# 🔌 External Model Providers

By Steven Van · 2026-09-24

Extensions like Ollama AI, Groq, and LM Studio can now add their own models to AI Chat, though using them requires Raycast Pro.

Raycast extensions can now supply their own AI models to [Raycast](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/apps/raycast>)'s AI Chat, Quick AI, and AI Commands. Install a compatible extension from the Store, complete its setup, and the extension's models show up in the AI Chat model picker.

Raycast has already updated several extensions to support this, including Ollama AI, AI by Vercel, Cerebras, Groq, and LM Studio. For developers, adding a model provider means declaring ai.modelProvider in the extension's manifest and exporting getModels and streamCompletion functions, with an AI.refreshModels() call to update the list when available models change. See the [API changelog](<https://developers.raycast.com/misc/changelog>) for the full details. Using extension-provided models requires **Raycast Pro**.

[![](<https://misc-assets.raycast.com/releases/40b842cb19ea5c42baa94e196f5445d4dc98f81cbda7745b5454de4837a9188d.png>)](<https://developers.raycast.com/misc/changelog>)

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