I run Cline (the VS Code AI agent) and Continue (a multi-IDE assistant) on the same workstation, and I got tired of juggling four separate API keys, three different base URLs, and two billing dashboards. After switching both tools to Sign up here for HolySheep AI, a single key plus one base URL powers every model call. This guide is the exact playbook I use to route GPT-4.1, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Gemini 2.5 Flash, and DeepSeek V3.2 through one endpoint — including the latency and cost numbers I measured on my own machine.
HolySheep vs Official API vs Other Relay Services
Before you wire anything up, here is the landscape. The table below compares the same workload (5M input + 2M output tokens per day, roughly one heavy IDE day) across five routes. Prices are 2026 list rates in USD per million tokens, calculated on a 30-day month.
| Provider | Base URL | GPT-4.1 out | Claude Sonnet 4.5 out | Gemini 2.5 Flash out | DeepSeek V3.2 out | 30-day mixed bill* | Payment | P50 latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI direct | api.openai.com | $8.00 | — | — | — | ~$96 | Card only | ~480 ms |
| Anthropic direct | api.anthropic.com | — | $15.00 | — | — | ~$72 | Card only | ~520 ms |
| Generic Relay A | api.relay-a.com/v1 | $5.20 | $9.80 | $1.70 | $0.28 | ~$62 | Crypto only | ~180 ms |
| Generic Relay B | api.relay-b.com/v1 | $6.40 | $12.00 | Related ResourcesRelated Articles
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