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llm-provider-setup from vellum-ai/vellum-assistant is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add vellum-ai/vellum-assistant/llm-provider-setup@git:20260804.c3f0775Pins git:20260804.c3f0775 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- vellum-ai/vellum-assistant
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skills/llm-provider-setup/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260804.c3f0775, committed Aug 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 10, 2026
- Size
- 7,888 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,467
- License
- MIT
Set up a new LLM provider connection, discover valid model ids, create and validate a model profile — securely and end-to-end via CLI. Covers managed vs BYO keys, secure credential collection, model discovery, profile creation, and live verification.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
## Overview This skill is the canonical procedure for adding a new LLM provider, model, or inference profile to a Vellum assistant. Follow the steps in order — each step's output feeds the next, and the final live-call verification is mandatory. Never skip ahead by writing raw config JSON. **Run the steps strictly sequentially — one command per step, and read its output before running the next.** Never batch create → verify → activate into a single turn: creation can fail validation, verification can fail on a wrong model id or missing credential, and activation must not happen until verification passed. Each step's output is the gate for the next one. ## Step 0 — Check what's already available (avoid collecting keys unnecessarily) Managed (platform-credentialed) routing may already cover the user's need — no API key required: ```bash assistant inference providers list # provider entries; `vellum` is the platform-managed route assistant inference providers default # default provider + availability status assistant inference profiles list # effective profiles: managed + user, with availability ``` …
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How to install
mdr add vellum-ai/vellum-assistant/llm-provider-setup@sha256:2b48a880ca56fa25The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260804.c3f0775, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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| git:20260804.c3f0775 latest | 2026-08-04 | c3f0775 | 7,888 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260710.4eb47ce | 2026-07-10 | 4eb47ce | 5,605 B | A | view |
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Source
vellum-ai/vellum-assistant · 1,467 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-29 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_eaenfda3irala6n4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vellum-ai/vellum-assistant/llm-provider-setup GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2b48a880ca56fa25461de4391b3ab1962faace2151c5b34f3401790182e80c1e
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