name:	omniroute-imperial
description:	IMPERIAL bounded adapter for OmniRoute unified AI routing. Use only verified free/provider-compliant routes; never treat catalog presence as permission, quota, or live availability.

OmniRoute 3.8.51 — IMPERIAL adapter

Upstream: diegosouzapw/OmniRoute Pinned commit: fcc2dcd1a61810b5dd9d4d484c9050eacd14f3f0 License: MIT Upstream package version: 3.8.51 Native Node requirement: >=22.22.2 <23 OR >=24 <27

Purpose

Use OmniRoute concepts for unified OpenAI-compatible routing, fallback, quota awareness, compression and MCP/A2A compatibility.

Critical truth boundary

The upstream catalog advertises hundreds of providers/models and many free tiers, but a catalog entry is not proof that a provider is legal, available, free for this user, or callable from this runtime. IMPERIAL must independently verify provider terms, region/KYC requirements, credentials, quota and actual live response before routing production work.

Rules

FREE_ONLY: paid, trial-with-card, credit-triggering or billable routes are denied.
Provider terms/compliance review required before first use.
KYC/regional identity requirements are never bypassed.
Credentials remain outside model prompts and evidence packets.
No automatic provider signup or account creation.
No fabricated model availability.
Preserve existing IMPERIAL free router as canonical fallback until OmniRoute native runtime is verified.
RTK/CodeBurn may complement routing efficiency; they do not expand authority.

Truth boundary: SKILL_BOUND != OMNIROUTE_NATIVE_LIVE; CATALOG_ENTRY != FREE_ROUTE_VERIFIED; FREE_TIER_ADVERTISED != ZERO_COST_CONFIRMED; MODEL_LISTED != MODEL_CALLABLE.