OrcaRouter MCP
An MCP server for the OrcaRouter LLM gateway that allows agents to browse a catalog of 200+ AI models, view pricing and capabilities, and execute chat completions with auto-routing and fallback chains. It supports clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf, enabling cost and quality optimization across providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
Package and access
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What you can do with it
- Browse the model catalog and compare pricing without an API key
- Run chat completions through specific models or the auto-router
- Configure fallback chains for request resilience
- Inspect detailed model cards including latency and context windows
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
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@orcarouter/mcp 1.1.5
{
"version": "1.1.5",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@orcarouter/mcp",
"registryType": "npm",
"registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "ORCAROUTER_API_KEY",
"format": "string",
"description": "OrcaRouter API key. Required only for orcarouter_chat. Catalog tools (orcarouter_models_list, orcarouter_model_card, orcarouter_providers_list) work without it."
},
{
"name": "ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL",
"format": "string",
"description": "Override the gateway base URL. Defaults to https://api.orcarouter.ai."
},
{
"name": "ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT",
"format": "string",
"description": "Per-request timeout in seconds. Defaults to 300 (5 minutes) to accommodate long reasoning-model completions."
}
]
}Tools
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Connect from your client
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Cursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"orcarouter-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@orcarouter/mcp@1.1.5"
],
"env": {
"ORCAROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_API_KEY>",
"ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL>",
"ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"orcarouter-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@orcarouter/mcp@1.1.5"
],
"env": {
"ORCAROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_API_KEY>",
"ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL>",
"ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"orcarouter-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@orcarouter/mcp@1.1.5"
],
"env": {
"ORCAROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_API_KEY>",
"ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL>",
"ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"orcarouter-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@orcarouter/mcp@1.1.5"
],
"env": {
"ORCAROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_API_KEY>",
"ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL>",
"ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT>"
}
}
}
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