How to Connect AI in Swarmica

Swarmica uses a connected AI provider for text-processing tools, neural search, AI agents, and other scenarios. Your team chooses the language model and how it is hosted.

Which AI providers are supported?

You can connect YandexGPT, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, GigaChat, or a local/third-party LLM with an OpenAI-compatible API. The available feature set depends on the model you choose.

Before connecting a provider, compare model capabilities: Capabilities of various LLM AI providers in Swarmica.

How do I connect an AI provider?

1. Choose a provider based on the AI features you need, your data-hosting requirements, and your infrastructure.
2. Create an account with the provider, prepare an API key or token, and add funds if the provider requires it.
3. In Swarmica, go to Settings → Integrations → AI Providers, choose the provider type, and complete its settings.
4. Turn on the Active switch and save the settings.
5. Test one of the available AI scenarios.

Provider-specific setup guides

• Connecting Yandex GPT AI Provider
• Connecting the ChatGPT AI Provider
• Connecting DeepSeek AI Provider
• Connecting a local LLM or third-party AI provider compatible with the OpenAI API

What should I consider when choosing a provider?

Cloud providers normally require an access key and a funded account. For a local or third-party model, you need the API address, token, and model name; the base URL must be accessible from the server hosting Swarmica.

For more information about model choice and token payments, see Which language model does Swarmica use and how are tokens paid for?

For details about data sent to an external AI provider and confidentiality, see What data is sent to an external AI provider and how is confidentiality ensured?