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ChinaAPI

by chinaapi.ai · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by ai.chinaapi

Read-only ChinaAPI model catalogue, price snapshot, cost estimates and request recipes.

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4 tools: 1 change things and 3 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http chinaapi https://api.chinaapi.ai/mcp

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

4 tools

Changes things 1Claude Code: ask
  • chinaapi_estimate_costEstimate the USD cost of a workload on one model from its published per-meter prices: Standard, and Paid where it is lower.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    • The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Estimate the USD cost of a workload on one model from its published per-meter prices: Standard, and Paid where it is lower. Pass quantities in the model's own units — tokens for text models, characters for speech synthesis, audio seconds for transcription, requests, images or video seconds for per-call and per-second models; a quantity the model does not price is refused. Tiered models are estimated tier by tier. The result is an estimate, not a quote.

    Annotations the server declares

    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • title: Estimate a ChinaAPI cost
Only reads 3Claude Code: allow
  • chinaapi_get_modelGet one model by its exact ID: base URL and endpoints, the Standard and Paid price snapshot per meter with the time it was read and the price-book versions, context window and moda…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "chinaapi_get_model" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Get one model by its exact ID: base URL and endpoints, the Standard and Paid price snapshot per meter with the time it was read and the price-book versions, context window and modalities, capability contract, limits, and ChinaAPI links (model page, a start link to try it, the agents guide). The live price on the model page is authoritative.

    Annotations the server declares

    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • title: Get a ChinaAPI model
  • chinaapi_get_recipeGet a runnable request for one model — endpoint, headers, JSON body or multipart form, a curl command, and for video the polling step — exactly as ChinaAPI's /agents page shows it.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "chinaapi_get_recipe" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Get a runnable request for one model — endpoint, headers, JSON body or multipart form, a curl command, and for video the polling step — exactly as ChinaAPI's /agents page shows it. Optionally include the configuration that points a coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, …) at ChinaAPI. The request uses $CHINAAPI_KEY; never put a real key into it.

    Annotations the server declares

    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • title: Get a ChinaAPI request recipe
  • chinaapi_list_modelsList the models ChinaAPI serves, optionally filtered by capability, task, maker or a model-ID substring.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "chinaapi_list_models" says "list": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    List the models ChinaAPI serves, optionally filtered by capability, task, maker or a model-ID substring. Each entry has the exact model ID, maker, capabilities and tasks, context window, headline Standard prices (and Paid prices where they are lower) and the model's ChinaAPI page. Sorted by maker, then model ID; page with cursor. Use chinaapi_get_model for one model's endpoints, full prices and limits.

    Annotations the server declares

    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • title: List ChinaAPI models

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 1.0.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http chinaapi https://api.chinaapi.ai/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__chinaapi__chinaapi_get_model",
      "mcp__chinaapi__chinaapi_get_recipe",
      "mcp__chinaapi__chinaapi_list_models"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__chinaapi__chinaapi_estimate_cost"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as chinaapi. Review it before you use it.