ChatBox

A simple desktop chat. Often appends /v1 itself — that’s how it breaks.

Three fields. Copy, don’t type

Do it in order. Don’t skip

1. Open ChatBox and click Settings (the gear at the bottom left).

2. Model Provider: OpenAI API.

3. API Host: https://cheapai.lol — NOTE, without the /v1 tail here. ChatBox appends it itself; leaving it gives /v1/v1 and an error.

4. API Key: your key in full, including sk-.

5. Model: open the model list and add claude-opus-4.8 manually if it isn't there.

6. Save, start a new chat and type “hi”.

Check

If it didn’t start

• “401 / unauthorized / invalid api key” — the key was not copied whole. It starts with sk- and has no space at either end.
• “model not found” / “named models unavailable” / model in red — the name must match exactly: claude-opus-4.8. Not “Opus 5”, not opus, not claude-3, not gpt-4.
• The app shows no models — reopen its settings page: the model list is served from our address and appears once the Base URL and key are right.
• “Connection error” / spinner and silence — wrong Base URL. Almost every app wants the address with a /v1 tail.
• “/v1/v1” in the error — the app appends /v1 itself. Drop the tail, leave the site address.
• It replied, then stopped — you ran out of tokens. The balance is in your dashboard. Topping up on FunPay from the same nick lands on the same key.

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