Claude Desktop Model Ruler — AI Cost Calculators token-counter
How to: Claude Desktop Model Ruler — AI Cost Calculators token-counter
Add Model Ruler — AI Cost Calculators to Claude Desktop
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Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"mcpServers": {
"model-ruler": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://modelruler.dev/mcp?dist=model_everywhere_registry_native_official_registry"
]
}
}
}-
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Save the file and restart Claude Desktop.
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Ask for something token-counter does. Claude Desktop lists the server's tools on connect and calls token-counter itself — you do not invoke it by name.
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If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Model Ruler — AI Cost Calculators's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.
Claude Desktop has no remote transport in its config file, so this bridges through mcp-remote. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs
Same tool, other clients
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 6 October 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.