# openrouter

Start an OpenRouter expert session (advisory only). Pick a configured

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `openrouter`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/deliberation/openrouter

## Facts

- Tool: `openrouter`
- Server: Deliberation (`antonbabenko/deliberation`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/deliberation.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/antonbabenko/deliberation
- Risk category: Execute (High risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "openrouter",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why openrouter is rated High

This tool executes a session with external AI models via OpenRouter, which constitutes triggering an external operation. While described as 'advisory only', it still represents code/query execution against third-party services.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool starts an OpenRouter expert session and involves interaction with external models. The phrase 'Start an OpenRouter expert session' indicates triggering an external operation whose effects depend on the session configuration and model selection arguments."

## Use case

AI agents invoke openrouter to trigger actions in Deliberation. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Deliberation:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "openrouter": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "openrouter_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Deliberation (10)

- `consensus` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deliberation/consensus.md
- `consensus-step` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deliberation/consensus-step.md
- `gemini` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deliberation/gemini.md
- `gemini-reply` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deliberation/gemini-reply.md
- `grok` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deliberation/grok.md
- `grok-reply` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deliberation/grok-reply.md
- `openrouter-reply` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deliberation/openrouter-reply.md
- `analyze` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deliberation/analyze.md
- `openrouter-list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deliberation/openrouter-list.md
- `session-get` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deliberation/session-get.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=deliberation · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/deliberation