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+- **docs:** add an embeddings client runbook with live-verified working/broken model ids and Hindsight 0.9.1 / Memorix 1.6.0 notes — thanks @RaviTharuma
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+---
+title: "Embeddings client runbook"
+lastUpdated: 2026-08-17
+---
+
+# Embeddings client runbook
+
+Operator notes for `POST /v1/embeddings` when OmniRoute sits in front of
+Hindsight 0.9.1 (text-only `encode(list[str])`) and Memorix 1.6.0 (Jina media
+gate). Live-verified 2026-08-17 against OmniRoute 3.8.49 at
+`https://omniroute.jaguar-fish.ts.net/v1`. No secrets below.
+
+## Working model ids
+
+| Client id | HTTP | Vectors | Dim | Notes |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `openrouter/google/gemini-embedding-2` | 200 | batch 2 → 2 | 3072 | Works without a native Gemini key |
+| `openrouter/google/gemini-embedding-2-preview` | 200 | batch 2 → 2 | 3072 | Same space as the non-preview id |
+| `openrouter/google/gemini-embedding-001` | 200 | batch 2 → 2 | 3072 | Listed in `GET /v1/embeddings` |
+| `jina-ai/jina-embeddings-v5-omni-small` | 200 | batch 2 → 2 | 1024 | Canonical Jina omni id |
+| `jina/jina-embeddings-v5-omni-small` | 200 | batch 2 → 2 | 1024 | Alias; response `model` is `jina-ai/...` |
+| `jina-embeddings-v5-omni-small` | 200 | batch 2 → 2 | 1024 | Bare id also resolves |
+| `jina-ai/jina-embeddings-v5-omni-nano` | 200 | 1 → 1 | **768** | Different vector space from small |
+
+`GET /v1/models` and `GET /v1/embeddings` listed
+`jina-ai/jina-embeddings-v5-omni-small` (1024) and
+`jina-ai/jina-embeddings-v5-omni-nano` (768) and
+`openrouter/google/gemini-embedding-001`. They did **not** list
+`openrouter/google/gemini-embedding-2` even though that id already serves.
+
+Do not mix nano (768-d) and small (1024-d) in one index. They are not
+comparable.
+
+## Broken / misleading ids
+
+### Native Gemini Embedding 2
+
+Request:
+
+```json
+{ "model": "gemini-embedding-2", "input": ["alpha", "beta"] }
+```
+
+Actual (2026-08-17): HTTP **400**
+
+```json
+{
+  "error": {
+    "message": "No credentials for embedding provider: gemini",
+    "type": "invalid_request_error",
+    "code": "bad_request"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`gemini/gemini-embedding-2` returns the same 400. `google/gemini-embedding-2`
+returns HTTP **400** `Unknown embedding provider: google` unless a custom
+provider node uses the `google` prefix.
+
+Expected: either a native Gemini embed with a Google AI Studio key on the
+`gemini` provider, or a 400 that names the working OpenRouter id.
+
+Repro (redact the bearer):
+
+```bash
+curl -sS -D- https://omniroute.example/v1/embeddings \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OMNIROUTE_API_KEY" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"model":"gemini-embedding-2","input":["alpha","beta"]}'
+```
+
+Working substitute:
+
+```bash
+curl -sS https://omniroute.example/v1/embeddings \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OMNIROUTE_API_KEY" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"model":"openrouter/google/gemini-embedding-2","input":["alpha","beta"]}'
+```
+
+Native `gemini-embedding-2` cannot succeed from GitOps alone. A Google AI
+Studio key must be added as a `gemini` provider connection (dashboard or
+`GEMINI_API_KEY` imported into OmniRoute). That secret is not in this repo.
+
+### Jina multimodal path
+
+`POST /v1/multimodal-embeddings` → HTTP **404**
+
+```json
+{
+  "error": {
+    "message": "Unknown API route: /v1/multimodal-embeddings",
+    "type": "not_found",
+    "code": "unknown_route",
+    "path": "/v1/multimodal-embeddings"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Use `POST /v1/embeddings` until an alias exists.
+
+### Jina / Memorix image object
+
+OmniRoute canonical image item (28×28 PNG, 784 pixels — Jina rejects 1×1):
+
+```json
+{
+  "model": "jina-ai/jina-embeddings-v5-omni-small",
+  "input": [
+    {
+      "type": "image",
+      "source": {
+        "type": "base64",
+        "data": "<base64-png>",
+        "media_type": "image/png"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+Actual: HTTP **200**, 1 vector, 1024-d.
+
+Memorix 1.6.0 / Jina native shape:
+
+```json
+{
+  "model": "jina-ai/jina-embeddings-v5-omni-small",
+  "input": [{ "image": "data:image/png;base64,<base64-png>" }]
+}
+```
+
+Actual: HTTP **400**
+
+```json
+{
+  "error": {
+    "message": "Invalid request",
+    "type": "invalid_request_error",
+    "code": "bad_request"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`{ "text": "..." }` mixed with `{ "image": "data:..." }` is the same 400.
+
+## Client notes
+
+### Hindsight 0.9.1
+
+Hindsight embeddings are text-only (`encode(list[str])`). It does not send
+image objects. Point Hindsight's OpenAI-compatible embeddings base URL at
+OmniRoute `/v1` and use a working id from the table above
+(`jina-ai/jina-embeddings-v5-omni-small` or
+`openrouter/google/gemini-embedding-2`). Do not set the model to bare
+`gemini-embedding-2` unless a `gemini` API key exists on the gateway.
+
+### Memorix 1.6.0
+
+Memorix only treats `baseUrl` matching `/jina\.ai/i` as native media. An
+OmniRoute URL stays on the text-only path even when the model is Jina omni.
+That gate is a Memorix client issue. Independently, OmniRoute still rejects
+the Jina `{image: "data:..."}` body that Memorix would send if the gate
+opened, so Jina-compatible clients cannot embed images through OmniRoute
+without the canonical `{type,source}` schema.
+
+Use `jina-ai/jina-embeddings-v5-omni-small` for text. Do not point Memorix
+`base_url` at `https://api.jina.ai` — keep OmniRoute as the only hop.