{
  "object": "zevrouter_first_trial_checklist",
  "schema_version": "zevrouter.first_trial_checklist.v1",
  "generated_at": "2026-07-03T01:24:00+08:00",
  "public_page": "https://zev.city/ai/zevrouter-trial-guide/",
  "status": "bounded_small_api_trial_checklist",
  "recommended_trial_posture": "Use ZevRouter for one low-budget, non-sensitive, non-production supported-model request while keeping the user's existing OpenRouter or direct-provider route active.",
  "steps": [
    "Choose one currently supported model from the ZevRouter model catalog or trial entry.",
    "Use the smallest practical trial credit or top-up available.",
    "Send one non-sensitive prompt through the OpenAI-compatible endpoint.",
    "Record answer quality, latency, success or failure state, route, and fallback metadata.",
    "Check whether the request cost follows direct model-provider cost basis plus a 5% service uplift.",
    "Open the request receipt, credit activity, and clean-energy record links.",
    "Decide whether another supported-model workload is justified. Do not treat one trial as a production migration or sustainability verification."
  ],
  "what_success_looks_like": [
    "The model request completes through a supported route.",
    "The cost and credit debit are understandable.",
    "The receipt exposes model, route, cost, and record linkage.",
    "The clean-energy record path is inspectable enough for the user to decide whether to continue testing."
  ],
  "boundaries": [
    "This checklist is not a production SLA.",
    "This checklist is not a claim that ZevRouter replaces a broad model marketplace.",
    "This checklist is not a completed carbon-offset, investment, redemption, or audited sustainability claim."
  ]
}