MCP Accounting
An API-based accounting analysis tool that identifies financial anomalies like unusually large transactions and duplicate payments from CSV datasets. It allows AI agents to perform automated financial auditing and transaction analysis through structured tool endpoints.
README
MCP Accounting
An AI-ready accounting anomaly detection API built with Python and FastAPI. This project demonstrates how financial analysis capabilities can be exposed as callable tools, making them usable by automation systems or AI agents.
The system analyzes accounting transactions, detects suspicious patterns, and generates AI explanations for flagged anomalies.
Overview
Traditional accounting analysis is often manual and time-consuming. This project explores a different architecture:
Expose accounting analytics as API tools that can be called by software or AI agents.
The service:
- Accepts accounting datasets (CSV)
- Detects potential anomalies
- Generates a structured report
- Uses AI to explain suspicious transactions
Current Features
✔ Upload accounting datasets via API
✔ Detect unusually large transactions
✔ Detect duplicate vendor payments
✔ Generate anomaly reports
✔ AI-generated explanations for suspicious transactions
✔ Clean modular FastAPI architecture
✔ CLI testing with curl and jq
Architecture
The backend follows a layered architecture:
HTTP API
↓
API Routes
↓
Service Layer
↓
Data Layer
Project structure:
mcp-accounting
│
├── app
│ ├── api
│ │ └── routes.py
│ │
│ ├── core
│ │ └── config.py
│ │
│ ├── data
│ │ └── loader.py
│ │
│ ├── mcp
│ │ └── tools.py
│ │
│ ├── models
│ │ └── schemas.py
│ │
│ ├── services
│ │ ├── anomaly_detection.py
│ │ ├── report_service.py
│ │ └── explanation_service.py
│ │
│ └── main.py
│
├── data
│ └── transactions.csv
│
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md
Installation
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/mcp-accounting.git
cd mcp-accounting
Create a virtual environment:
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Environment Variables
Create a .env file in the project root:
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
The application loads this automatically using python-dotenv.
Running the Server
Start the FastAPI server:
uvicorn app.main:app --reload
Server runs at:
http://127.0.0.1:8000
API Documentation
Swagger UI:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs
API Endpoints
Health Check
GET /health
Example:
curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/health
Upload Transactions Dataset
POST /upload-transactions
Example:
curl -F "file=@data/transactions.csv" \
http://127.0.0.1:8000/upload-transactions
Detect Large Transactions
POST /tools/detect_large_expenses
Example:
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/tools/detect_large_expenses | jq
Detect Duplicate Payments
POST /tools/find_duplicate_payments
Example:
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/tools/find_duplicate_payments | jq
Generate Anomaly Report
POST /report/anomalies
Example:
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/report/anomalies | jq
Example response:
{
"summary": {
"transactions_analyzed": 5,
"anomalies_detected": 3
},
"anomalies": [...]
}
Generate AI-Explained Anomaly Report
POST /report/anomalies/explain
Example:
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/report/anomalies/explain | jq
Example output:
{
"vendor": "Dell",
"amount": "8200.00",
"anomaly_type": "large_transaction",
"ai_explanation": "This transaction is significantly higher than the vendor's typical payments and may require further review."
}
Example Dataset
date,description,vendor,amount
2025-01-01,Office Supplies,Staples,120
2025-01-05,Consulting Fee,ABC Consulting,1500
2025-01-10,Consulting Fee,ABC Consulting,1500
2025-01-15,Equipment,Dell,8200
2025-01-20,Software License,Microsoft,300
Technology Stack
- Python
- FastAPI
- Pandas
- Uvicorn
- OpenAI API
- python-dotenv
Development Status
This project is an early MVP exploring AI-assisted accounting analysis.
Planned improvements include:
- Vendor spending anomaly detection
- Time-based financial behavior analysis
- Batch AI explanations
- PostgreSQL persistence
- MCP-compatible tool schemas
- Simple analytics dashboard
License
MIT License
Author
Edu Senior Python Developer
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