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   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "OpenRouter presents one interface for models across providers, with API keys and credits. The page states 600T+ monthly tokens, 10M+ global users, 80+ providers, and 500+ models.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "Pricing publishes a Free plan with 50 requests per day, 25+ free models, and chat and API access, plus paid Standard, Business, and Enterprise plans.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/pricing",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "The authentication guide says the API authenticates with Bearer tokens and shows POST https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/authentication",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The reference documents HTTPS JSON chat completions and publishes the full API as OpenAPI YAML and JSON.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "Requests set Authorization to Bearer and the API key. Keys can carry a credit limit. Onboarding keys get a 100 dollar limit and expire after 180 days.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/authentication",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "The opened overview covers chat completions, tools, streaming, and provider routing. Management-key endpoints and plan gates were not treated as full product coverage.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "The overview is the public API reference and links https://openrouter.ai/openapi.yaml and openapi.json.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "OpenRouter publishes official client SDKs generated from the OpenAPI spec.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/client-sdks/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.official",
   "note": "The page is the vendor Client SDKs overview and lists the OpenRouter packages.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/client-sdks/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "TypeScript package @openrouter/sdk.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/client-sdks/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[1]",
   "note": "Python package openrouter, installed with pip.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/client-sdks/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[2]",
   "note": "Go module github.com/OpenRouterTeam/go-sdk.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/client-sdks/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "OpenRouter hosts a remote MCP at https://mcp.openrouter.ai/mcp. OAuth with PKCE issues a dedicated API key that expires after 7 days and starts with a 10 dollar spend cap.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/overview/mcp-server",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.webhooks",
   "note": "Broadcast can POST or PUT OpenTelemetry JSON traces to a customer HTTP endpoint after a test connection.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/features/broadcast/webhook",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "Chat completion responses are JSON, including usage and cost fields.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[0]",
   "note": "Chat completion requests are JSON bodies posted to /api/v1/chat/completions.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "Opened a real docs index at /docs/llms.txt that lists the API reference, client SDKs, and the MCP guide.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "Bearer keys, OpenAPI, official SDKs, and trace webhooks are a broad production path. Plan-gated management features and the free-plan 50 request daily cap keep the score at 8.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/authentication",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "The official hosted MCP covers catalog, credit, and doc reads plus billable test calls. The 7-day key, default 10 dollar cap, and the instruction to use the API for app inference keep the score at 7.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/overview/mcp-server",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened the current MCP guide, including the hosted URL, OAuth PKCE, the 7-day key, and the tool table.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/overview/mcp-server",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened the current Bearer authentication guide, including credit limits and the chat-completions example.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/authentication",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened the current official client SDK overview for TypeScript, Python, and Go.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/client-sdks/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened the current documentation index.",
   "source": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
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  "volatility": "high",
  "watch": [
   {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/overview/mcp-server"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/authentication"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/client-sdks/overview"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/llms.txt"
   }
  ]
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 "id": "openrouter",
 "license": "freemium",
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   "llms_txt": true
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [
    "bearer-api-key"
   ],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/overview",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "rest"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": "unknown"
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "json"
   ],
   "import": [
    "json"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [],
   "webhooks": true
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": true,
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "official"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. The REST API, official SDKs, trace webhooks, and hosted MCP cover model routing without browser control.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "web-dom"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "typescript",
    "python",
    "go"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "OpenRouter",
 "platforms": [
  "web"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "OpenRouter",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 8,
   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 7,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "OpenRouter is automatable today through its REST API. This record is the hosted model-routing account at openrouter.ai, not the underlying model providers and not Hugging Face. Calls use Authorization Bearer with an API key. Keys can carry credit limits. Onboarding keys get a 100 dollar limit and expire after 180 days. POST /api/v1/chat/completions accepts OpenAI-style JSON, and the vendor publishes OpenAPI. Official TypeScript, Python, and Go client SDKs are generated from that spec. A broadcast webhook can POST OpenTelemetry traces to an HTTP endpoint. A first-party remote MCP at https://mcp.openrouter.ai/mcp uses OAuth with PKCE and mints a dedicated API key that expires after 7 days with a default 10 dollar spend cap. Documented tools read the live catalog, credits, and docs, and send-message and generate-image are billable. The vendor says production inference should keep calling the API directly. No OpenRouter account CLI was established on the opened pages. iPaaS catalogs were not opened. Computer-use viability is unassessed. API scores 8 and is the best path. MCP scores 7 because the hosted server is official and useful, with a short-lived key and a default spend cap.\n"
 }
}