MCP server providing access to 300+ AI models via OpenRouter
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claude mcp add mcp-openrouter -e OPENROUTER_API_KEY=<OPENROUTER_API_KEY> -e DEFAULT_TEXT_MODEL=<DEFAULT_TEXT_MODEL> -e DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODEL=<DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODEL> -e DEFAULT_CODE_MODEL=<DEFAULT_CODE_MODEL> -e DEFAULT_VISION_MODEL=<DEFAULT_VISION_MODEL> -e DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL=<DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL> -- uvx mcp-openrouter==1.1.8{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-openrouter": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-openrouter==1.1.8"
],
"env": {
"OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
"DEFAULT_TEXT_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_TEXT_MODEL>",
"DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODEL>",
"DEFAULT_CODE_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_CODE_MODEL>",
"DEFAULT_VISION_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_VISION_MODEL>",
"DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-openrouter": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-openrouter==1.1.8"
],
"env": {
"OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
"DEFAULT_TEXT_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_TEXT_MODEL>",
"DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODEL>",
"DEFAULT_CODE_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_CODE_MODEL>",
"DEFAULT_VISION_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_VISION_MODEL>",
"DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-openrouter": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-openrouter==1.1.8"
],
"env": {
"OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
"DEFAULT_TEXT_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_TEXT_MODEL>",
"DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODEL>",
"DEFAULT_CODE_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_CODE_MODEL>",
"DEFAULT_VISION_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_VISION_MODEL>",
"DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
OPENROUTER_API_KEYRequired, secret | OpenRouter API key used to authenticate tool requests. |
DEFAULT_TEXT_MODELOptional | Default model slug for chat tool calls when no model is provided. |
DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODELOptional | Default model slug for image generation tool calls. |
DEFAULT_CODE_MODELOptional | Default model slug for code-oriented tasks. |
DEFAULT_VISION_MODELOptional | Default model slug for vision-capable tool calls. |
DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODELOptional | Default model slug for embedding tool calls when no model is provided. |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (PYPI, stdio) |
| First published | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Last updated | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.tsilva/mcp-openrouter |
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