OpenRouter SDK Patterns Overview Build production-grade OpenRouter client wrappers using the OpenAI SDK. The OpenAI Python/TypeScript SDKs work natively with OpenRouter by changing to . This skill covers typed wrappers, retry strategies, middleware, and reusable patterns. Python: Production Client Wrapper TypeScript: Production Client Wrapper Retry Strategy The OpenAI SDK has built-in retries with exponential backoff for: - 429 (rate limit) -- respects header - 5xx (server errors) -- retries with backoff - Connection errors -- retries on network failures For custom retry logic beyond the SDK:…