Models
Pandora supports over 70 AI providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, Groq, DeepSeek, and many more. Pick a provider and model on the Config page.
The default model is Anthropic’s claude-sonnet-4-20250514. You can change it at any time.
Setting Up a Provider
Each provider needs an API key set as an environment variable. When you select a provider on the Config page, it shows whether the key is configured, which variable is needed, and links to the provider’s docs.
Here are the most common ones:
| Provider | API Key Variable |
|---|---|
| Anthropic | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY |
| OpenAI | OPENAI_API_KEY |
GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY | |
| Mistral | MISTRAL_API_KEY |
| Groq | GROQ_API_KEY |
| DeepSeek | DEEPSEEK_API_KEY |
| Perplexity | PERPLEXITY_API_KEY |
| xAI | XAI_API_KEY |
Set the variable and restart Pandora.
Temperature and Max Tokens
- Temperature (0—2) — controls randomness. Lower values give more focused responses; higher values give more creative, varied output.
- Max Tokens — limits how long responses can be. Leave blank for the model’s default.
Both are optional and can be set on the Config page alongside the provider and model.
Built-in Search
Some providers include built-in web search that Pandora can use automatically:
| Provider | Search Capability |
|---|---|
| OpenAI | Web Search |
| Anthropic | Web Search |
| Google Search | |
| Perplexity | Native search (built into all responses) |
With these providers, features like the Research Agent work out of the box — no extra search plugins needed.
Per-Agent Models
By default, everything uses the model you pick on the Config page (the “operator” model). You can give specialist agents (like the Research Agent) a different model on the Plugins page — useful if you want a fast, cheap model for everyday chat but a more capable one for research.
When no per-agent model is set, agents fall back to the operator model automatically.