Before you start

Create a Strix account and copy the API key shown during setup. Open Cursor Models directly with cursor://settings/models; if the link does not open, use Cursor Settings → Models.

Configure the endpoint

In Cursor, open Settings, find Models, and add a custom OpenAI-compatible provider. Use https://api.strixgate.dev/v1/cursor as the base URL (or https://api.strixgate.dev/v1) and paste your Strix API key.

  1. Set the OpenAI base URL to https://api.strixgate.dev/v1/cursor (or /v1).
  2. Enter your Strix API key.
  3. Add strix-auto as the first model ID. Optionally add the other eight public ids.
  4. Save the provider and leave the picker on strix-auto.

Choose automatic or explicit routing

Leave the picker on strix-auto unless the job is already obvious. The public catalog is nine ids: auto, coding, quick, deep, bug-hunt, visual, writing, research, and uncensored.

Your project files and agent workflow do not need to change. Cursor continues to use an OpenAI-compatible request while Strix handles routing behind the endpoint.