Tools & ProjectsNovember 06, 2026
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OpenRouter rebuilds its router from scratch
OpenRouter has introduced new Auto and Auto Code routers promising Opus 5.5-level coding performance at substantially lower cost.
#OpenRouter#LLM routing#coding agents#model selection#developer tools
š„ What happened
OpenRouter rebuilt Auto Router from scratch after three years and launched Auto Code, a coding-specialized router. The new system weighs eleven factors per request and beats the old router by up to 4Ć on benchmarks, with routing decisions 3Ć faster (0.65s vs 1.96s at p90).
š” Why it matters
Auto Code matches Claude Opus 5.5 across five benchmarks while costing 74% less per task. In beta, invalid tool calls dropped 4Ć and agentic responses were cut off half as often ā exactly the failure modes that wreck coding harnesses.
ā” Our take
A router that stays on the same model for nine of ten agent turns to protect cache is more mature than most agent frameworks. But the deliberate price hike back up is a quiet admission: ultra-cheap routing was a mistake.
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