OpenRouter says OpenAI GPT-6 Astra is live on its aggregator as openai/gpt-6-astra. Internal testing called it highly steerable—“mold it to whatever you want”—a different feel from prior models. A key third-party routing availability milestone for coding and agent workflows that swap models via one API.

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  • ✓Access: OpenRouter serves openai/gpt-6-astra now.
  • ✓Feel: internal testing quoted as highly steerable and moldable.
  • ✓Impact: multi-model coding/agent stacks can route or fall back to Astra via one API.
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