`eliza models`

Lists all supported model providers and whether each one is configured (has an API key or base URL set in the environment).

Supported providers

The command checks these environment variables:

Variable	Provider
`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`	Anthropic (Claude)
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	OpenAI (GPT)
`AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY`	Vercel AI Gateway
`GOOGLE_API_KEY`	Google (Gemini)
`GOOGLE_CLOUD_API_KEY`	Google (Vertex AI)
`GROQ_API_KEY`	Groq
`XAI_API_KEY`	xAI (Grok)
`OPENROUTER_API_KEY`	OpenRouter
`DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`	DeepSeek
`TOGETHER_API_KEY`	Together AI
`MISTRAL_API_KEY`	Mistral
`COHERE_API_KEY`	Cohere
`PERPLEXITY_API_KEY`	Perplexity
`ZAI_API_KEY`	Zai
`OLLAMA_BASE_URL`	Ollama (local)
`ELIZAOS_CLOUD_API_KEY`	elizaOS Cloud

Examples

bash

# List all providers and their status
eliza models

What it shows

Each provider plugin that is auto-enabled or manually configured
Whether the provider's API key is set
The active model selection from agents.defaults.model

Setting the default model

Edit ~/.eliza/eliza.json:

json5

{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: {
        primary: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6",
        fallbacks: ["openai/gpt-4o"],
      },
    },
  },
}

Or switch mid-session using the /model chat command:

/model openai/gpt-4o

eliza models