Generic Provider for Copilot

Use frontier open LLMs like Qwen3 Coder, Kimi K2, DeepSeek V3.1, GLM 4.5 and more in VS Code with GitHub Copilot Chat powered by any Vercel AI-SDK compatible provider 🔥

Thanks

Heavily inspired (and then extended) by https://github.com/JohnnyZ93/oai-compatible-copilot

Contributions & PRs

...are most welcome!

✨ Features

• Configuration GUI: Intuitive webview-based interface for managing providers and models with validation and error handling. Access this with the quick picker entry "GenericCopilot: Open Configuration GUI"
• Provider-First Configuration: Define providers once with shared settings (baseUrl, headers, API keys) that are automatically inherited by models
• Multiple Provider Support: Manage API keys for unlimited providers with automatic per-provider API key storage using vscode secret storage.
• Flexible Headers & parameters: Set custom parameters for any model.
• Supports Autocompletion and Inline Suggestions: Configure a model with the 'Use For Autocomplete' option, and it will be used to provide suggestions.
• Configurable Retries: Set the number of retries for failed requests on a per-model basis (default: 3).

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Requirements

• VS Code: 1.105.0 or higher

• Dependency: GitHub Copilot Chat extension

• API Keys: compatible provider API keys

• Supported Vercel AI SDK Providers: This extension currently supports the following provider types: openai, openai-compatible, openrouter, and google.

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⚡ Quick Start

Option A: Using the Configuration GUI (Recommended)

1. Use the GUI

1. Open Configuration GUI:

   • Press Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+P (macOS)
   • Type "GenericCopilot: Open Configuration GUI"
   • Press Enter

2. Add Providers:

   • Click "+ Add Provider"
   • Enter provider id (e.g., "iflow") and base URL
   • Optionally configure default parameters

3. Add Models:

   • Click "+ Add Model"
   • Enter model ID and select a provider
   • Configure model-specific settings as needed

4. Save: Click "Save Configuration" button

2. Set API Keys

If an API key is not found for a provider, you will be prompted in the QuickPick box.

1. Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P)
2. Run: "GenericCopilot: Set Generic Compatible Multi-Provider Apikey"
3. Select your provider (e.g., iflow)
4. Enter the API key for that provider

Repeat for each provider. Keys are stored securely in VS Code's secret storage as generic-copilot.apiKey.<provider-id>.

3. Use in Copilot Chat

1. Open GitHub Copilot Chat
2. Click the model picker
3. Select "Manage Models..."
4. Choose "Generic Compatible" provider
5. Select the models you want to enable
6. Start chatting!

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📖 Configuration Guide

Detailed configuration instructions, including schema definitions, examples, and advanced settings, can be found in docs/CONFIGURATION.md.

📖 Console Guide

Detailed description of the Generic Copilot Console can be found in docs/CONSOLE.md.

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📄 License

• License: MIT License Copyright (c) 2025