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Openrouter Models by tomevault-io — Agent Skill

Name: Openrouter Models
Author: tomevault-io

Openrouter Models

Find and test free OpenRouter models. Lists available free models, tests their availability, and selects the best working model for code generation tasks. Use this before spawning agents to select cost-effective models. Use when this capability is needed.

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OpenRouter Free Model Selector

Find and test free models on OpenRouter to minimize costs while maintaining quality.

What This Skill Does

List Free Models: Fetch all models with $0 pricing from OpenRouter
Test Models: Verify a model responds correctly before use
Auto-Select: Find the best available free model for coding tasks
Fallback: Gracefully fall back to cheap paid models if needed

Prerequisites

Set the OpenRouter API key:

export OPENROUTER_API_KEY="sk-or-v1-..."

Or the skill uses the default free-tier key.

Usage

List All Free Models

python3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py --list

Test a Specific Model

python3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py --test "qwen/qwen3-coder:free"

Auto-Select Best Model (Verbose)

python3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py -v

Get Model ID Only (for scripting)

MODEL=$(python3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py)
echo "Using: $MODEL"

JSON Output

python3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py --list --json
python3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py --json

Preferred Free Models (Priority Order)

deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528:free - DeepSeek R1 (best reasoning)
qwen/qwen3-coder:free - Qwen Coder (optimized for code)
meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct:free - Llama 3.3 70B
mistralai/mistral-small-3.1-24b-instruct:free - Mistral Small
google/gemma-3-27b-it:free - Gemma 3 27B

Integration with Gas Town

To use with polecats:

# Select best free model
MODEL=$(python3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py)

# Configure for agent use
export OPENROUTER_MODEL="$MODEL"

Fallback Behavior

If no free models work, falls back to:

anthropic/claude-3-haiku (cheap)
openai/gpt-4o-mini (cheap)
google/gemini-flash-1.5 (cheap)

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---name: openrouter-modelsdescription: Find and test free OpenRouter models. Lists available free models, tests their availability, and selects the best working model for code generation tasks. Use this before spawning agents to select cost-effective models. Use when this capability is needed.---# OpenRouter Free Model SelectorFind and test free models on OpenRouter to minimize costs while maintaining quality.## What This Skill Does- **List Free Models**: Fetch all models with $0 pricing from OpenRouter- **Test Models**: Verify a model responds correctly before use- **Auto-Select**: Find the best available free model for coding tasks- **Fallback**: Gracefully fall back to cheap paid models if needed## PrerequisitesSet the OpenRouter API key:```bashexport OPENROUTER_API_KEY="sk-or-v1-..."```Or the skill uses the default free-tier key.## Usage### List All Free Models```bashpython3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py --list```### Test a Specific Model```bashpython3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py --test "qwen/qwen3-coder:free"```### Auto-Select Best Model (Verbose)```bashpython3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py -v```### Get Model ID Only (for scripting)```bashMODEL=$(python3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py)echo "Using: $MODEL"```### JSON Output```bashpython3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py --list --jsonpython3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py --json```## Preferred Free Models (Priority Order)1. `deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528:free` - DeepSeek R1 (best reasoning)2. `qwen/qwen3-coder:free` - Qwen Coder (optimized for code)3. `meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct:free` - Llama 3.3 70B4. `mistralai/mistral-small-3.1-24b-instruct:free` - Mistral Small5. `google/gemma-3-27b-it:free` - Gemma 3 27B## Integration with Gas TownTo use with polecats:```bash# Select best free modelMODEL=$(python3 scripts/openrouter_free_model_selector.py)# Configure for agent useexport OPENROUTER_MODEL="$MODEL"```## Fallback BehaviorIf no free models work, falls back to:1. `anthropic/claude-3-haiku` (cheap)2. `openai/gpt-4o-mini` (cheap)3. `google/gemini-flash-1.5` (cheap)---> Converted and distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io/claim/ryanmaclean) — claim your Tome and manage your conversions.

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