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# How to setup Open router

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### <mark style="color:orange;">Go to</mark> [<mark style="color:orange;">Open Router</mark>](https://openrouter.ai/)

* Create an account
* You will have 50 free messages each day, however if you have spent 10$ on the site you will have 1k free per day
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### <mark style="color:orange;">Go to your profile on the top right corner and press keys</mark>

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### <mark style="color:orange;">Create a new Api key</mark>

* Press "Create key", name it and leave credit empty if you want
* After creating it <mark style="color:orange;">**COPY & SAVE IT**</mark> somewhere as you won't be able to see it afterwards.

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### Go to Settings and then scroll all the way down

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Choose your model under "Default Model":\
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### <mark style="color:orange;">Go to Janitor</mark>

* Enter any chat
* Click on the top button, you button can say "Janitor" if you were using the JLLM

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* Paste the blow link under "Other API/Proxy URL" and Paste your key under "Api Key", leave Model empty

```
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions
```

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### <mark style="color:orange;">Scroll down and press "Save settings</mark>"

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### <mark style="color:orange;">Refresh the whole page(If you don't  your Api key wont work)</mark>

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### <mark style="color:orange;">Congrats! You can now chat!</mark>

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