1/ Any model on OpenRouter can now run code... in a hosted Linux container. Add one tool to a Responses API request. The model writes the script, runs it, and reads back the result. Nothing to install, nothing to host. Meet openrouter:shell. To get started: "tools": [{ "type": "openrouter:shell", "parameters": { "engine": "openrouter" } }]show more

Apodex 1.1 Mini is live on OpenRouter , free... for the first 7 days. A reasoning-first model built for long-horizon research and discovery. It reads across papers, digs into data, and traces every claim back to evidence. 262K context. Works with files, data, code, and tools. Plug it into Cline, Kilo Code, Hermes Agent, or any agent that runs on OpenRouter: apodex/apodex-1.1-mini:free Try it here: Point it at a real research question: map the literature, test a hypothesis, or dig through a dataset for patterns worth a closer look. Then tell us where it holds up and where it breaks. Thanks to the OpenRouter team for making this happen.show more

1/ Four more Ori harnesses: Cline, Kilo (acq. by... Anaconda), #ohmypi, and Muse Code now run on OpenRouter. $ ori cline $ ori kilo $ ori omp $ ori museshow more

Grok Code Fast 1 just shattered records on OpenRouter,... crossing 237B tokens in a single day. The first model ever to move past the 200B/day milestone.show more

BREAKING: Grok Code Fast 1 takes the #1 spot... for the first week of 2026 on the OpenRouter AI model rankings. A strong start to the year 🚀show more

We are launching a new stealth model - "Andromeda... Alpha" This is a smaller reasoning model that has been trained to be really good at image understanding.show more

You can now connect your OpenRouter URL directly to... the Warp Agent. OpenRouter unlocks a world of models including Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi, and more, all with better prices and uptime. Set your URL, model, and an alias to easily switch using /model.show more

A highly-requested feature: web search now returns citations in... the API 🌐 We've standardized them for all models, including native online models like OpenAI's web tool and Perplexity:show more

What happens when an AI stops telling you how... to build something and actually builds it? Nex-N2.5 Pro took an idea from concept to playable game: → Rough concept → 2D design → Blender 3D environment → Working game The interesting part wasn’t the final result. It was the process. The model interacted directly with the tools, observed the changes on screen, made adjustments, and continued working instead of simply generating instructions. That’s the real computer-use test. Can an AI: • Open Blender and build a scene? • Inspect the output and iterate? • Write a script, tweak parameters, and troubleshoot? • Hit a limitation, switch to the GUI, and finish the task? Nex-N2.5 Pro is starting to make that workflow feel surprisingly real. You can try it on OpenRouter for a limited time: Try Nex-N2.5 Pro on OpenRouter #NexN2 #Blender #ComputerUse #OpenRoutershow more

The new open-weights MiniMax Design (H3) H3 is live... on OpenRouter thanks to MiniMax (official)! H3 is a lightweight video model for text, image, audio, & video input, with native audio-visual output. Built for instruction-led edits, text/brand rendering, and video-2-video motion transfer.show more

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol model can now run inside Claude... Code. There are two ways to do it, and both take minutes to set up, here’s how: Option 1, the official plugin: /plugin marketplace add openai/codex-plugin-cc /plugin install codex@openai-codex /reload-plugins, then /codex:setup That unlocks /codex:review, /codex:adversarial-review, and /codex:rescue. Claude writes, GPT critiques, you ship. Option 2, the proxy. One alias makes Sol your main model: alias claudex=‘CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL=gpt-5.6-sol CLAUDE_CODE_ALWAYS_ENABLE_EFFORT=1 claude –model gpt-5.6-sol’ Bonus: Claude Code lets you set subagent model and effort yourself. Sol Ultra runs can burn several times the tokens of a base run, so right-sizing delegated work saves real money.show more

One idea, a playable game. Nex-N2.5 Pro drove the... whole thing rough idea →2D sketch →Blender 3D scene →finished game. It wasn't prompting from a distance it opened the tools, watched what changed on screen, and kept going the demos keep landing on the same question: can it actually use a computer? not generate an image of a kitchen call Blender MCP, build the kitchen, render it, read the result. Not describe a CAD part script it, adjust parameters, hit an export wall, switch to the GUI, hand off the drawing try it free on openRouter for a limited time: #NexN2 #Blender #ComputerUse #OpenRoutershow more

You can now use Jev right inside Claude Code... 🤯 It's called jev-model-router, an early access mod built on Claude Code's new function hooks. Before every turn, it checks in with Jev and asks: > how mechanical the task is > how much reasoning it needs > whether it's risky Then it routes: → it'll move up to a stronger model on weak evidence, and only drops to a cheaper one when it's confident the task is simple → every decision gets logged in your transcript → if the call fails, your request runs untouched Setup: 1. copy the install command: npx claude-code-templates@latest --mod productivity/jev-model-router 2. paste it inside Claude Code 3. run claude with CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FUNCTION_HOOKS=1 set 4. accept the trust prompt on first launch Link: Also works with no api key, it just falls back to a built-in classifier with no confidence score. For real jev routing, add your typesafeApiKey or gatewayApiKey to ~/.claude/settings.json. Follow me for more AI workflows and tutorials.show more

We've updated /fork in Claude Code /fork now runs... a background agent with your exact context (system prompt, tools, history, model) and prompt cache. The result gets returned to your session. /branch (the old /fork) still copies the transcript to a new session you drive.show more

MiniMax H3 Max is now live on OpenRouter: faster... and cheaper than H3. Same prompt, side by side: ready in ~30 seconds instead of ~3.5 minutes, and $0.40 for the clip instead of $0.65.show more

With iOS 27 Apple introduced its most powerful on-device... model: AFM 3 Core Advanced It’s a 20 billion parameters model activating only between 1 to 4 billion parameters depending on the request Here’s the model running on iPhone 17 Proshow more

you can run claude code inside antigravity completely Free... with zero credit card and no rate limits 😳 use openrouter’s free models + antigravity. no anthropic bill. no paid api keys. takes 10 minutes to set up. what you get during this setup: - full claude code agent experience - strong coding models (including deepseek-r1, qwen2.5-coder, llama-4, grok-4 free tier) - antigravity’s clean workspace and sandbox - unlimited usage (as long as you stay on free models) - easy model swapping - zero cost full setup guide (100% free): step 1: install antigravity -go to and install it -create a new workspace step 2: install claude code - inside antigravity, install the claude code extension from the marketplace - open the built-in terminal step 3: create openrouter free account -go to - sign up with google (no card needed) - go to keys and create a new api key step 4: set the environment variables -in antigravity terminal run: export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-or-xxx export OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-xxx step 5: launch claude code with free model -run this command: claude-code --model deepseek/deepseek-r1:free or try: qwen/qwen2.5-coder:free if you already have antigravity? skip straight to step 2. after 10 minutes you’ll have a full agentic coding setup running for free. this is currently one of the cheapest ways to run serious coding agents in 2026. bookmark this before they limit the free models.show more

GROK CODE IS WIPING THE FLOOR WITH EVERYONE It... launched 5 months ago and it's already the most-used coding model out there. On the Kilo Code leaderboard, it's getting used twice as much as the second-place model in almost every category. In 2025, it’s way ahead on OpenRouter too, with over 16 trillion tokens processed. Nothing else is even close. Source: X Freezeshow more

Want to know how long a Linux command or... script takes to run? Just add 'time' to it. $ time ./myscript.shshow more