# Auto Code

OpenRouter released a new generation of Auto Router and added Auto Code, a router tuned for coding work. The previous router relied on a few imprecise signals such as task type; the new routers weigh eleven factors about each request together with live pricing, provider health and cache status to pick both model and reasoning effort. Across five benchmarks Auto Code scores in line with Claude Opus 5.5 while costing 74% less per task, and the routing step runs at 0.65s at p90 in a live test against 1.96s for the old router.

OpenRouter released a new generation of Auto Router and added Auto Code, a router tuned for coding work. The previous router relied on a few imprecise signals such as task type; the new routers weigh eleven factors about each request together with live pricing, provider health and cache status to pick both model and reasoning effort. Across five benchmarks Auto Code scores in line with Claude Opus 5.5 while costing 74% less per task, and the routing step runs at 0.65s at p90 in a live test against 1.96s for the old router.