---
title: "Model Providers"
sidebarTitle: "Model Providers"
description: "Configure provider credentials, model IDs, and the LLM gateway."
---

The `@cline/llms` package provides provider registries, model catalogs, handlers, and a gateway. `@cline/agents` and `@cline/core` use this layer internally.

## Configure a Provider

```typescript
const agent = new Agent({
  providerId: "anthropic",
  modelId: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
  apiKey: process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY,
  // ...
})
```

Provider config can include `apiKey`, `baseUrl`, `headers`, and provider-specific settings through core/provider config types.

Common environment variables:

| Provider | Environment variable |
|----------|----------------------|
| Anthropic | `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` |
| OpenAI | `OPENAI_API_KEY` |
| Google | `GOOGLE_API_KEY` or `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS` |
| AWS Bedrock | `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`, `AWS_SESSION_TOKEN` |
| Mistral | `MISTRAL_API_KEY` |

## OpenAI-Compatible Providers

Use `openai-compatible` for providers that expose an OpenAI-compatible API:

```typescript
const agent = new Agent({
  providerId: "openai-compatible",
  modelId: "your-model-name",
  apiKey: process.env.PROVIDER_API_KEY,
  baseUrl: "https://your-provider.com/v1",
})
```

## AWS Bedrock

Bedrock uses AWS credentials from the standard environment/SDK chain and provider-specific config:

```typescript
const agent = new Agent({
  providerId: "bedrock",
  modelId: "anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6",
  providerConfig: {
    awsRegion: "us-east-1",
  },
})
```

## Gateway API

Use `DefaultGateway` or `createGateway` when you need direct provider/model access:

```typescript
import { DefaultGateway } from "@cline/llms"

const gateway = new DefaultGateway()

const providers = gateway.listProviders()
const model = gateway.createAgentModel({
  providerId: "anthropic",
  modelId: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
})
```

The package also exports registry helpers such as `getAllProviders`, `getProviderIds`, `getModelsForProvider`, `registerProvider`, and `registerModel`.

See [Gateway reference](/sdk/reference/gateway) for exact APIs.

## Model Metadata

Models expose metadata for selection and cost calculations:

```typescript
interface ModelInfo {
  id: string
  name?: string
  contextWindow?: number
  maxTokens?: number
  pricing?: {
    input?: number
    output?: number
    cacheCreation?: number
    cacheRead?: number
  }
  capabilities?: Record<string, unknown>
}
```

## Cost Tracking

Agent results and usage events include token usage:

```typescript
const result = await agent.run("Analyze this codebase")

console.log(result.usage.inputTokens)
console.log(result.usage.outputTokens)
console.log(result.usage.totalCost)
```