Claude MCP Quickstart

This tutorial shows how to connect MCP servers to Claude Code via LiteLLM Proxy.

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This tutorial is based on Anthropic's official LiteLLM configuration documentation. This integration allows you to use any LiteLLM supported model through Claude Code with centralized authentication, usage tracking, and cost controls.

Connecting MCP Servers

You can also connect MCP servers to Claude Code via LiteLLM Proxy.

1. Add the MCP server to your config.yaml

GitHub MCP

In this example, we'll add the Github MCP server to our config.yaml

config.yaml

mcp_servers:
  github_mcp:
    url: "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp"
    auth_type: oauth2
    client_id: os.environ/GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID
    client_secret: os.environ/GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET

Atlassian MCP

In this example, we'll add the Atlassian MCP server to our config.yaml

config.yaml

atlassian_mcp:
  server_id: atlassian_mcp_id
  url: "https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse"
  transport: "sse"
  auth_type: oauth2

2. Start LiteLLM Proxy

litellm --config /path/to/config.yaml

# RUNNING on http://0.0.0.0:4000

3. Use the MCP server in Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http litellm_proxy http://0.0.0.0:4000/github_mcp/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer sk-LITELLM_VIRTUAL_KEY"

For MCP servers that require dynamic client registration (such as Atlassian), please set x-litellm-api-key: Bearer sk-LITELLM_VIRTUAL_KEY instead of using Authorization: Bearer LITELLM_VIRTUAL_KEY.

4. Authenticate via Claude Code

a. Start Claude Code

claude

b. Authenticate via Claude Code

/mcp

c. Select the MCP server

> litellm_proxy

d. Start Oauth flow via Claude Code

> 1. Authenticate
 2. Reconnect
 3. Disable             

e. Once completed, you should see this success message: