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 Open **Settings → OpenRouter credentials**, paste your API key, and click **Save key**. Then choose an exact OpenRouter `provider/model` identifier under **Classification preferences** and save those preferences. No SSH, Nix configuration changes, or service restart is needed.
 
-Use the complete identifier, for example **`deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash`**, not just `deepseek-v4.1-flash`. Verify identifiers in OpenRouter's model catalog rather than relying on a model's display name.
+Use the complete identifier, for example **`google/gemini-3.8-flash`** (the default), not just `gemini-3.8-flash`. The model fields offer only catalog-verified choices — models with a live zero-data-retention endpoint supporting strict structured outputs — but free text is accepted when the catalog is unreachable. Verify identifiers in OpenRouter's model catalog rather than relying on a model's display name.
 
 Use **Replace key** to rotate the credential or **Remove key** to disable AI. Changes apply to future classifications immediately and survive restart; an already-running classification keeps the key it started with. “Configured” means a key is present, not that OpenRouter has accepted it. A successful **AI classification → Analyse** request checks the key, model, and private routing together.