---
title: "LM Studio Bank Data MCP: One-Click Install | BankBridge"
description: "Ask your local model in LM Studio what you spent last month. One click installs the bank-data MCP via deeplink, read-only, live in about a minute."
url: "https://bankbridge.money/docs/lm-studio"
---
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LM Studio

# One-click install.

LM Studio supports MCP install links. Signed in, the button below carries your API key: click it, confirm in LM Studio, done.

Step 01

## Click to install.

LM Studio needs your API key in the link. [Sign in](https://bankbridge.money/login) and the LM Studio card on your dashboard has an Add to LM Studio button with it filled in.

LM Studio mcp.json

```
Click the 'Add to LM Studio' button on bankbridge.money
- or paste this into LM Studio's mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bankbridge": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bankbridge.money/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer bbk_your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Step 02

## Verify it works.

In LM Studio’s chat with an agentic model loaded (Qwen 2.5 / Llama 3.3 / etc.), ask:

try this

```
how much did I spend this week?
```

LM Studio’s MCP sidebar shows **bankbridge** with 12 tools + 19 prompts.

Troubleshooting

Client connects but shows 0 tools.

Usually the client is caching an old config, or you're on a mode that doesn't expose tools (Ask/Edit vs Agent, for example).

**Fix:** Fully quit + relaunch the host app. In VS Code Copilot, switch to Agent mode.

401 Unauthorized on every call.

The API key is missing, typo'd, or got revoked. Check the Authorization header starts with \`Bearer \` (note the space) and ends in a key you still own.

**Fix:** Paste a fresh key from [Settings](https://bankbridge.money/dashboard/settings).

Problems? Email [hello@bankbridge.money](mailto:hello@bankbridge.money).