About 9router
9router is a skill for using a local or remote AI gateway through an OpenAI-compatible REST API. It helps route requests across providers, discover available model capabilities, and use fallback combinations.
Key features
- 01OpenAI-compatible REST requests
- 02Model discovery across capabilities
- 03Provider combinations with auto-fallback
- 04Chat, image, speech, embedding, and web skills
Use cases
- 01Finding a model ID for a capability
- 02Routing requests through a configured gateway
- 03Using a fallback combination when a provider is unavailable
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ decolua/ 9router --skill 9routerAfter installing, type/9routerin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project README9Router
Local/remote AI gateway exposing OpenAI-compatible REST. One key, many providers, auto-fallback.
Setup
export NINEROUTER_URL="http://localhost:20128" # or VPS / tunnel URL
export NINEROUTER_KEY="sk-..." # from Dashboard → Keys (only if requireApiKey=true)
All requests: ${NINEROUTER_URL}/v1/... with header Authorization: Bearer ${NINEROUTER_KEY} (omit if auth disabled).
Verify: curl $NINEROUTER_URL/api/health → {"ok":true}
Discover models
curl $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/models # chat/LLM (default)
curl $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/models/image # image-gen
curl $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/models/tts # text-to-speech
curl $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/models/embedding # embeddings
curl $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/models/web # web search + fetch (entries have `kind` field)
curl $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/models/stt # speech-to-text
curl $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/models/image-to-text # vision
Use data[].id as model field in requests. Combos appear with owned_by:"combo".
Response shape:
{ "object": "list", "data": [
{ "id": "openai/gpt-5", "object": "model", "owned_by": "openai", "created": 1735000000 },
{ "id": "tavily/search", "object": "model", "kind": "webSearch", "owned_by": "tavily", "created": 1735000000 }
]}
Capability skills
When the user needs a specific capability, fetch that skill's SKILL.md from its raw URL:
Errors
- 401 → set/refresh
NINEROUTER_KEY(Dashboard → Keys) - 400
Invalid model format→ checkmodelexists in/v1/models/<kind> - 503
All accounts unavailable→ waitretry-afteror add another provider account