AI Providers

Set the active provider with:

mochi ai config set provider <provider> [flags]

Provider	Where requests go	Needs
mochi-gateway (alias managed)	Mochi's managed gateway, metered against your license	A license
openai	OpenAI	Your API key
anthropic	Anthropic	Your API key
gemini	Google Gemini	Your API key
ollama	A local Ollama server. Nothing leaves your machine.	Ollama running locally
custom	Any compatible endpoint you point it at	--base-url

Options

Flag	Effect
--api-key	Store this API key in the provider's vault
--api-key-file	Store the API key read from this file. Unlike --api-key, the key never appears in the process list or your shell history
--secret-key	Use a secret already in the vault instead of storing a new one
--vault	Vault to store or read the key from (defaults to the current vault)
--model	Model name to request
--base-url	Base URL for the provider's API
--output	text or json

Keys live in a vault, never in plain config.

Checking and viewing

mochi ai config view   # what's configured
mochi ai config test   # a real round trip to the provider

Models

With mochi-gateway, Mochi picks the model for each request, so there's nothing to set.

Every other provider needs --model the first time you set it up, using the model name that provider expects (for Ollama, a model you've pulled). Run the same command with a new --model to switch. mochi ai config view shows the model in use.