App Gen Model choice

💬 App Building
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  1. My goal:

I'd like to be able to bring my own key for the app gen functionality so I have introduced DeepSeek, which has an open API-style endpoint.

  1. Issue:

Even though I can select this new endpoint in the AI section of settings, the app gen doesn't work. Even though I still have a Tropic key re-tool managed, it won't default to this one when the other one doesn't function

Can I make it such that the DeepSeek open AI style endpoint works with DeepSeek reasoning?

If not, can I make Retool default to the anthropic?

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@ChiEn could you have a look? I think it's very hard to find a way to control the actual model that is used by App Assist

I consulted documentation and went to a resource to configure this in Retool AI
It is nowhere to be found anymore
Then upon checking settings, AI there is no way I can specify the model. I can set an OpenAI key and an Anthropic one but I have no way to control which one is used

And also I provided an endpoint in the OpenAI style with DeepSeek. Also it didn't work

Can you guide me on how to do this?

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Hey @mascaritas, are you looking to switch the model Assist uses, or the model your Agents use? And what plan are you currently on?

Could you clarify where you're configuring that? A screenshot of the settings page where you added the DeepSeek endpoint would help. Thanks!

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Thanks a lot. I'm looking for a way to control the model that my app gen uses, not the agent.

Also I have included two screenshots where you are able to see how I configured this. Also in the AI section it is selectable if I wanted to select the OpenAI DeepSeek because they offer an OpenAI-style endpoint to hit

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@Darren @ChiEn is there anything we can do to adjust this ?

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Hey @mascaritas - unless you're on an Enterprise plan, app generation via Assist currently requires that you use Retool-managed keys, as described here. The fact that you even have access to this dropdown is probably a bug - I'll follow up internally!

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Thanks a lot for your reply and explanation. Now what I have done is reset the API keys in the resources to be retool managed for Anthropic and for OpenAI.

Now I opened a new app and use App Assist to create new elements but constantly this dialogue would show up. I would assume if I have Retool managed for OpenAI and Anthropic, the models should be all right

Also I can then begin to build but it's painfully slow and it lets me wait so much longer than it used to

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