output-dev-model-selection

Picking a Model for an Output SDK Prompt

This skill is the single source of truth for model selection across Output SDK skills and agents. Other skills link here instead of pinning specific model IDs, because model rosters drift faster than docs.

Live model snapshot

We run this at skill-load time to fetch the 10 most recently released models per provider from the Vercel AI Gateway:

output=$(curl -fsS https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models 2>/dev/null | jq '
  .data as $models
  | {
      anthropic: ([ $models[] | select(.id | startswith("anthropic/")) ] | sort_by(.released) | reverse | .[0:10]),
      openai:    ([ $models[] | select(.id | startswith("openai/"))    ] | sort_by(.released) | reverse | .[0:10]),
      google:    ([ $models[] | select(.id | startswith("google/"))    ] | sort_by(.released) | reverse | .[0:10])
    }
' 2>/dev/null)
if [ -n "$output" ]; then printf '%s\n' "$output"; else echo "(snapshot unavailable)"; fi

Snapshot Data

output=$(curl -fsS https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models 2>/dev/null | jq '
  .data as $models
  | {
      anthropic: ([ $models[] | select(.id | startswith("anthropic/")) ] | sort_by(.released) | reverse | .[0:10]),
      openai:    ([ $models[] | select(.id | startswith("openai/"))    ] | sort_by(.released) | reverse | .[0:10]),
      google:    ([ $models[] | select(.id | startswith("google/"))    ] | sort_by(.released) | reverse | .[0:10])
    }
' 2>/dev/null)
if [ -n "$output" ]; then printf '%s\n' "$output"; else echo "(snapshot unavailable)"; fi

Snapshot Fallback

If the block above is empty, the script didn't execute automatically — likely because part of it (jq, curl, or network access) is missing. Query and filter the snapshot yourself before continuing.

Snapshot shape

{
  "anthropic": [ <model>, ..., <up to 10> ],
  "openai":    [ <model>, ..., <up to 10> ],
  "google":    [ <model>, ..., <up to 10> ]
}

Each <model> is the unmodified gateway payload. Useful fields per model: