AI Provider Settings

Configure your AI providers, API keys, models, and advanced parameters.

Provider Selection

Select from available AI providers:

Provider	Description
OpenAI	GPT-4, GPT-4o, and other OpenAI models
Anthropic	Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3 Opus, etc.
Google Gemini	Gemini 1.5 Pro, Gemini 1.5 Flash, etc.
xAI	Grok models
DeepSeek	DeepSeek Chat and Reasoner
Ollama	Local models via Ollama
Custom	Your own OpenAI-compatible endpoints

Click a provider button in the grid to select it. The active provider is highlighted.

API Key

Enter your API key for the selected provider:

Keys are stored locally in your browser
Never sent to BraceKit servers
Unique per provider

Paste your key into the API Key field. Click the eye icon to show/hide the value.

Note: Ollama running on localhost doesn’t require an API key.

Base URL

For Custom Providers and Ollama, you can configure a custom Base URL:

Ollama: Change from default http://localhost:11434 to connect to a remote server
Custom: Enter the full API endpoint URL

Model Selection

Choose a model for the selected provider:

Dropdown: If the provider supports model fetching, select from the list
Manual Input: Type the model name if not in the list

Managing Models (Custom Providers)

For custom providers, models are shown as chips directly in the Model field:

Select Model: Click a chip to make it the active model (highlighted in blue)
Add Model: Type a name in the input at the bottom of the chip list and press Enter or click +
Remove Model: Click the × on any chip

Custom Providers

Add your own API endpoints that are compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or Ollama formats.

Adding a Custom Provider

Click the + Add button in the provider grid
Fill in the details:
- Name: Display name for the provider
- Format: API format (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or Ollama)
- Base URL: API endpoint (e.g., https://api.example.com/v1)
Click Save Provider

Removing a Custom Provider

Hover over a custom provider button in the grid and click the × that appears in the top-right corner.

Context Window

Set the context window size for the current provider:

This affects auto-compact threshold calculations
Default values are provided based on provider presets
Override if using a model with a different context window

Model Parameters

Fine-tune model behavior with advanced parameters. Available parameters vary by provider format.

Common Parameters

Parameter	Description	Range
Temperature	Controls creativity. Low = consistent, High = varied	0.0 - 2.0
Top P	Controls word choice breadth. Lower = more focused	0.0 - 1.0
Max Tokens	Maximum response length	Any positive integer

Advanced Parameters

Parameter	Provider	Description
Top K	Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama	Limits word choices to top K options
Min P	Ollama	Minimum probability threshold for tokens
Context Window	Ollama	Context window size in tokens (`num_ctx`)
Keep Alive	Ollama	How long to keep model in memory (e.g., “5m”, “24h”)
Thinking Budget	Anthropic, Gemini	Max tokens for internal reasoning (when enabled)

Resetting Parameters

Click “Reset to defaults” to clear all custom parameter values.