# Adding openAI like provider

## What is an openAI like provider

It is an api that is like the openAI one. They are used as llm providers.

## Adding providers - docker and local deployment - file method

1. Set up the app as you normally would
2. Open `openai-compatible.config.ts` in an IDE
3. Uncomment the example and remove the word example
4. Modify the api url and other data to match your provider - to add more just copy and paste it and edit it, also add your secret key
5. Run `pnpm openai-compatiable:parse` to update env when you change schema

## Adding providers - vercel or anywhere else - ui based method

1. Go to [this website](https://mcp-client-chatbot-openai-like.vercel.app/) and set up your models and providers
2. Press generate JSON and copy it
3. Put in this into your env as the `OPENAI_COMPATIBLE_DATA` variable


### Editing

Copy the contents of the env into the import section at the top, then regenerate and update your env