OpenChainBench MCP Server

Live, neutral benchmarks for public RPC latency, oracles, bridges, perp DEX, and prediction markets.

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What is the OpenChainBench MCP server?

OpenChainBench MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Live, neutral benchmarks for public RPC latency, oracles, bridges, perp DEX, and prediction markets.

What you get

OpenChainBench publishes one benchmark at a time, each shipping with the harness that produces its data. The goal is to make performance an observable property of crypto infra, measured in the open, by anyone who wants to add a provider or a metric.

What the assistant can call

Once OpenChainBench is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

Setting it up

pnpm on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Choosing this one

Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. OpenChainBench's toolset — Discussions, Wikidata, Endpoint and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Flotapponnier; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the openchainbench mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Discussions[github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench/discussions](https://github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench/discussions)
Wikidata[Q140172649](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140172649)
EndpointAudience
RouteWhat lives there

How to install the OpenChainBench MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openchainbench": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pnpm"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Example prompts to try

  • Use OpenChainBench to Discussions.
  • Use OpenChainBench to Wikidata.
  • Use OpenChainBench to Endpoint.

Frequently asked questions

It connects OpenChainBench to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 4 tools (Discussions, Wikidata, Endpoint, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with OpenChainBench directly.