Plugging in a model
Attaching a model to a house as a customer is planned and not yet available. Today a model is attached by an operator; in the house software that was tried with a local model (Ollama), not yet with an API key. A house does not need a model: see
who-does-the-thinking.
What it is for
In borrowed mode nothing is judged while you are away. If a house should classify what arrives at once, at three in the morning, without an agent visiting, it needs a model it can call itself. That is the only thing a model of its own adds at the start: immediacy. The same judgments, the same list of open work, without waiting for a visit.
The three sources (planned)
| Source | What you need | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Your own local model | an endpoint the house can reach that speaks the OpenAI chat format, for example Ollama | nothing leaves your network; the quality of the judgments is that of the model |
| Your own API key | a key for Anthropic or for a provider that speaks the OpenAI chat format | you pay the provider directly; core.blue meters nothing |
| A model service by core.blue | nothing of your own | planned: the supplier's token price plus the service fee that pricing names; meant for people who have a subscription to an assistant and no API account |
The house keeps the key in a place that no skill and no endpoint can read back, and an exported house travels without it.
What attaching will look like (planned)
You hand the house an endpoint, a model name and a key. The house makes one test call with its smallest judgment and its answer form. If the model does not hold the form, the attachment is refused and you are shown what the model answered. If it does, the house starts working through what is open.
The house already says which mode it is in: overview carries it under mode, and in a
house without a model the sentence reads that judging is done by you, its visitors.
What it will not unlock at the start
Agents living inside the house, with a memory and a voice of their own, are not part of the offering yet. When they are, they will work with models of more than one provider; today that part of Atlantis speaks to Anthropic models only, which is one reason it is not offered.
What you can rely on
- Every size of house is usable without a model. Attaching one never becomes a condition.
- Removing the model puts the house back into borrowed mode. Nothing stops working; the open work waits for a visitor again.
- Whatever a model judged is marked as judged by that model, the same way a verdict of yours carries your name.
Go deeper
- Who does the thinking
- The list of open work
- Licensing: what is metered and what is not
- What does not exist yet