Coding agent
OrcaRouter tools in Claude Code
Add the OrcaRouter MCP server to Claude Code with one command; Claude can then search the tool catalog and run tools while it works.
Details
- Kind
- Coding agent
- Connects through
- MCP server
Set it up
- Install Node.js 18 or later; Claude Code starts the MCP server through
npx. - Set
ORCAROUTER_API_KEYto an API key from your OrcaRouter console. - Add the server with the command below, or share it with your team through a project
.mcp.json.
Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio orcarouter --env ORCAROUTER_API_KEY=$ORCAROUTER_API_KEY -- npx -y @orcarouter/mcp
claude mcp list{
"mcpServers": {
"orcarouter": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@orcarouter/mcp"],
"env": { "ORCAROUTER_API_KEY": "${ORCAROUTER_API_KEY}" }
}
}
}Recipes to try with Claude Code
- Track competitor TikTok accountsPull each competitor's TikTok profile, find its latest videos and read what viewers say, in three tool calls an agent can repeat every week.
- Monitor brand mentions on the web and TikTokSearch the web and TikTok for your brand, then read the comments under the posts that mention it: a daily brand check an agent can run on its own.
- Enrich a lead listTurn a list of company domains into firmographics, a contact's work email and a recent news hook, with one API key.
Other integrations
- CursorRegister the OrcaRouter MCP server in Cursor's mcp.json so its agent can find and run catalog tools from chat.
- MastraConnect a Mastra agent to the OrcaRouter MCP server with MCPClient, so it can search the tool catalog and run what it finds.
- CrewAIGive a CrewAI agent the OrcaRouter tool catalog through MCPServerAdapter, so it can find and run tools while it works on a task.
