Alephant MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 77 installs a week from npm. Last commit 16 May 2026.
Alephant MCP server for AI cost control, BYO-key routing, 50+ providers, and 320+ models.
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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 alephant-mcp -e 'ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL=<ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL>' -- npx -y @alephantai/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"alephant-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@alephantai/mcp"
],
"env": {
"ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL": "<ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.alephant-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@alephantai/mcp"]
env = { ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL = "<ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"alephant-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@alephantai/mcp"
],
"env": {
"ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL": "<ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"alephant-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@alephantai/mcp"
],
"env": {
"ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL": "<ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<ALEPHANT_API_BASE_URL> (Alephant SaaS API base URL, for example https://alephant.io).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
ALEPHANT_VIRTUAL_KEY (Virtual Key for read-only, cockpit-scoped VK mode. Use this mode for developer-level cost and usage visibility), ALEPHANT_PAT (Personal Access Token for Manager mode. When set, Manager mode takes precedence over ALEPHANT_VIRTUAL_KEY), ALEPHANT_WORKSPACE_ID (Workspace UUID required with ALEPHANT_PAT for Manager mode), ALEPHANT_RATE_LIMIT_RPM (Optional local HTTP tool-call limit per minute. Defaults to 60; set 0 to disable local throttling).
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