Free LLM

Free LLM API Resources

Access multiple free LLM providers directly from Claude Code.

Supported Providers

Usage

Basic Query

/free-llm openrouter "Explique la relativité restreinte"
/free-llm groq "Génère une fonction Python pour parser du JSON"
/free-llm cerebras "Résume ce texte"

Compare Models

/free-llm compare "Même prompt" --providers openrouter,groq

Check Status

/free-llm status

Available Models

OpenRouter

• anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet (rate limits apply)
• meta-llama/llama-3.1-70b-instruct
• google/gemma-2-27b-it
• mistralai/mistral-large

Groq

• llama-3.1-70b-versatile
• llama-3.1-8b-instant
• mixtral-8x7b-32768
• gemma-7b-it

Cerebras

• llama3.1-70b
• llama3.1-8b

Google

• gemini-1.5-pro
• gemini-1.5-flash

Environment Variables

# Required for respective providers
OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-v1-...
GROQ_API_KEY=gsk_...
CEREBRAS_API_KEY=...
GOOGLE_API_KEY=...
MISTRAL_API_KEY=...

Use Cases

1. Fallback when Claude rate limits hit
2. Model comparison - test same prompt across providers
3. Cost optimization - use free tiers for non-critical tasks
4. Access to non-Anthropic models - Llama, Gemma, Mistral

Limitations

• These are for supplemental use, not replacement for Claude
• Rate limits vary by provider
• Some providers require signup
• Free tiers may have reduced capabilities

Links

• OpenRouter
• Groq Console
• Cerebras Cloud
• Google AI Studio

Implementation

When user invokes /free-llm, use the appropriate MCP server or curl command to query the selected provider.

For OpenRouter:

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "meta-llama/llama-3.1-70b-instruct",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "PROMPT"}]
  }'

For Groq:

curl https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GROQ_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "llama-3.1-70b-versatile",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "PROMPT"}]
  }'

For Cerebras:

curl https://api.cerebras.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CEREBRAS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "llama3.1-70b",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "PROMPT"}]
  }'

For Google (Gemini):

curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-pro:generateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "contents": [{"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": "PROMPT"}]}]
  }'