GitHub Models API key setup
Run AI models directly in GitHub via a unified API. Free tier with rate limits, paid usage beyond.
Get your key
- Open the GitHub Models API keys page: github.com/settings/tokens
- Create an account and generate an API key.
- Paste it into the Dracon BYOK provider keys — stored encrypted (AES-256-GCM), used browser-direct, works in every Dracon tool.
Free tier
Yes. Free tier with rate limits (GitHub Models) no credit card required
Rate limits: Free tier limits, pay per token unit beyond
Connection details
- Base URL
https://models.github.ai/inference- API shape
- OpenAI-compatible
- Env var
GITHUB_TOKEN- Models
- openai/gpt-4o-mini, openai/gpt-4o, meta/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
- Model lineup
- GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Llama 3.3, DeepSeek V3
Gotchas
Browser-direct chat is not available for this provider: GitHub retired GitHub Models inference on 2026-07-30. Use Azure AI Foundry or another provider.. Dracon provider keys still cover it for tools that run elsewhere (for example a LiteLLM chain from the Dracon Router builder).
Our verdicts on this kind of provider
Independent comparisons we keep current as pricing and free tiers shift. A guide is setup; a verdict is whether it's worth setting up.