What is io.github.apipriceindex/mcp?

Live, verified LLM API prices: search models, get sourced prices, estimate workload costs.

How do I install io.github.apipriceindex/mcp?

Clone io.github.apipriceindex/mcp from https://github.com/apipriceindex/mcp and configure it as an MCP server in your client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code).

Is io.github.apipriceindex/mcp open source?

Yes, io.github.apipriceindex/mcp is open source under the MIT license. Source code is available at https://github.com/apipriceindex/mcp.

What category does io.github.apipriceindex/mcp belong to?

io.github.apipriceindex/mcp is listed under Developer Tools MCP servers on MCPFind.

io.github.apipriceindex/mcp — MCP Server for Developer Tools

apipriceindex-mcp

An MCP server that gives any AI agent live, verified LLM API prices.

Ask your assistant "what would 200M input / 15M output tokens a month cost me on Sonnet vs GPT?" and it answers from today's index — every price with its verification date, cross-check confidence and source URL. Data from apipriceindex.com (CC BY 4.0, re-checked daily against official pricing pages).

Tools

Tool	What it does
`search_models`	Find model ids by name/provider, filter by context window or open weights
`get_price`	Verified price of one model: input/output/cached input USD per Mtok, `verified_at`, `confidence`, source
`estimate_cost`	Monthly bill of a workload; ranks chosen models — or the whole catalog — cheapest first

Install

pip install apipriceindex-mcp

Claude Code / Claude Desktop:

claude mcp add apipriceindex -- apipriceindex-mcp

Or in any MCP client config:

{ "mcpServers": { "apipriceindex": { "command": "apipriceindex-mcp" } } }

Behavior

Prices are fetched live from the index (15-minute in-memory cache) — never stale training data.
Index unreachable → explicit error. No cached or invented price is ever served silently.
Index older than 14 days → answers still come, with a warning pointing at the index's health endpoint.
Model not tracked → says so, links the dataset. No price invented.
Cache discount only where the provider publishes a cached-input price.
Cost only: the index does not rank model quality, and third-party benchmark scores are not redistributed.

Environment: APIPRICEINDEX_URL overrides the dataset URL (testing).

License

Code: MIT. Price data: CC BY 4.0, attribution "API Price Index".

Set up in your AI client

AI clientOperating system

Merge this template into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. Keep existing servers. Add any arguments, credentials, and permissions required by the maintainer; this template has not been install-tested.

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-apipriceindex-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apipriceindex-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect. Confirm the server appears connected in the client’s tool list, then try a read-only example from its documentation.

Claude Desktop setup reference

Compatible MCP Clients

io.github.apipriceindex/mcp works with any MCP-compatible client. Copy the config snippet from the Configuration section above and add it to the file shown for your client, then restart the application.

Claude Desktop~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonRestart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect.

Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.jsonRestart Cursor for changes to take effect.

VS Code.vscode/mcp.jsonReload VS Code window for changes to take effect.

Windsurf~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonRestart Windsurf for changes to take effect.

Claude Code.mcp.jsonSave at the project root, then start Claude Code in that project and review the MCP server approval prompt. Keep real credentials out of shared files.

io.github.apipriceindex/mcp