Developer workflow: use public and account model catalogs before configuring AI clients

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A developer writing for DEV Community outlines a structured workflow to avoid broken AI gateway configurations caused by hardcoded or outdated model IDs. The approach involves first consulting a public provider catalog such as models.dev to retrieve stable provider keys, base URLs, and expected environment variable names. Next, the developer queries the gateway's live /v1/models endpoint using their own API key to obtain an exact, current list of models accessible to their account. Only after a successful curl test against the chat completions endpoint does the developer proceed to configure IDE tools like Cline or Continue. The method addresses three common failure points: using model IDs not in the account catalog, mismatched provider keys, and stale documentation that no longer reflects the live catalog.

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