Use Vinci in any OpenAI-compatible tool
Vinci’s API is OpenAI-compatible, so any tool that lets you set a custom base URL and API key works. Three settings, always the same:
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Base URL | https://vinci.getsimpledirect.com/api/v1 |
| API key | a vinci_live_… key (Vinci app → Account → API keys) |
| Model | vinci-piccolo, vinci-bozza, vinci-tela, or ds-v4-flash |
Every call then gets the Vinci character layer, free-tier metering, and ZDR — served from Montreal.
Tool-specific guides
- Pi — terminal coding agent
- OpenCode — terminal coding agent
- Aider — terminal pair-programmer
- Cline — autonomous agent for VS Code
- Continue — assistant for VS Code & JetBrains
Everything else
Cursor, Zed, Roo Code, LibreChat, BoltAI, the OpenAI SDKs, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or raw
curl — same recipe: point the OpenAI base URL at the Vinci gateway and use a
vinci_live_ key. See Getting started for SDK snippets and the
API reference for the full endpoint.