Subconscious

How to use Codewhale with Subconscious

Let your AI do the setup. Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT or any assistant.

Set up Codewhale to use Subconscious as its model provider.

Subconscious is an inference API for agents. It serves open models through OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints, billed per token.
- OpenAI-compatible base URL: https://api.subconscious.dev/v1
- Anthropic-compatible base URL: https://api.subconscious.dev
- Model: subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon
- API key: read it from the SUBCONSCIOUS_API_KEY environment variable. Never commit the key or paste it into project files. If it is not set, ask me to create one at https://platform.subconscious.dev.

Follow these steps. Run commands and edit files yourself. For any step in a settings screen, tell me exactly what to click and what to enter.

1. Install Codewhale
The install script is the primary method; npm and Cargo builds also exist.
```bash
curl -fsSL https://codewhale.net/install.sh | sh
```

2. Create a Subconscious API key
Sign in at https://platform.subconscious.dev, create an API key, and export it so the tool can read it.
```bash
export SUBCONSCIOUS_API_KEY="your_key"
```

3. Add Subconscious as a provider
The top-level provider line makes Subconscious the default.
```toml
provider = "subconscious"

[providers.subconscious]
kind = "openai-compatible"
base_url = "https://api.subconscious.dev/v1"
model = "subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon"
api_key_env = "SUBCONSCIOUS_API_KEY"
```

4. Start Codewhale
Run codewhale in your project, or pass --provider subconscious to pick it for one session.
```bash
codewhale
```

Full guide: https://www.subconscious.dev/agents/terminal-and-ide/codewhale.md

When you are done, confirm the tool is using subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon, then summarize what you changed.

To use Codewhale with Subconscious, add an openai-compatible provider named subconscious to ~/.codewhale/config.toml with base URL https://api.subconscious.dev/v1, model subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon and api_key_env = "SUBCONSCIOUS_API_KEY", and make it the default provider. Run codewhale and it uses Subconscious, billed per token.

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Before you start

  • A Subconscious account and API key

Codewhale docs · Source on GitHub

Set up Codewhale

  1. Step 1: Install Codewhale

    The install script is the primary method; npm and Cargo builds also exist.

    Terminal
    curl -fsSL https://codewhale.net/install.sh | sh

  2. Step 2: Create a Subconscious API key

    Sign in at https://platform.subconscious.dev, create an API key, and export it so the tool can read it.

    Terminal
    export SUBCONSCIOUS_API_KEY="your_key"

  3. Step 3: Add Subconscious as a provider

    The top-level provider line makes Subconscious the default.

    ~/.codewhale/config.toml
    provider = "subconscious"

[providers.subconscious]
kind = "openai-compatible"
base_url = "https://api.subconscious.dev/v1"
model = "subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon"
api_key_env = "SUBCONSCIOUS_API_KEY"

  4. Step 4: Start Codewhale

    Run codewhale in your project, or pass --provider subconscious to pick it for one session.

    Terminal
    codewhale

Why run Codewhale on Subconscious

Long sessions stay fast
2x faster task completion on long tasks than standard open-model inference, especially past 200k tokens of context.
Context that keeps going
The OrangeLine runtime compresses the parts of context that stopped mattering, on the GPU, while the run continues. That gives a 5M+ token context window with no stop-and-compact pause.
Lower cost on long tasks
50% to 80% lower cost on long tasks, because the runtime processes far fewer tokens. Cached input bills at a steep discount, and agentic coding sees cache hit rates above 95%.
Your data stays yours
Prompts, inputs and outputs are not recorded, and nothing you send is used to train a model.

Connection details

For any client that takes a custom OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible endpoint.

OpenAI-compatible base URL
https://api.subconscious.dev/v1
Anthropic-compatible base URL
https://api.subconscious.dev
API key
From subc login or the Subconscious dashboard
Model
subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon
Multimodal, high-throughput model
subconscious/deepseek-v4.1-flash-marathon

Full reference in the Subconscious API docs.

Questions

Which Subconscious model should I use with Codewhale?
Start with subconscious/glm-5.3-marathon, an open frontier coding model built for long agent runs. subconscious/deepseek-v4.1-flash-marathon is a cheaper, high-throughput alternative that also takes image input. Use the full model ID, including the subconscious/ prefix.
Is Codewhale on Subconscious OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible?
This guide connects Codewhale through the OpenAI-compatible Subconscious API. Subconscious serves both formats: OpenAI Chat Completions at https://api.subconscious.dev/v1 and Anthropic Messages at https://api.subconscious.dev.
How is Codewhale usage on Subconscious billed?
Per token by default, with no commitment. Heavy users can switch to a monthly token plan: a fixed price for a large daily token allowance shared across your team.

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