Chinese LLM Models

Openference routes Chinese models through the same proxy as Western models. Most clients work out of the box once you use the exact model ID from GET /v1/models.

Model IDs

Copy IDs exactly — some names include spaces or version suffixes:

Example ID	Notes
`GLM-5.2`	GLM
`DeepSeek-V4-Pro`	DeepSeek — hyphens, no spaces
`DeepSeek-V4-Flash`	Fast, lightweight DeepSeek
`Kimi K2.6`	Space in the name
`Qwen3.7 Plus`	Qwen
`MiniMax-M2.5`	MiniMax

The catalog changes over time — always confirm against the Models page or GET /v1/models. List your available models:

curl https://api.openference.com/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENFERENCE_API_KEY"

Which endpoint each client uses

Client	Endpoint	Chinese models
Cursor, Cline, OpenCode	`POST /v1/chat/completions`	Supported
Claude Code	`POST /v1/messages`	Supported (Anthropic format)
Codex CLI	`POST /v1/responses`	Supported

Codex sends Responses API requests. Openference translates /v1/responses requests automatically for models whose native format is chat completions, so Codex works with Chinese models out of the box.

Quick tests

Chat (Cursor / Cline / OpenCode):

curl https://api.openference.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENFERENCE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"GLM-5.2","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hi"}],"max_tokens":5}'

Messages (Claude Code):

curl https://api.openference.com/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENFERENCE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"GLM-5.2","max_tokens":10,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hi"}]}'

Responses (Codex):

curl https://api.openference.com/v1/responses \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENFERENCE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"GLM-5.2","input":"hi","max_output_tokens":5}'

Troubleshooting

404 model not configured — Check spelling and spaces against /v1/models.
403 model not allowed — Your API key may have model restrictions.
529 Overloaded — Temporary capacity issue; does not consume quota. Retry or switch model.

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Chinese LLM Models

Chinese LLM Models

Model IDs

Which endpoint each client uses

Quick tests

Troubleshooting

​Chinese LLM Models

​Model IDs

​Which endpoint each client uses

​Quick tests

​Troubleshooting

Chinese LLM Models

Model IDs

Which endpoint each client uses

Quick tests

Troubleshooting