Lean Reader MCP Server

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Lean Reader runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 44 installs a week from npm. Last commit 24 Jun 2026.

Token-minimized URL-to-clean-text reader for LLMs, with a token-savings receipt.

Installs per day peak 25 · avg 8 · +8% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · lean-reader

Stars

1 open issues

24 Jun 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

JavaScript

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add lean-reader -- npx -y lean-reader

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lean-reader": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "lean-reader"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.lean-reader]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "lean-reader"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lean-reader": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "lean-reader"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lean-reader": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "lean-reader"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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Lean Reader — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Lean Reader?

Lean Reader runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package lean-reader was installed 44 times last week.

How do I connect Lean Reader?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls lean-reader straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Lean Reader?

The npm package lean-reader was installed 44 times in the last week. Week over week that is +8%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Lean Reader open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.