Setting up an assistant provider

Setting up an assistant provider

The assistant talks to a model provider you pick in Preferences → Assistant.

Provider	Key to set	Notes
Kimi (Moonshot)	MOONSHOT_API_KEY	default
GLM (Zhipu)	ZHIPU_API_KEY
Claude (Anthropic)	ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
DeepSeek	DEEPSEEK_API_KEY	Pro or Flash
Requesty (router)	REQUESTY_API_KEY	routes Claude Opus
Custom	—	any OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible endpoint

Where the key lives

Tome reads keys from your login shell (export them in your shell profile and restart Tome). The key stays in the main process and never reaches the browser layer. A custom provider's key is stored locally in the app's 0600 store.

Custom / local endpoints

• Custom provider (Preferences → Assistant) — set base URL, model, key, and wire (OpenAI or Anthropic).
• Env override — TOME_CHAT_BASE_URL / TOME_CHAT_MODEL point the assistant at any OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible endpoint (including a local one).

If the key is missing

The assistant's error names exactly which key to set. Export it in your shell, restart Tome, and try again.