openrouter-multimodal MCP Server

What this does

openrouter-multimodal exposes a set of tools to Claude over the Model Context Protocol. After you add it to claude_desktop_config.json (snippet above) and restart Claude Desktop, those tools become callable inside any conversation.

Requirements

This server needs the following environment variables to be set before it can run:

OPENROUTER_API_KEY
OPENROUTER_DEFAULT_MODEL
OPENROUTER_OUTPUT_DIR
OPENROUTER_MAX_TOKENS
OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_SORT
OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_IGNORE
OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_ORDER
OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_QUANTIZATIONS
OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_REQUIRE_PARAMETERS
OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_DATA_COLLECTION
OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_ALLOW_FALLBACKS
OPENROUTER_CACHE_RESPONSES
OPENROUTER_INCLUDE_REASONING

Set these via the env object in your MCP config (see claude_desktop_config.json snippet above).

How do I install openrouter-multimodal?

Run the Claude Code command in the install section to add openrouter-multimodal to Claude Code, or copy the ready-made config for your client from the install section on this page. Restart your client afterwards and the tools appear in your next conversation.

Which clients work with openrouter-multimodal?

This page carries setup and config for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code. Any other MCP client that accepts a standard server config can connect to openrouter-multimodal as well.

Does openrouter-multimodal need an API key?

Yes. Before it can run, set these environment variables: OPENROUTER_API_KEY, OPENROUTER_DEFAULT_MODEL, OPENROUTER_OUTPUT_DIR, OPENROUTER_MAX_TOKENS, OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_SORT, OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_IGNORE, OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_ORDER, OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_QUANTIZATIONS, OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_REQUIRE_PARAMETERS, OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_DATA_COLLECTION, OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_ALLOW_FALLBACKS, OPENROUTER_CACHE_RESPONSES, OPENROUTER_INCLUDE_REASONING. They go in the env block of your MCP config.