Roo Code Setup Guide

Overview

Roo Code splits the agent into a planning, code, and QA team. Add UnoRouter as the OpenAI Compatible provider and Roo’s roles share the same base URL.

Quick Config

Drop these values into the client. Your key auto-fills when you are signed in.

Base URL: https://api.unorouter.com/v1
API Key: YOUR_API_KEY

Compatibility

Step-by-step setup

1. 1
   Install Roo Code

   Install the Roo Code extension in VSCode and open the panel.

2. 2
   Open API configuration

   Click the settings icon and go to API Configuration.

3. 3
   Pick OpenAI Compatible

   Set Provider to OpenAI Compatible.

4. 4
   Fill the connection

   Use these values. The model picker can also auto-populate after the first call.

   text

   Base URL: https://api.unorouter.com/v1
   API Key: YOUR_API_KEY
   Model: YOUR_MODEL_ID

   Sign in to auto-fill your API key

Recommended models

Free models that work well here. Paste any model id into the client.

Gotchas

• !Roo’s Codebase Indexing > Embedder Provider is a separate setting from chat. Configure the chat provider you actually want.
• !Some Roo agent roles run more requests than expected. Watch your UnoRouter rate limit and raise your plan if needed.