Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Data Designer ships a set of built-in model providers (nvidia, openai, openrouter) plus pre-configured model aliases for each. OrcaRouter — an OpenAI-compatible AI gateway that exposes a provider/model namespace across many upstream models — is currently missing, so users who want adaptive routing / automatic failover / zero-markup inference through a single endpoint must hand-roll a custom provider with a base URL instead of using a first-class built-in.
Describe the solution you'd like
Add orcarouter as a built-in model provider registered in PREDEFINED_PROVIDERS and PREDEFINED_PROVIDERS_MODEL_MAP, mirroring the existing openrouter wiring:
- Provider:
name=orcarouter, endpoint=https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1, provider_type=openai, api_key=ORCAROUTER_API_KEY
- Model aliases:
orcarouter-text, orcarouter-reasoning, orcarouter-vision, orcarouter-embedding
- Update the default-model-settings fern docs and README quick-start so the new provider is discoverable.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Using a custom ModelProvider with an arbitrary base URL. This works, but it treats OrcaRouter as an anonymous endpoint and does not surface it as a first-class provider in data-designer config or the docs.
Agent Investigation
I explored the codebase to confirm the wiring pattern:
packages/data-designer-config/src/data_designer/config/utils/constants.py defines OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_NAME, OPENROUTER_API_KEY_ENV_VAR_NAME, PREDEFINED_PROVIDERS, and PREDEFINED_PROVIDERS_MODEL_MAP. A new orcarouter entry slots in exactly parallel to openrouter.
packages/data-designer-config/tests/config/test_default_model_settings.py asserts the builtin provider/model counts (3 providers, 12 model configs) and would need updating (→ 4 providers, 16 model configs).
- The
ModelFacade treats providers generically via provider_type="openai"; the only provider-specific code path is OpenRouter attribution-header injection, which is optional and not required for a new OpenAI-compatible provider.
- Fern docs list the built-in providers in
fern/versions/latest/pages/concepts/models/default-model-settings.mdx, index.mdx, model-providers.mdx, and custom-model-settings.mdx.
Checklist
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Data Designer ships a set of built-in model providers (
nvidia,openai,openrouter) plus pre-configured model aliases for each. OrcaRouter — an OpenAI-compatible AI gateway that exposes a provider/model namespace across many upstream models — is currently missing, so users who want adaptive routing / automatic failover / zero-markup inference through a single endpoint must hand-roll a custom provider with a base URL instead of using a first-class built-in.Describe the solution you'd like
Add
orcarouteras a built-in model provider registered inPREDEFINED_PROVIDERSandPREDEFINED_PROVIDERS_MODEL_MAP, mirroring the existingopenrouterwiring:name=orcarouter,endpoint=https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1,provider_type=openai,api_key=ORCAROUTER_API_KEYorcarouter-text,orcarouter-reasoning,orcarouter-vision,orcarouter-embeddingDescribe alternatives you've considered
Using a custom
ModelProviderwith an arbitrary base URL. This works, but it treats OrcaRouter as an anonymous endpoint and does not surface it as a first-class provider indata-designer configor the docs.Agent Investigation
I explored the codebase to confirm the wiring pattern:
packages/data-designer-config/src/data_designer/config/utils/constants.pydefinesOPENROUTER_PROVIDER_NAME,OPENROUTER_API_KEY_ENV_VAR_NAME,PREDEFINED_PROVIDERS, andPREDEFINED_PROVIDERS_MODEL_MAP. A neworcarouterentry slots in exactly parallel toopenrouter.packages/data-designer-config/tests/config/test_default_model_settings.pyasserts the builtin provider/model counts (3 providers, 12 model configs) and would need updating (→ 4 providers, 16 model configs).ModelFacadetreats providers generically viaprovider_type="openai"; the only provider-specific code path is OpenRouter attribution-header injection, which is optional and not required for a new OpenAI-compatible provider.fern/versions/latest/pages/concepts/models/default-model-settings.mdx,index.mdx,model-providers.mdx, andcustom-model-settings.mdx.Checklist