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Understand official models, custom models, the AUTO model, credit multipliers, and model refresh behavior.

BibGenie supports two kinds of models: official models and custom models.

Official models are maintained by BibGenie and work out of the box. You do not need to configure your own API key.
Custom models are configured by you, including the provider, Base URL, API key, and model capabilities.

You can manage both from Model Settings.

Official Models

There are many AI models on the market, but only a small subset works well as a Zotero agent. BibGenie does not choose models based only on public benchmarks. We care about whether they can reliably handle real research workflows:

Long-context paper reading
Multi-paper comparison
Complex research reasoning
Tool calling and structured output
Multimodal inputs such as figures, formulas, and screenshots
Accurate answers grounded in Zotero context

Provider configuration also matters. The same model can behave very differently across providers because of context limits, tool-calling support, rate limits, parameter defaults, and network reliability.

To reduce configuration work for users, BibGenie does several things:

Label	Meaning
`0x`	Usually means the model consumes almost no credits or the cost is covered by the system, depending on the current product policy.
`1x`	Standard consumption speed.
`1.5x`	May consume credits faster than a standard model for a similar task.
`2x` or higher	Usually indicates a higher-cost model, best reserved for more demanding tasks.

Models

Official Models

Table of Contents

Custom Models

The AUTO Model

What Do the Multipliers Mean?

Refreshing the Model List

Choosing a Model

Translation and short Q&A

Single-paper summaries

Complex reasoning and reviews

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