llm-openrouter 0.6

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llm-openrouter 0.6 adds a refresh command to immediately update available models, enabling instant access to newly released models like Kimi 2.6 on OpenRouter.

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# Release: llm-openrouter 0.6 Source: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/20/llm-openrouter/](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/20/llm-openrouter/) > - `llm openrouter refresh`command for refreshing the list of available models without waiting for the cache to expire\. I added this feature so I could try[Kimi 2\.6](https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-k2-6)on OpenRouter as soon as it[became available there](https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6)\. Here's[its pelican](https://gisthost.github.io/?ecaad98efe0f747e27bc0e0ebc669e94/pelican.html)\- this time as an HTML page because Kimi chose to include an HTML and JavaScript UI to control the animation\.[Transcript here](https://gist.github.com/simonw/ecaad98efe0f747e27bc0e0ebc669e94#2026-04-20t164936----conversation-01kpnwt8d2bt5qwkm60j9sbkbs-id-01kpnwra0prz6v822cct5b08kq)\. ![The bicycle is about right. The pelican is OK. It is pedaling furiously and flapping its wings a bit. Controls below the animation provide a pause button and sliders for controlling the speed and the wing flap.](https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/kimi-k2-pelican-64-colors.gif)

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