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 ] ──▢ [ SmartCore LLM Proxy ] β”‚ β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”΄β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β” β–Ό β–Ό Gemini 1.5 Pro ──(On 429)──▢ Gemini 1.5 Flash / DeepSeek

Primary Route: Sends requests to your main model.