Skip to content
BenchLeader logo

BenchLeader MCP server

Which MCP servers are BenchLeader's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-31

← Back to BenchLeader

Whose server it is
  • Registry namecom.benchleader/benchleaderverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under benchleader.com. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-31
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-31
  • Tools7
  • Server calls itselfbenchleader
  • Server version1.0.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-31 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 135 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Whether its tools do the product's job has not been judged yet.
  • Checked on 2 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • For "Compare AI model benchmark standings side by side", the likely first call is compare_models.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 2, the first on 2026-10-31
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 2 so far
  • Answeredmeasuring2 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer120 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 1,348 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (7), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 100 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 7 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Every tool passes all six checks.

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · Compare AI model benchmark standings side by side
  • not sure · Find the cheapest model at a given quality level
  • not sure · Pick the fastest model for latency-sensitive work

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers7 tools · read 2026-10-31
  • get_leaderboard

    The BenchLeader Index leaderboard of large language models: a daily composite of independent public benchmarks, one row per model (its best reasoning-effort configuration) as on the homepage. Optionally rank by one category score (coding…

  • search_models

    Find models by name, alias, id or developer ("opus", "gemini 4", "deepseek"). Returns each match's id, rank, Index and reasoning-effort configurations, for use with get_model and compare_models.

  • get_model

    One model's BenchLeader profile: Index and rank, category scores, list price, speed, latency, context window, its other reasoning-effort configurations, and its strongest independent benchmark results (each with its board rank, publisher…

  • compare_models

    Head-to-head comparison of two models with BenchLeader's verdict: who leads on quality (a lead is claimed only outside the combined margin of error), price and speed ratios, category-by-category wins, when to choose each, and shared…

  • list_benchmarks

    The benchmarks BenchLeader reads: what each measures, publisher, category, whether it feeds the Index (and its weight), how many models it covers, status and caveats. Filter by category or a search query. Paged.

  • get_benchmark

    One benchmark: what it measures, unit, publisher and source, whether and how much it counts in the BenchLeader Index, status and caveats, and its top models (one row per model, best result first).

  • about_benchleader

    What BenchLeader is, how the BenchLeader Index is computed, the current method version, data date and update cadence, coverage counts, licence and how to cite it.

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "benchleader": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.benchleader.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http benchleader https://www.benchleader.com/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://www.benchleader.com/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.