# token-scout

> token-scout — jackccrawford-token-scout. Use this tool when you need to find and utilize free and low-cost inference for LLM models, such as OpenClaw and Hermes, and directly access their APIs without added latency. The token-scout tool provides a CLI and MCP server interface to discover available free-tier LLM APIs, manage your existing API keys, and retrieve suitable endpoints for direct model calls. It solves the problem of efficiently identifying and accessing affordable LLM models for various tasks, returning relevant endpoints as output.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/jackccrawford-token-scout  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jackccrawford-token-scout

## Description

For OpenClaw, Hermes and more. Find free and low-cost inference (LLM models). Use them directly. Provides both a CLI and MCP server that knows which free-tier LLM APIs exist, which ones you have keys for, and which one fits your task. Returns endpoints so can you call models directly. No proxy, no middleware, no latency tax.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.93
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-09-20

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/jackccrawford/token-scout)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "jackccrawford-token-scout"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jackccrawford-token-scout` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jackccrawford-token-scout/pull`

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