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AI providers

Add the AI services and API keys the assistant can use

Settings › Providers is where you connect cloud AI services for Aria and your agents. Without a provider, the assistant can still use on-device models.

Add a provider

Section titled “Add a provider”

Open Settings at the bottom of the sidebar and click Providers.

Step 1:Click Add provider

At the top of the Providers card, click Add provider.

Step 1, close-up of the app: Add provider, outlined.Step 1, close-up of the app: Add provider, outlined.Full screen: the whole screenshot for step 1
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Settings, Providers, with one provider added: Work Anthropic, Anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5, with its on/off switch and Edit and Delete buttons, below the Add provider button.Settings, Providers, with one provider added: Work Anthropic, Anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5, with its on/off switch and Edit and Delete buttons, below the Add provider button.

Check: the Add provider dialog opens.

Step 2:Fill in the provider

Pick the Provider: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Groq, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, xAI, Azure OpenAI, Ollama (local) or OpenAI-compatible. Give it a Label you’ll recognise, paste your API key, and type the Model name.

For Ollama or an OpenAI-compatible service, also fill in the Base URL. For Azure, fill in the instance and deployment names.

Step 2, close-up of the app: API key, outlined.Step 2, close-up of the app: API key, outlined.Full screen: the whole screenshot for step 2
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Settings, Providers, with the Add provider dialog open: Provider set to Anthropic, Label Work Anthropic, a hidden API key, Model claude-sonnet-4-5, a blank Max output tokens (optional) field (default 4096), Order 0 (lower numbers are tried first in auto-mode), Set as default off, Enabled on, and Cancel and Add buttons.Settings, Providers, with the Add provider dialog open: Provider set to Anthropic, Label Work Anthropic, a hidden API key, Model claude-sonnet-4-5, a blank Max output tokens (optional) field (default 4096), Order 0 (lower numbers are tried first in auto-mode), Set as default off, Enabled on, and Cancel and Add buttons.

Step 3:Set the options and click Add

Optionally set Order (lower numbers are tried first), Set as default, and a Max output tokens cap (4096 when left blank). Then click Add. Nothing is sent to the provider until the assistant uses it.

Step 3, close-up of the app: Add, outlined.Step 3, close-up of the app: Add, outlined.Full screen: the whole screenshot for step 3
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Settings, Providers, with the Add provider dialog open: Provider set to Anthropic, Label Work Anthropic, a hidden API key, Model claude-sonnet-4-5, a blank Max output tokens (optional) field (default 4096), Order 0 (lower numbers are tried first in auto-mode), Set as default off, Enabled on, and Cancel and Add buttons.Settings, Providers, with the Add provider dialog open: Provider set to Anthropic, Label Work Anthropic, a hidden API key, Model claude-sonnet-4-5, a blank Max output tokens (optional) field (default 4096), Order 0 (lower numbers are tried first in auto-mode), Set as default off, Enabled on, and Cancel and Add buttons.

Check: the provider is listed with its type and model, switched on.

Manage a provider

Section titled “Manage a provider”

Each provider in the list has an on/off switch, Edit and Delete.

Settings, Providers, with one provider added: Work Anthropic, Anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5, with its on/off switch and Edit and Delete buttons, below the Add provider button. Settings, Providers, with one provider added: Work Anthropic, Anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5, with its on/off switch and Edit and Delete buttons, below the Add provider button.

Numbered areas in the screenshot: 1. Switch the provider on or off; 2. Edit; 3. Delete.
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