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So you want to use OpenRouter?

Source: simonwillison.net
Date: Published Sep 11, 2026

Why it matters

OpenRouter's default routing can silently change model behavior (vision support, reasoning-effort handling) between calls; pinning a provider with provider.only or checking /endpoints avoids inconsistent production behavior.

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