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oroute for Gemini CLI

io.github.netclaus/oroute

Auto-route AI requests to 13 models (Claude, GPT, Gemini, Qwen, DeepSeek). 57% cost savings.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install oroute in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oroute": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "oroute-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OROUTE_API_KEY": "<OROUTE_API_KEY>",
        "OROUTE_BASE_URL": "<OROUTE_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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