# Launch529: 529 plans and college costs

- Registry name: `com.launch529/open-data` · version 1.0.0
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Payments & accounting, Finance & markets
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=com.launch529%2Fopen-data
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/com.launch529--open-data.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Compare state 529 plans, look up college costs and check qualified 529 expenses. Free, no key.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://launch529.com/api/public/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `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 costs \(tuition, room and board, books\). Use get\_school with the id for cost history and net price.
- `get\_school`: Details for one US school by id: current sticker price, average net price, net price by family income, cost history since 2005, graduation rate and median earnings. Get the id from search\_schools.
- `estimate\_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 and in total, and the monthly amount that would fully fund it from today, assuming steady returns after the plan's fees.
- `list\_529\_plans`: List state 529 savings plans, ranked by popularity and ratings, with fees, Morningstar and Saving For College ratings, state tax benefit and whether residents of other states can join. Filter by state, by plans anyone can open, by maximum yearly fee, or by minimum rating.
- `get\_529\_plan`: Everything we know about one 529 plan: fees, minimums, investment options, ratings, state tax benefit, restrictions and features. Use the slug from list\_529\_plans, or the plan's name.
- `compare\_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 the reason, based on IRS Publication 970.

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