{"record":{"id":"babb7b613fe18450","repo":"Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm","slug":"nvidia-nim-base-path-must-be-provided-to-use-agent","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"NVIDIA NIM base path must be provided to use agents.","messagePattern":"NVIDIA NIM base path must be provided to use agents\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"server/utils/agents/index.js","lineNumber":231,"sourceCode":"      case \"apipie\":\n        if (!process.env.APIPIE_LLM_API_KEY)\n          throw new Error(\"ApiPie API Key must be provided to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"xai\":\n        if (!process.env.XAI_LLM_API_KEY)\n          throw new Error(\"xAI API Key must be provided to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"zai\":\n        if (!process.env.ZAI_API_KEY)\n          throw new Error(\"Z.AI API Key must be provided to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"novita\":\n        if (!process.env.NOVITA_LLM_API_KEY)\n          throw new Error(\"Novita API Key must be provided to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"nvidia-nim\":\n        if (!process.env.NVIDIA_NIM_LLM_BASE_PATH)\n          throw new Error(\n            \"NVIDIA NIM base path must be provided to use agents.\"\n          );\n        break;\n      case \"ppio\":\n        if (!process.env.PPIO_API_KEY)\n          throw new Error(\"PPIO API Key must be provided to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"gemini\":\n        if (!process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY)\n          throw new Error(\"Gemini API key must be provided to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"moonshotai\":\n        if (!process.env.MOONSHOT_AI_MODEL_PREF)\n          throw new Error(\"Moonshot AI model must be set to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"cometapi\":\n        if (!process.env.COMETAPI_LLM_API_KEY)\n          throw new Error(\"CometAPI API Key must be provided to use agents.\");","sourceCodeStart":213,"sourceCodeEnd":249,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/blob/20f6d3546c1938bfea1ad304f58a592dddcc5948/server/utils/agents/index.js#L213-L249","documentation":"Setup guard in checkSetup(): provider is 'nvidia-nim' but NVIDIA_NIM_LLM_BASE_PATH is unset, so no NVIDIA NIM endpoint URL is configured. Self-hosted/gateway providers validate on base path rather than an API key.","triggerScenarios":"NVIDIA NIM was selected as the agent provider but no base path is configured.","commonSituations":"This error is raised at runtime in server/utils/agents/index.js. It occurs when the required configuration for this provider is missing or invalid (unset environment variables, empty API key or base path), when the external service is unreachable or returns an unexpected response, or when invalid input reaches the call site. To prevent it, validate the relevant provider settings and environment variables at startup and confirm the service is reachable before this code path executes.","solutions":["Set the NVIDIA_NIM_LLM_BASE_PATH environment variable.","Ensure the NVIDIA NIM endpoint is reachable."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"20f6d3546c1938bfea1ad304f58a592dddcc5948","analyzedAt":"2026-08-18T10:02:21.017Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-08-18T10:02:21.017Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}