or-compare-models

or-compare-models is a skill for Claude Code from danielrosehill/Claude-Open-Router-Model-Research-Plugin. It costs 78 tokens per session (663 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A side-by-side comparison of two or more OpenRouter AI models. It compares catalogue details such as context size, supported inputs and outputs, tool use, limits and pricing.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to compare named OpenRouter models, resolve an indirect comparison by finding matching models, and review their technical and cost differences.
Why use it?
It makes differences between shortlisted models easier to judge than reading separate catalogue entries. This helps you choose a model for a particular workflow or budget.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the open-router-model-research plugin — 8 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it to compare named OpenRouter models, resolve an indirect comparison by finding matching models, and review their technical and cost differences.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/danielrosehill/claude-open-router-model-research-plugin/or-compare-models
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add danielrosehill/Claude-Open-Router-Model-Research-Plugin --skill or-compare-models
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/danielrosehill/Claude-Open-Router-Model-Research-Plugin

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install open-router-model-research, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 8 skills.

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Per session 78 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 663 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00078 $0.00663
Opus 5 $0.00039 $0.00331
Sonnet 5 $0.00016 $0.00133
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00066

Measured 10d ago against content hash 61d7312cac40, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

or-compare-models scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 10d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

curl -s https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models -H "Accept: application/json"
skills/or-compare-models/SKILL.md · 68 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 68 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Head-to-Head OpenRouter Model Comparison

Build a structured side-by-side comparison of two or more OpenRouter models so the user can choose between them.

When to use

The user has named 2+ specific OpenRouter models (or asked to compare picks from a previous recommendation) and wants a structured comparison.

Workflow

Step 1: Identify the models

If the user named the models, take their IDs as-is. If they referenced them indirectly ("compare the two cheapest tool-calling models"), first run the relevant filter (via or-find-tool-models) and pick the targets.

If a model ID is ambiguous or not found in the catalog, ask for clarification before proceeding.

Step 2: Fetch catalog data

curl -s https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models -H "Accept: application/json"

Extract each target model's record.

Step 3: Build the comparison table

Render a markdown table with one column per model and one row per dimension. Recommended rows:

Dimension Model A Model B
Provider
Context length
Max output tokens
Input modalities
Output modalities
Prompt $/1M tokens
Completion $/1M tokens
Image $/each (if vision)
Tool use support yes/no yes/no
Structured outputs yes/no yes/no
Tokenizer
Created (date)
Top provider context
Per-request limits

Step 4: Add a written summary

Below the table, write a 3–5 sentence summary highlighting:

  • Where the models meaningfully differ (price ratio, context ratio, capability gaps)
  • What each is better suited for, based on the differences
  • A clear "if X matters most, pick A; if Y matters most, pick B" verdict

Step 5: Offer to deepen the analysis

End with: "Want me to research either of these models beyond the OR catalog (model card, benchmarks, license)?" — route to or-evaluate-model if yes.

Notes

  • Don't bring in benchmark scores or qualitative judgments from memory. Stick to catalog facts in the table. Save subjective comparisons for the summary, and clearly mark them as your interpretation.
  • If comparing more than 3 models, the table gets unwieldy — suggest grouping into pairs or running a recommendation flow instead.
  • If two models are nearly identical (same family, e.g. gpt-4o vs gpt-4o-2024-08-06), say so explicitly and explain what differs (typically date / pricing tier).

Read the full file on GitHub · 68 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 10d ago First seen · 68 lines · 78 tokens per session scan A 61d7312cac40

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or-compare-models is a skill published in the GitHub repository danielrosehill/Claude-Open-Router-Model-Research-Plugin (2 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 78 tokens to every session and 663 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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