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# Ask another model through OpenRouter Read [shared.md](shared.md) first. Save each call's receipt with kind `receipt`. The script sits beside this file. Run it by its full path: `python3 "<this skill's directory>/scripts/openrouter.py" <verb> ...`. Resolve the directory from where you loaded this SKILL.md; do not rely on a variable for it. ## When to use it, and when not Use it when the answer needs something you do not have: the live web, a different model's view, a vector, a decision limited to fixed options, or catalog facts. Do not use it for ordinary reasoning or writing you can do yourself. A second model is a cost, not a ritual. ## The key Networked verbs need `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` in the environment. Create one at https://openrouter.ai/keys. `models` works without it. Never print the key, put it in a command line you show, or save it in any file. ## The verbs ``` openrouter.py chat "<prompt>" [--role R | --model ID] [--system S] [--json] [--max-tokens N] [--effort none|low|medium|high] [--image PATH] openrouter.py research "<question>" [--deep] openrouter.py pick "<representative prompt>" openrouter.py decide --state FILE|- --questions FILE openrouter.py embed "<text>" [--json] openrouter.py models [list [--search Q] [--newest] | check] openrouter.py key ``` Every networked verb takes `--json-out` for one JSON object, and `--receipt FILE` to write the trailer and the generation id to a file. ## How the model is chosen First mat