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Compare state 529 plans, look up college costs and check qualified 529 expenses. Free, no key.
Remote server: your requests and data go to launch529.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http launch529-529-plans-and-college-costs https://launch529.com/api/public/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
search_schools — Find colleges and universities by name, in the US and 529-eligible schools abroad. Returns each school's id, location and annual published cget_school — Details for one US school by id: current sticker price, average net price, net price by family income, cost history since 2005, graduation restimate_college_cost — Project what college will cost and what to save. Give a US school id and the year the student starts. Returns the projected cost per year anlist_529_plans — List state 529 savings plans, ranked by popularity and ratings, with fees, Morningstar and Saving For College ratings, state tax benefit andget_529_plan — Everything we know about one 529 plan: fees, minimums, investment options, ratings, state tax benefit, restrictions and features. Use the slcompare_529_plans — Compare two to four 529 plans side by side on fees, ratings, tax benefit, minimums and who can join.check_expense — Say whether a college expense is a qualified 529 expense (for example 'laptop', 'off-campus rent', 'gas', 'student health insurance') with tNot tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.