--- title: Bring your own model in VS Code | daily.dev description: A demo walkthrough showing how to bring custom AI models into VS Code's Copilot Chat. Covers three methods: connecting to OpenRouter to use third-party models... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bring-your-own-model-in-vs-code-ajb8jfzqx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Bring your own model in VS Code | daily.dev og:description: A demo walkthrough showing how to bring custom AI models into VS Code's Copilot Chat. Covers three methods: connecting to OpenRouter to use third-party models... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bring-your-own-model-in-vs-code-ajb8jfzqx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aJB8jFzQX.png og:image:alt: Bring your own model in VS Code og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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 model in VS Code **[Visual Studio Code](https://daily.dev/sources/vscode)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A demo walkthrough showing how to bring custom AI models into VS Code's Copilot Chat. Covers three methods: connecting to OpenRouter to use third-party models like MiniMax, integrating locally running Ollama models, and configuring any OpenAI-compatible endpoint via a JSON config file. Each approach is demonstrated by configuring the model through the 'Manage Models' editor and then using it directly in Copilot Chat. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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