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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ref - Prompt - OpenSmartRoute

Promptv1.0.0

ref

Name: ref
Author: rse

Query Ref

by rse(0) 0 installs

Free

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

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Prompt file imported from rse/claude-code-setup (.claude/commands/ref.md). Fill in {{arguments}} before use. Copyright stays with the author.

Query Ref (ref.tools) with the ref MCP server for the following query:

Use it

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

Query Ref (ref.tools) with the `ref` MCP server for the following query:

{{arguments}}

Manifest

The prompt text and its fill-in variables. Copy it or fetch it by URL from your own code.

rse-claude-code-setup-ref-command.prompt.jsonjson

{
  "prompt": "Query Ref (ref.tools) with the `ref` MCP server for the following query:\n\n{{arguments}}",
  "variables": [
    "arguments"
  ],
  "notes": "Query Ref Arguments: [query].",
  "metadata": {
    "source": {
      "provider": "github-claude-commands",
      "repository": "https://github.com/rse/claude-code-setup",
      "path": ".claude/commands/ref.md",
      "ref": "21e36a06a2ee4feccac76127fab5013a04abb516",
      "url": "https://github.com/rse/claude-code-setup/blob/21e36a06a2ee4feccac76127fab5013a04abb516/.claude/commands/ref.md",
      "key": "rse/claude-code-setup/.claude/commands/ref.md"
    }
  }
}

Installed into a catalogue, chosen by a router

Install ref 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.

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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.

About

Use it

Manifest

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

What it costs to adopt - in engineering time.

One base URL

No vendor lock-in

Failover built in

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