Choosing Your AI Provider
Choosing Your AI Provider
Graceful Coaching supports two AI providers: OpenAI and Anthropic. You can switch between them at any time from the Provider tab without restarting the application.
How to Switch Provider
- Go to Admin → Provider tab
- Select either OpenAI or Anthropic from the provider dropdown
- Click Save Provider Settings
The change takes effect immediately for all new sessions.
Provider Comparison
| OpenAI | Anthropic | |
|---|---|---|
| Models | GPT-4o, GPT-4-turbo, GPT-3.5-turbo | Claude Sonnet, Claude Haiku, Claude Opus |
| Strengths | Broad capability, well-tested | Nuanced conversation, safety-focused |
| Best for | General use, cost optimisation | Therapeutic/coaching tone, boundary-holding |
| Default model | Set in admin | Set in admin |
Recommendation: Anthropic Claude models tend to perform better for coaching conversations — the tone is warmer and the guardrail adherence is stronger. OpenAI models are a good fallback or cost-optimisation option.
API Keys
API keys are set in the server-side .env file — they are not editable from the admin UI. If you need to update an API key, edit /var/www/biodecoding/.env directly:
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
Contact your system administrator if you do not have server access.
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