# Bring your own LLM for Context Grounding

> Context Grounding supports Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) and Bring Your Own Subscription (BYOS) through the UiPath AI Trust Layer. Administrators can replace UiPath-managed embedding and inference models with their own subscriptions, or connect models not included in the default set, while retaining the governance and audit capabilities of the AI Trust Layer.

Context Grounding supports Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) and Bring Your Own Subscription (BYOS) through the UiPath AI Trust Layer. Administrators can replace UiPath-managed embedding and inference models with their own subscriptions, or connect models not included in the default set, while retaining the governance and audit capabilities of the AI Trust Layer.

## Supported features and models

The following Context Grounding features support custom LLM configuration through any provider whose API follows the OpenAI V1 standard, connected via the [OpenAI V1 Compliant LLM connector](https://docs.uipath.com/integration-service/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/uipath-openai-openaiv1compliant). Each feature has specific model requirements.

| Feature |  Supported models | Recommended model | Requirements | Recommended specs |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Advanced ingestion | Any OpenAI V1-compatible LLM | gemini-2.5-flash | Forced tool calling; multimodal image support | 16k input tokens; 32k output tokens |
| Batch Transform |  Any OpenAI V1-compatible LLM | gemini-2.5-flash (smart), gemini-2.5-flash-lite (fast) | Forced tool calling | 128k input tokens |
| Batch Transform with Web Search |  Any [Gemini web search model](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/google-search#supported_models) | N/A | Gemini web search tool | N/A |
| DeepRAG |  Any OpenAI V1-compatible LLM | gemini-2.5-flash | Forced tool calling; count > 1 support | 1M input tokens; 64k output tokens |
| Embeddings |  Any OpenAI V1-compatible Embedding model | gemini-embedding-001 | < 4,096 dimensions; ≥ 8k input tokens | N/A |

For the full model scope across all UiPath products, refer to [Configuring LLMs](https://docs.uipath.com/automation-cloud/automation-cloud/latest/admin-guide/configuring-llms).

**Requirements** — without this capability, the feature does not function.  
**Recommended** — without this capability, the feature is untested and may perform worse or fail more often.

## Configuration and routing

Custom LLM configuration for Context Grounding is managed through the **LLM configurations** tab in **Admin** > **AI Trust Layer**. For setup steps, select **Context Grounding** as the product when following the steps in [Configuring LLMs](https://docs.uipath.com/automation-cloud/automation-cloud/latest/admin-guide/configuring-llms).

For details on how AI features route requests to models, including fallback behavior and model governance, refer to [AI features and model routing](https://docs.uipath.com/automation-cloud/automation-cloud/latest/admin-guide/ai-features-and-model-routing).