The always-available inference layer
for the agent economy

// npm install shipyard-inference

import {
  Router,
  AnthropicProvider,
  createUsePodProvider,
  costOptimized,
} from "shipyard-inference"

const router = new Router({
  candidates: [
    {
      id: "anthropic",
      provider: new AnthropicProvider({ apiKey: process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }),
    },
    {
      id: "usepod",
      provider: createUsePodProvider({ token: process.env.USEPOD_TOKEN }),
    },
  ],
  strategy: costOptimized(),
})

// Cheapest capable model per request.
const response = await router.chat({
  system: "You are a helpful assistant.",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
  tools: [],
})

// Bump quality per-request with routingHints: { tier: "frontier" }
// Add hundreds more models via createOpenRouterProvider() as another candidate.
// Stream with router.chatStream(...) — usage + cost on every done event.