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io.github.donovanh/mcp-server

lightning-tools

Is the io.github.donovanh/mcp-server MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-30.

MCP server for Lightning Tools — pay-per-call AI tools via Bitcoin Lightning

alive probed 2026-11-15 · unchanged since 2026-10-30

4tools
596tokens in Claude Opus 5.5
0.3 %of Claude's 200k window
0.2×the median server
5.4 sto initialize
8 msto list tools
Run it
npx -y @lightning-tools/mcp-server@0.3.3 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host
npmjs.com
Reports itself as
lightning-tools 0.1.0
Capabilities
tools
Instructions
none
Of a 1M window
<0.1 % of a 1M context window
Count
596 tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-16. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 636. The o200k_base estimate is 310. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository
https://github.com/donovanh/lightning-tools
Registry
active, updated 2026-03-16 · registry entry

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.92×.

Tool≈ Claude tokenso200k estimateShare of this server
verify_payment19210032 %
buy_credits1819430 %
set_api_key1638527 %
check_balance603110 %

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