Providers¶

SuperQode supports hosted model providers, local model servers, external coding agents, vendor SDK runtimes, MCP tool servers, and A2A agent services. The Connection Methods and Vendors page lists every connection method, product-level shortcut, built-in provider, local engine, and bundled ACP agent in one place.

Provider Types¶

Connection Methods¶

:connect opens a three-option screen, one per rung of the ownership ladder:

Each rung opens the specific methods underneath it:

Build routes are listed separately because they produce a repository artifact rather than a connection:

Tool and agent interoperability stays on its own commands: :mcp for Model Context Protocol servers and :a2a for remote agent services.

Inside the TUI, :explore lists every capability category with its live state on this machine, and :tour walks the ladder above.

Ready-made agents¶

:connect agents lists the vendor coding agents that sign in with their own account or licence. Every entry is also reachable by name, so the submenu is a browsing aid rather than a required step. The legacy name :connect subscriptions still opens the same screen:

API-key-only integrations, including the Anthropic and Z.AI general APIs, are listed under BYOK rather than Subscriptions.

Claude Pro and Max are intentionally not listed as SuperQode subscription connections. Anthropic documents those plans for its first-party Claude Code client, while API usage is billed separately. Use Anthropic BYOK or the Claude Agent SDK runtime in SuperQode.

Each row shows live status on the screen itself, either ready or needs setup with the exact command that fixes it.

Quick Start¶

BYOK (Cloud Providers)¶

# Set API key
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...

# Connect
superqode connect byok anthropic <anthropic-model>

ACP (Coding Agents)¶

# Connect to OpenCode
superqode connect acp opencode

# Connect to Amp
superqode connect acp amp

Local (Self-Hosted)¶

# Start a local OpenAI-compatible server.
# Example: Ollama
ollama serve

# Connect
superqode connect local ollama qwen3:8b

Provider Tiers¶

Tier 1 (First-Class Support)¶

Full support with optimized prompts (Enterprise adds prompt packs):

Tier 2 (Supported)¶

Tested and supported:

Local Tier¶

Self-hosted options:

Listing Providers¶

# List all providers
superqode providers list

# List by category
superqode providers list --category us
superqode providers list --category local

# Show configured only
superqode providers list --configured

Testing Connections¶

# Test a provider
superqode providers test anthropic

# Test with specific model
superqode providers test anthropic -m <anthropic-model>

Configuration¶

In superqode.yaml¶

default:
  mode: byok
  provider: anthropic
  model: <anthropic-model>

providers:
  anthropic:
    api_key_env: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
    recommended_models:
      - <anthropic-model>
      - <anthropic-balanced-model>

  ollama:
    base_url: http://localhost:11434
    recommended_models:
      - qwen3:8b

Provider Categories¶

US Labs¶

China Labs¶

Model Hosts¶

Kimi K3¶

Kimi K3 is an open-weight model, so the same weights are served under a different id by each host. Use the id belonging to the provider you connect to:

Self-hosting is a datacenter exercise rather than a laptop one: the MXFP4 weights are roughly 594GB and Moonshot recommends 64 or more accelerators, so vllm and sglang are the supported self-serve paths. Whichever route is used, SuperQode applies the same kimi model pack (maximum reasoning, parallel tools).

Local Providers¶

Free Tiers¶

Some providers offer free access:

# List free providers
superqode providers list --category free

Next Steps¶

• BYOK Providers - Cloud provider setup
• ACP Agents - Coding agent integration
• Local Providers - Self-hosted models
• OpenResponses - Gateway configuration