Use DaoXE in LibreChat

LibreChat is configured by librechat.yaml. Under endpoints.custom you declare a name, an apiKey and a baseURL — exactly DaoXE's shape. The models sub-block decides what users can pick, and LibreChat can even fetch it live from GET /v1/models (cheapest APIs guide).

Why route LibreChat through DaoXE#

• Self-hosted, multi-user. One YAML entry serves your whole instance; keys live server-side, not in browsers.
• Declarative models. List exact IDs, or set models.fetch: true to pull the live list from your account.
• Per-endpoint tuning. Title generation, parameter injection and stripping are all per-endpoint fields.

Set it up in LibreChat#

1. Edit librechat.yaml. Open librechat.yaml (the path your docker-compose mounts) and add a block under endpoints.custom.
2. Set name, key, baseURL. name: "DaoXE"; apiKey: "{DAOXE_API_KEY}" — an env reference keeps the key out of the file; baseURL: "https://daoxe.com/v1".
3. Declare the models. Under models.default list exact IDs from GET /v1/models; add models.fetch: true to also pull the live list. default stays the fallback if fetching fails.
4. Restart and select. Restart LibreChat, pick DaoXE in the endpoint selector and a model in the picker, then send a test message.

# librechat.yaml — custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint
endpoints:
  custom:
    - name: "DaoXE"
      apiKey: "${DAOXE_API_KEY}"
      baseURL: "https://daoxe.com/v1"
      models:
        default: ["YOUR_EXACT_MODEL_ID"]
        fetch: true
      titleConvo: true
      titleModel: "current_model"

Verify you actually get the model#

Prove the endpoint works before blaming the client — if this fails, no setting will fix it:

export DAOXE_API_KEY="your_api_key"

# List the exact model IDs your account can call
curl --fail-with-body --show-error --silent \
  https://daoxe.com/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${DAOXE_API_KEY}"

Prove the endpoint outside LibreChat first, then diff a hard prompt against the official API at temperature 0:

curl --fail-with-body --show-error --silent \
  https://daoxe.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${DAOXE_API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "YOUR_EXACT_MODEL_ID",
    "max_tokens": 64,
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Say hello in one sentence."}]
  }'

Frequently asked questions#