- CollectionLLM Gateway & Routing
- Classificationagent-native
- MCPAvailable
- Agent SkillUnavailable
- InterfacesMCP · REST · SDK · http · API · documentation
What it does
OpenRouter provides a single OpenAI-compatible API to access hundreds of models from dozens of labs with routing, uptime optimization, pricing transparency, and usage analytics. It is widely used for agentic and multi-model workflows (tool calling, fallbacks, provider selection) without maintaining separate billing and client integrations per provider — see homepage “Featured Agents” and provider selection docs.
Agent-facing interfaces
- Catalog protocols: MCP, REST, SDK, http, API, documentation
- MCP: ⚠️ No first-party OpenRouter MCP server documented as core product; integration is primarily HTTP / SDK.
- Agent Skill: ⚠️ No official AgentSkills catalog entry found.
- Onboarding type:
documentation
How agents onboard
# Docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs/quickstart
export OPENROUTER_API_KEY=...
# Use OpenAI SDK with base_url https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
See the full onboarding section in the dossier.
Protocol surface
| Interface | Detail |
|---|---|
| REST | https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 — OpenAI-compatible |
| SDKs | TypeScript, Python, Go, Java — https://openrouter.ai/sdk |
| Dashboard | Account, credits, keys — secondary to API |