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AI Router: Quick Start

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

1. Top up your balance

Use the Top up balance instructions.

2. Create an AI router

  1. In the control panel, on the top menu, click Products and select AI router.
  2. In the AI router section, click Create AI router.
  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.

3. Optional: set a limit for the API key

  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 → Keys and Limits tab.
  3. In the key menu, select Change limit.
  4. Enter the new limit value in rubles.
  5. Click .

4. Verify AI Router operation

  1. Open the 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.