openrouter-cli-0.1.1 is not a library.

openrouter-cli

openrouter-cli is the workspace CLI companion for openrouter-rs.

It currently focuses on four areas:

profile/config resolution
model and provider discovery
API-key and guardrail management
credits, billing, and usage activity

The implementation lives in crates/openrouter-cli/src, and the crate currently publishes as 0.1.1.

Install

From crates.io:

cargo install openrouter-cli

From this workspace:

cargo install --path crates/openrouter-cli --locked

Prebuilt GitHub release archives follow the openrouter-cli-v<version> tag naming:

VERSION=0.1.1
curl -L -o openrouter-cli.tar.gz \
  "https://github.com/realmorrisliu/openrouter-rs/releases/download/openrouter-cli-v${VERSION}/openrouter-cli-${VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
curl -L -o SHA256SUMS \
  "https://github.com/realmorrisliu/openrouter-rs/releases/download/openrouter-cli-v${VERSION}/SHA256SUMS"
grep "openrouter-cli-${VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" SHA256SUMS | sha256sum -c -
tar -xzf openrouter-cli.tar.gz
./openrouter-cli --help

For macOS and Windows, use the matching artifact from the same release tag.

Command Surface

profile show
config show|path
models list|show|endpoints
providers list
credits show|charge
keys list|create|get|update|delete
guardrails list|create|get|update|delete
guardrails assignments keys list|assign|unassign
guardrails assignments members list|assign|unassign
usage activity

Auth expectations by command group:

models, providers, credits show, credits charge: API key
keys, guardrails, usage activity: management key
profile, config: no API call required

Config And Resolution Order

Default config path:

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/openrouter/profiles.toml, or
$HOME/.config/openrouter/profiles.toml

Overrides:

--config <path>
OPENROUTER_CLI_CONFIG

Profile config format:

default_profile = "default"

[profiles.default]
api_key = "sk-or-v1-..."
management_key = "or-mgmt-..."
base_url = "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"

Resolution order:

Flags: --api-key, --management-key, --base-url
Environment: OPENROUTER_API_KEY, OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY, OPENROUTER_BASE_URL
Profile values from the selected config profile
Default base URL: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1

Profile selection order:

--profile
OPENROUTER_PROFILE
default_profile in config
"default"

Useful inspection commands:

openrouter-cli profile show
openrouter-cli config show
openrouter-cli config path
openrouter-cli --output json profile show

Discovery Workflows

Examples:

# List models
openrouter-cli --api-key "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY" models list

# Filter by category
openrouter-cli --api-key "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY" models list --category programming

# Filter by supported parameter
openrouter-cli --api-key "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY" models list --supported-parameter tools

# Show one model
openrouter-cli --api-key "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY" models show openai/gpt-4.1

# Show endpoints for one model
openrouter-cli --api-key "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY" models endpoints openai/gpt-4.1

# List providers
openrouter-cli --api-key "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY" providers list

models list accepts either --category or --supported-parameter, not both.

Management Workflows

API keys

# List keys
openrouter-cli --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" keys list --include-disabled

# Create one
openrouter-cli --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" keys create --name "ci-bot" --limit 100

# Inspect one
openrouter-cli --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" keys get sk-or-v1-hash

# Update one
openrouter-cli --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" keys update sk-or-v1-hash --disable

# Delete one
openrouter-cli --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" keys delete sk-or-v1-hash --yes

Guardrails

# List guardrails
openrouter-cli --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" guardrails list --limit 20

# Create one
openrouter-cli \
  --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" \
  guardrails create \
  --name "ci-budget-cap" \
  --limit-usd 25 \
  --enforce-zdr

# Update and clear allowlists
openrouter-cli \
  --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" \
  guardrails update gr_123 \
  --clear-allowed-providers \
  --clear-allowed-models

# Delete one
openrouter-cli --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" guardrails delete gr_123 --yes

Guardrail assignments

# List global key assignments
openrouter-cli \
  --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" \
  guardrails assignments keys list

# List assignments for one guardrail
openrouter-cli \
  --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" \
  guardrails assignments keys list --guardrail-id gr_123

# Assign keys
openrouter-cli \
  --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" \
  guardrails assignments keys assign gr_123 key_a key_b

# Unassign keys
openrouter-cli \
  --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" \
  guardrails assignments keys unassign gr_123 key_a key_b --yes

Member assignment commands mirror the same shape under guardrails assignments members ....

Credits And Usage

# Show purchased/used credits
openrouter-cli --api-key "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY" credits show

# Create a Coinbase charge
openrouter-cli \
  --api-key "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  credits charge \
  --amount 25 \
  --sender 0xYourWalletAddress \
  --chain-id 1

# Show activity for a specific day
openrouter-cli \
  --management-key "$OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY" \
  usage activity \
  --date 2026-03-01

Output Contract

--output supports:

table (default)
json

JSON output is wrapped in a versioned envelope:

{
  "schema_version": "0.1",
  "data": { "...": "..." }
}

Errors in JSON mode use:

{
  "schema_version": "0.1",
  "error": {
    "code": "cli_error",
    "message": "..."
  }
}

Live Smoke Tests

The workspace includes an opt-in live smoke suite at tests/live_smoke.rs.

Environment switches:

OPENROUTER_CLI_RUN_LIVE=1: enable live smoke
OPENROUTER_CLI_RUN_LIVE_WRITE=1: also enable create/delete write-path checks

Required secrets:

OPENROUTER_API_KEY for read smoke
OPENROUTER_MANAGEMENT_KEY for usage and write smoke