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Free Ride is a cost-optimization utility that configures OpenClaw to use free AI models from OpenRouter. It automatically discovers, ranks, and configures the best available free models as your primary provider with intelligent fallback chains — ensuring you always have working AI access without incurring API costs.

Key Features

Automatic model discovery and ranking that evaluates free models by quality metrics and selects the best available option as your primary
Smart fallback configuration with ranked alternatives that activate when rate limits are hit, preventing service interruptions
Configuration preservation that respects your existing OpenClaw settings while layering in free model routing
Watcher daemon for continuous monitoring and automatic model rotation when better options become available
OpenRouter integration using their intelligent free model picker as the first fallback for maximum reliability

Use Cases

Running development and testing workflows without burning through paid API credits
Maintaining always-available AI access for personal projects and experimentation
Providing a cost-free baseline for teams evaluating different model providers
Automating model selection so you always get the best free option without manual research

How It Works

The skill queries OpenRouter's API to identify all currently available free models, ranks them by quality metrics, and updates the OpenClaw configuration file (

~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

) with a primary model and ranked fallback chain. The first fallback is always OpenRouter's intelligent router, which automatically selects the best available free model when your primary hits rate limits.

Getting Started

Obtain a free API key from openrouter.ai/keys and set the environment variable

OPENROUTER_API_KEY

. Install the skill with

cd ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/free-ride && pip install -e .

, then run

freeride auto

followed by

openclaw gateway restart

to activate your free model configuration.

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