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Chatbox AI

Chatbox AI is a chat client that works on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and the web. These instructions are written for the Windows and macOS desktop versions; other versions vary slightly.

Prerequisites

  1. Obtain your AI-VERDE API Key. Instructions can be found here.
  2. Note the model(s) you want to configure for Chatbox AI. Instructions can be found here.
  3. Install Chatbox AI by visiting this page: https://chatboxai.app/en#download.
  4. The remaining instructions assume you have Chatbox AI installed.

1. Configure AI-VERDE in Chatbox AI

For these steps, you can refer to the screenshots below.

  1. Launch Chatbox AI.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Click Model Provider.
  4. Click the "+ Add" button.
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  5. Enter "ai-verde" in the Name field.
  6. Leave API Mode set to "OpenAI API Compatible".
  7. Click the Add button.
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    You should then be shown the ai-verde configuration panel on the right.
  8. Enter (or paste) your AI-VERDE Key in the API Key field.
  9. Enter https://llm-api.cyverse.ai/v1 in the API Host field, and leave the API Path field empty.
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  10. In the model section, click the "New" button, and a new model dialog box will be shown.
  11. Enter the model in the "Model ID" field.

  12. Under capabilities, select the capabilities you know the model supports: vision, reasoning, or tool use.

    Note

    Capabilities for a model can be modified at a later time.

  13. Click on the "Save" button
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  14. You can repeat steps 10-13 to add additional models.
  15. Optionally, after adding one or more models, you can click the "Check" button to test the connection to AI-VERDE.

Now you're ready to begin chatting!

2. Using Chatbox AI with configured models

  1. At any time, you can click the "New Chat" button or click a previous conversation in the left panel.
  2. Select the model for this chat session, if necessary.
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  3. Enter your request in the chat textbox to begin chatting with the model.

There is a lot of functionality provided by Chatbox AI (as with many other chat interfaces). Feel free to explore!