OpenRouter

Access 100+ models through OpenRouter using aliased launcher commands.

OpenRouter lets you route requests to over a hundred models through a single API key. Clother creates a dedicated launcher for each model alias you configure.

How it works

OpenRouter launchers follow the clother-or-<alias> naming pattern. You choose the alias when configuring the model.

clother config openrouter

During configuration you supply:

• Your OpenRouter API key
• A model ID (e.g. moonshotai/kimi-k2.5)
• A short alias for that model (e.g. kimi-k25)

Clother then installs a clother-or-kimi-k25 launcher. Repeat the command to add more models.

Example

# Configure OpenRouter and add moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 as kimi-k25
clother config openrouter

# Use the generated launcher
clother-or-kimi-k25

Popular model IDs

Find the full list at openrouter.ai/models — click the copy icon next to any model name to get its ID.

Model ID	Description
anthropic/claude-opus-4.6	Claude Opus 4.6
google/gemini-2.5-pro	Gemini 2.5 Pro
x-ai/grok-4	Grok 4
mistralai/mistral-large	Mistral Large
z-ai/glm-5	GLM-5 (Z.AI)
minimax/minimax-m2.5	MiniMax M2.5
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5	Kimi K2.5
qwen/qwen3-coder-next	Qwen3 Coder Next
deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-speciale	DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale

The :exacto variant

If a model does not behave as expected — for example it fails to call tools correctly — try appending :exacto to the model ID when configuring it:

moonshotai/kimi-k2-0905:exacto

The :exacto variant enforces stricter tool-calling behavior and can resolve compatibility issues with some models on OpenRouter.

Start without :exacto. Only switch to it if you experience tool-calling failures.