tokendog (jawahar4k/tokendog) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 74 out of 100, grade C. It declares 2 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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74/100

tokendog

Item: tokendog
Rating: 74
Author: M8ven

Watchdog for Claude Code token spend: prices every turn from authoritative usage and tells you which sessions to close. Local-only, nothing leaves your machine.

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// key findings

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Secret credentials may flow to a network call

1 flow detected: TOKENDOG_WORKER_KEY. We can’t prove the destination matches the brand the credential belongs to.

🔐

You'll be asked for 2 credentials: TOKENDOG_WORKER_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// tools this server exposes2 tools

These names and descriptions are the publisher's own, read from the source code. We print them as written. Our assessment is the findings above, not this list.

cost_summary

doctor

Environment check: state dir, event count, tiktoken availability, Glitch DB presence.

// environment variables

To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.

configTOKENDOG_WORKER_MODEL

configTOKENDOG_WORKER_TIMEOUT

🔐 secretTOKENDOG_WORKER_KEY

🔐 secretANTHROPIC_API_KEY

configTOKENDOG_HOME

configTOKENDOG_TRUNCATE_MODE

configTOKENDOG_TRANSCRIPT_ROOT

configTOKENDOG_PYTHON~/.tokendog/interpreter. Set to override.

configVIRTUAL_ENVthat can import tokendog (a $, a .venv/ beside your project, the tokendog

configCLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR

configTOKENDOG_OBSERVE_ONLY1 — the budget hook never denies a tool call, only watches.

configTOKENDOG_QUIET1 — silence the end-of-turn spend summary (the Stop says: TokenDog… line). Token counting and budget alerts still run; only the message is muted.

configTOKENDOG_STATUSLINE_TAG

configTOKENDOG_STATUSLINE_FLOOR

configTOKENDOG_STATUSLINE_SAVINGS

configTOKENDOG_MAX_BYTES

configTOKENDOG_WORKER

configTOKENDOG_MAX_LINES

configGLITCH_RUN_ID

configREPO

configMODEL

configAGENT_NAME

// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

2/2 tools missing one or more hints — cost_summary (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); doctor (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint). OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Secrets stay with their owner

1 secret/sensitive value flow into network calls (TOKENDOG_WORKER_KEY → https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages)

Audit where credentials are sent. A NOTION_TOKEN should only reach api.notion.com — never a third-party host.

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

We have 3 concrete improvements we can share with the publisher of this MCP. Each comes with specific guidance to raise the trust score.

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