This server enables natural language querying of your cloud cost and usage data through LLM clients.

🚀 Features

  • 🔐 Secure Authentication: Support for both MSP and Direct customer accounts
  • 📊 Cost Analysis: Query cost and usage data across AWS, Azure, and GCP
  • 🎯 Cost Optimization: Access recommendations and savings opportunities
  • 🚨 Anomaly Detection: Monitor cost spikes and unusual spending patterns
  • 💰 Budget Management: Track budgets and alerts
  • 📈 Resource Analytics: Analyze EC2, S3, RDS, and Kubernetes costs
  • 🏢 Multi-Tenant Support: MSP customer management capabilities
  • 🔍 Read-Only Access: Safe querying without risk of data modification

📋 Prerequisites

  • Node.js 18+ and npm
  • Valid Umbrella Cost account credentials
  • MCP-compatible client (Claude Desktop, etc.)

⚡ Quick Start

1. Install Dependencies

npm install

2. Build the Server

npm run build

3. Test the Server

npm run test-runner

4. Run the MCP Server

npm start
# or for development
npm run dev

🔧 Configuration

Environment Variables

Create a .env file with:

# API Base URL (defaults to https://api.umbrellacost.io/api/v1)
UMBRELLA_API_BASE_URL=https://api.umbrellacost.io/api/v1

# Server Configuration
MCP_SERVER_NAME=Umbrella MCP
MCP_SERVER_VERSION=1.0.0

Test Credentials

For testing and validation, use these provided credentials:

MSP Customer:

  • Username: elisha@umbrellacost.cloud
  • Password: 6K2UX6DoYSgV%E

Direct Customer:

  • Username: elisha@umbrellacost.net
  • Password: G37oi57Kp@cNzx

Usage

Authentication

Before making any API calls, authenticate with your Umbrella Cost credentials:

// Using the authenticate tool
authenticate(username="your-email@domain.com", password="your-password")

Test Credentials

For testing and demonstration, you can use these provided credentials:

MSP Customer:

  • Username: elisha@umbrellacost.cloud
  • Password: 6K2UX6DoYSgV%E

Direct Customer:

  • Username: elisha@umbrellacost.net
  • Password: G37oi57Kp@cNzx

Available Tools

The MCP server provides the following tools:

Core Tools

  • authenticate - Authenticate with Umbrella Cost API
  • list_endpoints - List all available API endpoints
  • help - Get help and usage information

API Endpoint Tools

All Umbrella Cost API endpoints are available as tools with the prefix api_. For example:

  • api__invoices_caui - Get cost and usage data
  • api__usage_rds_instance_costs - Get RDS instance costs
  • api__recommendations - Get cost optimization recommendations
  • api__budgets - Get budget information
  • api__anomaly_detection - Get cost anomaly detection results

Example Queries

Once connected to an LLM client, you can ask natural language questions like:

  • "Show me my AWS costs for the last 30 days"
  • "What are my biggest cost optimization opportunities?"
  • "Which RDS instances are costing the most?"
  • "Are there any cost anomalies I should be aware of?"
  • "What's my current budget status?"
  • "Show me my Kubernetes cluster costs"

API Categories

The server organizes endpoints into the following categories:

Cost Analysis

  • Cost and usage data retrieval
  • Service cost breakdowns
  • Historical cost trends

Usage Analysis

  • RDS instance costs
  • S3 bucket costs
  • Resource utilization data

Resource Explorer

  • Resource-level cost breakdown
  • Resource operations data

Dashboards

  • Dashboard configurations
  • Custom dashboard data

Budget Management

  • Budget tracking
  • Budget alerts and notifications

Recommendations

  • Cost optimization suggestions
  • Right-sizing recommendations

Anomaly Detection

  • Cost anomaly identification
  • Unusual spending patterns

Commitment Analysis

  • Reserved instances analysis
  • Savings plans utilization

Kubernetes

  • Container cost analysis
  • Cluster cost breakdown

User Management

  • User information
  • Customer management (MSP)

Development

Building

npm run build

Development Mode

npm run dev

Type Checking

npm run type-check

Linting

npm run lint

Security

  • Read-Only Access: The MCP server only provides read access to prevent accidental modifications
  • Credential Security: Authentication credentials are only used to obtain tokens and are not stored
  • Token-Based: All API requests use secure authentication tokens
  • Rate Limiting: Respects Umbrella Cost API rate limits

Error Handling

The server provides comprehensive error handling for:

  • Authentication failures
  • Network connectivity issues
  • API rate limiting
  • Invalid parameters
  • Permission errors

Support

For issues and questions:

  1. Check the built-in help: Use the help tool with topics like authentication, endpoints, or parameters
  2. Review the API documentation at Umbrella Cost
  3. Contact your Umbrella Cost support team

License

Copyright © 2024 Umbrella Cost. All rights reserved.

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