Which AI providers does Cognocient support?

Cognocient proxies 7 AI providers — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral, Groq, Together AI, and Azure OpenAI — through a single base_url. Change the model name to switch providers with no separate SDK, no re-authentication, and no new keys.

Provider overview

Quick setup

Replace your api_key and base_url — that's the only change needed.

Native Anthropic SDK

If you use the Anthropic Python or TypeScript SDK directly (not via the OpenAI SDK), the base URL is slightly different — omit /v1:

Switching providers at runtime

All providers share the same client — switch by changing the model name:

from openai import OpenAI
 
client = OpenAI(api_key="sk-cog-YOUR-KEY", base_url="https://api.cognocient.com/v1")
 
def call_ai(prompt: str, model: str = "gpt-4o-mini"):
    return client.chat.completions.create(
        model=model,
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],
        extra_headers={"X-Cost-Feature": "ai-router"}
    )
 
# Route to any provider dynamically
call_ai("Hello", model="gpt-4o-mini")            # OpenAI
call_ai("Hello", model="claude-sonnet-4-6")       # Anthropic
call_ai("Hello", model="gemini-2.0-flash")        # Google

Adding your provider API keys

Your provider keys are stored encrypted in Cognocient. Configure them once in Settings → Providers:

1. Go to Dashboard → Settings → Providers
2. Click Add Provider Key for each provider
3. Paste your provider API key — it is encrypted before being stored
4. All requests to that provider now use this key automatically

You only need to configure each provider once. To rotate a key, paste the new one and the old is replaced immediately.

Azure OpenAI: tell us the underlying model if your deployment name doesn't match it

Azure resolves which model actually answers a call purely from your deployment name in the URL — the model field your application sends in the request body is not authoritative, and Azure itself effectively ignores it for routing.

If you named your deployment something like my-prod-deployment rather than the model name itself, Cognocient has no way to know which real model that maps to unless you tell it. When adding or editing your Azure key in Settings → Providers, fill in the Underlying Model field (e.g. gpt-4o) — Cognocient uses that value for cost calculation instead of trusting whatever string your application happens to send.

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