# Getting started

> Install Model Hub, add a provider and ask your first question.

## Install

During the beta, Model Hub is installed with the BRAT plugin.

1. In **Settings → Community plugins**, install and enable **BRAT**.
2. Run the command **BRAT: Add a beta plugin for testing** and enter `Insurgent-Methods/model-hub`.
3. In **Settings → Community plugins**, enable **Model Hub**.

BRAT keeps it up to date.

## Add a provider

1. Open **Settings → Model Hub**. With no provider yet, it opens on the **Providers** tab and says *Choose a provider*.
2. Select a tile. **OpenRouter** is the quickest start: one key reaches hundreds of models.
3. Paste your key into **API key**. For Ollama or LM Studio, check the **Server address** instead.
4. Select **Test**. The dialog should say *Connected*.
5. Select **Done**.

More detail: [Add a provider](add-a-provider.md).

## Fill the tiers

1. Open the **Tiers** tab.
2. Under **Preset**, choose **Value**, **Claude** or **Local**, then select **Apply**.

A preset fills all seven built-in tiers with models and starting limits. You can change any of them afterwards: see [Set up tiers and limits](tiers-and-limits.md).

## Ask your first question

1. Open a note.
2. Select the **Open note chat** icon in the left ribbon, or run the command **Model Hub: Open note chat**.
3. Type a question about the note and select **Send**.

The reply shows the model that answered and what the call cost. To see every call so far, run **Model Hub: Open usage and costs**.

If something did not work, see [Troubleshooting](troubleshooting.md).