From 93bc50f8cd5b68d725b9832e12c961b25235331e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gnanam1990 <gnanasekaran.sekareee@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 11:37:26 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] docs: replace stale OpenRouter Gemini example

Update the OpenRouter Gemini README example to a model ID that works in current OpenRouter validation, and note that model availability can change over time.
---
 README.md | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5c94ed80..7784083a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,9 +118,13 @@ export OPENAI_MODEL=deepseek-chat
 export CLAUDE_CODE_USE_OPENAI=1
 export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-or-...
 export OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
-export OPENAI_MODEL=google/gemini-2.0-flash
+export OPENAI_MODEL=google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
 ```
 
+OpenRouter model availability changes over time. If a model stops working,
+pick another currently available OpenRouter model before assuming the
+OpenAI-compatible setup is broken.
+
 ### Ollama (local, free)
 
 ```bash