Agents and models
Use native agent CLIs when they exist, or connect any OpenAI-compatible endpoint for direct model access.
CLI providers
CLI panes are the primary path. Authentication remains inside the CLI. PaneVibe does not proxy or reinterpret the agent's own session, tools, resume behavior, or credentials.
- Claude Code powers the default chat pane when it is on PATH.
- Codex gets a dedicated pane so its live TUI redraws and caret remain native.
- Any shell remains a first-class pane rather than a degraded fallback.
API and local providers
Settings → Providers accepts OpenAI, Gemini, Grok, Mistral, and custom OpenAI-compatible chat-completions endpoints. Custom endpoints cover Ollama, vLLM, LM Studio, llama.cpp, Together, DeepInfra, Groq, and private gateways.
Tool calling is negotiated per provider. Set it to off for endpoints that reject a tools field; the pane falls back to plain completion instead of failing.
Bounded delegation
The built-in assist server lets a primary agent delegate self-contained work to a cheaper secondary model. The helper receives no tools of its own, keeping the subtask bounded while preserving the main agent's context for harder decisions.