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FreeRide Free Model Manager

by Shaivpidadi in Shaivpidadi/FreeRide

Configures OpenClaw to use free OpenRouter models, setting the best one as primary and adding ranked fallbacks so rate limits do not interrupt work.

No licenceAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install FreeRide Free Model Manager

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Shaivpidadi/FreeRide --skill freeride -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Shaivpidadi/FreeRide freeride --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
freeride
GitHub stars
238
Used in
3 other repos
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
419 words
Files
8
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Configures OpenClaw to use free OpenRouter models, setting the best one as primary and adding ranked fallbacks so rate limits do not interrupt work.

  • Works in 2 steps: OPENROUTER_API_KEY is set. Check with… → The freeride CLI is installed. Check…
  • Switching OpenClaw to free OpenRouter models
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Does, Prerequisites, Primary Workflow and Commands Reference, plus 3 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls pip; needs OPENROUTER_API_KEY

What it does

The `freeride` CLI ranks the free models available on OpenRouter, sets the best as the primary model in OpenClaw and adds fallbacks. Setup needs an `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` (a free OpenRouter key) and the CLI installed with `pip install -e .` from the skill folder. The usual command is `freeride auto`, after which `/status` shows the active model.

Other commands list free models, switch to a named one, add it only as a fallback, show status, update only the fallbacks, refresh the cached list, and `rotate` to live-test and rebuild a dead fallback chain after rate limits. Only the primary model, the fallbacks and the model allowlist in `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` are written, everything else is preserved, and the OpenClaw gateway must be restarted after each change.

When your agent uses it

  • Switching OpenClaw to free OpenRouter models
  • Recovering when rate limits or a dead fallback chain interrupt work
  • Seeing which free models are available and what is configured now

Example prompts

  • “Set me up with free AI models in OpenClaw.”
  • “I am being rate limited, so rotate the fallback chain and restart the gateway.”
  • “List the free OpenRouter models and switch to a coding-focused one.”

Requirements

  • An OpenRouter API key in `OPENROUTER_API_KEY`
  • The `freeride` CLI (`pip install -e .`)
  • OpenClaw and its `openclaw.json` config

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. OPENROUTER_API_KEY is set. Check with echo $OPENROUTER_API_KEY. If empty, the user must get a free key at https://openrouter.ai/keys and…
  2. The freeride CLI is installed. Check with which freeride. If not found

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3ca969f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pip

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • openrouter.ai

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • OPENROUTER_API_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

FreeRide Free Model Manager loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 70 tokens; SKILL.md has 419 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~70
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 419 words (~1,133 tokens).

“Configures OpenClaw to use free AI models from OpenRouter. Sets the best free model as primary, adds ranked fallbacks so rate limits don't interrupt the user, and preserves existing config.”

— opening of SKILL.md by Shaivpidadi
name
freeride
network
openrouter.ai
writes
~/.openclaw/.freeride-cache.json, ~/.openclaw/.freeride-watcher-state.json
install
pip install -e .

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 7 other files in the repository root of Shaivpidadi/FreeRide.

  • SKILL.md
  • .gitignore
  • README.md
  • main.py
  • requirements.txt
  • setup.py
  • skill.json
  • watcher.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3ca969f

Used in 3 other repositories

We found 4 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 3 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in Shaivpidadi/FreeRide, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about FreeRide Free Model Manager

What does FreeRide Free Model Manager do?

Configures OpenClaw to use free OpenRouter models, setting the best one as primary and adding ranked fallbacks so rate limits do not interrupt work. The `freeride` CLI ranks the free models available on OpenRouter, sets the best as the primary model in OpenClaw and adds fallbacks.` from the skill folder.

When should I use FreeRide Free Model Manager?

FreeRide Free Model Manager fits situations like: switching OpenClaw to free OpenRouter models; recovering when rate limits or a dead fallback chain interrupt work; seeing which free models are available and what is configured now.

How do I install FreeRide Free Model Manager in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Shaivpidadi/FreeRide --skill freeride -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (the Shaivpidadi/FreeRide repository) into .claude/skills/freeride in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install FreeRide Free Model Manager in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Shaivpidadi/FreeRide --skill freeride -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (the Shaivpidadi/FreeRide repository) into .agents/skills/freeride in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use FreeRide Free Model Manager in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Shaivpidadi/FreeRide --skill freeride -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/freeride, .gemini/skills/freeride, .github/skills/freeride and .opencode/skills/freeride in your project.

What does FreeRide Free Model Manager need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, FreeRide Free Model Manager needs Python for the scripts in its folder, the command-line tools its instructions call (pip) and credentials named OPENROUTER_API_KEY. Our summary lists: An OpenRouter API key in `OPENROUTER_API_KEY`; The `freeride` CLI (`pip install -e .`); OpenClaw and its `openclaw.json` config.

Does FreeRide Free Model Manager access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: openrouter.ai. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is FreeRide Free Model Manager safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does FreeRide Free Model Manager use?

No licence was found for FreeRide Free Model Manager or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does FreeRide Free Model Manager use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to FreeRide Free Model Manager?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with FreeRide Free Model Manager: Hyper Jev (disler/ten-levels-of-jev, 207 stars), Openrouter Context Optimization (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars), Jev Model Routing (kerpopule/hermes-jev-skills, 1k stars) and Embeddings via 9Router (decolua/9router, 30k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains FreeRide Free Model Manager?

Shaivpidadi (a GitHub user) maintains it in Shaivpidadi/FreeRide, which has 238 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on May 7, 2026.

Source: Shaivpidadi/FreeRide on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.