---
name: pp-openrouter-image
description: "Every image model on OpenRouter, one key: generate, rank, estimate, and batch with a local cost ledger. Trigger phrases: `generate an image`, `create a picture`, `which image model is cheapest`, `estimate the cost of this image`, `regenerate that image`, `batch of images`, `use openrouter-image`, `run openrouter-image`."
author: "neal-kyle"
license: "Apache-2.0"
argument-hint: "<command> [args] | install cli|mcp"
allowed-tools: "Read Bash"
metadata:
  openclaw:
    requires:
      bins:
        - openrouter-image-pp-cli
    install:
      - kind: go
        bins: [openrouter-image-pp-cli]
        module: github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/ai/openrouter-image/cmd/openrouter-image-pp-cli
---
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# OpenRouter — Printing Press CLI

## Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the `openrouter-image-pp-cli` binary. **You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill.** If it is missing, install it first:

1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to `$HOME/.local/bin` on macOS/Linux and `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin` on Windows:
   ```bash
   npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install openrouter-image --cli-only
   ```
2. Verify: `openrouter-image-pp-cli --version`
3. Ensure the reported install directory is on `$PATH` for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

If the `npx` install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.5 or newer). This installs into `$GOPATH/bin` (default `$HOME/go/bin`), so add that directory to `$PATH` instead:

```bash
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/ai/openrouter-image/cmd/openrouter-image-pp-cli@latest
```

If `--version` reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on `$PATH`. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

OpenRouter's Image API fronts 40+ image models from every major lab. This CLI adds what the API alone lacks: offline model ranking by capability and budget, pre-spend cost estimates, deterministic re-generation from a local history ledger, budget-gated batch runs, and a weekly spend digest. Model selection is always explicit — every generation names its model.

## When to Use This CLI

Use this CLI when an AI agent or human needs to generate images on demand through OpenRouter with explicit model selection, wants to pick the cheapest capable provider before spending, run budgeted batches from a CSV, reproduce past generations exactly, or track image-generation spend over time. It is the tool for scheduled image pipelines, prompt iteration across models, and cost-aware image production.

## Anti-triggers

Do not use this CLI for:
- Do not use this CLI for chat completions or text generation — use the existing openrouter-pp-cli (cost attribution) or a chat CLI
- Do not use this CLI for video generation — OpenRouter's video API is a different surface
- Do not use this CLI for embedding, reranking, or speech endpoints
- Do not use this CLI as a general HTTP client for arbitrary OpenRouter endpoints

## Unique Capabilities

These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.

### Local state that compounds

- **`models rank`** — Rank every image model+provider combo cheapest-first under your capability and budget constraints.

  _Pick the cheapest provider that meets your image constraints without paging through catalog JSON._

  ```bash
  openrouter-image-pp-cli models rank --image-to-image --resolution 4K --max-cost 0.10 --limit 5 --json
  ```
- **`cost-estimate`** — Estimate USD cost of a generation before spending credits, computed offline from synced per-endpoint pricing.

  _Agents can check the price of a planned image before spending credits._

  ```bash
  openrouter-image-pp-cli cost-estimate --model openai/gpt-image-1 --resolution 2K --quality high --n 4
  ```
- **`regenerate`** — Re-run a past generation with its exact stored parameters (model, seed, resolution, quality, references).

  _Reproduce or tweak a past image without re-typing the full flag set._

  ```bash
  openrouter-image-pp-cli regenerate gen-1234567890 --output winner.png
  ```
- **`usage digest`** — Period-over-period spend and volume summary: images generated, USD spent, top models, cost per image vs the prior window.

  _Budget owners get a machine-readable weekly cost report from the local ledger._

  ```bash
  openrouter-image-pp-cli usage digest --since 7d --agent
  ```

### Agent-native plumbing

- **`batch`** — Run many generations from a CSV with a hard USD budget: estimate first, abort before any spend if over, then execute and log each cost.

  _Cron pipelines can fire a batch with a hard spend cap and get typed exit codes instead of burning the whole balance._

  ```bash
  openrouter-image-pp-cli batch --spec batch.csv --budget 2.00 --dry-run
  ```

### Reachability mitigation

- **`models diff`** — See newly added, retired, and price-changed image models between syncs so pinned pipelines never break silently.

  _Catch a retired model before the next scheduled batch 404s._

  ```bash
  openrouter-image-pp-cli models diff --since 7d --json
  ```

## Command Reference

**activity** — Manage activity

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli activity` — Returns user activity data grouped by endpoint for the last 30 (completed) UTC days.

**audio** — Manage audio

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli audio create-speech` — Synthesizes audio from the input text. Returns a raw audio bytestream in the requested format (e.g. mp3, pcm, wav).
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli audio create-transcriptions` — Transcribes audio into text.

**benchmarks** — Benchmarks endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli benchmarks` — Unified benchmark endpoint that aggregates scores from multiple benchmark sources (Artificial Analysis, Design Arena

**byok** — BYOK endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli byok create-byokkey` — Create a new bring-your-own-key (BYOK) provider credential.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli byok delete-byokkey` — Delete (soft-delete) a bring-your-own-key (BYOK) provider credential by its `id`.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli byok get-byokkey` — Get a single bring-your-own-key (BYOK) provider credential by its `id`.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli byok list-byokkeys` — List the bring-your-own-key (BYOK) provider credentials for the authenticated entity's default workspace.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli byok update-byokkey` — Update an existing bring-your-own-key (BYOK) provider credential by its `id`.

**chat** — Chat completion endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli chat` — Sends a request for a model response for the given chat conversation. Supports both streaming and non-streaming modes.

**classifications** — Task classification market-share endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli classifications` — Returns the market-share breakdown of OpenRouter traffic by task classification (e.g.

**credits** — Credit management endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli credits create-coinbase-charge` — Deprecated.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli credits get` — Get total credits purchased and used for the authenticated user.

**datasets** — Datasets endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli datasets get-app-rankings` — Returns the top public apps on OpenRouter ranked by token usage inside the requested date window
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli datasets get-rankings-daily` — Returns the top 50 public models per day by total token usage on OpenRouter

**embeddings** — Text embedding endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli embeddings create` — Submits an embedding request to the embeddings router
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli embeddings list-models` — Returns a list of all available embeddings models and their properties

**endpoints** — Endpoint information

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli endpoints` — Preview the impact of ZDR on the available endpoints

**files** — Files endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli files delete` — Deletes a file owned by the requesting workspace. Deletion is irreversible.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli files get-metadata` — Retrieves metadata for a single file owned by the requesting workspace.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli files list` — Lists files belonging to the workspace of the authenticating API key.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli files upload` — Uploads a file to be referenced in future API calls.

**generation** — Generation history endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli generation get` — Get request & usage metadata for a generation
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli generation list-content` — Get stored prompt and completion content for a generation
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli generation submit-feedback` — Submit structured feedback on a generation the authenticated user made.

**guardrails** — Guardrails endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails create` — Create a new guardrail for the authenticated user.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails delete` — Delete an existing guardrail. [Management key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails get` — Get a single guardrail by ID. [Management key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails list` — List all guardrails for the authenticated user.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails list-key-assignments` — List all API key guardrail assignments for the authenticated user.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails list-member-assignments` — List all organization member guardrail assignments for the authenticated user.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails update` — Update an existing guardrail. Collection fields use replace semantics: send the full desired set on every update.

**images** — Images endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli images create` — Generates an image from a text prompt via the image generation router
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli images list-model-endpoints` — Returns the full per-endpoint records for an image model: each endpoint's definitive supported parameters, pricing
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli images list-models` — Lists every image generation model with its top-level supported-parameter superset and a URL to its full per-endpoint

**key** — Manage key

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli key` — Get information on the API key associated with the current authentication session

**keys** — Manage keys

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli keys create` — Create a new API key for the authenticated user. The plaintext `key` is returned only in this response.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli keys delete` — Delete an existing API key. [Management key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli keys get` — Get a single API key by hash. [Management key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli keys list` — List all API keys for the authenticated user. [Management key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli keys update` — Update an existing API key. [Management key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.

**messages** — Manage messages

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli messages` — Creates a message using the Anthropic Messages API format. Supports text, images, PDFs, tools, and extended thinking.

**model** — Model information endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli model <author> <slug>` — Returns full details for a single model identified by its author and slug (e.g. openai/gpt-4).

**models** — Model information endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli models get` — List all models and their properties
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli models list-count` — Get total count of available models
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli models list-user` — List models filtered by user provider preferences, [privacy settings](https://openrouter.

**observability** — Observability endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli observability create-destination` — Create a new observability destination. A maximum of 5 destinations per type is allowed.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli observability delete-destination` — Delete an existing observability destination. This performs a soft delete.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli observability get-destination` — Fetch a single observability destination by its UUID.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli observability list-destinations` — List the observability destinations configured for the authenticated entity's default workspace.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli observability update-destination` — Update an existing observability destination. Only the fields provided in the request body are updated.

**openrouter-analytics** — Manage openrouter analytics

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli openrouter-analytics get-meta` — Returns the available metrics, dimensions, filter operators, and granularities for the analytics query endpoint.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli openrouter-analytics query` — Execute an analytics query with specified metrics, dimensions, filters, and time range.

**openrouter-auth** — Manage openrouter auth

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli openrouter-auth create-keys-code` — Create an authorization code for the PKCE flow to generate a user-controlled API key
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli openrouter-auth exchange-code-for-apikey` — Exchange an authorization code from the PKCE flow for a user-controlled API key

**organization** — Organization endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli organization` — List all members of the organization associated with the authenticated management key.

**presets** — Presets endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli presets get` — Retrieves a preset by its slug with its currently designated version inline.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli presets list` — Lists all presets for the authenticated user, ordered by most recently updated first.

**providers** — Provider information endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli providers` — List all providers

**rerank** — Rerank endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli rerank` — Submits a rerank request to the rerank router

**responses** — OpenAI-compatible Responses API endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli responses create` — Creates a streaming or non-streaming response using OpenResponses API format
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli responses create-compact` — Rewrites a conversation into a smaller context window, returning the canonical next context window

**scim** — SCIM endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli scim create-group-mapping` — Create a SCIM group-to-workspace role mapping.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli scim delete-group-mapping` — Delete a SCIM group-to-workspace mapping. [Management key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli scim get-group-mapping` — Get a SCIM group-to-workspace mapping. [Management key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli scim list-group-mappings` — List SCIM group-to-workspace mappings for the organization.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli scim list-groups` — List SCIM groups for the organization. [Management key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli scim update-group-mapping` — Update a SCIM group mapping role. [Management key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.

**videos** — Manage videos

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli videos create` — Submits a video generation request and returns a polling URL to check status
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli videos get` — Returns job status and content URLs when completed
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli videos list-models` — Returns a list of all available video generation models and their properties

**workspaces** — Workspaces endpoints

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli workspaces create` — Create a new workspace for the authenticated user.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli workspaces delete` — Delete an existing workspace. The default workspace cannot be deleted.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli workspaces get` — Get a single workspace by ID or slug. [Management key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli workspaces list` — List all workspaces for the authenticated user.
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli workspaces update` — Update an existing workspace by ID or slug. [Management key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.


## Freshness Contract

This printed CLI owns bounded freshness only for registered store-backed read command paths. In `--data-source auto` mode, those paths check `sync_state` and may run a bounded refresh before reading local data. `--data-source local` never refreshes. `--data-source live` reads the API and does not mutate the local store. Set `OPENROUTER_IMAGE_NO_AUTO_REFRESH=1` to skip the freshness hook without changing source selection.

Covered paths:

- `openrouter-image-pp-cli activity`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli activity get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli activity list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli activity search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli benchmarks`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli benchmarks get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli benchmarks list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli benchmarks search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli byok`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli byok get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli byok list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli byok search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli datasets`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli datasets get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli datasets list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli datasets search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli datasets-rankings-daily`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli datasets-rankings-daily get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli datasets-rankings-daily list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli datasets-rankings-daily search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli embeddings`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli embeddings get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli embeddings list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli embeddings search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli endpoints`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli endpoints get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli endpoints list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli endpoints search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli files`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli files get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli files list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli files search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli generation`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli generation get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli generation list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli generation search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails-assignments-keys`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails-assignments-keys get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails-assignments-keys list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails-assignments-keys search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails-assignments-members`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails-assignments-members get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails-assignments-members list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli guardrails-assignments-members search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli images`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli images get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli images list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli images search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli keys`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli keys get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli keys list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli keys search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli models`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli models get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli models list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli models search`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli models-count`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli models-count get`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli models-count list`
- `openrouter-image-pp-cli models-coun