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Vetted Consumer MCP Server

io.github.TheBaronofAI/vetted-consumer
answering

Vetted Consumer is answering right now. Last checked 5 min ago. It exposes 9 tools.

Will a local LLM run on your hardware? GGUF quant, buy-vs-rent-vs-API cost, used-GPU prices.

Uptime history 41 hours of history
41 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
9
Tools
read from the server
572 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 5 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add vetted-consumer --transport http https://vettedconsumer.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vetted-consumer": {
      "url": "https://vettedconsumer.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.vetted-consumer]
url = "https://vettedconsumer.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vetted-consumer": {
      "url": "https://vettedconsumer.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vetted-consumer": {
      "url": "https://vettedconsumer.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 9

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

recommend
recommend_hardware
Ranked list of catalogued, buyable machines that run a model at the requested context, cheapest first, with an optional budget cap.
recommend_quant
Which GGUF quantization to download for a model on given hardware: the full quant ladder with file size, max context, and tok/s for each, plus the recommended pick.
can
can_i_run_it
Will a given local LLM run on given hardware? Returns fit, the best quant that fits, theoretical tok/s, and real owner-measured tok/s where available.
cheapest
cheapest_hardware_for_model
The cheapest catalogued, buyable machine that runs a given model at Q4 with the requested context.
compare
compare_hardware
Side-by-side memory, bandwidth, price, and (with a model) fit + tok/s for 2 to 4 machines.
cost
cost_compare
Buy vs rent vs API cost to run a model locally: monthly/1y/3y totals, break-even months, and the energy cost per 1M tokens. Same math as /cost-calculator/.
hardware
list_hardware
List the machines the tools know about (memory, bandwidth, price, buy link).
models
list_models
List the local LLM model classes the tools know about (params, dense/MoE, native context).
used
get_used_gpu_prices
Current typical used-GPU prices for local-AI rigs (eBay Browse API median asking + hand-verified, monthly).

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://vettedconsumer.com/mcp streamable-http answering 581 ms 5 min ago

Vetted Consumer — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Vetted Consumer do?
It exposes 9 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: can_i_run_it, cheapest_hardware_for_model, compare_hardware, cost_compare, get_used_gpu_prices, list_hardware and 3 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Vetted Consumer working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 572 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Vetted Consumer?
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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Vetted Consumer need an API key?
No. Vetted Consumer completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 9 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Vetted Consumer?
It answers our handshake in 572 ms on average, which is faster than 18% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.