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Your pod’s brain is its model. Managed pods start on a curated menu you can switch between; BYOK pods run whatever slug you point them at. Either way you can change the model anytime — from chat or from Settings.

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Managed tiers & their models

Each managed tier bundles a machine floor with a curated, all-included model list. Your agent starts on the tier’s default and can switch to any model in the tier — the managed proxy meters real usage per call, so switching is cost-safe, and a pod can never reach an off-tier (pricier) model.
Fast, cheap, text-only chat (no computer use). Example menu: deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1 (default), qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507, z-ai/glm-4.5-air, openai/gpt-5-mini.
These lists are illustrative — the live per-tier menus are served from the pod catalog (GET https://compute.x402layer.cc/pods/catalog) and evolve over time. Each model in the picker shows its input/output price per 1M tokens, context window, and vision support.

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Uncensored models

Some tiers include uncensored models, marked with an uncensored badge in the model picker (and on the tier card). They pick a managed model with fewer content refusals for creative or open-ended work.
Uncensored managed models still run through our upstream inference provider. Your prompts and outputs must comply with that provider’s and each model’s terms — illegal content is never permitted, and violations can get a pod suspended.

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Switching models

You can change the active model without a redeploy in three ways:

/model in chat

Type /model <name> in the pod’s Chat (or on Telegram/Discord) to switch on the fly. Managed pods can switch to any model in their tier.

Chat model dropdown

Pick from the model menu in the chat UI — the same curated list, with per-model price and context on hover.

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The Model setting (any OpenRouter slug)

For a durable change that applies everywhere, use Settings → Model. Enter any OpenRouter slug (provider/model, e.g. anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5) and save.
  • Applies across chat, Telegram, and the OpenAI-compatible API — one model for every surface.
  • On managed pods it’s billed at real per-token cost; on BYOK pods it runs on your own key.
  • Saving restarts the agent (~40s) to apply it.
The Model setting accepts any valid provider/model slug — not just the tier menu — so you can pin an exact model. A Redeploy resets the active model back to the tier default; re-apply the Model setting if you want to keep a custom slug.

Deploy

Pick a tier + starting model.

OpenAI adapter

Call the agent’s model via the API.

Manage

Where the Model setting lives.