These providers come from aqven_llm.catalog.PROVIDERS. The key column names the default environment variable; project api_key may point to another environment variable. A provider’s presence in the catalog does not guarantee that a particular model supports every modality or output mode. Use aqven models check --project . and --live when a real request is needed.
| Provider prefix | Pydantic AI model class | Default key variable | Required | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
openai | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIResponsesModel | OPENAI_API_KEY | Yes | — |
openai-chat | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | OPENAI_API_KEY | Yes | — |
openai-responses | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIResponsesModel | OPENAI_API_KEY | Yes | — |
openrouter | pydantic_ai.models.openrouter.OpenRouterModel | OPENROUTER_API_KEY | Yes | — |
deepseek | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | DEEPSEEK_API_KEY | Yes | — |
together | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | TOGETHER_API_KEY | Yes | — |
fireworks | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | FIREWORKS_API_KEY | Yes | — |
moonshotai | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | MOONSHOTAI_API_KEY | Yes | — |
nebius | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | NEBIUS_API_KEY | Yes | — |
ovhcloud | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | OVHCLOUD_API_KEY | Yes | — |
alibaba | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | ALIBABA_API_KEY | Yes | — |
sambanova | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | SAMBANOVA_API_KEY | Yes | — |
vercel | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY | Yes | — |
heroku | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | HEROKU_INFERENCE_KEY | Yes | — |
litellm | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | — | No | — |
vllm | pydantic_ai.models.openai.OpenAIChatModel | VLLM_API_KEY | No | — |
ollama | pydantic_ai.models.ollama.OllamaModel | OLLAMA_API_KEY | No | — |
cerebras | pydantic_ai.models.cerebras.CerebrasModel | CEREBRAS_API_KEY | Yes | — |
crusoe | pydantic_ai.models.crusoe.CrusoeModel | CRUSOE_API_KEY | Yes | — |
zai | pydantic_ai.models.zai.ZaiModel | ZAI_API_KEY | Yes | — |
anthropic | pydantic_ai.models.anthropic.AnthropicModel | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY | Yes | anthropic |
google | pydantic_ai.models.google.GoogleModel | GOOGLE_API_KEY | Yes | google |
groq | pydantic_ai.models.groq.GroqModel | GROQ_API_KEY | Yes | groq |
mistral | pydantic_ai.models.mistral.MistralModel | MISTRAL_API_KEY | Yes | mistral |
cohere | pydantic_ai.models.cohere.CohereModel | CO_API_KEY | Yes | cohere |
bedrock | pydantic_ai.models.bedrock.BedrockConverseModel | — | No | bedrock |
huggingface | pydantic_ai.models.huggingface.HuggingFaceModel | HF_TOKEN | Yes | huggingface |
xai | pydantic_ai.models.xai.XaiModel | XAI_API_KEY | Yes | xai |
Choose a model with <provider>:<model-name> in an Agent file. The provider guide shows complete project declarations and custom factories.