# Supported vendors

> The vendors clai speaks to, the API key each one reads, and the model files they share.

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Every vendor lives in `internal/vendors/<vendor>/` and implements the same streaming and tool-calling interfaces. A model file names its vendor, so one profile switches vendor when its `model` field changes.

## Vendor matrix

| Vendor      | API key                     | Endpoint                                   |
| ----------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Anthropic   | `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`         | `api.anthropic.com`                        |
| OpenAI      | `OPENAI_API_KEY`            | `api.openai.com`                           |
| Google      | `GEMINI_API_KEY`            | `generativelanguage.googleapis.com`        |
| Mistral     | `MISTRAL_API_KEY`           | `api.mistral.ai`                           |
| DeepSeek    | `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`          | `api.deepseek.com`                         |
| xAI         | `XAI_API_KEY`               | `api.x.ai`                                 |
| OpenRouter  | `OPENROUTER_API_KEY`        | `openrouter.ai`                            |
| Berget      | `BERGET_API_KEY`            | `api.berget.ai`                            |
| HuggingFace | `HF_API_KEY`                | the endpoint in the model file             |
| Inception   | `INCEPTION_API_KEY`         | `api.inceptionlabs.ai`                     |
| Novita      | `NOVITA_API_KEY`            | `api.novita.ai`                            |
| Jev         | `TYPESAFE_API_KEY`          | `api.typesafe.ai`                          |
| Ollama      | `OLLAMA_API_KEY` (optional) | `localhost:11434`, or the endpoint you set |

A vendor reads its key from the environment, never from a configuration file. A local Ollama daemon needs no key; the variable exists so an Ollama-compatible endpoint behind an auth proxy works.

## Model files

`clai setup` writes one `<vendor>_<model>.json` file per vendor and model under the config directory. The file holds the model name and the vendor's request parameters: temperature, max tokens, top-p, and any endpoint override. The `model` field of `textConfig.json` or of a profile selects one.

See [Configuration](/docs/reference/configuration/) for the file layout and [Profiles and setup](/docs/guides/profiles/) for the override cascade.