io.github.dshakes/distil

Distil

Is the Distil MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-11-01.

Reversibly compress tool outputs to recoverable handles; expand to exact original bytes on demand.

alive probed 2026-11-14 · unchanged since 2026-11-01

3tools

876tokens in Claude

0.4 %of Claude's 200k window

0.3×the median server

480 msto initialize

2 msto list tools

Run it: uvx distil-llm@1.30.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host: pypi.org
Reports itself as: distil 1.30.0
Capabilities: tools
Instructions: none
Of a 1M window: <0.1 % of a 1M context window
Count: 876 tokens in Claude, exact, measured 2026-10-25. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 897. The o200k_base estimate is 543. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository: https://github.com/dshakes/distil
Registry: active, updated 2026-07-25 · registry entry
Changes: 2 recorded, reachable in 2 of them. A row is added when the result, the tool count or the cost changes.

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.61×.

Tool	≈ Claude tokens	o200k estimate	Share of this server
distil_expand	392	243	45 %
distil_compress	321	199	37 %
distil_savings	163	101	19 %

Other registry entries on pypi.org, the ones next to this name; all of them.

Wheel Fitment API io.github.driveate/wheel-size-mcp · alive
F1 Data Server io.github.drivenrajat/f1 · crashed on start
LDAP Assistant MCP io.github.droideck/ldap-assistant-mcp · install failed
Immich Photo Manager io.github.drolosoft/immich-photo-manager · alive
vardoger io.github.dstrupl/vardoger · alive
jevnav io.github.dtduc-git/jevnav · crashed on start
Google data (Trends, YouTube, Ads Transparency, Play) io.github.ducnhd/google-data-mcp · alive
AI News io.github.duncan-wen/ai-news-mcp · alive

Servers that mention distil.

Distilla ai.distilla/mcp · needs auth
Khwan ai.khwan/khwan-mcp · TLS error
ai.tachyo/token-safety · alive
Distill Markets com.distillmarkets/distill-markets · needs auth
Execute dialogue-distiller-mcp io.github.Evozim/dialogue-distiller-mcp · paid (402)
io.github.tathagat22/slipstream · alive
Onchain Alpha Lab link.onchainalphamcp.mcp/onchain-alpha-lab · refused
Whisky Hunter net.whiskyhunter/mcp · needs auth

We add a row when the result changes. A server with no change keeps its last row.

Probed	Result	Init	Tools	Claude	o200k
2026-10-25 06:52	alive	740 ms	3	876	543
2026-10-18 06:39	alive	480 ms	3		543

The result of the latest probe, the tool count and the token cost. The feed has an entry for every probe that changed them.

Stops answering, comes back, tool set or cost changes. One confirmation mail first, a stop link in every mail.