Meet Token Saver: An Open-Source MCP Extension Using Local Hybrid RAG to Cut Claude PDF Token Costs 90-99%
MarkTechPost Arnav Rai, Jean-marc Mommessin and Asif Razzaq
Marktechpost AI released Token Saver, an open-source MCP extension for Claude Desktop that uses local hybrid RAG to retrieve only relevant passages from PDFs instead of sending entire documents to the model. The tool achieves 92-99% token cost reduction across tested documents (FDA drug label, GDPR, and SFFA v. Harvard case), with a simple .mcpb bundle installation that requires no Python setup. Users can now analyze large documents locally with guaranteed privacy while reducing repetitive token charges from conversation history re-transmission.
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Marktechpost AI has released Token Saver, an open-source MCP extension for Claude Desktop that uses local Hybrid RAG to slash PDF token consumption by up to 99% while ensuring absolute document privacy. The post Meet Token Saver: An Open-Source MCP Extension Using Local Hybrid RAG to Cut Claude PDF Token Costs 90-99% appeared first on MarkTechPost.
