Use TokenAssemble inside ChatGPT & Claude
Connect our free, read-only MCP server and your AI assistant can check whether any machine runs any local model — fit verdict, grade, honest speed tier, VRAM breakdown, assumptions stated. Computed by the same engine as the site, never made up.
Server endpoint
https://tokenassemble.com/api/mcpOnce connected, just ask
How to connect
Claude (web — easiest)
- Open Settings → Connectors in Claude.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the endpoint URL and save. No extra software needed.
Claude Desktop
Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config, add the block below to claude_desktop_config.json, then fully quit Claude (⌘Q) and reopen.
{
"mcpServers": {
"tokenassemble": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://tokenassemble.com/api/mcp"]
}
}
}macOS not finding it? Finder-launched apps get a minimal PATH that misses Node, so "npx" fails silently. Use this variant — the absolute npx path (yours may differ; run which npx in a terminal) plus an explicit PATH:
{
"mcpServers": {
"tokenassemble": {
"command": "/opt/homebrew/bin/npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://tokenassemble.com/api/mcp"],
"env": { "PATH": "/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin" }
}
}
}ChatGPT
Connector support in ChatGPT depends on your plan and the ongoing rollout. If available:
- Enable Developer mode / Connectors in ChatGPT settings.
- Add a new connector and paste the endpoint URL.
- Ask it whether your machine can run a model.
For developers
A remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP — JSON-RPC 2.0 over POST (initialize, tools/list, tools/call). Read-only, no auth, rate-limited per IP. Opening the endpoint in a browser returns an error by design — it's a JSON-RPC endpoint, not a page.
can_i_runFit verdict + grade + speed tier for hardware × modelhardware, model, quant?, context?
Accepts common names (“4090”, “Llama 3.1 70B”) and resolves them to canonical slugs; unknown names return valid suggestions, never invented verdicts. Full input schema comes from tools/list.
Common questions
- What is the TokenAssemble MCP server?
- A remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server — the standard way for AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude to call live tools. Connecting it lets your assistant answer 'can this machine run this model?' with TokenAssemble's computed verdict: fit, grade, speed tier, VRAM breakdown, and every assumption stated. It is free and read-only.
- Does the AI make up the numbers?
- No. Every answer is computed by the same engine that powers tokenassemble.com, from measured file sizes and published specs. If you name hardware or a model we don't track, the tool says so and suggests valid options instead of inventing a verdict.
- Which assistants does it work with?
- Any MCP-capable client: Claude (web and desktop), ChatGPT in developer/connector mode, Cursor, and others. The same endpoint works everywhere: https://tokenassemble.com/api/mcp.
- It isn't showing up in Claude Desktop — what do I do?
- On macOS, apps launched from Finder get a minimal PATH that can miss your Node install, so npx fails silently. Use the absolute path to npx (run 'which npx' in a terminal) as the command, add an env block with your PATH, then fully quit Claude (Cmd-Q) and reopen.