customProvider

With a custom provider, you can map ids to any model. This allows you to set up custom model configurations, alias names, and more. The custom provider also supports a fallback provider, which is useful for wrapping existing providers and adding additional functionality. Custom providers can expose language, embedding, image, transcription, speech, reranking, video, files, and skills capabilities.

Example: custom model settings

You can create a custom provider using customProvider.

import { openai } from '@ai-sdk/openai';
import { customProvider } from 'ai';

// custom provider with different model settings:
export const myOpenAI = customProvider({
  languageModels: {
    // replacement model with custom settings:
    'gpt-6-astra': wrapLanguageModel({
      model: openai('gpt-6-astra'),
      middleware: defaultSettingsMiddleware({
        settings: {
          providerOptions: {
            openai: {
              reasoningEffort: 'high',
            },
          },
        },
      }),
    }),
    // alias model with custom settings:
    'gpt-6-astra-reasoning-high': wrapLanguageModel({
      model: openai('gpt-6-astra'),
      middleware: defaultSettingsMiddleware({
        settings: {
          providerOptions: {
            openai: {
              reasoningEffort: 'high',
            },
          },
        },
      }),
    }),
  },
  fallbackProvider: openai,
});

Import

import { customProvider } from "ai"

API Signature

Parameters

• languageModels? (Record<string, LanguageModel>): A record of language models, where keys are model IDs and values are LanguageModel instances.
• embeddingModels? (Record<string, EmbeddingModel<string>>): A record of text embedding models, where keys are model IDs and values are EmbeddingModel<string> instances.
• imageModels? (Record<string, ImageModel>): A record of image models, where keys are model IDs and values are image model instances.
• transcriptionModels? (Record<string, TranscriptionModel>): A record of transcription models, where keys are model IDs and values are TranscriptionModel instances.
• speechModels? (Record<string, SpeechModel>): A record of speech models, where keys are model IDs and values are SpeechModel instances.
• rerankingModels? (Record<string, RerankingModel>): A record of reranking models, where keys are model IDs and values are RerankingModel instances.
• videoModels? (Record<string, VideoModel>): A record of video models, where keys are model IDs and values are VideoModel instances.
• files? (FilesV4): A files API interface to expose through the custom provider.
• skills? (SkillsV4): A skills API interface to expose through the custom provider.
• fallbackProvider? (Provider): An optional fallback provider to use when a requested model or capability is not found in the custom provider.

Returns

The customProvider function returns a Provider instance. It has the following methods:

• languageModel ((id: string) => LanguageModel): A function that returns a language model by its custom provider model ID.
• embeddingModel ((id: string) => EmbeddingModel<string>): A function that returns a text embedding model by its custom provider model ID.
• imageModel ((id: string) => ImageModel): A function that returns an image model by its custom provider model ID.
• transcriptionModel ((id: string) => TranscriptionModel): A function that returns a transcription model by its custom provider model ID.
• speechModel ((id: string) => SpeechModel): A function that returns a speech model by its custom provider model ID.
• rerankingModel ((id: string) => RerankingModel): A function that returns a reranking model by its custom provider model ID.
• videoModel ((id: string) => VideoModelV4): A function that returns a video model by its custom provider model ID.
• files? (() => FilesV4): A function that returns the custom provider files API interface, when configured directly or inherited from the fallback provider.
• skills? (() => SkillsV4): A function that returns the custom provider skills API interface, when configured directly or inherited from the fallback provider.

Experimental decision models

Pass decisionModels: Record<string, Experimental_DecisionModel> to define aliases for decision model instances or string IDs. The returned provider adds decisionModel(alias): Experimental_DecisionModelV4. String aliases resolve through Gateway by default, or an explicitly configured default provider with a decisionModel method. Unknown aliases use the fallback provider's decision factory when available; model failures and unsupported questions do not trigger substitution.

Unavailable decision capabilities or models throw NoSuchModelError with modelType: 'decisionModel'; unknown registry providers throw NoSuchProviderError. These capabilities are structural extensions and are not added to the stable ProviderV4 contract. Direct decision string IDs default to Gateway when no default provider is configured. See Decisions for runnable usage patterns.