MCP Bench Router runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 49 installs a week from npm. Last commit 8 Feb 2026.
Routes design tasks to designarena.ai's top-ranked model via OpenRouter across 14 categories.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mcp-bench-router -- npx -y mcp-bench-router{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-bench-router": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-bench-router"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-bench-router]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-bench-router"]{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-bench-router": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-bench-router"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-bench-router": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-bench-router"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
OPENROUTER_API_KEY (OpenRouter API key for query_design_model and query_specific_model tools. Get one at https://openrouter.ai/keys).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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