# pp-openrouter

Governs OpenRouter spend, budgets, and provider health from local usage data. Helps agents monitor credit runways and catch anomalies before scheduled runs fire.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 322 installs · ★ 2076
- Author: Rick van de Laar
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/HEAD/cli-skills/pp-openrouter/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/pp-openrouter

## What it does

The skill tracks OpenRouter operations across cron jobs and agent lineages. Instead of sending ad-hoc API calls, it works through a local ledger maintained by `openrouter-pp-cli`. That gives agents fast access to model pricing, credit consumption, and cost anomalies without re-fetching entire catalogs.

You can set pre-flight budget gates that return non-zero exit codes when spending limits trip. It also exposes provider health reports and latency rankings so routers can bypass degraded upstream providers before dispatching prompts.

The binary `openrouter-pp-cli` must be installed and visible on your `$PATH` before using this skill. It is not built for interactive chat sessions or streaming text; its purpose is backend fleet control and cost accounting.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openrouter -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/pp-openrouter/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/pp-openrouter/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openrouter -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/pp-openrouter/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openrouter -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/pp-openrouter/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-openrouter
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/pp-openrouter/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openrouter -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library --path cli-skills/pp-openrouter
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/pp-openrouter/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openrouter -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/HEAD/cli-skills/pp-openrouter/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- project prepaid credit runway and key cap expiration dates
- gate scheduled runs against spending caps using exit codes
- filter model options by price, context window, and capabilities
- detect degraded providers before dispatching requests

## Example prompts
- check openrouter credits runway
- which model is cheapest for this task
- why did my openrouter cost spike

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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author: "Rick van de Laar"
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# OpenRouter — Printing Press CLI

## Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the `openrouter-pp-cli` binary. **You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill.** If it is missing, install it first:

1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to `$HOME/.local/bin` on macOS/Linux and `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin` on Windows:
   ```bash
   npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install openrouter --cli-only
   ```
2. Verify: `openrouter-pp-cli --version`
3. Ensure the reported install directory is on `$PATH` for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

If the `npx` install fails before this CLI has a public-library category, install Node or use the category-specific Go fallback after publish.

If `--version` reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on `$PATH`. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

Every other OpenRouter tool wraps chat; this one governs it. A synced local mirror of models, generations, and credits powers per-cron cost attribution (usage cost-by), pre-flight budget gates (budget check), degradation watches (providers degraded), and runway projections (credits runway) that no single API call can answer. The full endpoint surface — catalog, keys admin, activity, analytics — ships alongside as typed commands.

## When to Use This CLI

Reach for this CLI when the task is operating LLM workloads over OpenRouter: attributing spend to crons or agents, gating scheduled runs on budgets, shortlisting models by capability and price, watching provider health before dispatch, or projecting credit and cap runway. It is the right tool whenever the question spans local history plus the API — anything a single raw HTTP call cannot answer.

## Anti-triggers

Do not use this CLI for:
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