Providers
Providers are the AI backends that power your agents. OpenPawz supports 10 providers and any OpenAI-compatible API.Mix local models (Ollama) with cloud providers. OpenPawz auto-falls back to the next provider if one goes down.
Supported providers
Ollama
Local inference — no API key needed
OpenAI
GPT-4o, o1, o3, o4-mini
Anthropic
Claude 4 Opus, Sonnet, Haiku
Gemini 2.5 Pro, Flash
OpenRouter
200+ models via unified API
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V3, R1, Coder
Grok
xAI’s Grok models
Mistral
Mistral Large, Codestral
Moonshot
Kimi and Moonshot models
Custom
Any OpenAI-compatible API
Adding a provider
- Go to Settings → Providers
- Click Add Provider
- Select the provider type
- Enter your API key
- Optionally set a default model and custom base URL
Model routing
OpenPawz can automatically route requests to different models based on the context:
Resolution priority: agent_models > specialty_models > role-based (boss/worker) > fallback
Smart prefix matching
When you type a model name, OpenPawz auto-routes to the right provider:Provider fallback
If a provider returns a billing, authentication, or rate limit error, OpenPawz automatically tries other configured providers before failing. This ensures your agents stay responsive even if one provider has issues.Budget enforcement
Set a daily budget in Settings → Engine:
Set to
0 to disable budget limits.
Multiple providers
You can configure as many providers as you want. Benefits:- Use different models for different agents
- Automatic fallback if one provider is down
- Mix local (Ollama) and cloud providers
- Use cheap models for routine tasks, expensive for complex ones
Provider security
Every provider connection is protected by multiple security layers:
→ Deep dive: Security reference