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MCP live MCP 2025-06-18 streamable-http

Budgetary: estimate token spend

io.github.thriftell/budgetary

Pre-flight token-spend estimate (range, scenario, confidence) for a coding task, or an abstention.

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Uptime
100.0%
5 direct probes · 30d
Response
860ms
last probe
Tools
1
callable
Resources
0
readable
Prompts
0
available
Primary URL
https://api.budgetary.tools/mcp
Score: 90/100
Handshake verified by our own probe.
pass Answers the MCP handshake 50/50
The handshake and the list calls succeeded on the primary URL.
pass Lists tools, resources or prompts 30/30
1 tools, 0 resources, 0 prompts returned.
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Tools · 1

estimate

Return a pre-flight, probabilistic token-spend estimate (range + scenario + confidence) for a coding task before you run it. Estimates only — it never reports your actual token usage.

How to use

Claude Desktop or claude.ai: add a custom connector (Customize → Connectors; on Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors) with this server URL: https://api.budgetary.tools/mcp

Cursor or Cline: add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "budgetary:_estimate_token_spend": {
      "url": "https://api.budgetary.tools/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}