Use in your IDE

Most coding IDEs let you plug in a custom OpenAI-compatible provider. Point that provider at Merge Gateway and you get every model Gateway supports (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Kimi, and more) through a single API key. Routing policies, cost governance, and full request observability come built in, visible in the Gateway dashboard.

The three inputs

Every IDE guide on this page asks for the same three values:

Input	Value
Base URL	`https://api-gateway.merge.dev/v1/openai`
API key	Your key from gateway.merge.dev/settings/api-keys
Model name	`provider/model` format. For example, `anthropic/claude-opus-4.6`, `openai/gpt-5.2`, or `google/gemini-2.5-pro`.

Get the full list of available models from GET /v1/models or the models page in the dashboard.

Supported IDEs

Cursor

Override OpenAI Base URL in Cursor Settings. Supports Ask and Plan modes.

Zed

Add Gateway as an OpenAI-compatible provider in settings.json.

Continue.dev

One-entry config.yaml change. Works in VS Code and JetBrains.

Next steps

Projects

Use per-project API keys so IDE usage is tracked and billed separately.

Cost governance

Set spend limits and model allow-lists for IDE traffic.