io.github.osauer/ibkr

canary ibkr MCP

Is the canary ibkr MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-27.

Local IBKR MCP server for agentic trading desks: market data, portfolio context, risk checks.

alive probed 2026-11-14 · unchanged since 2026-10-27

26tools

25ktokens in Claude Opus 5.5

12.4 %of Claude's 200k window

9.8×the median server

80 msto initialize

6 msto list tools

Bundle: https://github.com/osauer/ibkr/releases/download/v2.3.1/ibkr-v2.3.1.mcpb (MCPB, for a client that installs bundles; probed in a container with the network off)
Host: github.com
Reports itself as: ibkr v2.3.1
Capabilities: resources, tools
Instructions: 754 characters
Of a 1M window: 2.5 % of a 1M context window
Count: 25k tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-27. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 25k. The o200k_base estimate is 15k. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository: https://github.com/osauer/ibkr
Website: https://osauer.dev/ibkr/
Registry: deprecated, updated 2026-07-29 · registry entry

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.69×.

Tool	≈ Claude tokens	o200k estimate	Share of this server
ibkr_order_preview	2 341	1 383	9 %
ibkr_regime	2 136	1 262	9 %
ibkr_canary	2 108	1 245	9 %
ibkr_chain	1 945	1 149	8 %
ibkr_gamma	1 681	993	7 %

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

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io.github.orieg/gws-connector · alive
Canary MCP io.github.osauer/canary · alive
periscope io.github.oskar-szulc/periscope · crashed on start
x402 SEC, DeFi and Bittensor data io.github.overwatchdominion-stack/x402-sec-defi-data-mcp · not found
gograph io.github.ozgurcd/gograph · crashed on start
Web Page Fetcher io.github.paimonchan/paimon-mcp-fetch · install failed

Servers that mention ibkr.

Interactive Brokers (IBKR) com.ibkr/interactive-brokers-ibkr · needs auth
IBKR Portfolio Builder io.github.adwiteeymauriya/ibkr-portfolio-builder-mcp · needs your URL
Finance MCP io.github.Blahaj-gif/hitl-finance-mcp · install failed
com.mylinedchart/chart-context · alive

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.

This server is in the heaviest 10 % of the registry. Its 5 most expensive tools are 41 % of the cost. Shorter descriptions, fewer optional parameters and fewer tools cut the cost. The command npx mcpcost --url <endpoint> --tools 50 lists every tool with its cost.