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Nebius provides AI models — including popular open models such as DeepSeek, Qwen, and Llama — through an OpenAI-compatible API. docker-agent includes built-in support for Nebius as an alias provider.

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Setup

  1. Get an API key from nebius.ai.
  2. Set the environment variable:
export NEBIUS_API_KEY="your-api-key"

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Configuration

agents:
  root:
    model: nebius/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3
    description: Assistant using Nebius
    instruction: You are a helpful assistant.

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Available models

Nebius hosts a variety of open models. Check the Nebius documentation for the current catalog.
ModelDescription
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3DeepSeek V3
moonshotai/Kimi-K2-InstructKimi K2 instruction-tuned
Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-InstructQwen 2.5 72B instruction-tuned
meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-InstructLlama 3.3 70B instruction-tuned

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How it works

Nebius is a built-in alias provider:
  • API type: openai_chatcompletions
  • Base URL: https://api.studio.nebius.ai/v1
  • Token variable: NEBIUS_API_KEY

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Example: code assistant

agents:
  coder:
    model: nebius/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3
    description: Code assistant using DeepSeek
    instruction: |
      You are an expert programmer using DeepSeek V3.
      Write clean, well-documented code.
      Follow best practices for the language being used.
    toolsets:
      - type: filesystem
      - type: shell
      - type: think

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