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AI Router: Quick Start

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  1. Create an AI Router.
  2. Top up your balance.
  3. Optional: set an API key limit.
  4. Check AI Router operation.

1. Create an AI Router

  1. In the Control panel, in the top menu, click Products and select AI Router.
  2. In the AI Router section, click Create.
  3. Enter the AI Router name.
  4. Optional: enter a description.
  5. Enter the key name.
  6. Click Create. The API key can only be viewed once after creation — copy and save it.

2. Top up balance

Use the Top up balance guide.

3. Optional: set a limit for the API key

An API key limit is a monetary amount in rubles within which you restrict the key's usage. By default, the limit for each API key is zero — you can use a key without restrictions as long as there are funds available on your balance.

  1. In the Control panel, on the top menu, click Products and select AI Router.
  2. In the AI Router section, open the AI Router page → the Keys and limits tab.
  3. In the key menu, select Change limit.
  4. Enter the limit value in rubles.
  5. Click .

4. Verify AI Router performance

  1. Open your terminal.

  2. Send a test request:

    export API_KEY="<api_key>"
    curl -X POST --http2 \
    'https://api.selectel.ru/aig/v1/chat/completions' \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
    --data '{
        "model": "moonshotai/kimi-k2.6",
        "stream": false,
        "reasoning": {
        "effort": "low"
        },
        "messages": [
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Tell me about Selectel"
        }
        ]
    }'

    Specify <api_key>, the API key you saved when creating the AI Router in step 1.