AI & speech

AI Gateway

Add access to AI models through OpenRouter.

Run in your project folder

npx extraorbital add ai

You receive a gateway key, not a direct provider account. All team keys share a budget.

01 / Run the commandGet the service
02 / Read your .envUse its credentials
03 / Connect your appCall the SDK or API

Limits

Limit	Free · Prototype	Paid
Models	Small models	Every model
Spend	$5.00, once per account	Shared team credit or budget

Free allowances are shared across the account. Provider limits still apply on paid plans.

Use it

OpenAI-compatible example:

agent.ts

import OpenAI from "openai";

// Reads OPENROUTER_API_KEY and OPENROUTER_BASE_URL from the environment.
const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
  baseURL: process.env.OPENROUTER_BASE_URL,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "anthropic/claude-opus-5",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Draft a status report from these logs." }],
});

The gateway also supports Anthropic Messages. See SDK recipes for compatible clients.

Environment variables

The CLI writes these to .env or an existing .env.local.

Variable	Purpose
`OPENROUTER_BASE_URL`	OpenRouter API endpoint
`OPENROUTER_API_KEY`	Private gateway key

Specifics

Options

Terminal

npx extraorbital add ai [--slug <name>]

Flag	Default	Description
`--slug`	`default`	A second key, for a second agent

Model ids

Every model is named author/slug:

Output

anthropic/claude-opus-5
openai/gpt-5.2
google/gemini-3-pro

Append :free for a free variant where one exists, and ~author/…-latest for an alias that follows the newest release. The model list has all of them with current prices.

Budget

All team keys share one budget. --max-budget is accepted for compatibility but does not set a per-key limit.

Top-ups increase available credit. Imported usage from other services reduces it. Enable a hard cap in the dashboard to block gateway requests at your limit; raising the cap restores access with the same keys.

If you asked for a provider key

extraorbital add openai creates an OpenRouter key and writes an OpenAI-compatible base URL. It exits 8 to report the substitution. Other requested resources are processed first. Review model IDs and SDK compatibility before using the key.

Providers and keys lists every variable name this applies to and what gets written for each.

Pricing

Usage	Paid rate
Models	Every model
Spend	Model list price

See pricing for team subscription fees, allowances, and billing terms. Plans and billing ↗

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