Cli Providers

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name: cli-providers
description: "Manage provider connections from the CLI: list available/configured providers, add, test, test-all, validate, rotate API keys, and view per-provider metrics."
---
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## Overview

Manage provider connections from the CLI: list available/configured providers, add, test, test-all, validate, rotate API keys, and view per-provider metrics.

## Quick install

```bash
npm install -g AIRoute   # or: npx AIRoute
AIRoute --version
```

## Subcommands

### `provider-cmd provider [subcommand]`

Manage provider connections (use 

**Example:**

```bash
AIRoute provider-cmd provider [subcommand]
```

### `providers`

**Example:**

```bash
AIRoute providers
```

### `providers available`

Show available providers in the AIRoute catalog

**Flags:**

- `--json`
- `--search <query>`
- `-q, --q <query>`
- `--category <category>`

**Example:**

```bash
AIRoute providers available
```

### `providers list`

List configured provider connections

**Flags:**

- `--json`

**Example:**

```bash
AIRoute providers list
```

### `providers test <idOrName>`

Test a configured provider connection

**Flags:**

- `--json`

**Example:**

```bash
AIRoute providers test <idOrName>
```

### `providers test-all`

Test all active provider connections

**Flags:**

- `--json`

**Example:**

```bash
AIRoute providers test-all
```

### `providers validate`

Validate local provider configuration without calling upstream

**Flags:**

- `--json`

**Example:**

```bash
AIRoute providers validate
```

### `providers rotate <idOrName>`

**Flags:**

- `--new-key <key>`
- `--from-env <VAR>`
- `--oauth`
- `--yes`
- `--skip-test`
- `--dry-run`

**Example:**

```bash
AIRoute providers rotate <idOrName>
```

### `providers status`

**Flags:**

- `--provider <name>`
- `--json`

**Example:**

```bash
AIRoute providers status
```

### `providers metrics`

**Flags:**

- `--provider <id>`
- `--connection-id <id>`
- `--period <p>`
- `--metric <m>`
- `--sort-by <field>`
- `--limit <n>`
- `--watch`
- `--compare <list>`

**Example:**

```bash
AIRoute providers metrics
```

### `providers metric <connectionId> <metric>`

**Flags:**

- `--period <p>`

**Example:**

```bash
AIRoute providers metric <connectionId> <metric>
```

### `test-provider test [provider] [model]`

**Flags:**

- `--all-providers`
- `--json`
- `--latency`
- `--repeat <n>`
- `--compare <models>`
- `--save <path>`

**Example:**

```bash
AIRoute test-provider test [provider] [model]
```

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# AIRoute — CLI Providers & Keys

Requires the `AIRoute` CLI. See [CLI entry-point skill](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/diegosouzapw/AIRoute/main/skills/AIRoute-cli/SKILL.md) for install + global flags.

## Provider catalog (available providers)

```bash
AIRoute providers available                        # Full AIRoute provider catalog
AIRoute providers available --search openai        # Filter by id, name, alias
AIRoute providers available --category api-key     # Filter by category
AIRoute providers available --json                 # Machine-readable JSON
```

Categories: `api-key`, `oauth`, `free`, `local`, `combo`.

## Configured provider connections

```bash
AIRoute providers list                             # Connections in your DB
AIRoute providers list --json
```

## Testing connections

```bash
AIRoute providers test <id|name>                   # Test one configured connection
AIRoute providers test-all                         # Test every active connection (TUI progress)
AIRoute providers validate                         # Local-only structural validation (no HTTP)
```

`test-all` opens an interactive TUI that shows live pass/fail per connection. Use `--json` to get a machine-readable result:

```bash
AIRoute providers test-all --json
```

## API key management (AIRoute keys)

These manage the AIRoute API keys issued under **API Manager** — not provider credentials.

```bash
AIRoute keys list                                  # List all AIRoute API keys
AIRoute keys add <provider> [apiKey]               # Add an API key for a provider
AIRoute keys remove <provider>                     # Remove an API key
AIRoute keys regenerate <id>                       # Regenerate (rotate) a key
AIRoute keys revoke <id>                           # Revoke a key (disables it)
AIRoute keys reveal <id>                           # Show the full key value
AIRoute keys usage <id>                            # Show usage stats for a key

AIRoute keys rotate <id>                           # Rotate + revoke old key atomically
AIRoute keys expiration list                       # List key expiration times
```

### Key policies

```bash
AIRoute keys policy show <id>                      # Show rate-limit / permission policy
AIRoute keys policy set <id> \
  --rate-limit 100 \
  --rate-window minute \
  --permissions chat,models                          # Set policy on a key
```

## Models

```bash
AIRoute models                                     # List all models (all providers)
AIRoute models openai                              # Filter by provider
AIRoute models --search gpt                        # Search by name
AIRoute models --json                              # JSON output
```

## OAuth providers

```bash
AIRoute oauth list                                 # List OAuth-configured providers
AIRoute oauth login <provider>                     # Start browser-based OAuth flow
AIRoute oauth logout <provider>                    # Revoke OAuth token
AIRoute oauth status <provider>                    # Show token state + expiry
AIRoute oauth refresh <provider>                   # Force token refresh
```

For OAuth providers (Gemini, Windsurf, Antigravity, etc.) the `login` command opens the AIRoute dashboard OAuth flow in your browser.

## Provider nodes (multi-account routing)

Provider nodes let you attach multiple API keys / accounts to one logical provider for round-robin or failover.

```bash
AIRoute nodes list <provider>                      # List nodes for a provider
AIRoute nodes add <provider> --api-key <key>       # Add a node
AIRoute nodes remove <provider> <nodeId>           # Remove a node
AIRoute nodes test <provider> <nodeId>             # Test one node
```

## Routing combos (CLI)

Create and manage routing combos from the terminal:

```bash
AIRoute combo list                                 # List all combos
AIRoute combo create <name> \
  --strategy priority \
  --targets anthropic/claude-opus-4-7,openai/gpt-4o  # Create combo
AIRoute combo switch <name>                        # Activate a combo as default
AIRoute combo delete <name>                        # Delete a combo
AIRoute combo suggest --task "code review"         # Ask AIRoute to recommend a combo
```

For the full REST API for combos see [AIRoute-routing skill](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/diegosouzapw/AIRoute/main/skills/AIRoute-routing/SKILL.md).

## Quota & usage

```bash
AIRoute quota                                      # Provider quota usage + reset times
AIRoute usage                                      # Request + token usage summary
AIRoute cost                                       # Cost breakdown (by provider/model)
```

## Compression (CLI)

```bash
AIRoute compression status                         # Current compression mode + savings stats
AIRoute compression set --mode rtk                 # Enable RTK compression
AIRoute compression set --mode stacked             # Enable stacked (RTK + Caveman)
AIRoute compression set --mode off                 # Disable compression
AIRoute compression preview --mode rtk --text "..."  # Preview savings for sample text
```

## Health

```bash
AIRoute health                                     # Detailed health: circuit breakers, cache, memory
```

## Errors

- `providers test <id>` fails with 401 → API key stored for that provider is wrong; use `keys remove` + `keys add` to reset it
- `oauth login` opens but doesn't complete → the OAuth token endpoint may be firewalled; use API key auth instead
- `combo create` fails with `strategy unknown` → use one of: `priority`, `weighted`, `round-robin`, `fill-first`, `least-used`, `cost-optimized`, `auto`, `random`, `strict-random`, `p2c`, `reset-aware`, `lkgp`, `context-optimized`, `context-relay`
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