io.github.beepboop2025/palimpsest
Palimpsest — censorship, China economy and model-eval observatory
Rights-aware censorship, China-economic status, and tamper-evident AI evaluation tools.
alive probed 2026-10-05 · HTTP 200
7tools
2.9ktokens in Claude Opus 5.5
3.0ktokens in Claude Code
1.4 %of a 200k context window
1.7ko200k_base estimate
227 msto initialize
114 msto list tools
- Endpoint
- https://api.seiche.info/palimpsest/mcp (streamable-http)
- Host
- api.seiche.info
- Protocol
- 2025-06-18
- Reports itself as
- palimpsest 1.9.3
- Capabilities
- prompts, resources, tools
- Instructions
- 4 483 characters
- Claude count
- Claude Opus 5.5, measured 2026-10-05. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
- Repository
- https://github.com/beepboop2025/palimpsest
- Website
- https://palimpsest.info
- Registry
- active, updated 2026-08-29 · registry entry
- Reachable
- 6 of the last 6 probes
Most expensive tools
| Tool | Tokens (o200k) | Share of this server |
|---|---|---|
| query_economic_observations | 469 | 28 % |
| get_signal | 346 | 21 % |
| get_newsroom | 271 | 16 % |
| list_signals | 198 | 12 % |
| whats_happening | 143 | 9 % |
History
We add a row when the result changes. A server with no change keeps its last row.
| Probed | Result | Init | Tools | Claude | o200k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 14:34 | alive | 227 ms | 7 | 2.9k | 1.7k |
| 2026-10-05 00:32 | alive | 188 ms | 7 | 1.7k | |
| 2026-10-04 10:03 | alive | 254 ms | 7 | 1.7k | |
| 2026-10-04 07:57 | alive | 234 ms | 7 | 1.7k | |
| 2026-10-03 20:37 | alive | 295 ms | 7 | 1.7k | |
| 2026-10-03 17:53 | alive | 31 ms | 7 | 1.7k |
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