OpenRouter MCP Multimodal Server

The only MCP server that does text + image + audio + video analysis AND generation in one package.
Connect Claude Desktop, Cursor, Kiro, VS Code, Windsurf, or Cline to 300+ LLMs via OpenRouter.

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Install

npx -y @stabgan/openrouter-mcp-multimodal  # that's it — needs OPENROUTER_API_KEY env var

Get a free API key → openrouter.ai/keys

One-Click Install

Kiro
Cursor
VS Code
VS Code Insiders
Claude Desktop	Manual config — Add to claude_desktop_config.json
Windsurf	Manual config — Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
Cline	Manual config — Add via Cline MCP settings
Smithery	npx -y @smithery/cli install @stabgan/openrouter-mcp-multimodal --client claude

After clicking, the target client opens a confirmation prompt. Paste your OPENROUTER_API_KEY — the deeplink ships a placeholder so no secrets end up in shared links.

Manual Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openrouter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@stabgan/openrouter-mcp-multimodal"],
      "env": {
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "sk-or-v1-..."
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openrouter": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", "--rm", "-i",
        "-e", "OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-v1-...",
        "stabgan/openrouter-mcp-multimodal:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

npm install -g @stabgan/openrouter-mcp-multimodal

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openrouter": {
      "command": "openrouter-multimodal",
      "env": { "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "sk-or-v1-..." }
    }
  }
}

Why This One?

Tools

All errors carry _meta.code from a closed taxonomy: INVALID_INPUT · UNSAFE_PATH · UPSTREAM_HTTP · UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT · UPSTREAM_REFUSED · UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT · RESOURCE_TOO_LARGE · ZDR_INCOMPATIBLE · MODEL_NOT_FOUND · JOB_FAILED · JOB_STILL_RUNNING · INTERNAL

Usage Examples

Chat with provider routing:

{
  "tool": "chat_completion",
  "arguments": {
    "model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Summarize this document" }],
    "provider": { "sort": "price", "ignore": ["openai"], "data_collection": "deny" }
  }
}

Generate video from Claude Desktop:

{
  "tool": "generate_video",
  "arguments": {
    "model": "google/veo-3.1",
    "prompt": "a calm river at sunrise, cinematic drone shot",
    "duration": 4,
    "save_path": "./river.mp4"
  }
}

Analyze an image:

{
  "tool": "analyze_image",
  "arguments": {
    "image": "/path/to/photo.jpg",
    "prompt": "Describe what you see in detail"
  }
}

Chat with caching + reasoning (v4.5):

{
  "tool": "chat_completion",
  "arguments": {
    "model": "deepseek/deepseek-r1",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Prove sqrt(2) is irrational" }],
    "cache": true,
    "include_reasoning": true
  }
}

Web search:

{
  "tool": "chat_completion",
  "arguments": {
    "model": "openai/gpt-4o",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "What shipped in OpenRouter last week?" }],
    "online": true
  }
}

Rerank documents:

{
  "tool": "rerank_documents",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "best practices for MCP server auth",
    "documents": ["doc A text...", "doc B text...", "doc C text..."],
    "top_n": 3
  }
}

Configuration

Security

• SSRF protection — URL fetches block private/link-local/reserved IPv4 and IPv6 targets (loopback, mapped, compat, multicast, 6to4, Teredo, ORCHID).
• Path sandbox — save_path is resolved against OPENROUTER_OUTPUT_DIR; traversal attempts are rejected. Override: OPENROUTER_ALLOW_UNSAFE_PATHS=1.
• No credential leakage — API key is never echoed in logs, responses, or errors. Audit logging captures every paid-op invocation.

src/
├── index.ts                    # Entry, env validation, graceful shutdown
├── tool-handlers.ts            # 14 tools (annotated) + dispatch
├── model-cache.ts              # TTL + in-flight coalescing
├── openrouter-api.ts           # REST client (chat + /videos)
├── errors.ts                   # Closed ErrorCode enum
├── logger.ts                   # JSON-line structured logger
└── tool-handlers/
    ├── fetch-utils.ts          # SSRF, bounded fetch, data-URL parser
    ├── openrouter-errors.ts    # SDK/HTTP → ErrorCode classifier
    ├── completion-utils.ts     # Reasoning-model cutoff detection
    ├── path-safety.ts          # save_path sandbox
    ├── chat-completion.ts      # Text + multimodal chat
    ├── analyze-image.ts        # Vision analysis
    ├── analyze-audio.ts        # Audio transcription
    ├── analyze-video.ts        # Video understanding
    ├── generate-image.ts       # Image generation
    ├── generate-audio.ts       # Audio generation + streaming
    ├── generate-video.ts       # Video generation (async)
    ├── image-utils.ts          # Sharp optimization, MIME sniffing
    ├── audio-utils.ts          # Audio format detection
    ├── video-utils.ts          # Video format detection
    ├── search-models.ts        # Model search
    ├── get-model-info.ts       # Model detail lookup
    └── validate-model.ts       # Model existence check

Upgrading from v2

v3+ is additive — no tool schemas or env vars were removed.

• New tools: analyze_video, generate_video, generate_video_from_image, get_video_status, rerank_documents, health_check
• Structured _meta.code on every error response
• save_path sandboxed by default — set OPENROUTER_OUTPUT_DIR or OPENROUTER_ALLOW_UNSAFE_PATHS=1

Development

git clone https://github.com/stabgan/openrouter-mcp-multimodal.git
cd openrouter-mcp-multimodal
npm install && cp .env.example .env  # Add your API key
npm run build && npm start

npm test                    # 288 unit tests, <1s
npm run test:integration    # Live API tests (16 scenarios)
npm run lint
node scripts/live-e2e.mjs  # 16 live E2E scenarios

Compatibility

Works with any MCP client: Kiro · Claude Desktop · Cursor · Windsurf · Cline · any MCP-compatible client.

License

Apache 2.0 — see LICENSE.

Contributing

Issues and PRs welcome. Please open an issue first for major changes.