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SillyTavern

Connect SillyTavern's custom OpenAI-compatible source to Gondola and reach any Venice model, paid per request in USDC on Base.

Create an API key

Sign in with your Base wallet at /keys and mint a Gondola API key. Keys start with gnd_. It authenticates every request and each call is charged in USDC against your Gondola balance.

Top up USDC on Base once at /wallet. The same balance powers the browser chat and every tool you connect.

Point SillyTavern at Gondola

Open the API Connections panel, set the API type to chat completion, and choose the custom OpenAI-compatible source. Enter the Gondola endpoint and your gnd_ key, then connect. The model dropdown fills in automatically from Gondola's catalog. Turn on the streaming option in the response settings for token-by-token replies.

values to enter

Endpoint / base URL:  https://api.gondola-ai.com/v1
API key:              gnd_live_xxxx

Base URL gotcha

Include the /v1 so the endpoint is api.gondola-ai.com/v1. Never append /chat/completions; SillyTavern adds the path itself, and this is the fix its own docs give for connection issues.

Pick a model

Because the model list is fetched from Gondola, you can usually pick from the dropdown. To see the exact ids (and confirm one is available) pull the live list:

shell

curl https://api.gondola-ai.com/v1/models

Example ids today include claude-sonnet-5 and qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo, but always confirm against the live list, since the catalog changes. Each entry reports context_length, which you can use if you unlock the context size manually.

Notes and troubleshooting

Role-ordering errors

A custom source can reject a request whose message roles are out of order. If a model errors that way, enable SillyTavern's prompt post-processing so it merges or reorders the messages into a stricter shape before sending.

If the connection is flagged as down but works, toggle the option to bypass the status check and verify with a test message. If a request returns insufficient balance, top up at /wallet.

Keep going

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