About TokenMark
TokenMark is an MCP server for agents that need measured local-LLM benchmarks and hardware-aware model recommendations. It reports configurations and speeds from its benchmark data rather than inventing figures.
Key features
- 01Hardware-aware model recommendations
- 02Measured benchmark configurations and speeds
- 03Hardware catalogue with sourced specifications
- 04Search models and benchmark configurations
- 05Submit benchmarks for human review
Use cases
- 01Choosing a local model for coding on specific hardware
- 02Comparing tracked configurations for a model
- 03Checking GPU-card benchmark results
MCP support
Exposes benchmark, hardware, search, and submission tools to MCP clients. It runs over stdio and pulls live data from tokenmark.app.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
Tools
7Saved tool list · updated 6d ago
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | number | No | how many picks (default 5, max 10) |
| tasks | array | No | what the user wants to do |
| prefer | enum | No | default balancedspeed | quality | balanced |
| hardware | string | Yes | e.g. "Strix Halo", "Gorgon Halo", "DGX Spark", "Mac Ultra", "RTX 5090" |
Details
From the project README@altronis/tokenmark-mcp
An MCP server that gives Claude (and other agents) real local-LLM benchmark data + hardware-aware model recommendations from TokenMark.
Ask "what should I run on a Strix Halo for coding?" and the agent answers from measured configs (decode tok/s, quant, backend), each with a source link. It never invents numbers.
Add to Claude Code
claude mcp add tokenmark -- npx -y @altronis/tokenmark-mcp
Add to Cline
Cline CLI:
cline mcp add tokenmark --yes -- npx -y @altronis/tokenmark-mcp
Cline in VS Code: add the tokenmark entry from the JSON below to cline_mcp_settings.json. Step-by-step notes for agents are in llms-install.md.
Add to any MCP client
Run the server over stdio:
npx -y @altronis/tokenmark-mcp
Or in a client config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"tokenmark": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@altronis/tokenmark-mcp"]
}
}
}
Tools
tokenmark_recommend:{ hardware, tasks?, prefer?, limit?, cards? }→ ranked model + best-config picks (5 by default, 10 max) with measured tok/s + why.lanesays which lane they came from: GPU cards (RTX 5090, RTX PRO 6000) rank on their own, never against the AI boxes. Naming a card, orcards: true, reads the card lane.tokenmark_configs:{ model?, hardware?, limit?, cards? }→ tracked benchmark configs from one lane, fastest first (25 by default, 50 max;matchedgives the full count), with the run mode (speculative: truefor MTP/DFlash/draft-model runs).other_lanecounts the matches in the other lane.tokenmark_hardware:{ platform? }→ the hardware catalogue (Strix Halo, Gorgon Halo, DGX Spark, Mac Max/Ultra), plusgpu_cardswith measured runs. With a platform: chip specs with a source per value, the boxes that ship it, Singapore prices. With a card ("RTX 5090"): VRAM and bandwidth with sources, and its tracked configs.tokenmark_search:{ term }→ matching models/configs, with GPU-card matches apart undergpu_cards.tokenmark_submit:{ repo, source?, note? }→ queues a GitHub/Hugging Face repo with benchmark numbers for human review.tokenmark_submission_status:{ id }→ where a submission is.tokenmark_submit_result:{ bench_output?, pick?, model?, quant?, hardware?, backend?, decode_tps?, prefill_tps?, ctx?, concurrency?, ..., dry_run? }→ sends a speed the user measured, for human review. Pass raw llama-bench orvllm bench serveoutput asbench_output, or the fields by hand; fields you pass win over what it read. Sending takes two calls:dry_run: truereturns a one-line summary and aconfirmcode; show the user the summary, and once they agree, call again with the same fields andconfirmset to that code. A send without the code, or with fields changed since the dry run, is refused.
Sending measured speeds
tokenmark_submit_result needs a one-time sign-in on the same machine, in a terminal:
npx @altronis/tokenmark-cli login
Approve the short code at https://tokenmark.app/cli. The sign-in can only send results for review and lasts 90 days; the server reads it on every call, so no restart is needed. Where there is no home directory, set TOKENMARK_TOKEN in the server's environment instead. A sign-in is only sent over https (or plain http to this machine), and every sign-in on the account can be revoked at https://tokenmark.app/cli.
Hardware missing from the catalogue, or a result typed in by hand, can also go through the signed-in form at https://tokenmark.app/submit.
Data is pulled live from https://tokenmark.app (override with TOKENMARK_URL). Zero runtime dependencies.
The same data in your terminal
The CLI lives in cli/ of this repo:
npx @altronis/tokenmark-cli recommend --hardware "Strix Halo" --tasks coding
The files in bin/ are the published builds, made from the TokenMark tracker that runs https://tokenmark.app.
MIT licensed. Data aggregated from public community benchmarks with attribution.
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