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{model_router_cli-1.0.3/backend/model_router_cli.egg-info → model_router_cli-1.1.0}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: model-router-cli
-Version: 1.0.3
+Version: 1.1.0
 Summary: Intelligent, explainable LLM request routing platform & AI Traffic Control Room
 Author-email: PicadoLabs <picadolabs@gmail.com>
-Maintainer-email: Kaap10 <picadolabs@gmail.com>
+Maintainer-email: PicadoLabs <picadolabs@gmail.com>
 License: Apache-2.0
 Project-URL: Homepage, https://picadolabs.me
 Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/PicadoLabs/ai-model-router
@@ -34,13 +34,15 @@ Requires-Dist: sse-starlette>=2.0.0
 Requires-Dist: python-multipart>=0.0.9
 Requires-Dist: python-dotenv>=1.0.1
 Requires-Dist: tiktoken>=0.6.0
+Requires-Dist: redis>=5.0.0
+Requires-Dist: asyncpg>=0.29.0
+Requires-Dist: alembic>=1.13.0
 Dynamic: license-file
 
 # Model Router
 
 [![PyPI - Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/model-router-cli?logo=pypi&logoColor=white&color=blue)](https://pypi.org/project/model-router-cli/)
 [![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/model-router-cli?logo=python&logoColor=white)](https://pypi.org/project/model-router-cli/)
-[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 [![License: Apache 2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
 [![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/model-router-cli)](https://pepy.tech/project/model-router-cli)
 
@@ -48,6 +50,18 @@ Intelligent, explainable, cost- and latency-aware LLM request routing platform a
 
 ---
 
+
+## The Real-World Problem
+Companies building AI applications face ballooning API costs, rate limits, and latency spikes. They want to use large models (like GPT-4 or Claude 3.5 Sonnet) for complex reasoning, but cheaper/faster models (like Llama 3 or Haiku) for simple tasks. Manually writing logic to route these requests is brittle and hard to maintain.
+
+## Why it's Unique (The "Edge")
+- **The "Traffic Control Room":** A stunning frontend UI that makes routing decisions transparent and explainable. You don't just route; you see *why* a request went to a specific model.
+- **100% Local & Self-Hosted:** No data leaves the user's infrastructure.
+- **A/B Policy Experimentation:** Built-in tools to test different routing policies (e.g., "lowest cost" vs "balanced") and see projected savings.
+- **Dual-Mode Analyzer:** Uses both fast heuristics (regex/length) and LLM-based complexity scoring to route requests efficiently.
+- **Production-Ready Scalability:** Database-agnostic (SQLite for local dev, PostgreSQL for production) with Redis Pub/Sub powering the real-time SSE traffic telemetry across distributed worker nodes.
+- **Resilient Execution:** Built-in sliding-window circuit breaker dynamically bypasses failing upstream providers to prevent cascading latency spikes.
+
 ## Overview
 
 Model Router intercepts incoming AI requests, analyzes their task type and continuous complexity, evaluates available models against a configurable multi-criteria scoring objective, selects the optimal candidate, and dispatches the request with automatic fallback handling and budget guards.
@@ -343,7 +357,6 @@ AI-Model-Router/
 ├── .gitignore               # Git exclusions
 ├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md       # Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
 ├── CONTRIBUTING.md          # Contribution guidelines and workflow
-├── LICENSE                  # MIT License
 ├── LICENSE                  # Apache 2.0 License
 ├── milestone.md             # Development milestone roadmap & issue tracker
 ├── README.md                # Project documentation
@@ -369,7 +382,6 @@ Security and privacy are core to Model Router. For vulnerability reporting proce
 
 ## License
 
-This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
 This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
 
 ---

{model_router_cli-1.0.3 → model_router_cli-1.1.0}/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 [![PyPI - Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/model-router-cli?logo=pypi&logoColor=white&color=blue)](https://pypi.org/project/model-router-cli/)
 [![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/model-router-cli?logo=python&logoColor=white)](https://pypi.org/project/model-router-cli/)
-[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 [![License: Apache 2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
 [![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/model-router-cli)](https://pepy.tech/project/model-router-cli)
 
@@ -10,6 +9,18 @@ Intelligent, explainable, cost- and latency-aware LLM request routing platform a
 
 ---
 
+
+## The Real-World Problem
+Companies building AI applications face ballooning API costs, rate limits, and latency spikes. They want to use large models (like GPT-4 or Claude 3.5 Sonnet) for complex reasoning, but cheaper/faster models (like Llama 3 or Haiku) for simple tasks. Manually writing logic to route these requests is brittle and hard to maintain.
+
+## Why it's Unique (The "Edge")
+- **The "Traffic Control Room":** A stunning frontend UI that makes routing decisions transparent and explainable. You don't just route; you see *why* a request went to a specific model.
+- **100% Local & Self-Hosted:** No data leaves the user's infrastructure.
+- **A/B Policy Experimentation:** Built-in tools to test different routing policies (e.g., "lowest cost" vs "balanced") and see projected savings.
+- **Dual-Mode Analyzer:** Uses both fast heuristics (regex/length) and LLM-based complexity scoring to route requests efficiently.
+- **Production-Ready Scalability:** Database-agnostic (SQLite for local dev, PostgreSQL for production) with Redis Pub/Sub powering the real-time SSE traffic telemetry across distributed worker nodes.
+- **Resilient Execution:** Built-in sliding-window circuit breaker dynamically bypasses failing upstream providers to prevent cascading latency spikes.
+
 ## Overview
 
 Model Router intercepts incoming AI requests, analyzes their task type and continuous complexity, evaluates available models against a configurable multi-criteria scoring objective, selects the optimal candidate, and dispatches the request with automatic fallback handling and budget guards.
@@ -305,7 +316,6 @@ AI-Model-Router/
 ├── .gitignore               # Git exclusions
 ├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md       # Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
 ├── CONTRIBUTING.md          # Contribution guidelines and workflow
-├── LICENSE                  # MIT License
 ├── LICENSE                  # Apache 2.0 License
 ├── milestone.md             # Development milestone roadmap & issue tracker
 ├── README.md                # Project documentation
@@ -331,7 +341,6 @@ Security and privacy are core to Model Router. For vulnerability reporting proce
 
 ## License
 
-This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
 This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
 
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