diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37783c22..592541c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Documented API Route as an endpoint for the existing `openai-compat`
+  provider.
+
 ### Fixed
 - `install-hooks --apply --as-user <user> --auth-token <key>` no longer fails
   with `--as-user '<user>' requires --auth-token` when the token was supplied.
diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index 9f95fc23..8403e5c2 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -1916,6 +1916,22 @@ another current Cheaper Inference model id (e.g. `claude-haiku-4.5` or
 `deepseek-v4-flash`) when needed. Cheaper Inference serves chat models only
 and has no embeddings endpoint; configure embeddings separately.
 
+[API Route](https://www.api-route.com/) also uses the existing
+`openai-compat` provider. Supply an API Route key and a model ID from its
+[current catalog](https://www.api-route.com/pricing):
+
+```bash
+-e AI_MEMORY_LLM_PROVIDER=openai-compat
+-e AI_MEMORY_LLM_BASE_URL=https://global.api-route.com/v1
+-e AI_MEMORY_LLM_MODEL=gpt-5.5
+-e LLM_API_KEY="$API_ROUTE_API_KEY"
+```
+
+Replace `gpt-5.5` with the exact model ID you intend to use. As with other
+hosted compatibility endpoints, no dedicated ai-memory provider is required.
+Configure embeddings separately if your chosen API Route model does not
+provide an OpenAI-compatible embeddings endpoint.
+
 OpenAI-compatible structured calls use the operation's JSON Schema by default:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docs/llm-providers.md b/docs/llm-providers.md
index 60b3bddb..d2e1f06e 100644
--- a/docs/llm-providers.md
+++ b/docs/llm-providers.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Recommended defaults:
 | `copilot` | `gpt-5.5` | GitHub Copilot Chat backend via `ai-memory auth login copilot` or `COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN`; requires a Copilot subscription. |
 | `gemini` | `gemini-3.5-flash` | Google-hosted option with a generous free tier. |
 | `opencode` | `claude-sonnet-4-6` | OpenCode Go or Zen via `OPENCODE_API_KEY`. Go is the default endpoint; `AI_MEMORY_LLM_BASE_URL` selects Zen. Set `AI_MEMORY_LLM_MODEL` to an id the chosen endpoint serves. |
-| `openai-compat` | no default | OpenRouter, Atlas Cloud, OrcaRouter, Cheaper Inference, Ollama, vLLM, LM Studio, and other compatible endpoints. |
+| `openai-compat` | no default | OpenRouter, Atlas Cloud, OrcaRouter, Cheaper Inference, API Route, Ollama, vLLM, LM Studio, and other compatible endpoints. |
 | `openai-compat` + `AI_MEMORY_LLM_BASE_URL=https://openrouter.ai/api/v1` | no default (recommended: `anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5`) | Hosted access to a large model catalogue through one key. See [OpenRouter](#openrouter) below and the empirical comparison in [`llm-provider-comparison.md`](llm-provider-comparison.md). |
 
 `openai-oauth` stores a refresh token in `<data_dir>/auth.json` and talks to
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ sentence embeddings run in-process (pure-Rust `all-MiniLM-L6-v2`,
 pinned checksums — see [`docs/local-embeddings.md`](local-embeddings.md).
 
 See [`docs/install.md#llm-provider-tiers`](install.md#llm-provider-tiers)
-for env vars and Ollama/OpenRouter/Atlas Cloud/OrcaRouter/Cheaper Inference
+for env vars and Ollama/OpenRouter/Atlas Cloud/OrcaRouter/Cheaper Inference/API Route
 examples, and
 [`docs/llm-provider-comparison.md`](llm-provider-comparison.md)
 for the empirical model comparison.