TokenLab MCP Server
The TokenLab MCP Server provides an MCP interface for discovering, comparing, and interacting with TokenLab's model catalog, plus optional AI inference via TokenLab APIs.
Public Catalog Tools (no API key required)
List models: Browse available models, optionally filtered by task type (image, video, music, 3D, TTS, STT, embedding, rerank, translation), up to 100 results.
Get model details: Fetch detailed information for a specific model by ID.
Get model pricing: Look up pricing for a specific model.
Compare models: Side-by-side comparison of details and pricing for 2–8 models, with compact or raw output options.
Get API overview: Fetch an agent-readable overview of the TokenLab API (
llms.txt).
Inference Tools (requires TOKENLAB_API_KEY)
Create response: Call the TokenLab Responses API with a text input, optional instructions, and output token cap.
Create Anthropic message: Call the Anthropic-compatible Messages API with a user prompt, optional system prompt, and token limit.
Create Gemini content: Call the Gemini-compatible
generateContentAPI with a user prompt and optional temperature setting.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@TokenLab MCP Servershow me the latest pricing for models suitable for text generation"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
TokenLab MCP Server
OpenAPI-generated Model Context Protocol server for TokenLab public model discovery, pricing, native LLM endpoints, multimodal generation, async tasks, files, embeddings, rerank, translation, and the broader developer API.
It exposes public catalog tools for agents that need to choose models, inspect supported request formats, or compare pricing before calling TokenLab APIs. Credentialed tools cover text inference, image generation and editing, video, music, 3D, async task polling, embeddings, rerank, and text translation.
Generated Tool Profiles
The checked-in generated/tools.json manifest is generated from TokenLab's public OpenAPI document plus the small MCP-only overlay in contract/mcp-overlay.json. Version 0.4.2 generates 76 endpoint tools; two composite discovery tools are registered at runtime.
Profile | Endpoint tools | Coverage |
| 29 | Catalog and pricing; Chat Completions, Responses, Anthropic Messages, Gemini generateContent; images, video, music, 3D, speech and transcription; async tasks; files; embeddings, rerank, and translation |
| 76 | Every allowlisted developer API operation in the checked-in OpenAPI snapshot, including core plus response lifecycle, batches, worlds, and native model discovery |
Both profiles also include compare_models and get_api_overview. Realtime and streaming-only operations are excluded because stdio MCP tool calls return one final result. API operations that accept stream constrain it to false in the MCP overlay, and the Gemini query-string API key is intentionally hidden from tool arguments.
Set TOKENLAB_MCP_TOOL_PROFILE=full to expose the full profile. Tool names, descriptions, input JSON Schemas, HTTP bindings, content types, auth requirements, and task behavior can be inspected in generated/tools.json.
Related MCP server: Agorus MCP Server
Run
npm install
npm startInstall from npm:
npx -y @tokenlabai/mcp-serverAgent-assisted installers can follow llms-install.md for a credential-safe setup and verification flow.
Run in Docker:
docker build -t tokenlab-mcp-server .
docker run --rm -i tokenlab-mcp-serverAdd -e TOKENLAB_API_KEY when using credentialed API tools. Public catalog tools do not require a key.
Claude Desktop style config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"tokenlab-model-catalog": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@tokenlabai/mcp-server"],
"env": {
"TOKENLAB_API_BASE": "https://api.tokenlab.sh"
}
}
}
}No TokenLab API key is required for public catalog and pricing operations. Set TOKENLAB_API_KEY when credentialed tools should call TokenLab APIs. Generated tools preserve the OpenAPI request shape for OpenAI-compatible and native endpoints instead of flattening them into a shared prompt format.
Multipart operations accept local file paths. Small image and audio responses are returned as native MCP content; larger or other binary responses are written to TOKENLAB_ARTIFACT_DIR and returned as a path with MIME type and byte count.
Sync and Async Media Results
Video, music, and 3D creation tools always return an async task. Image generation and editing may return a completed result or an async task depending on the selected model and request.
Media tools preserve the complete TokenLab API response under response and add a normalized delivery summary:
{
"delivery": {
"mode": "async",
"task_id": "ldtask_...",
"status": "pending",
"poll_url": "/v1/tasks/ldtask_...",
"terminal": false,
"next_tool": "get_task_status"
},
"response": {}
}Use delivery.mode instead of assuming all image requests are synchronous. For async tasks, call get_task_status with { "id": delivery.task_id } until delivery.terminal is true. Completion is determined from status, not from an optional progress field.
Environment
TOKENLAB_API_BASE: optional, defaults tohttps://api.tokenlab.shTOKENLAB_API_KEY: optional; required for text inference, multimodal generation, async task, embedding, rerank, and translation toolsTOKENLAB_MCP_TOOL_PROFILE: optional,core(default) orfullTOKENLAB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS: optional request timeout in milliseconds, defaults to120000TOKENLAB_MCP_MAX_FILE_BYTES: optional maximum local upload size per file, defaults to104857600(100 MiB)TOKENLAB_MCP_INLINE_BYTES: optional maximum binary/JSON response size returned inline, defaults to2097152(2 MiB)TOKENLAB_ARTIFACT_DIR: optional output directory for non-inline response artifacts, defaults to the OS temp directory undertokenlab-mcp
Contract Sync
The public OpenAPI document is the API contract source. The overlay contains only MCP-specific choices: profile exposure, stable tool aliases, secret omission, non-streaming constraints, content-type variants, and async task semantics.
npm run contract:sync # fetch OpenAPI and regenerate the manifest
npm run contract:check # fail when generated output is stale
npm test # compile both profiles and test routing, tasks, files, and binary outputThe scheduled Sync TokenLab OpenAPI contract workflow runs this full sequence and commits only the verified OpenAPI snapshot and generated manifest to main. A failed fetch, generation, schema compilation, or test leaves main unchanged.
MCP Registry Metadata
This repository includes server.json for the official MCP Registry.
Release metadata:
npm package:
@tokenlabai/mcp-server@0.4.2MCP registry name:
io.github.hedging8563/tokenlabpackage.json.mcpName:io.github.hedging8563/tokenlab
For a new release:
Bump the matching versions in
package.json,package-lock.json, andserver.json.Push a matching tag such as
v0.4.2.The publish workflow tests and publishes npm through trusted publishing, then publishes the MCP Registry entry through GitHub Actions OIDC.
The same workflow can be run manually from main to republish only the current MCP Registry metadata. No npm or MCP Registry token is stored in GitHub.
Links
Website: https://tokenlab.sh
Docs: https://docs.tokenlab.sh
Model catalog: https://api.tokenlab.sh/v1/models
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