@cartieai/cli · v0.1.0

Your cost data in the terminal.

Most FinOps tools require you to log into a dashboard. CARTIE is built engineer-first — talk to your costs from where you already work.

install · macos · linux · windows
$ npm install -g @cartieai/cli

Commands

cartie why "Saved this month" --amount 4210
2-sentence LLM explanation of any $ amount
cartie visits
Live visitor count of your CARTIE landing
cartie engines
List all 26 proprietary engines + deep-link URLs
cartie configure --api https://cartie.acme.com
Point at a self-hosted deployment

Talk to your costs inside Claude Desktop · Cursor · Continue · Zed

CARTIE ships a Model Context Protocol server. Drop this into your MCP-aware client and ask cost questions in plain English.

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cartie": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@cartieai/cli", "mcp"],
      "env": {
        "CARTIE_API": "https://cartieai.com",
        "CARTIE_API_KEY": "sk_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}
Available tools
cartie_why — explain how a $ amount was computed
cartie_visits — live landing visitor count
cartie_engines — list the 26 engines
cartie_wall_feed — live activity ticker
Why this exists
  • 1. Terminal-native. cartie why is faster than opening a tab.
  • 2. AI-native. Your IDE assistant can see your cost data without you copy-pasting screenshots.
  • 3. MCP-native. Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue, Zed, and any future MCP-aware client gets CARTIE for free.

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