Runway Model Routers — model skill for tools & renderers
For AI agents: find the right skill in one call —
curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q=<what the person wants>"returns the matching use case and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://skills.varg.ai/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add.mdto its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the use-case page.
Send generation through a saved Runway Model Router config instead of hard-coding one model.
- Type: Model · Tools & renderers
- Slug:
runway-dev-model-routers - Status: live
- Publisher: Runway (vendor, verified)
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/runwayml/skills/tree/main/skills/runway-dev-model-routers
- Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
- Requires: Runway API key (RUNWAYML_API_SECRET), Runway SDK (Node.js or Python)
- Cost: Billed in Runway credits
- Adoption: 141 installs, 74 GitHub stars (skills.sh, 2026-10-26)
What it does
Routes an application's image, video or audio generation through a saved Runway Model Router configuration, and inspects or manages routers on request. It resolves the live config and current router docs, and explains why a routed request landed on a given model.
Use when
- Swapping models without code changes
- Inspecting or editing a Model Router
Not for
- A fixed, direct model endpoint (use Runway Dev Models)
Install
- Claude Code:
claude plugin marketplace add runwayml/skills && claude plugin install runway-api@runway-dev - Codex:
npx skills add runwayml/skills --skill runway-dev-model-routers -a codex - Cursor:
npx skills add runwayml/skills --skill runway-dev-model-routers -a cursor - Gemini CLI:
npx skills add runwayml/skills --skill runway-dev-model-routers -a gemini-cli
Example output
https://skills.varg.ai/previews/runway-dev-model-routers.mp4 — Output picked by a quality-optimized Model Router with a $1 cap (routed to Gemini Omni Flash 1.0) for the 'OPEN awning' image-to-video prompt in Runway's router evaluation post (credit: Runway, https://runway.com/news/developers/evaluating-runway-model-router)
More tools & renderers skills
- varg AI: The official varg skill: videos, images, speech and music through one API key, rendered in the cloud or locally.
- Media Download: Save any video by link (X, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, 1800+ sites) or Pinterest images as references, locally, no key.
- Templates Gallery Ops: Internal runbook for the varg app Templates gallery: publish renders, preview clips, frame-0 posters, shelves.
- HyperFrames CLI: Drive the HyperFrames CLI: scaffold, check, preview, snapshot, edit the timeline, render locally or in the cloud.
- HyperFrames Registry: Pull any of ~450 ready-made blocks into a video as editable source: transitions, titles, captions, charts, 3D.
- HyperFrames Media Use: Find or make every asset a video needs: music, SFX, voiceover, images, logos, avatars, transcripts, grades.
Run the generation on varg
varg is one API key for the models these skills drive — Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Veo 3.1, Wan 3, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more — billed in credits, with a cost estimate before anything runs.
- Claude Code:
claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg(skill + hosted MCP) - Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw:
npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y - Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect
https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp - API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt