AI API Cost Firewall & Rate Limiter

by Ansariiio.github.Ansarii/mcp-rate-limiterv1.0.0

Token guard and rate limiter preventing runaway API cost spikes for OpenAI and Anthropic.

  • Remote endpoint

Uptime

Address set by you. Its endpoint is a template you fill in with your own host or workspace, so there is no single address for us to check.

How we check

Connect to the publisher's own endpoint

Add to cline_mcp_settings.json (MCP Servers › Configure › Configure MCP Servers):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-rate-limiter": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}
For agents: the install prompt

Every step above as one Markdown text, for an assistant installing it for you.

# Install the MCP server AI API Cost Firewall & Rate Limiter (`io.github.Ansarii/mcp-rate-limiter`)

Its page: https://plug.directory/servers/io.github.Ansarii/mcp-rate-limiter

It runs on the publisher's servers; the client connects to its URL.

Use the section for the person's client.

## Claude Desktop

Paste into Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector:

```text
https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp
```

## Claude Code

Run in a terminal:

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http mcp-rate-limiter https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp
```

## Cursor, Devin Desktop, LM Studio, oterm, Bob Shell, ECA, Kiro, Kiro CLI

Merge into the place for the person's client:

- Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- Devin Desktop: ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json
- LM Studio: mcp.json (Program › Install › Edit mcp.json)
- oterm: config.json in oterm's data folder (~/Library/Application Support/oterm on macOS, ~/.local/share/oterm on Linux, %APPDATA%\oterm on Windows)
- Bob Shell: ~/.bob/settings/mcp.json (global) or .bob/mcp.json (project)
- ECA: ~/.config/eca/config.json (global) or .eca/config.json in the project
- Kiro: ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json (user) or .kiro/settings/mcp.json (workspace)
- Kiro CLI: ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json (user) or .kiro/settings/mcp.json (workspace)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-rate-limiter": {
      "url": "https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## VS Code

Merge into .vscode/mcp.json:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-rate-limiter": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Zed

Merge into ~/.config/zed/settings.json:

```json
{
  "context_servers": {
    "mcp-rate-limiter": {
      "url": "https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Cline

Merge into cline_mcp_settings.json (MCP Servers › Configure › Configure MCP Servers):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-rate-limiter": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Continue

Merge into ~/.continue/config.yaml:

```yaml
mcpServers:
  - name: "mcp-rate-limiter"
    type: streamable-http
    url: "https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp"
```

## Goose

Merge into ~/.config/goose/config.yaml:

```yaml
extensions:
  "mcp-rate-limiter":
    type: streamable_http
    name: "mcp-rate-limiter"
    enabled: true
    uri: "https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp"
    headers: {}
    env_keys: []
    envs: {}
    timeout: 300
```

## Gemini CLI

Merge into ~/.gemini/settings.json:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-rate-limiter": {
      "httpUrl": "https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Codex

Run in a terminal:

```sh
codex mcp add mcp-rate-limiter --url https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp
```

## mcp-client-cli, TUUI, BoltAI

This server's endpoint speaks streamable HTTP, which this client's documentation does not list among its transports; use another client for it.

## Agenvoy

Merge into ~/.config/agenvoy/mcp.json:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-rate-limiter": {
      "url": "https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Amp

Merge into ~/.config/amp/settings.json (user) or .amp/settings.json (workspace):

```json
{
  "amp.mcpServers": {
    "mcp-rate-limiter": {
      "url": "https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## AnythingLLM

Merge into anythingllm_mcp_servers.json in the AnythingLLM storage plugins directory:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-rate-limiter": {
      "type": "streamable",
      "url": "https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Augment Code

Merge into Augment Settings Panel – MCP section – Import from JSON (VS Code extension):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-rate-limiter": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://neon_innovation_lab--mcp-rate-limiter.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Then restart the client, or reload its MCP servers, and ask it to list the server's tools to confirm it started.

From the publisher's entry in the Official MCP Registry (the registry entry). Report a problem