ModelRadar

An MCP server that turns the curated ModelRadar catalog into a model router between OpenRouter and your CLI / agent.

• 🔎 Discover — search the catalog, read the latest releases straight from the RSS feed
• 🧭 Route — given a need (coding, cheap, open-weights, long-context, multimodal…), get the best OpenRouter-routable model with live pricing and a rationale
• ⚡ Execute — optionally run the completion through OpenRouter on the chosen model (recommend → route → answer + cost)

Dependency-free. One file, Node ≥ 18, no build step.

Tools

Install / run

npx modelradar-mcp           # or: git clone … && node server.mjs

The server speaks MCP over stdio.

Claude Code

claude mcp add modelradar -- npx -y modelradar-mcp
# enable routing+execution:
claude mcp add modelradar -e OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-... -- npx -y modelradar-mcp

Claude Desktop / generic MCP client (mcpServers)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "modelradar": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "modelradar-mcp"],
      "env": { "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "sk-or-..." }
    }
  }
}

Environment

The key is read from the MCP process env only. Never commit it.

Examples

// "cheapest open-weight coding model"
modelradar_recommend { "task": "coding", "open_weights": true, "prefer": "cheap" }
// → Granite 4.1 8B  ibm-granite/granite-4.1-8b  $0.05/MTok in  …

// route + run in one call
modelradar_run { "prompt": "Refactor this function…", "task": "coding", "prefer": "cheap" }
// → routed_to: ibm-granite/granite-4.1-8b · text: … · estimated_cost_usd: 0.0000x

How it works

ModelRadar curates the model catalog (/api/models) and publishes new releases via RSS (/feed.xml). This server reads both, enriches routable models with live OpenRouter pricing, scores them against your request, and (optionally) executes the chosen model through the OpenRouter chat API. ModelRadar is the map; OpenRouter is the road; this MCP is the router in between.

License

MIT