Owl Alpha — Free API

What is Owl Alpha?

Owl Alpha is a high-performance foundation model designed for agentic workloads, available free on OpenRouter. Features a 1M context window — one of the largest of any model. Natively handles tool use, long-context tasks, code generation, automated workflows, and complex instruction execution. Compatible with Claude Code, OpenClaw, and other mainstream productivity tools. Text-only. OpenAI-compatible via OpenRouter. Free tier: 200 RPD (or 1,000 with $10 lifetime credit). Note: prompts and completions may be logged by the provider for model improvement.

Owl Alpha API Code Example

Paste your API key and run. See the config generator for Claude Code, Cursor, and more tools.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openrouter/owl-alpha",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const openai = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
  apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
  model: "openrouter/owl-alpha",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});

console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "openrouter/owl-alpha",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

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