Overview

Hey everyone 👋

Managing AI models in 2026 has gotten ridiculous. Anthropic key here, OpenAI key there, a separate billing account for Google, another for Mistral, and if you want to try DeepSeek you're adding yet another dashboard to the pile. It's chaos.

OpenRouter fixes this. One API key, one credit balance, 300+ models. I've been using it as the backbone of my AI setup for a while now, and recently I wired it directly into OpenCode, which made the whole workflow click into place.

Let me explain how it all works. Let's dive in! 🤙