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Token Savior

Token Savior is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Structural codebase MCP server with persistent memory: navigate by symbol, recall across sessions. It has 1,192 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx token-savior-recall.

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Install Token Savior

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "token-savior": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "token-savior-recall"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WORKSPACE_ROOTS": "your-value",
        "TOKEN_SAVIOR_CLIENT": "your-value",
        "TOKEN_SAVIOR_PROFILE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env WORKSPACE_ROOTS=your-value --env TOKEN_SAVIOR_CLIENT=your-value --env TOKEN_SAVIOR_PROFILE=your-value --transport stdio token-savior -- uvx token-savior-recall

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "token-savior": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "token-savior-recall"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WORKSPACE_ROOTS": "your-value",
        "TOKEN_SAVIOR_CLIENT": "your-value",
        "TOKEN_SAVIOR_PROFILE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "token_savior_client",
      "description": "TOKEN_SAVIOR_CLIENT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "token_savior_profile",
      "description": "TOKEN_SAVIOR_PROFILE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "token-savior": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "token-savior-recall"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WORKSPACE_ROOTS": "your-value",
        "TOKEN_SAVIOR_CLIENT": "${input:token_savior_client}",
        "TOKEN_SAVIOR_PROFILE": "${input:token_savior_profile}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
WORKSPACE_ROOTSYesComma-separated list of absolute paths to project roots to index.
TOKEN_SAVIOR_CLIENTsecretNoOptional client identifier (e.g. 'claude-code', 'cursor', 'hermes') for usage attribution.
TOKEN_SAVIOR_PROFILEsecretNoManifest size. 'optimized' (recommended) advertises the Pareto-optimal 15-tool set; 'auto' sizes it from your own usage; 'full' advertises every tool…

About Token Savior

One MCP server. One profile. 97.9% on tsbench at -80% tokens. Structural code navigation, persistent memory, and Bash command rewriting for AI coding agents.

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How do I install the Token Savior MCP server?

Add the command uvx token-savior-recall to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Token Savior free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (TOKEN_SAVIOR_CLIENT and TOKEN_SAVIOR_PROFILE) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Token Savior actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 15, 2026. The latest release is v4.24.0, published Oct 15, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.