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OpenRouter

io.github.tsilva/mcp-openrouter·v1.1.8·Other
Quality Score
90
/100

MCP server providing access to 300+ AI models via OpenRouter

§01  Install
Claude Desktop (uvx)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-openrouter": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-openrouter"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<your-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>"
      }
    }
  }
}
§02  Environment variables
OPENROUTER_API_KEY
requiredsecret

OpenRouter API key used to authenticate tool requests.

DEFAULT_TEXT_MODEL

Default model slug for chat tool calls when no model is provided.

DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODEL

Default model slug for image generation tool calls.

DEFAULT_CODE_MODEL

Default model slug for code-oriented tasks.

DEFAULT_VISION_MODEL

Default model slug for vision-capable tool calls.

DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL

Default model slug for embedding tool calls when no model is provided.

§03  MCP Quality Score  ·  methodology
freshness
25
completeness
15
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
10
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