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io.github.zcag/npm-search-mcp

npm-search

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

Search npm packages, get live registry data, and compare alternatives. No API key needed.

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

3tools
568tokens in Claude Opus 5.5
0.3 %of Claude's 200k window
0.2×the median server
638 msto initialize
6 msto list tools
Run it
docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/zcag/npm-search-mcp:1.0.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host
ghcr.io
Reports itself as
npm-search 1.0.0
Capabilities
tools
Instructions
none
Of a 1M window
<0.1 % of a 1M context window
Count
568 tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-30. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 607. The o200k_base estimate is 332. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository
https://github.com/zcag/npm-search-mcp
Registry
active, updated 2026-03-12 · registry entry

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.71×.

Tool≈ Claude tokenso200k estimateShare of this server
search_packages23413741 %
compare_packages17610331 %
get_package1579228 %

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