MCP that delegates mechanical text tasks to a local OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoint to conserve Claude subscription quota.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add local-delegate --env LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY='<LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY>' -- uvx local-delegate-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.local-delegate]
command = "uvx"
args = ["local-delegate-mcp"]
env = { LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY = "<LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add local-delegate --env LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY='<LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY>' -- uvx local-delegate-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"local-delegate": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"local-delegate-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY": "<LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"local-delegate": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"local-delegate-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY": "<LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"local-delegate": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"local-delegate-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY": "<LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"local-delegate": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"local-delegate-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY": "<LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"local-delegate": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"local-delegate-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY": "<LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.