Choosing a provider

Slopwatch doesn’t ship a model — it uses one you choose, configured in Settings.

Anthropic

A cloud model from Anthropic. Best quality-for-effort default for most people.

1. Settings → select Anthropic.
2. Paste your API key. It’s stored session-only by default (cleared when the browser restarts) unless you opt into saving it.
3. Leave the model at claude-haiku-4-5 (cheap and capable) or set your own.
4. Click Test connection.

Your key goes directly from your browser to Anthropic and is never sent to any Slopwatch server (there isn’t one). Because the key is used client-side, prefer a scoped/limited key. The popup shows ☁️ Cloud for this path.

Ollama (local)

Run a model on your own machine — nothing leaves your device. The popup shows 🔒 Local.

1. Install and run Ollama, and pull a model (e.g. ollama pull qwen3:4b).
2. Settings → select Ollama, base URL http://localhost:11434.
3. Click Fetch models and pick one; Test connection.

Fixing a CORS error

Ollama must allow the extension’s origin. If you see a CORS error, set OLLAMA_ORIGINS and restart Ollama — Slopwatch shows you the exact snippet, which looks like:

OLLAMA_ORIGINS="chrome-extension://*,moz-extension://*" ollama serve

OpenAI-compatible

A configurable base URL covering OpenAI, OpenRouter, vLLM, LiteLLM, and similar gateways. (Provider work is ongoing; Anthropic and Ollama are the supported paths today.)

Permissions

Slopwatch requests a provider’s network host only when you use it, from your click — never up front, and never broadly. It does not request access to all sites.