LLM Router MCP
Route prompts intelligently across Claude, Gemini, and GPT-4o, automatically picking the best model for every task while minimizing token cost.
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LLM Router MCP
Route prompts intelligently across Claude, Gemini, and GPT-4o — automatically picking the best model for every task while minimising token cost.
✨ What is this?
llm-router-mcp is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that acts as an intelligent dispatcher for your AI workloads. Instead of hardcoding a single LLM into your workflow, the router analyses the intent of each prompt and automatically selects the most cost-effective and capable model for that specific task type.
Your prompt ──► LLM Router ──► PLANNING → Gemini
├── SCAFFOLDING → Gemini
├── CODEGEN → Claude
├── REFACTOR → Claude
├── REVIEW → Claude
├── TESTING → GPT-4o
└── IMPLEMENT → GPT-4o
🚀 Features
- Smart intent-based routing — classifies prompts into 8 task categories and dispatches to the optimal model
- Three frontier models — integrates Claude (Anthropic), Gemini (Google), and GPT-4o (OpenAI) out of the box
- Zero-config mock mode — works out of the box with no API keys; auto-enables mock mode when keys are absent
- Session-aware context caching — maintains conversation context across turns within the same session
- Explicit tool shortcuts — bypass auto-routing with dedicated
plan_workflow,generate_code, andimplement_featuretools - MCP-native — drop it into any MCP-compatible host (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code Continue, etc.)
📦 Quick Start
Option A — npx (no install needed)
npx llm-router-mcp
Option B — Global install
npm install -g llm-router-mcp
llm-router-mcp
Option C — From source
git clone https://github.com/Devatva24/LLM-Router-MCP.git
cd LLM-Router-MCP
npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js
No API keys? No problem. The server automatically falls back to mock mode and logs a helpful message. You only need keys when you want real model responses.
🗺️ Routing Logic
| Task Category | Trigger Keywords | Routed To |
|---|---|---|
| Planning | architecture, design, system design, strategy, workflow | ✦ Gemini |
| Scaffolding | scaffold, boilerplate, setup, folder structure | ✦ Gemini |
| Code Generation | write a function, implement, create a class, algorithm | ✦ Claude |
| Refactor | refactor, clean up, improve, rewrite, restructure | ✦ Claude |
| Code Review | review, debug, explain, what's wrong, critique | ✦ Claude |
| Testing | unit tests, Jest, Vitest, test suite, test cases | ✦ GPT-4o |
| Implementation | implement, add endpoint, build the, create the API | ✦ GPT-4o |
| General | anything else | ✦ Claude (fallback) |
⚙️ Configuration
Set your API keys as environment variables to use real models:
# Mac / Linux
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
export GOOGLE_API_KEY=AIza...
export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
# Windows (PowerShell)
$env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."
$env:GOOGLE_API_KEY="AIza..."
$env:OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."
If any keys are missing the server auto-enables mock mode — no crash, no config needed.
🖥️ Editor Integration
Claude Desktop
Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (Mac) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):
{
"mcpServers": {
"llm-router": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["llm-router-mcp"]
}
}
}
Cursor
Add to your Cursor MCP settings:
{
"mcpServers": {
"llm-router": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["llm-router-mcp"]
}
}
}
VS Code (Continue extension)
Add to ~/.continue/config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"llm-router": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["llm-router-mcp"]
}
}
}
Ready-made config files for Cursor and Continue are included in the
cursor-config/and%USERPROFILE%/.continue/directories of this repo.
🧰 Available MCP Tools
route_prompt
Automatically classifies and routes a prompt to the best model.
{
"prompt": "Write a recursive function to flatten deeply nested objects",
"session_id": "my-session"
}
plan_workflow
Explicitly routes to Gemini for high-level planning and architecture tasks.
{
"prompt": "Design a checkout flow for an e-commerce app",
"session_id": "my-session"
}
generate_code
Explicitly routes to Claude for complex logic, algorithms, and refactoring.
{
"prompt": "Write a binary search tree with insert and delete",
"session_id": "my-session"
}
implement_feature
Explicitly routes to GPT-4o for feature implementation and test generation.
{
"prompt": "Implement the /api/products CRUD endpoints",
"session_id": "my-session"
}
clear_context
Clears the cached conversation context for a given session.
{
"session_id": "my-session"
}
🧪 Running Tests
The test suite validates all routing decisions in mock mode — no API keys needed:
npm test
Expected output:
🧪 LLM Router — mock test suite
✅ planning → Gemini
✅ codegen → Claude
✅ testing → GPT-4o
✅ review → Claude
✅ explicit plan_workflow
✅ explicit implement_feature
✅ context cache — 2nd turn
✅ clear_context
──────────────────────────────────────────
8 passed 0 failed (8 total)
📁 Project Structure
LLM-Router-MCP/
├── src/
│ ├── index.ts # MCP server entrypoint & routing logic
│ ├── classifier.ts # Prompt intent classifier
│ ├── context-cache.ts # Session-aware context management
│ ├── mock.ts # Mock responses for zero-cost testing
│ └── logger.ts # Lightweight logger
├── dist/ # Compiled JavaScript (after npm run build)
├── cursor-config/ # Ready-made Cursor MCP config
├── test-router.cjs # End-to-end test suite (mock mode)
├── tsconfig.json
└── package.json
🤝 Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request for:
- Adding support for additional LLM providers
- Improving routing classification accuracy
- Adding streaming response support
- Writing more test coverage
📄 License
MIT — see LICENSE for details.
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