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Add a Model Provider

This document is a step-by-step tutorial designed for beginners. It will guide you through the process of integrating a model provider with Casibase, our powerful knowledge base system.

Introduction​

Adding a model provider to Casibase enables you to enhance its functionality by incorporating machine learning models and AI capabilities. Model providers allow you to analyze and process data within your knowledge base system, making it more intelligent and efficient.

If you're new to integrating model providers, don't worry. We've broken down the process into simple steps that anyone can follow.

Step 1: Deploy Casdoor and Casibase​

Before you can add a model provider, make sure you have Casdoor and Casibase deployed. If you haven't done this yet, please refer to the Deploy Casdoor and Casibase tutorial in our previous documentation.

Step 2: Add a New Model Provider​

Model providers are used to integrate LLM into Casibase. You can add them by following these steps:

Click the Providers button on the home page.

Casibase-home-providers

Step 2.1: Add a Model Provider​

Click the Add button to add a model provider.

Casibase-providers-add

Step 2.2: Fill in Model Provider Details​

Fill in the model provider details and click the Save & Exit button.

Casibase-model-openai

tip

Casibase supports many model providers, including:

  • Hugging Face
    • meta-llama/Llama-2-7b
    • THUDM/chatglm2-6b
    • baichuan-inc/Baichuan2-13B-chat
    • gpt2
    • ......
  • OpenRouter
    • anthropic/claude-2
    • palm-2-chat-bison
    • palm-2-codechat-bison
    • openai/gpt-4
    • ......
  • OpenAI
    • text-davinci-003
    • gpt-3.5-turbo
    • gpt-4
    • ......
caution
  • Category: The first-level category of the model provider. For example, Model and Embedding.
  • Type: The second-level category of the model provider. For example, OpenAI and Hugging Face.
  • SecretKey: The secret key of your OpenAI account.

Example

Add a OpenAI model provider​

Casibase-model-select

caution

Some models don't support streaming-output. Known models that support streaming-output include:

  • gpt-3.5-turbo-0613

After adding a model provider, you can use it to analyze and process data in Casibase using chatbots, question answering, and other AI capabilities.

Return model provider list page:

Casibase-providers-view

Now that you've added a model provider, you can use it to analyze and process data in Casibase using chatbots, question answering, and other AI capabilities.

In the next chapter, we'll learn how to add an embedding provider to Casibase.