AI Engine
VortexHQ integrates 7 AI providers across every module — generate code, queries, commands, and summaries.
Supported Providers
| Provider | Default Model | API Key |
|---|---|---|
| Vortex (Built-in) | auto | Not required — uses your Vortex account |
| OpenAI | gpt-4o | Required |
| Anthropic | claude-sonnet-4-20250514 | Required |
| DeepSeek | deepseek-chat | Required |
| Groq | llama-3.3-70b-versatile | Required |
| Ollama (local) | llama3 | Not required — runs locally |
| Custom | gpt-4o (configurable) | Required — any OpenAI-compatible endpoint |
Configuration
Go to Settings → AI Engine to configure your provider. Each provider can be tuned with:
- API Key — Stored securely (base64-encoded in encrypted config)
- Model — Override the default model
- Base URL — Override for self-hosted or custom endpoints
- Temperature — 0 to 1.0 (default: 0.3)
- Max Tokens — 256 to 8,192 (default: 2,048; step: 256)
- Test Connection — Verify your configuration works
15 AI Capabilities
AI is deeply integrated across every module:
| Module | Capabilities |
|---|---|
| Summarize emails (action items, tone, dates), interactive Q&A chat about email content | |
| API Client | Generate single requests from descriptions, generate entire clusters from descriptions, generate clusters from project source code (auto-expands Route::resource), analyze API responses |
| SSH Terminal | Natural language → shell commands, explain terminal output and errors |
| SQL Client | Natural language → SQL queries (MySQL/PostgreSQL-aware with schema context), explain and optimize queries |
| FTP / SFTP | File management assistance, generate config files (.htaccess, nginx.conf, .env) |
| PHP REPL | Ghost-text inline completions as you type, PHP code generation from descriptions |
| General | General text/code explanation |
Token Limits
When using the Vortex (Built-in) provider, AI usage is metered with a 3-window token system (daily, weekly, monthly). The backend automatically caps tokens at 4,000 per request. Requests using your own API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) bypass all VortexHQ limits entirely.