GitHub Models

GitHub Models is a supported AI provider in Clanker. It uses the GitHub Models inference API, authenticated through the GitHub CLI (gh).

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Provider Details

Property	Value
Config key	github-models
Default model	openai/gpt-5.4
API endpoint	https://models.github.ai
Auth method	GitHub CLI auth token (gh auth token)

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Configuration

ai:
  default_provider: github-models
  providers:
    github-models:
      model: openai/gpt-5.4

No API key is needed in the config file. Clanker obtains the auth token from the GitHub CLI.

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Prerequisites

The GitHub CLI must be installed and authenticated:

gh auth login

Your GitHub account must have access to GitHub Models. Verify with:

gh auth token

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CLI Flag Overrides

Flag	Description
--ai-profile github-models	Select this provider
--github-model <model>	Override the model for this query

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Usage Example

# Authenticate with GitHub CLI (one-time setup)
gh auth login

# Query using GitHub Models
clanker ask --ai-profile github-models "What EC2 instances are running?"

# Override model
clanker ask --ai-profile github-models --github-model "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4" "Analyze my VPC configuration"

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Notes

• GitHub Models uses the OpenAI-compatible chat completions format under the hood.
• If no model is specified and no config is set, Clanker defaults to openai/gpt-5.4.
• The provider is useful for developers who already have GitHub Copilot or GitHub Models access and do not want to manage a separate API key.