llm-openrouter 0.6 Plugin Released with Model Refresh Command
Published 2026-04-20Ingested 2026-04-22AI Infrastructure and ComputeLow
Summary
Simon Willison released version 0.6 of llm-openrouter, a plugin for his LLM command-line tool that provides access to models hosted by the OpenRouter aggregation service. The key new feature is an `llm openrouter refresh` command that allows users to immediately refresh the list of available models without waiting for the cache to expire. The motivation for this feature was to quickly access Kimi 2.6 (from Moonshot AI) on OpenRouter as soon as it became available. This reflects the rapid pace o
Alignment: Reinforces current position
Related Positions: multi-model-multi-vendor.md, ai-infrastructure-strategy.md
llm-toolingopenroutermulti-model-accessmodel-aggregationopen-sourcecli-toolssimon-willisonkimi-modelmodel-routing