FLOPS Index
GPU rental reference prices (spot, on-demand, DePIN), key-free; every value carries a verify URL.
What can you do with FLOPS Index?
- Five key-free tools —
list_indices,search_indices,get_price,get_index,verify. No API key, no signup, no configuration. - Every value carries a verify URL — check any published number against the index from your own code.
verifyreturns whether a cited value matches. - Spot, on-demand and DePIN reference prices per chip and market type.
- Three vendors — NVIDIA data-center and workstation GPUs, AMD MI300X, and Intel Gaudi 2. Enumerate the live set via
/v2/catalog/public. - Source-opaque by contract — the value plus citation and verify links, never the inputs behind it.
- Delayed onto a ~6h grid (00/06/12/18 UTC), 2dp values, banded 24h change, label confidence. Indicative reference — not for settlement.
- Zero install or local — hosted MCP gateway at
https://app.flopsindex.com/mcp, oruvx flopsindex-mcp. - SDKs included — Python (
flopsindex), TypeScript (@flopsindex/sdk), and LangChain / LlamaIndex (langchain-flopsindex).
Install
Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).
claude mcp add --transport http flops-index 'https://app.flopsindex.com/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"flops-index": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://app.flopsindex.com/mcp"
}
}
}
flopsindex-mcpclaude mcp add flops-index -e 'FLOPS_API_KEY=<your flops_api_key>' -- uvx flopsindex-mcp==0.12.5
{
"mcpServers": {
"flops-index": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"flopsindex-mcp==0.12.5"
],
"env": {
"FLOPS_API_KEY": "<your flops_api_key>"
}
}
}
}
Environment variables
FLOPS_API_KEYsecret Optional. Without it the five tools work key-free and return the delayed public value. A customer key is forwarded as the X-FLOPS-Api-Key header. Contact: team@flopsindex.com.
Documentation
From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.
Contents
flopsindex
Reference rates for compute economics — public price indices for GPU rentals (spot, on-demand, DePIN). Every published value carries a verify URL your code can check against the public index.
Try it in one line
# MCP server (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, ChatGPT desktop, ...)
pip install flopsindex-mcp && claude mcp add flopsindex -- flopsindex-mcp
# Python REST SDK
pip install flopsindex
# TypeScript / JavaScript SDK
npm i @flopsindex/sdk
# Or skip install — hit the hosted MCP gateway
# https://app.flopsindex.com/mcp (anonymous, zero-config)
Or to your agent: "Get me the current FLOPS price for an H100 on-demand and show me the verify URL."
What's distinctive
Source-opaque by contract. Every public payload returns a value plus citation and verify URLs — nothing about how the value was produced.
One surface, two access modes.
- Anonymous → delayed public price for the published FLOPS index family (
FLOPS-{model}-{OD|SPOT|DEPIN}), delayed onto a ~6h grid (as_of snaps to 00/06/12/18 UTC). Indicative reference — not for settlement. The citation surface, designed for LLM/agent discovery and academic reference. The family spans many accelerator models (NVIDIA data-center and workstation GPUs plus AMD Instinct), not just H100 — enumerate the live set via/v2/catalog/public; it grows as coverage crosses the ≥3-source floor. - Keyed (
X-FLOPS-Api-Key) → the same five tools at full precision.
A partner tier with higher fidelity and expanded coverage is available — contact team@flopsindex.com.
Features
- Five key-free tools —
list_indices,search_indices,get_price,get_index,verify. No API key, no signup, no configuration. - Every value carries a verify URL — check any published number against the index from your own code.
verifyreturns whether a cited value matches. - Spot, on-demand and DePIN reference prices per chip and market type.
- Three vendors — NVIDIA data-center and workstation GPUs, AMD MI300X, and Intel Gaudi 2. Enumerate the live set via
/v2/catalog/public. - Source-opaque by contract — the value plus citation and verify links, never the inputs behind it.
- Delayed onto a ~6h grid (00/06/12/18 UTC), 2dp values, banded 24h change, label confidence. Indicative reference — not for settlement.
- Zero install or local — hosted MCP gateway at
https://app.flopsindex.com/mcp, oruvx flopsindex-mcp. - SDKs included — Python (
flopsindex), TypeScript (@flopsindex/sdk), and LangChain / LlamaIndex (langchain-flopsindex).
What's in this repo
| Path | What |
|---|---|
mcp/ | The flopsindex-mcp server — stdio MCP, 5 public tools (list_indices · search_indices · get_price · get_index · verify) + a flops://index/<INDEX_ID> resource. Published on PyPI. |
sdk/python/ | The flopsindex Python REST SDK — published on PyPI. |
sdk/typescript/ | The @flopsindex/sdk TypeScript / JavaScript REST SDK — published on npm. |
schema/ | compute-index-spec.v0.1 — the public payload schema (JSON Schema) + a worked example. |
openapi.json | OpenAPI 3 description of the public surface. |
llms-full.txt | Extended public-surface reference for LLM/agent discovery — source-opaque, 6 endpoints, 14-field envelope. Mirror of the hosted /llms-full.txt. |
Verify a value yourself
curl -s https://app.flopsindex.com/v1/price/FLOPS-H100-OD | jq
# value: 2.95 (USD/GPU-hr, 2dp)
# unit: USD/GPU-hr
# as_of: 2026-07-13T12:00:00Z (delayed to a ~6h grid: 00/06/12/18 UTC)
# data_tier: LIVE
# confidence: HIGH (HIGH | MED, label only)
# change_24h: FLAT (banded: UP | FLAT | DOWN)
# disclaimer: indicative reference; not for settlement
# methodology_url: /i/FLOPS-H100-OD/methodology
# verify_url: /v1/verify?...
# citation_url: /cite?...
# permalink: /i/FLOPS-H100-OD
# ... source-opaque public payload only.
The same value is reachable via the SDK and via the MCP get_index tool — every path returns the same source-opaque payload.
Public surface
| Endpoint | What |
|---|---|
/mcp | Hosted MCP gateway — same 5 public tools, no install |
/v2/catalog/public | Public catalog — every live index id (spot, on-demand and DePIN) |
/.well-known/agent.json | Agent2Agent (A2A) discovery card |
/llms.txt | LLM-discovery manifest |
/llms-full.txt | Deeper agent-context blob |
/cite | Citation guide for AI answer engines |
/i/<INDEX_ID> | Permalink page with schema.org JSON-LD |
/i/<INDEX_ID>/methodology | Public methodology page (linked from methodology_url) |
/v1/verify | Verify a published value against the index |
License
Apache License 2.0 — see LICENSE and NOTICE.
Apache 2.0 governs the source code in this repository (SDKs, MCP server, schema, examples). The underlying price data, the FLOPS trademark, and the hosted index methodology are the proprietary work of FLOPS Index; use of the published APIs is governed by the terms at flopsindex.com.
Contributing
- Bug reports + small fixes welcome via Issues / PRs.
- Contributions are welcome. Use only the public index identifiers from
/v2/catalog/public. - For partner-tier access, contact team@flopsindex.com.
Status
| Package | Channel |
|---|---|
flopsindex-mcp | pypi.org/project/flopsindex-mcp/ |
flopsindex (REST SDK) | pypi.org/project/flopsindex/ |
@flopsindex/sdk | npmjs.com/package/@flopsindex/sdk |
Public surface, gateway, and catalog: app.flopsindex.com.
Frequently asked questions
What is FLOPS Index?
GPU rental reference prices (spot, on-demand, DePIN), key-free; every value carries a verify URL.
How do I install FLOPS Index?
It runs as a remote server. In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http flops-index 'https://app.flopsindex.com/mcp'. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.
Does FLOPS Index need an API key?
Yes. It expects FLOPS_API_KEY, which you set in its configuration.
Is FLOPS Index open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license.
Who maintains FLOPS Index?
It is published by zeroatflops. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.
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