# How to Connect AI in Swarmica
<h1>How to Connect AI in Swarmica</h1>
<p>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.</p>
<h2>Which AI providers are supported?</h2>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Before connecting a provider, compare model capabilities: <a href="https://support.swarmica.com/article/en/1615-the-capabilities-of-various-llm-ai-providers-in-swarmica.html">Capabilities of various LLM AI providers in Swarmica</a>.</p>
<h2>How do I connect an AI provider?</h2>
<ol>
<li>Choose a provider based on the AI features you need, your data-hosting requirements, and your infrastructure.</li>
<li>Create an account with the provider, prepare an API key or token, and add funds if the provider requires it.</li>
<li>In Swarmica, go to <strong>Settings → Integrations → AI Providers</strong>, choose the provider type, and complete its settings.</li>
<li>Turn on the <strong>Active</strong> switch and save the settings.</li>
<li>Test one of the available AI scenarios.</li>
</ol>
<h2>Provider-specific setup guides</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://support.swarmica.com/article/en/1675-connecting-yandex-gpt-ai-provider.html">Connecting Yandex GPT AI Provider</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.swarmica.com/article/en/1676-connecting-the-chatgpt-ai-provider.html">Connecting the ChatGPT AI Provider</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.swarmica.com/article/en/1677-connecting-deepseek-ai-provider.html">Connecting DeepSeek AI Provider</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.swarmica.com/article/en/1678-connecting-a-local-llm-third-party-ai-provider-compatible-with-openai-api.html">Connecting a local LLM or third-party AI provider compatible with the OpenAI API</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>What should I consider when choosing a provider?</h2>
<p>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.</p>
<p>For more information about model choice and token payments, see <a href="https://support.swarmica.com/article/en/1973-which-language-model-does-swarmica-use-and-how-are-tokens-paid-for.html">Which language model does Swarmica use and how are tokens paid for?</a></p>
<p>For details about data sent to an external AI provider and confidentiality, see <a href="https://support.swarmica.com/article/en/2049-what-specific-data-is-sent-to-an-external-ai-provider-where-is-it-stored-and-how-is-confidentiality-ensured.html">What data is sent to an external AI provider and how is confidentiality ensured?</a></p>