The definitive OpenRouter skill — intelligent model routing by task type, cost tracking with budget alerts, automatic fallback chains, side-by-side model comparison, and savings recommendations. Use for optimizing AI model selection, controlling costs, and building resilient LLM pipelines.
The definitive OpenRouter skill for OpenClaw agents. Intelligent model routing, cost tracking, fallback chains, and model comparison — all in one toolkit.
OPENROUTER_API_KEY — Your OpenRouter API keyrequests (included in most environments)python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py route --task code
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py route --task reasoning
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py route --task creative
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py route --task fast
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py route --task cheap
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py compare --prompt "Explain recursion" --models "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4,openai/gpt-4o-mini"
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py fallback --prompt "Hello" --chain "anthropic/claude-opus-4,anthropic/claude-sonnet-4,openai/gpt-4o-mini"
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py cost --period daily
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py cost --period weekly
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py cost --period monthly
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py budget --set 50.00
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py budget --check
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py models --top 20
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py models --search claude
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/openrouter_toolkit.py models --best code
The router scores models based on task type using these heuristics:
| Task | Prioritizes | Example Models |
|---|---|---|
| code | High context, code benchmarks | Claude Opus, GPT-4o |
| reasoning | Thinking/reasoning capability | Claude Opus, o1 |
| creative | Creative writing quality | Claude Sonnet, GPT-4o |
| fast | Low latency, good enough quality | Claude Haiku, GPT-4o-mini |
| cheap | Lowest cost per token | Gemini Flash, GPT-4o-mini |
Cost logs are stored in SQLite at {baseDir}/data/openrouter_costs.db.
Built by M. Abidi | agxntsix.ai YouTube | GitHub Part of the AgxntSix Skill Suite for OpenClaw agents.
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