--- title: "Bring Your Own AI… No Sign‑In Required!" url: https://daily.dev/posts/bring-your-own-ai-no-sign-in-required--794isklkv source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB7dQv1ALCU type: video:youtube source: "Visual Studio Code" published: 2026-06-16T13:18:44.285Z updated: 2026-06-16T13:19:04.336Z tags: ["github", "vscode", "ai-assisted-development"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bring Your Own AI… No Sign‑In Required! **[Visual Studio Code](https://daily.dev/sources/vscode)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary VS Code now supports using AI models from any provider without signing into GitHub Copilot, via a 'Bring Your Own Key' (BYOK) approach. Users can add native providers like Anthropic directly through the Manage Language Models view, configure custom endpoints (e.g., Mistral via OpenAI-compatible API), or install third-party extensions like the Hugging Face provider. A chat debug view lets users verify API calls go directly to the chosen provider. Utility models for background tasks (commit messages, chat titles, etc.) can also be set from BYOK models. All configured models are available in the agents window, and local models via LM Studio work too, enabling fully offline or air-gapped setups. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Use your own language model key in VS Code](https://daily.dev/posts/use-your-own-language-model-key-in-vs-code-lqkfvwxlq) · Visual Studio Code · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode), [#ai-assisted-development](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-assisted-development) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bring-your-own-ai-no-sign-in-required--794isklkv)