Router
About
Provides a proxy service that connects local MCP clients to remote tool servers through a central routing service, eliminating the need to run your own server infrastructure.
Details
- Author
- chatmcp
- Repository
- chatmcp/mcp-server-router
- GitHub stars
- 2
- Downloads
- 19,323
- License
- MIT License
- Categories
- Developer Tools, Community, Design, AI, Communication, Frontend, Security, Other
Jump to
- Acts as a proxy for remote MCP servers
- Uses server keys obtained from MCP.so
- Works with any MCP client (Claude Desktop shown)
- Simple setup via one-line npx command
- Supports debugging with MCP Inspector
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
RouterCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)nodeArguments-
Argument 1
/path/to/mcprouter/build/index.js
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
-
Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
To use with Claude Desktop, add the server config:
On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcprouter": {
"command": "/path/to/mcprouter/build/index.js"
}
}
}
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"router": {
"cwd": "optional",
"env": {},
"args": [
"/path/to/mcprouter/build/index.js"
],
"command": "node"
}
}
}
Linux
{
"cwd": "optional",
"env": [],
"args": [
"/path/to/mcprouter/build/index.js"
],
"command": "node"
}
Macos
{
"cwd": "optional",
"env": [],
"args": [
"/path/to/mcprouter/build/index.js"
],
"command": "node"
}
Windows
{
"cwd": "optional",
"env": [],
"args": [
"/c",
"node",
"/path/to/mcprouter/build/index.js"
],
"command": "cmd"
}
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