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Universal Chat Provider

Universal Chat Provider

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Your AI subscriptions — Claude, ChatGPT/Codex, Antigravity & more — in GitHub Copilot Chat. No API key, just OAuth.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Universal Chat Provider

The VS Code extension that brings your Claude, ChatGPT / Codex, Antigravity, and more subscriptions into GitHub Copilot Chat
No API key — just OAuth‑login the subscriptions you already pay for.
…and use them to write your Git commit messages, too.

VS Code Marketplace version Marketplace installs VS Code 1.124+ MIT License

Claude Codex Antigravity Grok Kimi

Features  ·  Quick start  ·  Logins  ·  Configuration

Powered by CLIProxyAPI


Features

  • Native model picker — your subscription models appear under Universal Chat Provider in Copilot Chat, with context, output, tool, image, and reasoning metadata.
  • Reasoning support — models with multiple reasoning levels use VS Code's built-in selector, and emitted reasoning summaries stream into a collapsible thinking block.
  • Utility model — point Copilot's commit messages, chat titles, and summaries at your subscription models with one command. No Copilot subscription required.
  • Zero setup (managed mode) — the extension downloads, verifies, and supervises the proxy for you; one shared server across all windows.

Supported logins

Sign in with any subscription you already have — no API key:

  • 🟣 Claude — Claude Code / Pro / Max
  • 🟢 Codex — ChatGPT Plus / Pro
  • ⚪ Grok — Grok Build
  • 🟡 Kimi — Moonshot
  • ⚫ Antigravity

[!WARNING] Use entirely at your own risk and discretion. This extension routes chat through your personal AI subscription accounts (Claude, ChatGPT / Codex, Antigravity, …) over OAuth. Accessing these subscriptions outside their official apps may violate the providers' Terms of Service and could result in rate limiting or account suspension. You alone are responsible for how you use it.

Quick start

Requires VS Code 1.124+ and the GitHub Copilot Chat extension.

  1. Install — get Universal Chat Provider from the VS Code Marketplace. Prefer to build it yourself? See Development.
  2. Add an account — accept the Add Account prompt (or run Universal Chat Provider: Add Account), pick a provider, and complete OAuth in your browser. Models refresh automatically.
  3. Chat — open Copilot Chat and select a model under Universal Chat Provider.

Manage everything from the status bar item or the Universal Chat Provider: Manage Provider command — list/remove accounts, restart, update, or reset the managed server.

External mode — bring your own CLIProxyAPI server

Prefer to run CLIProxyAPI yourself (e.g. a remote or shared instance)?

  1. Set universalChatProvider.server.mode to external.
  2. Start CLIProxyAPI and complete the provider login there.
  3. Use the Import API Key notification action (when a local config is found) or Configure Connection to set the URL and key manually.

The API key is stored in VS Code SecretStorage. In external mode the extension never starts or stops the server. If your server exposes a plaintext remote-management.secret-key, the Add Account and Manage Accounts commands work against it too.

Utility model

Copilot generates commit messages, chat titles, and summaries with its own background models. Run Universal Chat Provider: Set Utility Model (or use the status bar menu) to point Copilot's chat.utilityModel and chat.utilitySmallModel at one of your subscription models instead, so those background flows run through your accounts. When the model supports thinking levels, the command also asks for the utility Thinking Effort; commit messages use chat.utilitySmallModel plus that effort. No Copilot subscription required. Clear the selection to undo.

How it works

GitHub Copilot Chat normally only talks to Copilot's own models. This extension bridges that gap: it runs a local CLIProxyAPI server, logs you into your AI subscriptions via OAuth, and registers their models as a native chat provider in VS Code. Pick them straight from the Copilot model dropdown.

   Your subscriptions          Local proxy             VS Code
  ┌────────────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐
  │ Claude             │     │              │     │  Copilot Chat    │
  │ ChatGPT / Codex    │──┐  │              │  ┌─▶│   model picker   │
  │ Antigravity        │  ├─▶│  CLIProxyAPI │──┤  ├──────────────────┤
  │ Grok · Kimi · …    │──┘  │   (OAuth)    │  └─▶│  Utility model   │
  └────────────────────┘     └──────────────┘     └──────────────────┘

Configuration

The managed server checks for stable CLIProxyAPI releases when VS Code starts. The default automatic policy installs newer releases and restarts the server. Use suggestUpdates to receive a prompt before installation, or manual to disable startup checks and use the exact configured version. Update checks do not apply in external mode.

All settings
Key Description Type Default
▿ Connection
universalChatProvider.server.mode How CLIProxyAPI is provided. string "managed"
universalChatProvider.baseUrl CLIProxyAPI server URL. Used only in external mode. string "http://127.0.0.1:8317"
universalChatProvider.configPath Optional CLIProxyAPI config.yaml path for credential and model metadata discovery. string ""
universalChatProvider.autoDetectConfig Search common CLIProxyAPI config locations when no config path is set. boolean true
▿ Managed Server
universalChatProvider.server.updatePolicy How managed CLIProxyAPI updates are handled. string "automatic"
universalChatProvider.server.version Exact CLIProxyAPI release used when update policy is Manual. string "7.2.5"
▿ Status Bar
universalChatProvider.showQuotaWarnings Warn in the status bar when the model in use is low on quota. boolean true
universalChatProvider.quotaWarningThreshold Remaining-quota percent below which the status bar warning appears. number 10
▿ Advanced
universalChatProvider.debug Show prompt-cache hit rate and write per-request diagnostics to extension storage. boolean false
All commands
Command Title
universalChatProvider.manage Universal Chat Provider: Manage Provider
universalChatProvider.login Universal Chat Provider: Add Account (Login)
universalChatProvider.manageAccounts Universal Chat Provider: Manage Accounts
universalChatProvider.showQuota Universal Chat Provider: Show Quota
universalChatProvider.restartServer Universal Chat Provider: Restart Managed Server
universalChatProvider.updateBinary Universal Chat Provider: Update Proxy Binary
universalChatProvider.resetServer Universal Chat Provider: Reset Managed Server
universalChatProvider.configure Universal Chat Provider: Configure Connection
universalChatProvider.importConfig Universal Chat Provider: Import API Key from Config
universalChatProvider.refresh Universal Chat Provider: Refresh Models
universalChatProvider.setUtilityModel Universal Chat Provider: Set Utility Model (commit messages, chat titles, summaries)
universalChatProvider.clearCredentials Universal Chat Provider: Clear Stored API Key
universalChatProvider.showLogs Universal Chat Provider: Show Logs
universalChatProvider.showServerLogs Universal Chat Provider: Show Server Output
universalChatProvider.openSettings Universal Chat Provider: Open Settings

Development

pnpm install
pnpm vscode:dts
pnpm check          # lint + typecheck + tests + build
pnpm ext:package    # produce an installable .vsix

Press F5 from VS Code Insiders to launch the Extension Development Host with the proposed APIs enabled.

License

MIT · Not affiliated with GitHub, OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google.

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