# frugal-mcp

> The open routing layer for AI tools: an MCP server that routes agent tool calls (search, extract, browse) across providers per policy — cost, latency, pinning, deny lists — with failover and the routing decision on every result. BYOK.

Record `frugal-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/frugal-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/frugal-mcp
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/frugal-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: brainsparker
- homepage: https://frugal.sh
- repository: git+https://github.com/brainsparker/frugal.git
- version: 0.1.1
- license: BUSL-1.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, mcp-server, model-context-protocol, claude, cursor, llm, llm-routing, routing, failover, cost-optimization, agent-tools
- endpoints:
  - package_npm: npm:frugal-mcp

### Description (declared)

The open routing layer for AI tools: an MCP server that routes agent tool calls (search, extract, browse) across providers per policy — cost, latency, pinning, deny lists — with failover and the routing decision on every result. BYOK.

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- none derived yet

## Provenance
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/frugal-mcp (first seen 2026-09-05T15:21:15.714Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/frugal-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/frugal-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:frugal-mcp