// MCP TOKEN COST

The Timeweb MCP server costs 40,352 tokens before the first call.

Every request your agent makes carries every tool definition this server exposes — context your code, documents and conversation can't use, mostly for tools the agent never calls. You don't need them all in the window, and you don't have to pay for them.

QUICK ANSWER The Timeweb MCP server's 245 tool definitions consume 40,352 tokens — 20% of a 200k context window, and 19× the median MCP server (2,142 tokens). A scoped grant exposing only the tools you use cuts that roughly in proportion.

MEASURED FROM SCHEMAS tiktoken o200k_base · rank #32 of 5,402 measured servers · refreshed every build Method →

// CONTEXT WINDOW SHARE

What that costs before your agent starts working.

Tool definitions are overhead: they occupy context on every request and compete with your code, documents and conversation history for the same window.

200K WINDOW 20%

1M WINDOW 4.0%

Corpus context: Timeweb ranks #32 of 5,402 measured MCP servers by definition cost. The median is 2,142 tokens, p90 is 11,749, and the heaviest (Ainumbers Mcp Apps) is 161,750 — 81% of a 200k window on its own. New to this? See MCP token cost and context window in the glossary.

Token cost is one axis. See the risk picture across your whole stack →

// PER-TOOL BREAKDOWN

Where the 40,352 tokens go.

Each row is one tool definition as a tools/list entry — name, description and input schema — counted with o200k_base. Average: 165 tokens per tool.

Tool	Category	Tokens	% of server
create_balancer	Write	965	2.4%
create_timeweb_app	Write	805	2.0%
create_k8s_cluster	Write	727	1.8%
create_server	Write	604	1.5%
update_balancer	Write	588	1.5%
create_dedicated_server	Write	490	1.2%
create_database_admin	Write	486	1.2%
create_database	Write	470	1.2%
create_k8s_node_group	Write	439	1.1%
create_dns_record	Write	436	1.1%
create_image	Write	423	1.0%
create_ai_agent	Write	403	1.0%
update_mailbox	Write	395	1.0%
add_vcs_provider	Write	389	1.0%
update_database_admin	Write	368	0.9%
transfer_bucket	Financial	363	0.9%
create_image_download	Write	363	0.9%
create_domain_request	Write	357	0.9%
create_container_registry	Write	341	0.8%
create_bucket	Write	338	0.8%
update_domain_request	Write	337	0.8%
update_dns_record	Write	336	0.8%
update_ai_agent	Write	312	0.8%
create_mailbox	Write	310	0.8%
create_firewall_rule	Write	308	0.8%
update_firewall_rule	Write	295	0.7%
batch_create_mailboxes	Write	289	0.7%
update_balancer_rule	Write	289	0.7%
update_mailbox_v1	Write	288	0.7%
create_balancer_rule	Write	280	0.7%
update_k8s_addon	Write	276	0.7%
install_k8s_addon	Write	275	0.7%
resize_server	Write	275	0.7%
update_bucket	Write	272	0.7%
transfer_project_resource	Financial	242	0.6%
update_database_cluster	Write	235	0.6%
edit_k8s_cluster	Write	230	0.6%
batch_create_mailboxes_v1	Write	228	0.6%
create_api_key	Write	226	0.6%
get_ai_agent_statistic	Read	225	0.6%
update_container_registry	Write	223	0.6%
increase_k8s_node_group_nodes	Read	222	0.6%
update_domain_name_servers	Write	217	0.5%
mount_network_drive	Read	214	0.5%
create_network_drive	Write	210	0.5%
create_ssh_key	Write	206	0.5%
delete_database_cluster	Destructive	205	0.5%
create_server_disk_backup	Write	200	0.5%
update_database_instance	Write	198	0.5%
create_firewall_group	Write	194	0.5%
delete_bucket	Destructive	193	0.5%
bind_floating_ip	Read	193	0.5%
create_mailbox_v1	Write	193	0.5%
create_vpc	Write	191	0.5%
update_ssh_key	Write	191	0.5%
list_image_downloads	Read	188	0.5%
set_server_nat_mode	Write	188	0.5%
list_server_disk_backups	Read	183	0.5%
add_bucket_subdomains	Write	183	0.5%
list_dedicated_server_presets	Read	179	0.4%
get_server_logs	Read	178	0.4%
set_server_boot_mode	Write	177	0.4%
update_server	Write	177	0.4%
delete_server_disk_backup	Destructive	175	0.4%
create_database_instance	Write	175	0.4%
delete_server	Destructive	174	0.4%
list_images	Read	172	0.4%
update_network_drive	Write	172	0.4%
list_k8s_node_group_nodes	Read	171	0.4%
reduce_k8s_node_group_nodes	Read	170	0.4%
add_balancer_ips	Write	168	0.4%
update_dedicated_server	Write	168	0.4%
delete_k8s_cluster	Destructive	167	0.4%
update_domain	Write	166	0.4%
add_ssh_keys_to_server	Write	165	0.4%
get_dedicated_server	Read	164	0.4%
link_firewall_resource	Read	164	0.4%
add_server_ip	Write	163	0.4%
update_bucket_user	Write	162	0.4%
delete_balancer	Destructive	160	0.4%
unlink_firewall_resource	Read	160	0.4%
update_server_ip	Write	159	0.4%
delete_bucket_subdomains	Destructive	158	0.4%
update_project	Write	158	0.4%
remove_ssh_key_from_server	Destructive	156	0.4%
add_subdomain	Write	156	0.4%
create_project	Write	156	0.4%
list_firewall_groups_by_resource	Read	155	0.4%
update_image	Write	155	0.4%
edit_api_key	Write	154	0.4%
get_database_instance	Read	151	0.4%
create_floating_ip	Write	150	0.4%
update_floating_ip	Write	150	0.4%
delete_database_admin	Destructive	149	0.4%
get_mailbox	Read	149	0.4%
refresh_api_key	Read	149	0.4%
get_database_admin	Read	148	0.4%
list_k8s_clusters	Read	148	0.4%
remove_balancer_ips	Destructive	146	0.4%
get_mailbox_v1	Read	145	0.4%
list_balancers	Read	145	0.4%
update_firewall_group	Write	145	0.4%
update_k8s_cluster_version	Write	145	0.4%
get_server	Read	144	0.4%
update_mail_domain_info	Write	139	0.3%
list_dedicated_server_additional_services	Read	138	0.3%
get_image_download	Read	137	0.3%
add_bucket_subdomain_certificate	Write	137	0.3%
list_database_clusters	Read	136	0.3%
delete_subdomain	Destructive	135	0.3%
delete_server_ip	Destructive	134	0.3%
list_container_registry_repositories	Read	134	0.3%
add_balancer_to_project	Write	134	0.3%
delete_image_download	Destructive	133	0.3%
add_server_to_project	Write	130	0.3%
list_bucket_subdomains	Read	129	0.3%
delete_mailbox	Destructive	128	0.3%
delete_dns_record	Destructive	127	0.3%
delete_image	Destructive	127	0.3%
uninstall_k8s_addon	Destructive	127	0.3%
delete_k8s_node_group	Destructive	126	0.3%
get_bucket_transfer_status	Read	126	0.3%
get_firewall_rule	Read	126	0.3%
add_bucket_to_project	Write	126	0.3%
add_domain	Write	126	0.3%
delete_k8s_cluster_node	Destructive	125	0.3%
shutdown_server	Read	125	0.3%
update_vpc	Write	125	0.3%
delete_balancer_rule	Destructive	124	0.3%
add_dedicated_to_project	Write	124	0.3%
delete_ssh_key	Destructive	123	0.3%
get_k8s_node_group	Read	123	0.3%
add_cluster_to_project	Write	121	0.3%
delete_network_drive	Destructive	120	0.3%
get_bucket	Read	120	0.3%
add_database_to_project	Write	120	0.3%
delete_dedicated_server	Destructive	119	0.3%
hard_shutdown_server	Destructive	119	0.3%
clone_server	Execute	119	0.3%
delete_firewall_rule	Destructive	118	0.3%
get_network_drive	Read	118	0.3%
list_server_disks	Read	118	0.3%
reboot_server	Read	118	0.3%
get_container_registry	Read	117	0.3%
hard_reboot_server	Destructive	116	0.3%
list_server_presets	Read	116	0.3%
get_balancer	Read	114	0.3%
delete_container_registry	Destructive	113	0.3%
list_database_instances	Read	113	0.3%
get_database_cluster	Read	112	0.3%
list_dns_records	Read	112	0.3%
get_domain	Read	111	0.3%
get_ssh_key	Read	111	0.3%
list_database_admins	Read	111	0.3%
unmount_network_drive	Read	111	0.3%
get_ai_agent	Read	110	0.3%
list_firewall_rules	Read	110	0.3%
start_server	Execute	109	0.3%
list_k8s_cluster_nodes	Read	109	0.3%
get_tld	Read	108	0.3%
list_mailboxes_by_domain	Read	108	0.3%
delete_project	Destructive	107	0.3%
get_k8s_cluster_resources	Read	107	0.3%
list_k8s_addon_configs	Read	107	0.3%
delete_firewall_group	Destructive	106	0.3%
list_project_resources	Read	106	0.3%
delete_domain	Destructive	105	0.3%
get_k8s_cluster	Read	105	0.3%
get_domain_name_servers	Read	104	0.3%
get_image	Read	104	0.3%
get_k8s_kubeconfig	Read	104	0.3%
list_balancer_ips	Read	104	0.3%
list_k8s_addons	Read	104	0.3%
list_k8s_node_groups	Read	104	0.3%
get_firewall_group	Read	103	0.3%
list_dedicated_servers	Read	103	0.3%
list_default_dns_records	Read	103	0.3%
get_mail_domain_info	Read	102	0.3%
list_network_drives	Read	102	0.3%
reset_server_password	Destructive	101	0.3%
list_balancer_rules	Read	100	0.2%
list_server_ips	Read	100	0.2%
check_domain	Read	99	0.2%
list_vpc_services	Read	97	0.2%
delete_ai_agent	Destructive	96	0.2%
get_account_finances	Read	96	0.2%
list_buckets	Read	96	0.2%
list_firewall_group_resources	Read	96	0.2%
get_floating_ip	Read	95	0.2%
list_vpc_ports	Read	95	0.2%
unmount_server_image	Read	94	0.2%
get_vpc	Read	93	0.2%
list_servers	Read	91	0.2%
get_account_services_cost	Read	90	0.2%
list_mailboxes_v1	Read	90	0.2%
unbind_floating_ip	Read	90	0.2%
get_domain_request	Read	89	0.2%
delete_vpc	Destructive	88	0.2%
list_server_configurators	Read	87	0.2%
delete_floating_ip	Destructive	86	0.2%
list_container_registries	Read	86	0.2%
get_bucket_presets	Read	85	0.2%
list_project_buckets	Read	85	0.2%
list_project_clusters	Read	85	0.2%
list_project_dedicated	Read	85	0.2%
list_ssh_keys	Read	85	0.2%
get_vcs_provider_repositories	Read	84	0.2%
list_k8s_presets	Read	84	0.2%
delete_api_key	Destructive	83	0.2%
get_vcs_provider_by_repository_url	Read	83	0.2%
list_container_registry_presets	Read	83	0.2%
list_project_servers	Read	83	0.2%
get_project	Read	82	0.2%
list_network_drive_presets	Read	82	0.2%
list_project_balancers	Read	82	0.2%
list_project_databases	Read	82	0.2%
list_server_os	Read	82	0.2%
list_bucket_users	Read	81	0.2%
list_firewall_groups	Read	81	0.2%
list_domains	Read	80	0.2%
list_ai_agents	Read	77	0.2%
list_locations	Read	77	0.2%
list_mailboxes	Read	77	0.2%
list_server_software	Read	77	0.2%
list_projects	Read	75	0.2%
list_domain_requests	Read	74	0.2%
get_account_status	Read	73	0.2%
list_network_drive_available_resources	Read	72	0.2%
list_k8s_network_drivers	Read	71	0.2%
list_all_project_balancers	Read	70	0.2%
list_all_project_servers	Read	69	0.2%
list_k8s_versions	Read	69	0.2%
list_balancer_presets	Read	66	0.2%
list_floating_ips	Read	64	0.2%
list_tlds	Read	63	0.2%
list_api_keys	Read	62	0.2%
list_all_project_buckets	Read	61	0.2%
list_all_project_databases	Read	58	0.1%
get_deploy_settings	Read	57	0.1%
list_all_project_dedicated	Read	57	0.1%
list_all_project_clusters	Read	55	0.1%
get_database_presets	Read	52	0.1%
get_vpcs	Read	52	0.1%
get_vcs_providers	Read	51	0.1%
get_allowed_presets	Read	48	0.1%

// CUT THE COST

Your agent uses a handful of these tools. It pays for all 245.

You don't need all 245 of those definitions in the window. PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway that sits in front of Timeweb: only the tools you grant are exposed to the agent, the rest never load. A smaller window means a sharper agent — less noise when it picks a tool — and every request costs less:

Grant scope	Definition cost	Reduction
All 245 tools (no gateway)	40,352 tokens	—
3 granted tools	~494 tokens	−99%
5 granted tools	~824 tokens	−98%
10 granted tools	~1,647 tokens	−96%

The risk dividend: 37 of these 245 tools are critical-risk (destructive or financial) and cost 5,174 tokens (13% of the definition load). Block them — the recommended starter policy — and you reclaim that context before tuning anything else.

Create a free account and register Timeweb — nothing to install.
Grant only the tools you use — ungranted definitions never enter the context window.
Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.

CUT TIMEWEB TOKEN COST →

Instant setup, no code required.

Model your own stack in the token-cost calculator, or see the Timeweb policy for what a sensible grant looks like.

//FAQ

Timeweb token-cost questions.

How many tokens does the Timeweb MCP server use?+

Its 245 tool definitions total 40,352 tokens — 20% of a 200k context window — measured with tiktoken o200k_base over the serialised tools/list payload. Exact counts vary slightly by client and model.

Why does Timeweb consume tokens before I send a message?+

MCP clients load every connected server's tool definitions — name, description, and input schema — into the model's context so it knows what it can call. That payload is charged against your context window on every request, whether or not a tool is used.

How do I reduce Timeweb's token usage?+

Expose fewer tools. A PolicyLayer grant scopes Timeweb to only the tools you allow — ungranted definitions are filtered out of the tool list, so they never enter the context window. A grant of 3 typical tools costs roughly 494 tokens, a 99% reduction.

Does deferred tool loading fix this?+

Partially, in some clients. Claude Code defers MCP tool schemas behind a tool-search step by default, and VS Code has experimental grouping — but you still pay tokens per search and reload, and Cursor, Windsurf and Gemini CLI load definitions upfront. Reducing the exposed tool set cuts the cost in every client.

// METHOD & REVIEW

How these numbers were measured.

01

Serialisation

Each tool is serialised as a tools/list entry — name, description, input schema — from the schemas in the PolicyLayer scan database. Clients differ slightly in framing, so treat counts as close estimates.

02

Tokeniser

tiktoken o200k_base (GPT-4o/o-series). Anthropic's current tokeniser isn't published, so Claude's exact counts will differ; for English text and JSON schemas the totals are close enough to treat these as estimates.

03

Deferred loading

Some clients now defer schema loading (Claude Code's tool search; VS Code experimental grouping). You still pay per search and reload — and Cursor, Windsurf and Gemini CLI load everything upfront.

Computed 23-07-2026 from the PolicyLayer scan database over all 245 catalogued Timeweb tools. Counts refresh with every site build.