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# OpenAI-compatible API

> Set up Coreply with any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including self-hosted and local servers.

Use this provider when your API speaks the OpenAI chat-completions format but is not one of Coreply's built-in integrations.

## Setup

<Steps>
  <Step title="Choose OpenAI Compatible in the app">
    Open Coreply and choose **OpenAI Compatible** under **API Provider**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter your endpoint settings">
    Fill in the following values:

    | Field    | Value                                                                                   |
    | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
    | Name     | Leave `openAICompatible` unless you need a different namespace for **Provider Options** |
    | Base URL | Your OpenAI-compatible endpoint, such as `http://localhost:11434/v1`                    |
    | API key  | Your provider key, or any non-empty string if the endpoint does not enforce auth        |
    | Model    | The model ID expected by that endpoint                                                  |
  </Step>

  <Step title="Disable reasoning when supported">
    If the endpoint supports OpenAI-style reasoning controls, set **Provider Options** to:

    ```json theme={null}
    {"openAICompatible": {"reasoningEffort": "none"}}
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  The key inside **Provider Options** must match the value in **Name**.
</Tip>

This provider also exposes the standard text-generation settings such as instructions, temperature, top-p, penalties, retries, timeout, and seed.

If you need a fully custom request body, use [Advanced config](/providers/advanced-config).