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export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://deference.si"
export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="$DEFERENCE_API_KEY"
export CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_GATEWAY_MODEL_DISCOVERY="1"model = "openai/gpt-5.3-codex"
model_provider = "deference"
[model_providers.deference]
name = "Deference"
base_url = "https://deference.si/v1"
wire_api = "responses"
env_key = "DEFERENCE_API_KEY"curl https://deference.si/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $DEFERENCE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "deepseek/deepseek-v3.2",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Say hello in one sentence." }],
"max_tokens": 100
}'import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://deference.si/v1",
api_key=os.environ["DEFERENCE_API_KEY"],
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