LLM & Provider Settings

Understand what the LLM & Providers setting controls in your workspace, and learn where to go to connect the specific provider that will power Automix's AI features.

Takes About 5 minutes to read.

1. 1 Why Automix asks for a provider

   Automix's assistant and agent features generate replies using a large language model. That model is not built into Automix itself; instead, your workspace connects to an external provider that runs the model. Without a provider connected, any features that depend on generated replies cannot run.

2. 2 Find the LLM & Providers setting

   Open Settings and look for the LLM & Providers section. This is where you configure the active provider, its API key, and its model for your workspace. A workspace has one active language-model provider configured at a time, so this setting determines which service handles your AI requests.

3. 3 Pick your provider's setup guide

   Choose the setup guide that matches your provider: follow the Google Gemini guide if you use Google's AI Studio or Vertex AI, the OpenRouter guide if you want access to many models, including free ones, through a single key, or the OpenAI guide if you already use OpenAI's API. Connecting a provider means pasting an API key issued by that provider's own console; Automix never generates the key for you.

   Environment variables: LLM_PROVIDER, LLM_API_KEY, LLM_BASE_URL, LLM_MODEL

Status: reviewed · reviewed by gemini-3.8-flash