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OpenRouter  gives you models from many AI labs with a single key, billed to your OpenRouter credits. NeuroSquad can run Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode, Kilo Code, Qwen Code, Antigravity CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, Hermes Agent, Pi, omp, Factory Droid and Crush agents through it (Factory Droid needs no Factory account for this; Antigravity CLI goes through a small translator NeuroSquad runs on your machine, since OpenRouter does not speak its Gemini API).

The same goes for aider, Goose, Cline CLI, Kimi Code, MiMo Code, ZCode and PenguinHarness — 19 of the 22 agent CLIs in all. The other three, Cursor CLI, Amp and Auggie, run their models on their vendors’ servers, so they can’t use OpenRouter.

1/5In the add menu choose New agent… (provider, model, role). Pick the Harness: Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode or Qwen Code.

1. Connect your key

Open Settings → Providers

Press Get a key if you don’t have one yet — it opens OpenRouter’s site.

Paste the key and press Save and test

You’ll see Key works. The key is encrypted by your operating system and only ever handed to the agents you point at it.

Once connected, the same page shows what you’ve Spent today, this week and this month, your limit if you set one on OpenRouter, and the list of available Models.

2. Create an agent on a model

In the add menu, choose New agent… (provider, model, role). The dialog asks for:

  • Harness — which agent program to run (Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode, Kilo Code, Qwen Code, Antigravity CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, Hermes Agent, Pi, omp, Factory Droid or Crush).
  • Provider — OpenRouter, or Default (harness login).
  • Model — search the catalogue; each model shows its context size and price per million tokens. Leave it on Harness default to let the agent choose.
  • Role (optional) — see Roles.
  • Name (optional).

The agent’s card shows a chip with its provider and model.

Change it later

Open Provider and model in the agent card’s menu, pick new values and press Apply. The change takes effect the next time the agent starts.

Without a key

If no key is saved, nothing is sent to OpenRouter: the agent simply runs on its default login, and its chip turns amber to tell you so. The New agent dialog also warns you and offers Open settings.

Claude Code is only guaranteed to work with Anthropic’s own models. On other models, its tools may not work properly — the model picker warns you.

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