llm-router
Stop spending your Claude Pro/Max quota on questions a free model can answer.
llm-router hooks into your coding tool's own lifecycle, reads each prompt before the model does, and drafts an answer on a free or local model first. No API keys needed on a Claude subscription — routing runs through MCP tools and local models.
One caveat: routed answers are advisory by default — Claude still takes the
turn unless LLM_ROUTER_ZERO_CLAUDE=1. By default some tool calls wait until a
prompt is routed; LLM_ROUTER_ENFORCE=off turns that off. Draft-rate and
acceptance figures live in docs/MEASUREMENT.md, with
their n, window and conditions.
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Why install this
You are on a Claude Pro or Max plan, have not spent a cent beyond it, and still hit the five-hour limit — not because you asked too much, but because every prompt went to the premium model: "what does this error mean", "reformat this JSON", "is the service up" drew the same quota as the question that needed it.
