Providers & API Keys

whispercom supports 5 AI providers via the Vercel AI SDK. You only need one provider set up to use whispercom.

Supported Providers

Provider	Env Variable	Best For
Anthropic	ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	Quality, instruction-following
OpenAI	OPENAI_API_KEY	General purpose
Google Gemini	GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY	Fast, free tier available
Mistral AI	MISTRAL_API_KEY	European users, Codestral for code
Groq	GROQ_API_KEY	Fastest inference (free tier)

Setting Your API Key

Set the key as an environment variable before running whis configure:

Bash / Zsh

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
# Add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc to persist

PowerShell

$env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = "sk-ant-..."
# To persist: add to your $PROFILE

Fish

set -x ANTHROPIC_API_KEY sk-ant-...
# To persist: set -Ux ANTHROPIC_API_KEY sk-ant-...

Available Models

Anthropic

Model	ID	Note
Claude Opus 4.5	claude-opus-4-5	Most capable
Claude Sonnet 4.5	claude-sonnet-4-5	Balanced ✨ recommended
Claude Haiku 4.5	claude-haiku-4-5	Fastest

OpenAI

Model	ID	Note
GPT-4o	gpt-4o	Most capable
GPT-4o mini	gpt-4o-mini	Balanced
o3-mini	o3-mini	Reasoning

Google Gemini

Model	ID	Note
Gemini 2.0 Flash	gemini-2.0-flash	Fast ✨ recommended
Gemini 2.0 Thinking	gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp	Reasoning
Gemini 1.5 Pro	gemini-1.5-pro	Capable

Mistral AI

Model	ID	Note
Mistral Large	mistral-large-latest	Most capable
Mistral Small	mistral-small-latest	Balanced
Codestral	codestral-latest	Code-optimized

Groq

Model	ID	Note
Llama 3.3 70B	llama-3.3-70b-versatile	Versatile ✨ recommended
Llama 3.1 8B	llama-3.1-8b-instant	Fastest
DeepSeek R1 70B	deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b	Reasoning

Switching Providers

Run the configure wizard at any time to switch provider or model:

whis configure

Or press c inside the commit picker to reconfigure without leaving the flow.

Getting API Keys

Provider	Sign-up page
Anthropic	console.anthropic.com
OpenAI	platform.openai.com
Google	aistudio.google.com
Mistral	console.mistral.ai
Groq	console.groq.com