MCP Bench Router runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 69 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 -e 'OPENROUTER_API_KEY=<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>' -- npx -y mcp-bench-router{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-bench-router": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-bench-router"
],
"env": {
"OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-bench-router]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-bench-router"]
env = { OPENROUTER_API_KEY = "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-bench-router": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-bench-router"
],
"env": {
"OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-bench-router": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-bench-router"
],
"env": {
"OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<OPENROUTER_API_KEY> (OpenRouter API key for query_design_model and query_specific_model tools. Get one at https://openrouter.ai/keys).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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