List available models from an OpenAI-compatible server via GET /v1/models
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Documented steps
Send `GET <base>/models` (base already includes /v1), adding `Authorization: Bearer <key>` if the server requires one.
Ollama: `GET http://localhost:11434/v1/models` — read model ids from `data[].id`.
OpenRouter: `GET https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models` returns the full routable catalog.
Use an exact id from `data[].id` as the `model` field in later chat requests.
Known gotchas
Ollama `created` = when the model was last modified; `owned_by` defaults to 'library'.
Ollama ids are `<name>:<tag>` (e.g. gpt-oss:20b); copy a model to a default OpenAI name (`ollama cp llama3.2 gpt-3.5-turbo`) for tooling that hardcodes gpt-3.5-turbo.
vLLM serves /v1/models for the loaded model(s); refresh after loading a new model.
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