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openrouter-reference-architecture
Design production architectures using OpenRouter as the LLM gateway. Use when planning system design, reviewing architecture, or scaling AI applications. Triggers: 'openrouter architecture', 'openrouter system design', 'openrouter at scale', 'llm gateway architecture'.
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# OpenRouter Reference Architecture
## Overview
OpenRouter serves as a unified LLM gateway, abstracting provider complexity. A production architecture wraps it with caching, rate limiting, cost controls, observability, and async processing. This skill provides three reference architectures: simple (single service), standard (microservice), and enterprise (event-driven).
## Prerequisites
- An OpenRouter API key (`sk-or-v1-...`) exported as `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` — see the `openrouter-install-auth` skill for setup
- Python 3.8+ with the OpenAI SDK; FastAPI + Pydantic for Architecture 2's AI service, and a Redis instance (with the `redis` package) for Architecture 2's cache and Architecture 3's queue/results store
- SQLite or Postgres if you implement Architecture 2's budget enforcer
- Your scale numbers — team size, requests/day, and latency needs drive the decision in Choosing an Architecture
## Instructions
