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three.ws Brain

by nirholasversion 0.1.4i★ –iRuns on your computer
Registry nameio.github.nirholas/brain-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

List LLM providers and run chat completions through the three.ws multi-provider router.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

  • Connection: Runs on your computer
  • Transport: stdio
  • Category: Chat & email
  • You need to fill in: THREE_WS_API_KEY

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

  • Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
  • Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
  • You fill in yourself: THREE_WS_BASE, THREE_WS_API_KEY, THREE_WS_TIMEOUT_MS

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

  • npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brain": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@three-ws/brain-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "THREE_WS_BASE": "your-value",
        "THREE_WS_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "THREE_WS_TIMEOUT_MS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add brain --env THREE_WS_BASE=your-value --env THREE_WS_API_KEY=your-value --env THREE_WS_TIMEOUT_MS=your-value -- npx -y @three-ws/brain-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brain": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@three-ws/brain-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "THREE_WS_BASE": "your-value",
        "THREE_WS_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "THREE_WS_TIMEOUT_MS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "brain": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@three-ws/brain-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "THREE_WS_BASE": "your-value",
        "THREE_WS_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "THREE_WS_TIMEOUT_MS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

  • THREE_WS_BASE env
    Base URL of the three.ws API that fronts the LLM router (/api/brain/chat). Override only when self-hosting or targeting a preview deployment.
  • THREE_WS_API_KEY secret env
    Optional three.ws API key (sk_live_… / sk_test_…) or OAuth access token, sent as a Bearer token. Required only to use paid first-party flagships (Claude, GPT-5, o3, Grok, Qwen Plus, DeepSeek). Free o…
  • THREE_WS_TIMEOUT_MS env
    Per-request timeout in milliseconds. Chat completions stream server-side and are collapsed into a single reply, so this is generous by default to ride out a long flagship answer.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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    Maker matches the repo

    The registry name was verified with the GitHub account nirholas, which owns the repo

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    Still maintained

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    Has a licence

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    Endpoint responds

    This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint

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    Sign-in with OAuth

    Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead

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    No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

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Compared with others in Chat & emaili

  • More stars than 0% of the other 1768 servers in this category
  • Published to the registry more recently than 49% of the other 1768 servers in this category
  • Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1768 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is three.ws Brain safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: THREE_WS_API_KEY

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.4) reached the registry 27 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

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README from the maker

Open the README

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@three-ws/brain-mcp

Any model, one interface — discover LLM providers and run chat completions through the three.ws multi-provider router, from any AI agent.


A Model Context Protocol server that gives any AI assistant the three.ws multi-provider LLM router over stdio. Discover which models are available — Claude, the GPT-5.6 family, o3, Grok, Qwen, DeepSeek, NVIDIA Nemotron, IBM Granite, and more — and run a chat completion through whichever one fits, without wiring each vendor SDK yourself.

The router fronts every provider behind one endpoint and transparently falls back across mirrors and free tiers if the chosen model is briefly down. The free open-weight tiers (GPT-OSS 120B, NVIDIA NIM models) work with no key; the paid first-party flagships unlock with a three.ws API key.

Install

npm install @three-ws/brain-mcp

Or run with npx (no install):

npx @three-ws/brain-mcp

Quick start

Claude Code, one line:

claude mcp add brain -- npx -y @three-ws/brain-mcp

To unlock the paid flagships, pass your three.ws API key:

claude mcp add brain -e THREE_WS_API_KEY=sk_live_… -- npx -y @three-ws/brain-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor (claude_desktop_config.json or mcp.json):

{

"mcpServers": { "brain": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@three-ws/brain-mcp"], "env": { "THREE_WS_API_KEY": "sk_live_…" } } } }

Inspect the surface with the MCP Inspector:

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx @three-ws/brain-mcp

Tools

ToolTypeWhat it does
list_providersread-onlyList every LLM the router can reach — key, network, tier, max output, live availability, and whether it needs auth.
chatread-onlyRun a chat completion through the chosen provider; returns the full reply, the route taken, token usage, and timing.

Both tools read live data — the provider set and completions vary between calls, so neither is idempotent. chat does not mutate any platform state, so it is annotated read-only.

Input parameters

`list_providers` — no parameters.

`chat` — messages (required: 1–100 turns of { role: "user" | "assistant", content }, content ≤ 16,000 chars), provider (provider key from list_providers, default gpt-oss-120b), system (optional system prompt, ≤ 8,000 chars), maxTokens (optional, 64–16384, default 4096, clamped to the model's ceiling).

Example

Both responses below are shape illustrations — the live provider set and generations will differ.

// list_providers (example response)

{}

{ "ok": true, "count": 34, "available": 33, "default_provider": "gpt-oss-120b", "providers": [ { "key": "gpt-oss-120b", "label": "GPT-OSS 120B", "network": "OpenAI · OpenRouter", "tier": "balanced", "maxOutput": 8192, "description": "Open-weight 120B from OpenAI. Fast, capable, free tier. Platform default.", "available": true, "requiresAuth": false }, { "key": "claude-sonnet-5", "label": "Claude Sonnet 5", "network": "Anthropic", "tier": "balanced", "maxOutput": 16384, "description": "Near-Opus quality on coding and agentic work at Sonnet cost. Best for most tasks.", "available": true, "requiresAuth": true }, { "key": "deepseek-r1", "label": "DeepSeek R1", "network": "DeepSeek", "tier": "reasoning", "maxOutput": 8192, "description": "Open reasoning model. Strong at math and code.", "available": true, "requiresAuth": true } /* … */ ] }

// chat (example response)

{

"provider": "claude-sonnet-5", "system": "You are terse.", "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Name three Solana RPC methods." }] } { "ok": true, "provider": "claude-sonnet-5", "model": "Claude Sonnet 5", "network": "Anthropic", "tier": "balanced", "routed_via": null, "content": "getBalance, getAccountInfo, getSignaturesForAddress.", "usage": { "input_tokens": 24, "output_tokens": 14, "total_tokens": 38 }, "timing_ms": { "first_token": 412, "total": 980 } }

routed_via is null when the requested provider answered directly; otherwise it names the mirror or free-tier route the router fell back to (so you always get an answer even if the first choice is briefly down).

Model availability is dynamic. Always call list_providers first rather than hardcoding a key. The current Claude ids are claude-fable-5, claude-opus-5, claude-sonnet-5, claude-opus-4-7, claude-sonnet-4-6, and claude-haiku-4-5, but the live list is the source of truth.

Authentication

Model classNeeds a key?
Free open-weight tiers (GPT-OSS 120B, and the NVIDIA NIM set: Nemotron 3 Super / Nemotron Super 49B / Nemotron Nano / DeepSeek V4 / Kimi K2 / Llama 4 Maverick / MiniMax M2)No
Paid first-party flagships (Claude, GPT-5.6, o3, Qwen Plus, DeepSeek, …)Yes — set THREE_WS_API_KEY

Create an API key at three.ws/dashboard/developers. Without it, paid models return a sign-in error and list_providers flags them with requiresAuth: true.

Requirements

  • Node.js >= 20.
  • Network access to https://three.ws (or your own THREE_WS_BASE).
Environment variables
VariableRequiredDefaultPurpose
THREE_WS_BASEnohttps://three.wsAPI base URL (override to self-host or target a preview).
THREE_WS_API_KEYno—Bearer credential that unlocks the paid first-party flagships.
THREE_WS_TIMEOUT_MSno120000Per-request timeout (completions stream server-side).

Errors

A failed tool call returns an MCP error result (isError: true) whose text is a single JSON object — { "ok": false, "error": " ", "message": "…" }, plus status and detail on upstream rejections:

errorMeaningRecovery
upstream_errorThe router rejected the request — status carries the real HTTP code: 400 (bad arguments or an unknown provider key), 401 (paid model without a valid THREE_WS_API_KEY), 429 (rate-limited), 502 (the model's stream failed before producing output).Act on status; for 401 set a key, for an unknown key re-run list_providers.
timeoutNo complete response within THREE_WS_TIMEOUT_MS. Long flagship generations can be slow — the default 120 s matches the router's own ceiling.Retry, lower maxTokens, or pick a fast-tier provider.
network_errorThe request never reached the router (DNS, offline, TLS).Check connectivity / THREE_WS_BASE.
bad_configTHREE_WS_TIMEOUT_MS is not a positive number (thrown at startup).Fix the env var.

If the requested provider fails mid-flight the router transparently falls back to a mirror or free tier and the reply's routed_via names the route taken — you only see an error when every route is exhausted.

Links

  • Homepage: https://three.ws
  • Changelog: https://three.ws/changelog
  • Issues: https://github.com/nirholas/three.ws/issues
  • License: Apache-2.0, see LICENSE

Part of the three.ws SDK suite — 3D AI agents, on-chain identity, and agent payments.

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