@pipeworx/ai-model-experiments

Model Lab — run the same prompt(s) across many AI models at once (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen and more via OpenRouter) and compare their outputs, cost, and latency side by side, with an optional AI-written comparison summary when the run completes.

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1683+ live data sources.

Tools

• experiment_models(search?, min_context?, max_price_per_mtok?, limit?) — browse ~300 available model ids with context window and our billed per-token price (provider cost × 1.5). Use the returned ids in experiment_create.
• experiment_estimate(prompts[], models[], reps?, params?, summary?) — free dry-run: cell count + estimated billed cost range for a spec, before creating it.
• experiment_create(name?, prompts[], models[], reps?, params?, summary?, max_spend_usd) — creates and starts an experiment (prompts × models × reps). Async: returns experiment_id immediately; execution happens on a separate cron worker within ~1 minute. Requires prepaid balance ≥ max_spend_usd.
• experiment_status(experiment_id) — cell counts by state, spend vs cap, whether complete. Poll this after create.
• experiment_results(experiment_id, include_outputs?) — per-model aggregates (latency, tokens, cost, error rate), per-cell outputs, and the AI-written comparison summary.
• experiment_list(limit?) — caller's experiments, newest first.
• experiment_cancel(experiment_id) — skips pending cells (unbilled); in-flight cells finish and bill.
• experiment_topup(amount_usd?) — current balance + the x402 top-up flow.

Auth

Prepaid only — no free tier, no BYO-key mode. Every call to experiment_create requires a Pipeworx platform credit balance ≥ max_spend_usd (1 credit = $0.0001). Top up via x402: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/credits/topup?amount_usd=N returns an HTTP 402 payment challenge (USDC on Base); retry with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header to settle, and credits land instantly. See experiment_topup for the exact flow and current balance.

Billing is provider cost × 1.5, floored at $0.10/experiment. Model prices returned by experiment_models are already the billed (marked-up) price, never the raw provider cost.

Execution is handled by a separate cron worker (workers/experiment-runner, fires every minute) — a created experiment is not synchronous. Poll experiment_status rather than expecting experiment_create to block until done.

Data sources

• https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models — the model catalog (id, context window, provider pricing) that experiment_models wraps and re-prices.
• Inference for each cell is executed against OpenRouter's chat completions API by workers/experiment-runner, which also reads OpenRouter's /generation endpoint for the actual per-call cost so the 1.5× markup is billed on real cost, not an estimate.

Full build plan, architecture, and current live-vs-planned status: docs/model-lab-plan.md.

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-model-experiments": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ai-model-experiments/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What this endpoint actually serves

tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ai-model-experiments/mcp returns the tools in the table above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx, discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and is the authoritative answer for a given day.

This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth, connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1683+ data sources. The only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx reaches all of them from either one.

No MCP client? Call it over HTTP

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/experiment_models \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"search":"claude","min_context":100000}'

No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/experiment_models. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.

Standalone (no gateway account)

This package also runs as a local stdio MCP server — no Pipeworx account, no gateway round-trip:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-model-experiments": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-ai-model-experiments"]
    }
  }
}

Or run it directly to confirm it starts:

npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-ai-model-experiments

It speaks MCP over stdin/stdout and answers initialize/tools/list/tools/call for only this pack's tools — none of the shared meta-tools the gateway connection above adds. Same source, same tools, no ask_pipeworx routing.

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Ai Model Experiments data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

More

• Docs and guides
• pipeworx.io

License

MIT