Onboarding

Getting started

Five steps from zero to a live MCP bridge, a machine-readable catalog, and your first agent workflow. Built for Cursor (referral BVN3MVJH9SDO) — route Claude models through cheaperllm API, not fake affiliate links.

Step 1

Get your cheaperllm key

Sign up at cheaperllm and copy your API key. Export it as an environment variable — never paste secrets into committed JSON or git.

export CHEAPERLLM_API_KEY="sk-your-key-here"

Get API key env-gate.mjs

Step 2MCP

Attach MCP at mcp.cheaperllm.com

Wire the live HTTP bridge into Cursor or Claude Desktop. The attach pack ships ready-made JSON — endpoint https://mcp.cheaperllm.com/mcp with Bearer auth.

Cursor MCP JSON (from attach pack)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cheaperllm": {
      "url": "https://mcp.cheaperllm.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${CHEAPERLLM_API_KEY}" }
    }
  }
}

cheaperllm-attach pack cursor-mcp.json

Step 3verify

Download mcp-probe and verify

Grab mcp-probe.mjs from /tools/bin/. Run it before your first paid tool call — you want tools listed, not a timeout.

node tools/bin/mcp-probe.mjs https://mcp.cheaperllm.com/mcp --key CHEAPERLLM_API_KEY

Download mcp-probe

Step 4catalog

Pull the catalog

Fetch /api/catalog.json — tools, MCPs, packs, and monetization links in one file. Use catalog-pull to pretty-print sections for humans or agents.

node tools/bin/catalog-pull.mjs
node tools/bin/catalog-pull.mjs --section tools
node tools/bin/catalog-pull.mjs --section packs

Download catalog-pull Open catalog.json

Step 5workflow

Pick a workflow

Choose a playbook that matches your task. Each workflow links real bin scripts and prompt packs — copy commands into Cursor agent mode.

Attach MCP

Wire cheaperllm, probe, pick tools.

Open workflow

Research crawl

crawl-map + fetch-safe + JSON extract.

Open workflow

Cost routing

model-router + token-meter caps.

Open workflow

Domain launch

domain-check + dual-registrar law.

Open workflow

All workflows Worked examples

Editor

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What you have now

Live cheaperllm MCP at https://mcp.cheaperllm.com/mcp
13 CLI tools in /tools/bin/ — no npm install
Five download packs including cheaperllm-attach and domain-ops
Machine maps at llms.txt and sitemap.xml

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