diff --git a/src/modules/llms/store-llms.ts b/src/modules/llms/store-llms.ts
index dd7336d20..e44b38ffc 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/store-llms.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/store-llms.ts
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ export function useChatLLM() {
 /**
  * Source-specific read/write - great time saver
  */
-export function useSourceSetup<TSourceSetup, TAccess>(sourceId: DModelSourceId, getAccess: (partialSetup?: Partial<TSourceSetup>) => TAccess) {
+export function useSourceSetup<TSourceSetup, TAccess>(sourceId: DModelSourceId, getTransportAccess: (partialSetup?: Partial<TSourceSetup>) => TAccess) {
   // invalidate when the setup changes
   const { updateSourceSetup, ...rest } = useModelsStore(state => {
     const source: DModelSource<TSourceSetup> | null = state.sources.find(source => source.id === sourceId) ?? null;
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export function useSourceSetup<TSourceSetup, TAccess>(sourceId: DModelSourceId,
       source,
       sourceLLMs,
       sourceHasLLMs: !!sourceLLMs.length,
-      access: getAccess(source?.setup),
+      access: getTransportAccess(source?.setup),
       updateSourceSetup: state.updateSourceSetup,
     };
   }, shallow);
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/transports/streamChat.ts b/src/modules/llms/transports/streamChat.ts
index ae117b4c0..3dfb5de85 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/transports/streamChat.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/transports/streamChat.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export async function streamChat(
   onUpdate: (update: Partial<{ text: string, typing: boolean, originLLM: string }>, done: boolean) => void,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const { llm, vendor } = findVendorForLlmOrThrow(llmId);
-  const access = vendor.getAccess(llm._source.setup) as ChatStreamInputSchema['access'];
+  const access = vendor.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup) as ChatStreamInputSchema['access'];
   return await vendorStreamChat(access, llm, messages, abortSignal, onUpdate);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/IModelVendor.ts b/src/modules/llms/vendors/IModelVendor.ts
index f1d9c8db4..c05231d80 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/IModelVendor.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/IModelVendor.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ export interface IModelVendor<TSourceSetup = unknown, TLLMOptions = unknown, TAc
   // functions
   readonly initializeSetup?: () => TSourceSetup;
 
-  getAccess(setup?: Partial<TSourceSetup>): TAccess;
+  // get a TAccess object, translating from TSourceSetup
+  getTransportAccess(setup?: Partial<TSourceSetup>): TAccess;
 
   callChatGenerate(llm: TDLLM, messages: VChatMessageIn[], maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOut>;
 
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/anthropic/AnthropicSourceSetup.tsx b/src/modules/llms/vendors/anthropic/AnthropicSourceSetup.tsx
index c93eba4cb..dbbe9dd44 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/anthropic/AnthropicSourceSetup.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/anthropic/AnthropicSourceSetup.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function AnthropicSourceSetup(props: { sourceId: DModelSourceId }) {
 
   // external state
   const { source, sourceHasLLMs, access, updateSetup } =
-    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorAnthropic.getAccess);
+    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorAnthropic.getTransportAccess);
 
   // derived state
   const { anthropicKey, anthropicHost, heliconeKey } = access;
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/anthropic/anthropic.vendor.ts b/src/modules/llms/vendors/anthropic/anthropic.vendor.ts
index e289b8eac..d2d366b58 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/anthropic/anthropic.vendor.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/anthropic/anthropic.vendor.ts
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ export const ModelVendorAnthropic: IModelVendor<SourceSetupAnthropic, LLMOptions
   LLMOptionsComponent: OpenAILLMOptions,
 
   // functions
-  getAccess: (partialSetup): AnthropicAccessSchema => ({
+  getTransportAccess: (partialSetup): AnthropicAccessSchema => ({
     dialect: 'anthropic',
     anthropicKey: partialSetup?.anthropicKey || '',
     anthropicHost: partialSetup?.anthropicHost || null,
     heliconeKey: partialSetup?.heliconeKey || null,
   }),
   callChatGenerate(llm, messages: VChatMessageIn[], maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOut> {
-    return anthropicCallChatGenerate(this.getAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, /*null, null,*/ maxTokens);
+    return anthropicCallChatGenerate(this.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, /*null, null,*/ maxTokens);
   },
   callChatGenerateWF(): Promise<VChatMessageOrFunctionCallOut> {
     throw new Error('Anthropic does not support "Functions" yet');
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/azure/AzureSourceSetup.tsx b/src/modules/llms/vendors/azure/AzureSourceSetup.tsx
index 9d94323c1..363b26f57 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/azure/AzureSourceSetup.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/azure/AzureSourceSetup.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function AzureSourceSetup(props: { sourceId: DModelSourceId }) {
 
   // external state
   const { source, sourceHasLLMs, access, updateSetup } =
-    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorAzure.getAccess);
+    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorAzure.getTransportAccess);
 
   // derived state
   const { oaiKey: azureKey, oaiHost: azureEndpoint } = access;
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/azure/azure.vendor.ts b/src/modules/llms/vendors/azure/azure.vendor.ts
index 7e211e3d5..66b585e4a 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/azure/azure.vendor.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/azure/azure.vendor.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const ModelVendorAzure: IModelVendor<SourceSetupAzure, LLMOptionsOpenAI,
   LLMOptionsComponent: OpenAILLMOptions,
 
   // functions
-  getAccess: (partialSetup): OpenAIAccessSchema => ({
+  getTransportAccess: (partialSetup): OpenAIAccessSchema => ({
     dialect: 'azure',
     oaiKey: partialSetup?.azureKey || '',
     oaiOrg: '',
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ export const ModelVendorAzure: IModelVendor<SourceSetupAzure, LLMOptionsOpenAI,
     moderationCheck: false,
   }),
   callChatGenerate(llm, messages: VChatMessageIn[], maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOut> {
-    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, null, null, maxTokens);
+    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, null, null, maxTokens);
   },
   callChatGenerateWF(llm, messages: VChatMessageIn[], functions: VChatFunctionIn[] | null, forceFunctionName: string | null, maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOrFunctionCallOut> {
-    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, functions, forceFunctionName, maxTokens);
+    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, functions, forceFunctionName, maxTokens);
   },
 };
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diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/localai/LocalAISourceSetup.tsx b/src/modules/llms/vendors/localai/LocalAISourceSetup.tsx
index 16fb11ad3..cc734aea2 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/localai/LocalAISourceSetup.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/localai/LocalAISourceSetup.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function LocalAISourceSetup(props: { sourceId: DModelSourceId }) {
 
   // external state
   const { source, access, updateSetup } =
-    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorLocalAI.getAccess);
+    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorLocalAI.getTransportAccess);
 
   // derived state
   const { oaiHost } = access;
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/localai/localai.vendor.ts b/src/modules/llms/vendors/localai/localai.vendor.ts
index 52d00a6a4..0a35df050 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/localai/localai.vendor.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/localai/localai.vendor.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const ModelVendorLocalAI: IModelVendor<SourceSetupLocalAI, LLMOptionsOpen
   initializeSetup: () => ({
     oaiHost: 'http://localhost:8080',
   }),
-  getAccess: (partialSetup) => ({
+  getTransportAccess: (partialSetup) => ({
     dialect: 'localai',
     oaiKey: '',
     oaiOrg: '',
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ export const ModelVendorLocalAI: IModelVendor<SourceSetupLocalAI, LLMOptionsOpen
     moderationCheck: false,
   }),
   callChatGenerate(llm, messages: VChatMessageIn[], maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOut> {
-    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, null, null, maxTokens);
+    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, null, null, maxTokens);
   },
   callChatGenerateWF(llm, messages: VChatMessageIn[], functions: VChatFunctionIn[] | null, forceFunctionName: string | null, maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOrFunctionCallOut> {
-    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, functions, forceFunctionName, maxTokens);
+    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, functions, forceFunctionName, maxTokens);
   },
 };
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diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/ollama/OllamaSourceSetup.tsx b/src/modules/llms/vendors/ollama/OllamaSourceSetup.tsx
index e8792d454..6133d7987 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/ollama/OllamaSourceSetup.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/ollama/OllamaSourceSetup.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function OllamaSourceSetup(props: { sourceId: DModelSourceId }) {
 
   // external state
   const { source, access, updateSetup } =
-    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorOllama.getAccess);
+    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorOllama.getTransportAccess);
 
   // derived state
   const { ollamaHost } = access;
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/ollama/ollama.vendor.ts b/src/modules/llms/vendors/ollama/ollama.vendor.ts
index 5519485a5..9bb2b051e 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/ollama/ollama.vendor.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/ollama/ollama.vendor.ts
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ export const ModelVendorOllama: IModelVendor<SourceSetupOllama, LLMOptionsOpenAI
   LLMOptionsComponent: OpenAILLMOptions,
 
   // functions
-  getAccess: (partialSetup): OllamaAccessSchema => ({
+  getTransportAccess: (partialSetup): OllamaAccessSchema => ({
     dialect: 'ollama',
     ollamaHost: partialSetup?.ollamaHost || '',
   }),
   callChatGenerate(llm, messages: VChatMessageIn[], maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOut> {
-    return ollamaCallChatGenerate(this.getAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, maxTokens);
+    return ollamaCallChatGenerate(this.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, maxTokens);
   },
   callChatGenerateWF(): Promise<VChatMessageOrFunctionCallOut> {
     throw new Error('Ollama does not support "Functions" yet');
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/oobabooga/OobaboogaSourceSetup.tsx b/src/modules/llms/vendors/oobabooga/OobaboogaSourceSetup.tsx
index 322d04cc0..87d23f8ac 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/oobabooga/OobaboogaSourceSetup.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/oobabooga/OobaboogaSourceSetup.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function OobaboogaSourceSetup(props: { sourceId: DModelSourceId }) {
 
   // external state
   const { source, sourceHasLLMs, access, updateSetup } =
-    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorOoobabooga.getAccess);
+    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorOoobabooga.getTransportAccess);
 
   // derived state
   const { oaiHost } = access;
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/oobabooga/oobabooga.vendor.ts b/src/modules/llms/vendors/oobabooga/oobabooga.vendor.ts
index 74dcbf9e3..bf4e69414 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/oobabooga/oobabooga.vendor.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/oobabooga/oobabooga.vendor.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const ModelVendorOoobabooga: IModelVendor<SourceSetupOobabooga, LLMOption
   initializeSetup: (): SourceSetupOobabooga => ({
     oaiHost: 'http://127.0.0.1:5000',
   }),
-  getAccess: (partialSetup): OpenAIAccessSchema => ({
+  getTransportAccess: (partialSetup): OpenAIAccessSchema => ({
     dialect: 'oobabooga',
     oaiKey: '',
     oaiOrg: '',
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ export const ModelVendorOoobabooga: IModelVendor<SourceSetupOobabooga, LLMOption
     moderationCheck: false,
   }),
   callChatGenerate(llm, messages: VChatMessageIn[], maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOut> {
-    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, null, null, maxTokens);
+    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, null, null, maxTokens);
   },
   callChatGenerateWF(llm, messages: VChatMessageIn[], functions: VChatFunctionIn[] | null, forceFunctionName: string | null, maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOrFunctionCallOut> {
-    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, functions, forceFunctionName, maxTokens);
+    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, functions, forceFunctionName, maxTokens);
   },
 };
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diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/openai/OpenAISourceSetup.tsx b/src/modules/llms/vendors/openai/OpenAISourceSetup.tsx
index 2a0ad0545..686891089 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/openai/OpenAISourceSetup.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/openai/OpenAISourceSetup.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function OpenAISourceSetup(props: { sourceId: DModelSourceId }) {
 
   // external state
   const { source, sourceHasLLMs, access, updateSetup } =
-    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorOpenAI.getAccess);
+    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorOpenAI.getTransportAccess);
 
   // derived state
   const { oaiKey, oaiOrg, oaiHost, heliKey, moderationCheck } = access;
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/openai/openai.vendor.ts b/src/modules/llms/vendors/openai/openai.vendor.ts
index 88fbba593..c1cc25a64 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/openai/openai.vendor.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/openai/openai.vendor.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export const ModelVendorOpenAI: IModelVendor<SourceSetupOpenAI, LLMOptionsOpenAI
   LLMOptionsComponent: OpenAILLMOptions,
 
   // functions
-  getAccess: (partialSetup): OpenAIAccessSchema => ({
+  getTransportAccess: (partialSetup): OpenAIAccessSchema => ({
     dialect: 'openai',
     oaiKey: '',
     oaiOrg: '',
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ export const ModelVendorOpenAI: IModelVendor<SourceSetupOpenAI, LLMOptionsOpenAI
     ...partialSetup,
   }),
   callChatGenerate(llm, messages: VChatMessageIn[], maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOut> {
-    const access = this.getAccess(llm._source.setup);
+    const access = this.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup);
     return openAICallChatGenerate(access, llm.options, messages, null, null, maxTokens);
   },
   callChatGenerateWF(llm, messages: VChatMessageIn[], functions: VChatFunctionIn[] | null, forceFunctionName: string | null, maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOrFunctionCallOut> {
-    const access = this.getAccess(llm._source.setup);
+    const access = this.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup);
     return openAICallChatGenerate(access, llm.options, messages, functions, forceFunctionName, maxTokens);
   },
 };
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/openrouter/OpenRouterSourceSetup.tsx b/src/modules/llms/vendors/openrouter/OpenRouterSourceSetup.tsx
index 5aa0274ff..79ffe6b2d 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/openrouter/OpenRouterSourceSetup.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/openrouter/OpenRouterSourceSetup.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function OpenRouterSourceSetup(props: { sourceId: DModelSourceId }) {
 
   // external state
   const { source, sourceHasLLMs, access, updateSetup } =
-    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorOpenRouter.getAccess);
+    useSourceSetup(props.sourceId, ModelVendorOpenRouter.getTransportAccess);
 
   // derived state
   const { oaiKey } = access;
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/vendors/openrouter/openrouter.vendor.ts b/src/modules/llms/vendors/openrouter/openrouter.vendor.ts
index ae29c4ece..3617205f4 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/vendors/openrouter/openrouter.vendor.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/vendors/openrouter/openrouter.vendor.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export const ModelVendorOpenRouter: IModelVendor<SourceSetupOpenRouter, LLMOptio
     oaiHost: 'https://openrouter.ai/api',
     oaiKey: '',
   }),
-  getAccess: (partialSetup): OpenAIAccessSchema => ({
+  getTransportAccess: (partialSetup): OpenAIAccessSchema => ({
     dialect: 'openrouter',
     oaiKey: partialSetup?.oaiKey || '',
     oaiOrg: '',
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ export const ModelVendorOpenRouter: IModelVendor<SourceSetupOpenRouter, LLMOptio
     moderationCheck: false,
   }),
   callChatGenerate(llm, messages: VChatMessageIn[], maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOut> {
-    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, null, null, maxTokens);
+    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, null, null, maxTokens);
   },
   callChatGenerateWF(llm, messages: VChatMessageIn[], functions: VChatFunctionIn[] | null, forceFunctionName: string | null, maxTokens?: number): Promise<VChatMessageOrFunctionCallOut> {
-    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, functions, forceFunctionName, maxTokens);
+    return openAICallChatGenerate(this.getTransportAccess(llm._source.setup), llm.options, messages, functions, forceFunctionName, maxTokens);
   },
 };
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