What
Administrators can inject a custom model option into the model picker via environment variables, useful for enterprise deployments with custom-routed models.
Usage
export ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_MODEL_OPTION="my-custom-model-id"
export ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_MODEL_OPTION_NAME="My Custom Model"
export ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_MODEL_OPTION_DESCRIPTION="Custom routed model for our org"Details
- The custom model appears as an additional option in the model selection UI
- If no name is provided, the model ID is used as the label
- If no description is provided, defaults to
Custom model ({id})
Evidence
Model picker injection (search for "ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_MODEL_OPTION")
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
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Anthropic's release notes agree
Added ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_MODEL_OPTION env var to add a custom entry to the /model picker, with optional _NAME and _DESCRIPTION suffixed vars…