How long does the integration take?

Change one base URL in an OpenAI-compatible client, or install the Python or TypeScript SDK; the quickstart routes a first request in a few minutes.

Will this lock us into another vendor?

No. The router is Apache-2.0 open source, your provider keys stay yours, and the API is OpenAI-compatible, so leaving is a change of base URL.

What happens when a provider fails?

The router falls back to the next model your policy allows and records the fallback in the trace, so an outage costs a retry, not an incident.

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gather-context - Skill - OpenSmartRoute

Skillv1.0.0

gather-context

Name: gather-context
Author: katiecha

Gathers context before implementing a task by identifying relevant files, rules, and edge cases. Use for any non-trivial change.

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Free

Free account. Installing gives you the manifest plus copy-paste snippets.

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About

Imported from katiecha/katie-chai (.claude/skills/gather-context/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add katiecha/katie-chai --skill gather-context. Copyright stays with the author.

Context Gathering

Used when retrieval is needed before implementation.

Steps

Identify real task
Build retrieval plan:
- rules
- prerequisites
- code paths
- edge cases
Retrieve minimal info
Identify gaps

Output

retrieval_plan:
retrieved_context:
gaps:
ready_to_proceed:

Rule

Do not proceed with missing critical context

Failure Behavior

If a file cannot be found → note as gap, check for renames/moves
If pattern is ambiguous → list multiple interpretations, ask for clarification
If prerequisites are missing → stop and list what's needed
If gaps remain after retrieval → explicitly state "NOT READY" with blockers

Use it

Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.

# after Install: the listing is in your workspace's routing pool - a plan picks it for its slot
curl -s -X POST https://api.opensmartroute.ai/api/v1/route -H 'Authorization: Bearer $OSR_API_KEY' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"text": "...", "plan": true}'

Installed into a catalogue, chosen by a router

Install gather-context and it becomes one more candidate the router can pick - when it fits.

A listing is a routing target with a manifest: what it does, which domains it covers, what it costs and who publishes it. Once installed it sits beside your own models and tools, is scored like any other candidate for each request, and shows up in the trace when it wins. Ratings come from workspaces that installed it, one per account.

Photo: RDNE Stock project

For the business

What it costs to adopt - in engineering time.

Same client, same code
One base URL
The OpenAI-compatible endpoint answers your existing SDK calls; model=auto lets the router choose.
The SDKs
One URL, every vendor
No vendor lock-in
Point your OpenAI-compatible client at one address; add, swap or retire providers in the catalogue without touching application code.
Every vendor side by side
Next eligible model answers
Failover built in
When a provider is down or over quota the request moves on; the trace says it did.

Manifest

An Open Capability Manifest: the router reads it to know what this does, what it costs and when to pick it.

katiecha-katie-chai-gather-context.ocm.jsonjson

{
  "ocm": "1",
  "id": "katiecha-katie-chai-gather-context",
  "kind": "skill",
  "name": "gather-context",
  "description": "Gathers context before implementing a task by identifying relevant files, rules, and edge cases. Use for any non-trivial change.",
  "publisher": "katiecha",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "capabilities": {
    "domains": [
      "general"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "skill-md",
      "process",
      "github"
    ],
    "languages": [
      "en"
    ]
  },
  "quality_prior": 0.6,
  "examples": [
    "Gathers context before implementing a task by identifying relevant files, rules, and edge cases. Use for any non-trivial change."
  ],
  "primary": false,
  "metadata": {
    "source": {
      "provider": "github",
      "repository": "https://github.com/katiecha/katie-chai",
      "path": ".claude/skills/gather-context/SKILL.md",
      "ref": "0aa864095fdaf2326a18d3105529fa189640deb3",
      "url": "https://github.com/katiecha/katie-chai/blob/0aa864095fdaf2326a18d3105529fa189640deb3/.claude/skills/gather-context/SKILL.md",
      "key": "katiecha/katie-chai/.claude/skills/gather-context/SKILL.md"
    }
  },
  "instructions": "# Context Gathering\n\nUsed when retrieval is needed before implementation.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Identify real task\n\n2. Build retrieval plan:\n\n   * rules\n   * prerequisites\n   * code paths\n   * edge cases\n\n3. Retrieve minimal info\n\n4. Identify gaps\n\n## Output\n\n```\nretrieval_plan:\nretrieved_context:\ngaps:\nready_to_proceed:\n```\n\n## Rule\n\nDo not proceed with missing critical context\n\n## Failure Behavior\n\n- If a file cannot be found → note as gap, check for renames/moves\n- If pattern is ambiguous → list multiple interpretations, ask for clarification\n- If prerequisites are missing → stop and list what's ne",
  "cost": {
    "context_tokens": 170
  }
}

Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/katiecha-katie-chai-gather-context/manifest?version=1.0.0