LM Studio

LM Studio runs AI models on your own computer, so nothing about your books leaves it at all.

The easy way: open MCP for Tally, go to Connect AI apps and click Add beside LM Studio. The app writes the settings below for you, keeps a backup of the file, and never touches your other entries.

By hand

1. In LM Studio, open the Program tab on the right of a chat, then Install, then Edit mcp.json.
2. Add the entry below and save.
3. Pick a model that supports tool use.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpfortally": {
      "command": "C:\\Users\\<you>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\MCP for Tally\\runtime\\node.exe",
      "args": ["C:\\Users\\<you>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\MCP for Tally\\app\\mcpfortally.js", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpfortally": {
      "command": "/Applications/MCP for Tally.app/Contents/MacOS/mcpfortally",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Small models call tools less reliably. Models of 8 billion parameters and up do noticeably better with accounting questions.

Something not working? Write to [email protected] with the app’s Copy diagnostics text. It never includes figures from your books.