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Quick Start

Get started with GitHub Models in under 2 minutes: 
from portkey_ai import Portkey

# 1. Install: pip install portkey-ai
# 2. Add @github provider in model catalog
# 3. Use it:

portkey = Portkey(api_key="PORTKEY_API_KEY")

response = portkey.chat.completions.create(
    model="@github/Phi-3-small-128k-instruct",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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Add Provider in Model Catalog

Before making requests, add GitHub Models to your Model Catalog:
  1. Go to Model Catalog → Add Provider
  2. Select GitHub
  3. Enter your GitHub personal access token
  4. Name your provider (e.g., github)

Complete Setup Guide

See all setup options and detailed configuration instructions

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Next Steps

Gateway Configs

Add fallbacks, load balancing, and more

Observability

Monitor and trace your GitHub Models requests

Prompt Library

Manage and version your prompts

Metadata

Add custom metadata to requests
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SDK Reference

Complete Portkey SDK documentation
Last modified on February 9, 2026