Providers
Providers
How Happier integrates with local AI provider CLIs (like Claude Code).
Happier can run different “providers” (agent backends) depending on which tool you want to use.
Provider settings in the app
Provider-specific settings live with each provider (not hardcoded in the core Settings screen).
In the app, open:
- Settings
- AI provider settings
- Pick a provider (for example, Claude (remote))
Installing provider CLIs
Happier does not bundle provider CLIs today. You install them yourself and Happier detects them on your machine.
You have a few options:
- In the app: each provider settings page shows detection status and can run a best-effort installer against the selected machine (see “CLI & Connection” on the provider page).
- With hstack (recommended when available):
hstack providers install <provider>wraps supported installers and can be scripted with--json. - Manually: follow each provider’s official docs and ensure the binary is on
PATH(or configureHAPPIER_<PROVIDER>_PATH).
See the provider-specific pages for installation and troubleshooting.