Bring Llm Gateway
to Claude Desktop
Create your Vinkius account to connect Portkey to Claude Desktop and start using all 10 AI tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code. No hosting, no server setup — just connect and start using.
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What is the Portkey MCP Server?
What you can do
Connect AI agents to the Portkey AI Gateway for enterprise-grade observability and management:
- Monitor logs and traces of all LLM calls passing through your gateway
- Analyze token usage, latency, and costs across models and teams
- Submit feedback (Likes/Dislikes) to improve model quality and agent performance
- Export logs for audit trails, compliance, and offline cost analysis
- Review gateway configurations including retry policies, fallbacks, and cache settings
- Manage virtual keys to track provider API key usage and limits
- Discover supported models from 1,600+ LLMs available via Portkey
- Enforce budget policies to prevent runaway AI costs per team or project
How it works
- Get your Portkey API key from the dashboard Settings
- Ask your AI agent to check usage, review costs, or manage policies
- Natural language commands replace manual Portkey dashboard navigation
- Unified observability across all your LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.)
Who is this for?
Essential for AI platform engineers, LLM ops teams, FinOps analysts, AI governance officers, and engineering managers using multiple LLM providers. Let AI agents monitor gateway health, identify cost spikes, enforce budget policies, and optimize routing. Perfect for organizations spending $10k+/month on LLMs who need granular visibility into usage, latency, and model performance across the enterprise.
Built-in capabilities (10)
Requires policy name, budget limit (USD or token count), and optionally the target users or virtual keys to restrict. Returns the created policy details. Use this to enforce cost controls on specific teams or projects using the gateway. Create a new budget or usage policy for AI gateway access
Requires the policy ID. Use this when a project ends or budget constraints are no longer needed. Remove a budget or usage policy from Portkey
Optionally filters by date range, model, or user. Returns an export ID or download URL. Use this for audit trails, cost reporting, or offline analysis of AI usage patterns. Export AI gateway logs for external analysis or compliance reporting
Requires the log ID from list_logs results. Use this for deep debugging of specific AI interactions. Get detailed information about a specific AI gateway log entry
Virtual keys map to underlying provider keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) with metadata, usage limits, and policy associations. Returns key IDs, names, provider targets, current usage, and status. Use this to audit API key usage or identify keys approaching limits. List all virtual API keys managed by Portkey
Returns config IDs, names, creation dates, and associated virtual keys. Use this to review how LLM requests are routed or to audit gateway behavior. List all gateway configurations stored in Portkey
Returns log IDs, timestamps, model names, token usage, latency, costs, and status codes. Use this to monitor AI usage, identify expensive calls, or debug latency issues. Supports pagination via limit/offset. List recent AI gateway logs and traces from Portkey
). Returns model names, provider names, supported endpoints (chat, embeddings, etc.), and capabilities. Use this to discover which models are routable via your gateway. List all LLM models supported by the Portkey gateway
Returns policy names, limits, current consumption, and affected users/keys. Use this to review guardrails preventing runaway AI costs. List all budget and usage policies defined in Portkey
Requires the log ID, rating (LIKE, DISLIKE, or UNLIKE to remove), and optional text feedback. Use this to build RLHF datasets or monitor user satisfaction with AI outputs. Submit user feedback (Like/Dislike) for a specific AI response log
Why Claude Desktop?
Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Portkey to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 10 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.
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Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available
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Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface
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Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions
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Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network
Portkey in Claude Desktop
Why run Portkey with Vinkius?
The Portkey connection runs on our fully managed, secure cloud infrastructure. We handle the hosting, maintenance, and security so you don't have to deal with servers or code. All 10 tools are ready to work instantly without any complex setup.
You stay in complete control of your data. Your AI only accesses the information you approve, keeping your sensitive passwords and private details completely safe. Plus, with automatic optimizations, your AI works faster and more efficiently.
* Every connection is hosted and maintained by Vinkius. We handle the security, updates, and infrastructure so you don't have to write code or manage servers. See our infrastructure
Over 4,000 integrations ready for AI agents
Explore a vast library of pre-built integrations, optimized and ready to deploy.
Connect securely in under 30 seconds
Generate tokens to authenticate and link external services in a single step.
Complete visibility into every agent action
Audit live requests, latency, success rates, and active security compliance policies.
Optimize spending and track token ROI
Analyze real-time token consumption and cost metrics detailed by connection.
Explore our live AI Agents Analytics dashboard to see it all working
This dashboard is included when you connect Portkey using Vinkius. You will never be left in the dark about what your AI agents are doing with your tools.
Portkey and 4,000+ other AI tools. No hosting, no code, ready to use.
Professionals who connect Portkey to Claude Desktop through Vinkius don't need to write code, manage servers, or worry about security. Everything is pre-configured, secure, and runs automatically in the background.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Ready-to-use MCPs | Find and configure each manually | 4,000+ MCPs ready to use |
| Connection Setup | Manual coding & server setup | 1-click instant connection |
| Server Hosting | You host it yourself (needs 24/7 uptime) | 100% hosted & managed by Vinkius |
| Security & Privacy | Stored in plaintext config files | Bank-grade encrypted vault |
| Activity Visibility | Blind execution (no logs or tracking) | Live dashboard with real-time logs |
| Cost Control | Runaway AI token spend risk | Automatic budget limits |
| Revoking Access | Must delete files or code to stop | 1-click disconnect button |
How Vinkius secures
Portkey for Claude Desktop
Every request between Claude Desktop and Portkey is protected by our secure gateway. We automatically keep your sensitive data private, prevent unauthorized access, and let you disconnect instantly at any time.
Frequently asked questions
Which LLM providers does Portkey support?
Portkey supports 1,600+ LLMs including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Cohere, Hugging Face, and many more. Use the list_models tool to see the full catalog available via your gateway.
How does Portkey help control AI costs?
Portkey provides granular visibility into token usage, latency, and costs per model, team, or virtual key. You can create budget policies with hard limits to prevent runaway spending. The gateway also supports caching to reduce duplicate calls and fallbacks to cheaper models when appropriate.
Can I track feedback on AI responses?
Yes! Portkey allows you to submit Like/Dislike feedback for any logged LLM call. This data helps improve model selection, evaluate agent performance, and build RLHF datasets for fine-tuning.
How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?
When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.
What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?
Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.
Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?
Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.
Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?
Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.
Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?
Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.
Server not appearing after restart
Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).
Authentication error
Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.
Tools not showing in chat
Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.
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