# Connect an LLM provider with one pasted key, checked before saving > LLM provider setup now offers a one-click grid of common providers, verifies the API key with the provider, and enables models and a default for you. Source: Date: 2026-09-11 Products: Platform, Cloud, CLI Category: Improvement Available: In 0.26.0 Pull request: everruns/everruns#3526 Pull request: everruns/everruns#3516 Pull request: everruns/everruns#3515 Pull request: everruns/everruns#3517 Pull request: everruns/everruns#3512 **In the UI:** a **Connect** grid offers one tile each for Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter and Meta, so connecting one takes a pasted key. Providers that need more than a key stay behind **Another provider**. Keys are checked as you type, and only an outright rejection is shown. Once a key is saved, Everruns discovers the provider’s models, enables a shortlist, stars a few favorites and sets a default model if none exists. **In the API and CLI:** `POST /v1/providers/check-credentials` checks a key without storing it: ```bash everruns providers check-credentials check --provider-type openai --api-key "$OPENAI_API_KEY" ``` Disabled models can be re-enabled. See [Providers](https://everruns.com/docs/providers/) and [CLI providers](https://everruns.com/docs/reference/cli/providers/). [#3526](https://github.com/everruns/everruns/pull/3526), [#3516](https://github.com/everruns/everruns/pull/3516), [#3515](https://github.com/everruns/everruns/pull/3515)