OrcaRouter

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add orcarouter-mcp -e ORCAROUTER_API_KEY=... -e ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL=... -e ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=... -- npx -y @orcarouter/mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orcarouter-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@orcarouter/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ORCAROUTER_API_KEY": "...",
        "ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL": "...",
        "ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

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Questions

OrcaRouter is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package @orcarouter/mcp.

Run: claude mcp add orcarouter-mcp -e ORCAROUTER_API_KEY=... -e ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL=... -e ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=... -- npx -y @orcarouter/mcp

Run: codex mcp add orcarouter-mcp --env ORCAROUTER_API_KEY=... --env ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL=... --env ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=... -- npx -y @orcarouter/mcp

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