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brainrouter

v0.1.0

Published

A modular, intelligent AI orchestration layer that dynamically selects the best model for every request — optimizing for **cost**, **latency**, or **quality**.

Downloads

135

Readme

🧠 AI Brain Router (Working Name)

A modular, intelligent AI orchestration layer that dynamically selects the best model for every request — optimizing for cost, latency, or quality.

Built for SaaS platforms, indie hackers, and AI-first products that want a plug-and-play “AI brain” without reinventing the stack.


🚀 Overview

AI Brain Router is a unified abstraction layer over multiple LLM providers (via OpenRouter), enriched with custom logic, ML classifiers, and memory systems.

Instead of hardcoding a single model, this system:

  • Understands the intent and context of each prompt
  • Classifies the use case
  • Routes the request to the most optimal model
  • Manages memory, conversations, embeddings, and RAG

✨ Features

🧠 Intelligent Model Routing

  • Classifies prompts (e.g., coding, chat, reasoning, summarization)

  • Dynamically selects models based on:

    • Cost efficiency 💰
    • Performance ⚡
    • Output quality 🎯

🔌 OpenRouter Integration

  • Unified access to multiple LLM providers
  • Automatic fallback and failover handling
  • Model benchmarking and scoring

🧩 Modular AI Pipeline

  • Plug-and-play architecture for:

    • Classifiers
    • Routing strategies
    • Memory layers
    • Retrieval systems

💬 Conversation & Memory Management

  • Persistent conversation tracking
  • Short-term and long-term memory layers
  • Context window optimization

📚 RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

  • Built-in document ingestion
  • Vector search support
  • Context-aware retrieval pipelines

🔍 Embeddings Engine

  • Supports multiple embedding providers
  • Efficient semantic search
  • Custom indexing strategies

⚡ Streaming Support

  • Real-time token streaming
  • Optimized for chat UIs and agents

🏗️ Architecture

                ┌────────────────────┐
                │     User Input      │
                └────────┬───────────┘
                         │
                         ▼
                ┌────────────────────┐
                │  Prompt Classifier  │
                └────────┬───────────┘
                         │
                         ▼
                ┌────────────────────┐
                │  Routing Engine     │
                │ (Cost / Speed / IQ) │
                └────────┬───────────┘
                         │
                         ▼
                ┌────────────────────┐
                │  Model चयन (LLMs)  │
                └────────┬───────────┘
                         │
                         ▼
      ┌────────────────────────────────────┐
      │ Memory │ RAG │ Embeddings │ Stream │
      └────────────────────────────────────┘
                         │
                         ▼
                ┌────────────────────┐
                │     Response        │
                └────────────────────┘

🛠️ Tech Stack (Suggested)

  • Backend: Node.js / Python (FastAPI)
  • LLM Gateway: OpenRouter
  • Vector DB: Pinecone / Weaviate / Qdrant
  • Cache: Redis
  • Queue: Kafka / BullMQ
  • Classifier Models: Lightweight local models / fine-tuned classifiers

📦 Installation

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/ai-brain-router.git
cd ai-brain-router
npm install

or

pip install -r requirements.txt

⚙️ Configuration

Create a .env file:

OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your_key_here
DEFAULT_ROUTING_STRATEGY=balanced
VECTOR_DB_URL=your_vector_db
REDIS_URL=your_redis_url

🧪 Example Usage

Basic Prompt Routing

const response = await aiBrain.ask({
  prompt: "Explain quantum computing in simple terms",
  priority: "quality"
});

Code Generation (Cost Optimized)

const response = await aiBrain.ask({
  prompt: "Write a REST API in Express",
  priority: "cost"
});

🧠 Routing Strategies

| Strategy | Description | | ---------- | --------------------------- | | cost | Uses cheapest viable model | | fast | Prioritizes low latency | | quality | Uses best-performing models | | balanced | Smart trade-off between all |


🔌 Extensibility

You can plug in your own:

  • Custom classifiers
  • Routing algorithms
  • Model scoring logic
  • Memory backends
  • Retrieval pipelines

📈 Roadmap

  • [ ] Auto-learning routing system (reinforcement feedback)
  • [ ] Fine-tuned intent classifiers
  • [ ] Multi-agent orchestration
  • [ ] Visual dashboard for routing insights
  • [ ] Cost analytics & optimization layer
  • [ ] SDKs (JS, Python, Go)

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

fork → clone → branch → commit → PR

📄 License

MIT License


💡 Vision

To become the default AI orchestration layer — so developers never have to think about which model to use again.


⚡ TL;DR

One API. All models. Zero guesswork.


📬 Contact

For ideas, collaborations, or feedback:

  • Open an issue
  • Start a discussion
  • Reach out on Twitter / LinkedIn