# Expanding Model Choice in VS Code with Bring Your Own Key

DevFeed: [Expanding Model Choice in VS Code with Bring Your Own Key](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/expanding-model-choice-in-vs-code-with-bring-your-own-key-4029.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/10/22/bring-your-own-key>)

Author: Olivia Guzzardo McVicker, Pierce Boggan

Published: 2025-10-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/visual-studio-code-code-editing-redefined.md>)

Topics: [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [azure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/azure.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [code-generation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-generation.md>), [extension](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extension.md>), [github-copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-copilot.md>), [language-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/language-models.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [vs-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vs-code.md>)

## AI overview

VS Code expands Bring Your Own Key model choice through the Language Model Chat Provider API, which lets providers offer models through extensions.

## Source excerpt

Learn how the new Language Model Chat Provider API in VS Code is enabling more model choice and extensibility for chat experiences via the Bring Your Own Key experience. Read the full article