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OpenRouter for Gemini CLI

io.github.tsilva/mcp-openrouter

MCP server providing access to 300+ AI models via OpenRouter

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install OpenRouter in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-openrouter": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-openrouter"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "DEFAULT_TEXT_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_TEXT_MODEL>",
        "DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_IMAGE_MODEL>",
        "DEFAULT_CODE_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_CODE_MODEL>",
        "DEFAULT_VISION_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_VISION_MODEL>",
        "DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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