ambient network / local model routing

Local Models And Routing

Ambient can route among local models, Ambient, Ambient Mini, and specialized local providers.

In Developmentllms.txtSource evidence
Provider Priority And Fallback Search, scraping, browser, model, and media providers can be prioritized and retried according to user preference and task fit. Provider Priority And Fallback Search, scraping, browser, model, and media providers can be prioritized and retried according to user preference and task fit. orders choicesmatches taskclassifies resultrecords fallback Provider router preferencecapabilityfallback 1 Preference User orderPrivacy modeLocal firstCost awareness 2 Capability SearchFetchBrowserVision 3 Runtime result SuccessBlockedTimeoutPolicy denial 4 Fallback Next providerExplain skipRecord evidence
Search, scraping, browser, model, and media providers can be prioritized and retried according to user preference and task fit.
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Settings

Settings search keeps provider, permission, and runtime configuration discoverable.

Ambient Desktop settings search.

Routing Shape

Ambient does not force every task through one model. Local runtimes, Ambient, Ambient Mini, specialized vision providers, and external providers can be ordered and retried by capability.

User Controls

  • Prioritize local-first, fastest, private, cheapest, or most capable providers.
  • Disable providers that must never receive a class of content.
  • Inspect fallback and skip evidence.
  • Repair or revalidate local runtimes from Settings.