io.github.mrfentmen/simbad-mcp

simbad-mcp

Is the io.github.mrfentmen/simbad-mcp MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-31.

Keyless MCP server for SIMBAD: astronomical objects via TAPADQL queries.

alive probed 2026-11-15 · unchanged since 2026-10-31

2tools

433tokens in Claude Opus 5.5

0.2 %of Claude's 200k window

0.2×the median server

314 msto initialize

8 msto list tools

Run it: npx -y simbad-mcp@1.0.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host: npmjs.com
Reports itself as: simbad-mcp 1.0.0
Capabilities: tools
Instructions: none
Of a 1M window: <0.1 % of a 1M context window
Count: 433 tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-17. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 457. The o200k_base estimate is 236. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository: https://github.com/mrfentmen/awesome-mcps
Registry: active, updated 2026-09-22 · registry entry

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.83×.

Tool	≈ Claude tokens	o200k estimate	Share of this server
cone_search	275	150	64 %
lookup_object	158	86	36 %

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