Claude Desktop Integration - OpenRouter Claude Desktop with OpenRouter is only guaranteed to work with the Anthropic first-party provider For maximum compatibility, we recommend setting Anthropic 1P as top priority provider when using Claude Desktop
openrouter-mcp docs CLAUDE_DESKTOP_GUIDE. md at main - GitHub Claude Desktop Integration Guide This guide walks you through integrating OpenRouter MCP Server with Claude Desktop so you can use OpenRouter models directly inside Claude's interface
Using OpenRouter with Claude Code CLI - Mykola Aleksandrov Claude Code uses the Anthropic SDK under the hood By overriding the base URL and authentication token, you can point it at OpenRouter's API endpoint The CLI then uses whatever model you specify via the ANTHROPIC_MODEL environment variable
Claude Code Integration - OpenRouter Since the Agent SDK uses Claude Code as its runtime, you can connect it to OpenRouter using the same environment variables described above For complete setup instructions and code examples, see our Anthropic Agent SDK integration guide
Claude Desktop with OpenRouter Setup and Best Practices The idea is simple: You can use Claude Desktop as the working interface, while routing model inference through OpenRouter This lets you experiment with different models such as open-source,
Claude MCP Tutorial: How To Integrate Open Router MCP Server Setting up a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with Open Router allows Claude to access external tools and data while writing content This integration transforms Claude from a standalone AI assistant into a powerful writing partner that can interact with various data sources and AI models
Running Claude Code on OpenRouter’s Free Tier - Medium Go to openrouter ai keys and create a new key No credit card required for the free tier Your key will look like sk-or-v1-xxxxxxxxxx This is the complete bashrc configuration It gives