Lean Reader runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 59 installs a week from npm. Last commit 24 Jun 2026.
Token-minimized URL-to-clean-text reader for LLMs, with a token-savings receipt.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Lean Reader every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add lean-reader -- npx -y lean-reader{
"mcpServers": {
"lean-reader": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"lean-reader"
]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.lean-reader]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "lean-reader"]{
"mcpServers": {
"lean-reader": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"lean-reader"
]
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"lean-reader": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"lean-reader"
]
}
}
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Lean Reader — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.