generated: '2026-08-27'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://localai.io/docs/features/api-discovery/, https://localai.io/features/authentication and
  https://localai.io/installation/
note: >-
  LocalAI has no vendor-hosted sandbox, no test-mode credentials and no test fixtures — there is nothing
  to sandbox against, because every install IS a private instance. What it does ship, on every instance,
  is an interactive API console and a web UI, which is the console_or_sandbox surface for a self-hosted
  product. No test keys, cards or magic identifiers are published, so none are recorded here.
test_mode:
  supported: false
  key_prefixes: []
  note: >-
    There is no live/test key split. Legacy keys are arbitrary operator-chosen strings (LOCALAI_API_KEY);
    the docs use `sk-my-secret-key` as an illustrative placeholder only. Per-user API keys carry a `lai-`
    prefix in the usage documentation's example. No published test value exists to record.
consoles:
- name: Swagger UI
  path: /swagger/index.html
  anonymous: true
  anonymous_note: >-
    Swagger GET requests at /swagger and under /swagger/ remain anonymous even when authentication is
    configured, so the interactive reference is reachable before a caller has credentials. The endpoints
    it documents still require credentials.
  source: https://localai.io/docs/features/api-discovery/
- name: Web UI
  path: /app
  description: >-
    A React SPA with Chat, Images, Video, TTS, Sound, Talk and Usage for every authenticated user, and
    Models plus the Build console (Agents, Skills, Memory, Jobs, Training, Recognition) and Operate console
    (Backends, Activity, Nodes, Usage, Traces, Users, Middleware, Settings) for admins.
  source: https://localai.io/features/authentication
- name: LocalAI Assistant (Manage mode)
  description: >-
    An admin-only chat modality that wires the conversation to an in-process MCP server exposing the admin
    surface as tools — install models, manage backends, edit configs and check system status by chatting.
    Starter chips: "What is installed?", "Install a chat model", "Show system status", "Update a backend".
  source: https://localai.io/features/localai-assistant
discovery_endpoints:
  note: >-
    Three anonymous endpoints let an agent orient itself against an instance before authenticating. This
    is the nearest thing LocalAI has to a public sandbox surface.
  endpoints:
  - GET /.well-known/localai.json
  - GET /api/instructions
  - GET /api/instructions/{name}
  detail: well-known/localai-well-known.yml
dry_run:
  detail: conventions/localai-conventions.yml
  endpoints:
  - POST /api/models/vram-estimate
  - POST /api/pii/analyze