generated: '2026-07-28'
method: searched
source:
  - https://zotgpt.uci.edu/services/gateway/
  - https://zotgpt.uci.edu/services/gateway/clients/
  - https://zotgpt.uci.edu/services/migrate-azure-api/
provider: ZotGPT (UC Irvine)
providerId: zotgpt
description: >-
  UC Irvine ships no first-party client library. The Gateway's stated migration
  path is to use the upstream Portkey SDKs, or any OpenAI-/Anthropic-compatible
  client repointed at the Gateway base URL. This is a legitimate strategy — by
  adopting an existing API specification rather than inventing one, UCI inherits
  a client ecosystem it does not have to build or maintain. It is recorded
  honestly here: official is false on every row, because none of these are
  UCI-authored.
tags:
  - SDKs
  - Clients
  - Portkey
  - OpenAI Compatible
first_party_sdks: none
strategy: >-
  "Switch from API endpoint to Portkey SDK — available today for Python,
  JavaScript, and .Net." UCI documents Java, PHP, Ruby, and Go as coming soon
  from the same upstream. Callers who prefer not to adopt the SDK can keep their
  existing OpenAI or Anthropic client and change only the base URL and the key.
packages:
  - language: python
    registry: pypi
    name: portkey-ai
    url: https://pypi.org/project/portkey-ai/
    install: pip install portkey-ai
    official: false
    vendor: Portkey
    note: Documented by UCI as available today for the Gateway.
  - language: javascript
    registry: npm
    name: portkey-ai
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/portkey-ai
    install: npm install portkey-ai
    official: false
    vendor: Portkey
    note: Documented by UCI as available today for the Gateway.
  - language: dotnet
    registry: nuget
    name: Portkey SDK (.Net)
    url: https://portkey.ai/docs/api-reference/sdk/list
    official: false
    vendor: Portkey
    note: >-
      Documented by UCI as available today. Package identifier not named on UCI's
      page; upstream SDK list is the authority.
  - language: python
    registry: pypi
    name: openai
    url: https://pypi.org/project/openai/
    install: pip install openai
    official: false
    vendor: OpenAI
    note: >-
      UCI's own migration guide shows the OpenAI Python client pointed at the
      Gateway base URL — the compatibility path, no new dependency required.
planned:
  - language: java
    status: coming soon
  - language: php
    status: coming soon
  - language: ruby
    status: coming soon
  - language: go
    status: coming soon
clients_documented:
  - name: Claude Desktop
    detail: >-
      Enable Developer Mode; set the Gateway auth scheme to bearer; add header
      x-portkey-provider: '@zotgpt-api-bedrock/'; turn off model discovery and
      add models manually; test the connection in-app.
  - name: VS Code
    detail: >-
      Edit chatLanguageModels.json; use https://api.portkey.ai/v1 as the URL;
      include the x-portkey-api-key header.
  - name: opencode
    detail: >-
      Configure opencode.json globally or per project; supports Anthropic-style
      and OpenAI-compatible providers, with an optional local provider for
      on-device testing.
gaps:
  - No UCI-maintained SDK, so campus-specific concerns (KFS chargeback, tier
    entitlement, provider aliases) are configuration a developer must get right
    by hand rather than API surface a library encapsulates.
  - No published package for the deprecated Azure API.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com