StayinDE v1.1.0
Your study budget for Germany
Save this plugin to Following and return to review observed changes. Follow up to 10 plugins free.
From the marketplace listing
Plan what studying in Germany really costs. Open the Budget Board beside any conversation and move the dials: city, housing, breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee, health insurance, phone, gym, clothes, candles, face masks, massage, haircuts, cinema, drinks, subscriptions, travel, flights home, scholarship and part-time work. The big numbers update as you go: every month, per year, for your whole stay, and how much to save before you leave compared with the official blocked-account minimum (€992 a month). ChatGPT sees your current board, so you can ask where to cut €100 or how Munich compares with Leipzig. The board speaks your language: 22 languages, Chinese in Traditional characters. Prices come from public 2026 sources such as city rent medians, Mensa prices and statutory student health insurance; every figure and its source is listed at rechner.stayinde.de/methode. Nothing you enter is stored. Estimates for planning, not financial or visa advice.
Language: English · Automatically detected from descriptions.
Oct 28, 2026 · 1 saved observations
Metadata · Oct 28, 2026 · 13:03 UTC · Compared with Oct 25, 2026 · 00:05 UTC
Package or technical metadata updated
Observed in package metadata. These changes alone do not establish a new customer-facing feature.
Oct 25, 2026 · 00:05 UTC
Not present
Oct 28, 2026 · 13:03 UTC
false
From the developer’s listing and package; capabilities are not independently tested. Package observed Nov 3, 2026.
Review scenarios; not an exhaustive list.
Pricing and account requirements have not been established from the available package declarations. Unknown pricing does not mean free access.
Open my budget board for a two-year master's in Munich, living in a shared flat.
From the developer.
---
name: study-budget
description: Plan, compare or adjust the cost of studying in Germany with the StayinDE budget board (monthly, yearly, whole-stay totals and the amount to save vs. the blocked account).
---
# Study budget in Germany
Use this when someone plans to study (or is studying) in Germany and asks what it costs, how much to save, how much the blocked account (Sperrkonto) needs, or how a choice (city, housing, eating out, gym, travel, flights home, scholarship, part-time work) changes the budget.
## Which tool
- `open_budget_board`: when the user wants to plan or play with a budget. It shows the interactive board. The user can also open it themselves as the "Budget Board" tab beside the conversation.
- `calculate_budget`: for a quick number or a comparison ("Munich vs Leipzig", "what if I cook instead of eating out"). Call it once per scenario and compare the results.
## Filling in the answers
- Pass only what the user said or clearly implied; leave the rest out. Defaults are a two-year master in a shared flat with middle-of-the-road habits.
- Always pass `language` as the BCP 47 code of the language the user writes in (Chinese → `zh-TW`; the board shows Traditional Chinese).
- City: use the listed keys (`muenchen`, `berlin`, `leipzig`, …). For a German city not in the list use `other` (national average) and say so.
- Months: 6 (exchange, language course), 12, or 24 (two-year master). For a three-year bachelor, use 24 and tell the user the board covers two years.
- Flights home: set `flightEurPerTrip` from where home is when the user says it (typical return fares from Germany: Turkey or Morocco €250–400, India or Pakistan €600–900, East Asia €900–1,300, Latin America €900–1,400). Say it is a rough figure.
- Rent: pass `rentEur` only when the user already has a place and gives the real rent.
## Talking about the result
- The board already shows the numbers. Don't repeat them line by line; answer what the user asked, pick out the two or three lines that matter, and suggest which dial to try.
- When the board is open, its current state arrives as context ("Budget board the user is adjusting…"). Use those numbers, not older ones.
- "Save before you go" includes a city buffer and is a recommendation. The legal minimum is what the German mission asks for (in 2026: €992 a month, €11,904 a year for most student visas). Tell the user to confirm the amount with their mission.
- Part-time work lowers what the student pays each month, never the amount to save, because a visa cannot count on future wages.
- These are estimates from public 2026 prices, not financial or visa advice. Method and sources: https://rechner.stayinde.de/methode
## Out of scope
Opening a blocked account, booking housing, visa applications, and costs outside Germany. Say so and answer from general knowledge if you can, without calling the tools.
First release: the Budget Board as a side-panel tab and inline in chat, 22 languages, prices checked 29 September 2026.
Declared in the saved package. Remote tools may change independently.
Publisher declarations from the archived package. These are separate from our research and the live service's terms.
Package observed Nov 3, 2026.
plugin_asdk_app_6abfe4fbaa20819191a3b5a414d5035e
Download plugin data (JSON)