Where to use Poolside
Choose a path
Work from the terminal
Use Poolside Agent CLI for interactive, multi-turn terminal sessions or one-shot automation withpool exec.
Work with Poolside from the terminal
Use
pool for interactive, multi-turn sessions.Automate tasks
Use
pool exec for scripts, CI jobs, and one-shot tasks.Work in an editor
Use Editors to choose between Poolside Assistant, ACP-compatible editors, and editor extensions that can call Poolside models.JetBrains
Use Poolside in JetBrains.
Neovim with CodeCompanion
Use Poolside in Neovim with CodeCompanion.
Zed
Use Poolside in Zed.
Other ACP-compatible editor
Use Poolside in another ACP-compatible editor.
Poolside Assistant for VS Code
Use Poolside Assistant inside VS Code.
Poolside Assistant for Visual Studio
Use Poolside Assistant inside Visual Studio on Windows.
Cline
Use Poolside models in Cline.
GitHub Copilot
Use Poolside models in GitHub Copilot.
Kilo Code
Use Poolside models in Kilo Code.
Use a desktop app
Use desktop apps when you want a dedicated app experience outside your editor.Poolside Assistant for desktop
Use the Poolside Assistant desktop app.
Goose
Use Poolside models in Goose.
Use an agent tool
Use agent tools when you want another coding agent to call Poolside models.Hermes
Use Poolside models in Hermes.
OpenCode
Use Poolside models in OpenCode.
Build applications
Use the Poolside API when you want to call Poolside models from your own application, internal tool, script, or service. Poolside provides an OpenAI-compatible API, so you can call it directly or use the OpenAI SDK with the Poolside base URL and API key.Poolside API
Find your base URL and API key, then make your first request.
OpenAI-compatible API examples
See endpoint reference, extra context, and tool use.