Models and Providers

A provider makes models available. A session selects one of those models and, when supported, a reasoning effort variant.

Organization access

Signing in loads the models available to the active AI Cockpit organization. Changing organizations can change model availability and budget.

Check Settings → Profile when an expected organization is missing. Then review Models and Providers to understand the available configuration.

Direct provider connections

Supported providers can be connected under Settings → Providers. Use the authentication or credential flow presented by the extension. Do not paste provider credentials into Chat or commit them to project files.

Session selection and defaults

The model selector below the prompt changes the active session. Settings → Models defines defaults for new conversations and specialized work such as subagents.

Reasoning effort appears only for models that expose variants. A model without that control uses its configured default behavior.

Follow Configure Models and Providers for the VS Code procedure.