# Token Counter MCP Server

Counts tokens under OpenAI-compatible (tiktoken) encodings, by model or encoding name.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-05 and the server listed 1 tool directly. Verified.

## Status

Pod connected to Token Counter on 2026-09-05. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 6009ms.

It identifies itself as `apished-tokens` version 1.0.0, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 1 tool when it connected:

- `tokens_count`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://apished.com/mcp/v1/tokens`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "token-counter": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://apished.com/mcp/v1/tokens"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

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## Related servers

- [APIShed](/mcp/apished) — Also by apished.com
- [Checksum Validator](/mcp/checksum-validator) — Also by apished.com
- [Date Math Calculator](/mcp/date-math-calculator) — Also by apished.com
- [Hash Digest Tool](/mcp/hash-digest-tool) — Also by apished.com
- [PESEL/NIP/REGON Validator](/mcp/pesel-nip-regon-validator) — Also by apished.com
- [Regex/Email/URL Validator](/mcp/regex-email-url-validator) — Also by apished.com
- [RPN Calculator](/mcp/rpn-calculator) — Also by apished.com
- [Text Tools](/mcp/text-tools) — Also by apished.com

## For agents

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