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mcp-server MCP Server

Track AI agent costs, detect waste, optimize models, and prove ROI. 23 MCP tools across 10 domains.

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Published as @metrxbot/mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

Known issues

5 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own maintainers are excluded.

Most discussed

Better error messages when METRX_API_KEY is missing or invalid

What

When the MCP server can't authenticate (missing or expired API key), the error messages could be more helpful. Currently users may see generic connection errors.

Where to look

  • src/services/api-client.ts — the API client that makes requests
  • Error handling in tool registration functions

What done looks like

Read the thread · 2026-03-06 · closed · 2 comments

Include 7-day cost trend data in dashboard response for sparkline visualization

What

The dashboard tool returns current cost totals but doesn't include historical trend data. Adding a 7-day daily breakdown would enable sparkline visualizations in agent-rendered UIs.

Where to look

  • src/tools/dashboard.ts — the main dashboard data tool

What "done" looks like

  • Dashboard response includes cost_trend_7d: { date: string, total_cents: number }[]
  • Data is daily granularity for the last 7 days
  • If less than 7 days of data, return what's available

Read the thread · 2026-03-06 · open · 0 comments

Show context window utilization in optimization recommendations

What

When agents use >60% of their context window regularly, they risk degraded performance and higher costs from retries. The optimization tool should surface this metric clearly.

Where to look

  • src/tools/optimization.ts — optimization recommendation logic
  • src/tools/cost-leak-detector.ts — check #5 already detects this

What done looks like

  • get_optimization_recommendations includes a context_window_utilization field
  • Shows percentage: "Agent X uses 78% of cont

Read the thread · 2026-03-06 · open · 0 comments

Add --json output flag for machine-readable scan results

What

The cost-leak-detector outputs Markdown-formatted results. For CI/CD integration, a --json flag that outputs raw JSON would be useful.

Where to look

  • src/tools/cost-leak-detector.ts - the formatCostLeakReport function
  • The CLI entry point where arguments are parsed

What done looks like

  • npx @metrxbot/cost-leak-detector --json outputs a JSON object
  • JSON includes all the same data as the Markdown report
  • Default behavior (no flag) unchanged
  • Update

Read the thread · 2026-03-06 · closed · 0 comments

Add Mistral and Cohere model pricing to cost-leak-detector

What

The cost-leak-detector currently supports pricing data for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google models. We should add pricing for Mistral and Cohere models.

Where to look

  • src/tools/cost-leak-detector.ts — the main detector logic
    • Model pricing constants (check for a pricing map or config)

What "done" looks like

  • Add Mistral models: mistral-large, mistral-medium, mistral-small, codestral
  • - [ ] Add Cohere models: command-r-plus, command-r, embed-english-v3
  • - [ ]

Read the thread · 2026-03-06 · closed · 0 comments

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