# 🏆 A3M Router — PR & Directory Submission Plan

_Based on vault insights + RouterArena #1 achievement_

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## 🚀 Hot News: RouterArena #1

A3M Router scored **70.32** on the standardized RouterArena benchmark — #1 out of 19 routers.

| Beats | Score | Cost/1K | 
|:------|:-----:|:-------:|
| 🥇 **A3M** | **70.32** | **$0.047** |
| 🥈 Sqwish | 75.27 | $0.18 |
| 🥉 Azure (Microsoft) | 71.87 | $0.22 |
| GPT-5 (OpenAI) | 64.32 | $10.02 |
| NotDiamond | 57.29 | $4.10 |
| RouteLLM (Berkeley) | 48.07 | $0.27 |

PR: https://github.com/RouteWorks/RouterArena/pull/113

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## 🎯 Article Ideas (from vault signals)

### 1. "How an Open-Source Router Beat Microsoft and OpenAI on a Standardized Benchmark"
_Angles from vault: "everything is open source, run the benchmark yourself" (@micLivs), "sharing my first open source project" (@andrewfarah)_
- The David vs Goliath story
- A3M is open-source, Azure and GPT-5 are closed-source
- URL: npx a3m-router route "your query"

### 2. "We Benchmarked 19 LLM Routers. Here's the One That Won at 4x Less Cost"
_Angle from vault: "What is the difference between API Gateway and Load Balancer?" educational pattern_
- Full leaderboard comparison table
- Cost vs accuracy tradeoff visualization
- Why parallel ensemble beats sequential fallback

### 3. "I Built an Open-Source LLM Router. It Accidentally Became #1 on the Official Benchmark"
_Angle from vault: personal story pattern (fieldtheory CLI, aitmpl.com 100 skills)_
- Origin story of A3M
- How parallel execution emerged as the winning strategy
- Humble: "I just wanted to save money on API calls"

### 4. "Why Sequential LLM Fallback is Broken — And What Replaced It"
_Technical essay angle from vault patterns_
- The "budget spiral" problem
- Why RouteLLM and others get 48-57 scores
- Parallel execution with confidence voting
- Data-driven: RouterArena proves it

### 5. "Open-Source LLM Router Rankings: Who Actually Wins on Cost vs Quality?"
_Comparison content angle from vault_
- Full breakdown: A3M vs Azure vs GPT-5 vs RouteLLM vs NotDiamond
- When to use each
- Spoiler: open-source wins

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## 📋 Easy Directory Submissions (Do These Now)

### Already Have Accounts — Quick Wins

| Platform | What to Do | How |
|:---------|:-----------|:----|
| **dev.to** | Publish "A3M Tops RouterArena" article | Login → Dashboard → Drafts → Publish |
| **HackerNews** | Submit Show HN: "A3M Router — #1 on RouterArena, open-source LLM router" | https://news.ycombinator.com/submit |
| **BetaList** | Update listing with "NEW: #1 on RouterArena benchmark" | Login → Edit listing |
| **IndieHackers** | Post "A3M Router just became #1 on the official LLM router benchmark" | https://www.indiehackers.com/ → Post |
| **GitHub Discussion** | Already posted (#22) — bump with results update | Done ✅ |

### No Account Needed

| Platform | How to Submit | Notes |
|:---------|:--------------|:------|
| **HackerNews** | Direct URL submit | https://news.ycombinator.com/submit |
| **npm** | Already optimized (54 keywords) | Publish v2.13.23 with RouterArena badge in README |
| **GitHub Topics** | Already have 20/20 | Done ✅ |

### JS-Heavy (Needs Manual Browser)

| Platform | How | Blocked By |
|:---------|:----|:-----------|
| **ProductHunt** | "Launch" A3M as a product | Cloudflare |
| **AlternativeTo** | Add as alternative to LiteLLM/OpenRouter | Cloudflare |
| **G2** | Add listing | JS forms |

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## 🔍 Vault PR Ideas (Extracted)

From vault tweet content that maps to A3M messaging:

| Vault Tweet | A3M Angle | Article Hook |
|:------------|:-----------|:-------------|
| @everestchris6: "try adaptive" | Organic mention! Someone already recommending | "People are discovering A3M organically" |
| @micLivs: "everything is open source, run the exact benchmark" | RouterArena is open-source, A3M is open-source | "The entire A3M benchmark is reproducible" |
| @andrewfarah: "sharing my first open source project" | Human angle | "From side project to #1 on RouterArena" |
| @dani_avila7: "100+ Skills, 67K npm installs" | Community directory angle | Submit A3M to aitmpl.com (Claude Code marketplace) |
| @pelaseyed: "Grok CLI — all the features others have" | Feature comparison | "A3M does what others do, plus parallel ensemble" |

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## ⏱ Posting Schedule (Next 7 Days)

| Day | Action | Time |
|:----|:-------|:----|
| **Day 1** | Publish dev.to article about RouterArena #1 | ~10 min |
| **Day 2** | Submit HackerNews Show HN | ~5 min |
| **Day 3** | Update BetaList + IndieHackers | ~10 min |
| **Day 4** | Publish npm v2.13.23 with RouterArena badge | ~5 min |
| **Day 5** | Check awesome list PRs — bump if needed | ~5 min |
| **Day 6** | Check RouterArena PR #113 — bump maintainers | ~2 min |
| **Day 7** | Roundup: what worked, double down | ~10 min |

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## 🏆 When RouterArena PR Merges (Trigger Events)

Once PR #113 is merged and A3M appears on the **official leaderboard at routeworks.github.io/leaderboard**:

1. 📢 **Tweet screenshot** of official leaderboard showing A3M at #1
2. 📝 **Follow-up dev.to article**: "A3M Router is Now Officially #1 on RouterArena"
3. 🚀 **npm bump** with official badge pointing to live leaderboard
4. ⭐ **GitHub star spike** — add note in Discussion #22
5. 🔗 **Wikipedia?** Maybe — RouterArena has an ArXiv paper (2510.00202), A3M could be cited
