Agents and models
Three layers work together in every conversation:
- Assistants are who you talk to — a name, a skill set, and defaults.
- Agents are the engines behind them — CLI coding agents that read files, edit code, and run commands.
- Models are the LLMs the agents call, connected through a provider.
Agents
Section titled “Agents”- OpenCode ships inside the installer and is the default — it works in your first session with nothing else installed. If you already have your own OpenCode on the machine, yours takes priority automatically.
- Detected CLIs — if Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini CLI is installed, Pavii.Ai finds it and offers it as an assistant backend too.
- Pavii CLI — the built-in general assistant.
Models and providers
Section titled “Models and providers”Open Settings → Models:
- Bring your own key — add an API key for your preferred provider; requests go directly from your machine to that provider.
- Free providers — the model picker includes free options, useful for trying the app before adding a paid key.
Model choice is per conversation — the selector in the conversation header switches it at any time.
Assistants
Section titled “Assistants”Create and edit assistants on the Assistants page: pick the backing
agent, enable skills, and set
default permissions. Switch assistants mid-conversation with
/agents.