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Model muxing

Overview​

Model muxing (or multiplexing), allows you to configure your AI assistant once and use CodeGate workspaces to switch between LLM providers and models without reconfiguring your development environment. This feature is especially useful when you're working on multiple projects or tasks that require different AI models.

In each of your CodeGate workspaces, you can select the AI provider and model combinations to use, even dynamically switching the active model based on file types found in your prompt. Then, configure your AI coding tool to use the CodeGate muxing endpoint http://localhost:8989/v1/mux as an OpenAI-compatible API provider.

To change the model(s) currently in use, simply switch your active CodeGate workspace.

Use cases​

  • You have a project that requires a specific model for a particular task, but you also need to switch between different models during the course of your work.
  • You're working in a monorepo with several different languages/file types and want to dynamically switch to an optimal model as you move between different parts of the codebase.
  • You want to experiment with different LLM providers and models without having to reconfigure your AI assistant/agent every time you switch.
  • Your AI coding assistant doesn't support a particular provider or model that you want to use. CodeGate's muxing provides an OpenAI-compatible abstraction layer.
  • You're working on a sensitive project and want to use a local model, but still have the flexibility to switch to hosted models for other work.
  • You want to control your LLM provider spend by using lower-cost models for some tasks that don't require the power of more advanced (and expensive) reasoning models.

Configure muxing​

To use muxing with your AI coding assistant, you need to add one or more AI providers to CodeGate, then select the model(s) you want to use on a workspace.

CodeGate supports the following LLM providers for muxing:

  • Anthropic
  • llama.cpp
  • LM Studio
  • Ollama
  • OpenAI (and compatible APIs)
  • OpenRouter
  • vLLM

Add a provider​

  1. In the CodeGate dashboard, open the Providers page from the Settings menu.
  2. Click Add Provider.
  3. Enter a display name for the provider, then select the type from the drop-down list. The default endpoint and authentication type are filled in automatically.
  4. If you are using a non-default endpoint, update the Endpoint value.
  5. Optionally, add a Description for the provider.
  6. If the provider requires authentication, select the API Key authentication option and enter your key.

When you save the settings, CodeGate connects to the provider to retrieve the available models.

note

For locally-hosted models, you must use http://host.docker.internal instead of http://localhost

Configure workspace models​

Open the settings of one of your workspaces from the workspace selection menu or the Manage Workspaces screen.

In the Model Muxing section, select the default ("catch-all") model to use with the workspace.

To assign a different model based on filename, click Add Filter. In the Filter by column, enter a file name or extension string to match. This is a simple substring match, wildcards are not supported. For example, to match Python files, enter .py. Then select the model to use with that file type.

Filter rules are evaluated top-down. CodeGate selects the active model for a request using the first matching rule. If the prompt contains multiple files in context, the first rule that matches any of the files is used. If no filter is matched, the catch-all rule applies.

An example showing several muxing rules for different file typesAn example showing several muxing rules for different file types

An example showing several muxing rules for different file types

Breaking down the above example:

  • Markdown files (.md) use the gpt-4o-mini model from the OpenAI provider.
  • JavaScript and TypeScript files (.js and .ts, which also matches .jsx and .tsx) use anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet via OpenRouter.
  • All other requests use Ollama.
  • A request containing both a JavaScript and Markdown file will match the .md rule first and use OpenAI.

You can validate which provider was used for a given request by checking the conversation summary in the CodeGate dashboard.

Manage existing providers​

To edit a provider's settings, click the Manage button next to the provider in the list. For providers that require authentication, you can leave the API key field blank to preserve the current value.

To delete a provider, click the trash icon next to it. If this provider was in use by any workspaces, you will need to update their settings to choose a different provider/model.

Refresh available models​

To refresh the list of models available from a provider, in the Providers list, click the Manage button next to the provider to refresh, then save it without making any changes.

Configure your client​

Configure the OpenAI-compatible API base URL of your AI coding assistant/agent to http://localhost:8989/v1/mux. If your client requires a model name and/or API key, you can enter any values since CodeGate manages the model selection and authentication.

For specific instructions, see the integration guide for your client.