OpenRouter MCP Server

MCP server providing access to 300+ AI models via OpenRouter

Local serverstdio

What is the OpenRouter MCP Server?

OpenRouter is an MCP integration. MCP server providing access to 300+ AI models via OpenRouter.

Packages and local setup

The published pypi package is mcp-openrouter, version 1.1.8. Its declared MCP transport is stdio.

The package declares OPENROUTER_API_KEY (required): 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..

Before connecting

Check the maintainer’s instructions for account access, authentication and the supported client configuration. Once connected, inspect the tools your client receives and try a small task that matches the server’s stated purpose. The registry description does not include a verified, complete tool list.

Project and source

View the publisher’s registry entry · Project repository. This profile uses version 1.1.8 from the registry. Registration identifies the publisher namespace; it does not establish that this is a first-party integration for every service it connects.

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Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
OPENROUTER_API_KEYOpenRouter API key used to authenticate tool requests.Yes
DEFAULT_TEXT_MODELDefault model slug for chat tool calls when no model is provided.Optional
DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODELDefault model slug for image generation tool calls.Optional
DEFAULT_CODE_MODELDefault model slug for code-oriented tasks.Optional
DEFAULT_VISION_MODELDefault model slug for vision-capable tool calls.Optional
DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODELDefault model slug for embedding tool calls when no model is provided.Optional