INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL
estimate_cost
Estimated cost of a workload on one model at each provider: cost per request, and per month if requests_per_day is given, taking the provider's tiered pricing and prompt-cache price into account.
LIVE ENDPOINT
https://mcp.inferindex.dev/mcp
Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for estimate_cost and invoke it with your own arguments.
Indexed input schema
{}Risk classification
Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.
- No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.
Parent server
CONNECT WITH APPROVAL
Client installation
Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.
Codex
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.inferindex]
url = "https://mcp.inferindex.dev/mcp"
enabled = true
Claude Code
.mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"inferindex": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.inferindex.dev/mcp"
}
}
}
Claude Desktop
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
Name: inferindex
Remote MCP URL: https://mcp.inferindex.dev/mcp
Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.
Cursor
.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"inferindex": {
"url": "https://mcp.inferindex.dev/mcp"
}
}
}
Visual Studio Code
.vscode/mcp.json
Add to Visual Studio Code{
"servers": {
"inferindex": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.inferindex.dev/mcp"
}
}
}
Generic MCP
Client-specific MCP configuration
{
"name": "inferindex",
"transport": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://mcp.inferindex.dev/mcp"
}
MCP Inspector
Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.
Related tools
search_models— Find the exact id of an LLM tracked by InferIndex from a name or partial name (e.cheapest— Cheapest current API offers for one model across direct providers and aggregators, in USD per 1M tokens (input, output, blended 3:1).compare_providers— Current offers for one model, one line per provider and source (direct or via an aggregator), cheapest first (10 by default), with price, context, quantization, published conditions (training on prompts, data regions, sign-up) and reliability from official status pages.price_history— Price history of one model: every offer tracked by InferIndex (daily or weekly min/max/last price in USD, or raw price changes), plus the official price of the model's lab over time.