Hitting HTTP 429 Rate Limits on Google Gemini, DeepSeek, or OpenAI can crash your AI backend or assistant (like Hermes AI).
SmartCore LLM Proxy is a lightweight local gateway built with LiteLLM that automatically load-balances requests and routes to fallback models whenever your primary key hits a limit.
Instead of calling LLM APIs directly, your app points to http://127.0.0.1:4000:
[ App / Hermes AI ] βββΆ [ SmartCore LLM Proxy ] β βββββββββββββββββββββββββ΄ββββββββββββββββββββββββ βΌ βΌ Gemini 1.5 Pro ββ(On 429)βββΆ Gemini 1.5 Flash / DeepSeek
Primary Route: Sends requests to your main model.






