The Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform provides access to broad classes of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI models, including Google first-party models, partner models, and open-weights models. This page provides an index of documentation for these models, organized by model types, access options, capabilities, customization, evaluation, and safety.

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## Get started

Get started with using models on the Agent Platform.

### [Quickstart](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/start.md.txt)


Quickly start calling APIs on the platform.

### [Get an API key](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/start/api-keys.md.txt)


Learn how to create and manage API keys.

### [Set up Authentication](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/start/gcp-auth.md.txt)


Configure application default credentials.

### [Google GenAI Libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/start/libraries.md.txt)


Download and install libraries for major programming languages.

## Model Garden

Model Garden provides a centralized location to discover, test, and
deploy a wide variety of first-party, partner, and open-source models.

### [Overview of Model Garden](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-garden/explore-models.md.txt)


Discover the models available in the catalog.

### [Use Models in Model Garden](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-garden/use-models.md.txt)


Learn how to interact with and consume models.

### [Quickstart](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-garden/quickstart.md.txt)


Test model capabilities quickly.

### [Deploy Open Models](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/open-models/deploy-model-garden.md.txt)


Instructions for deploying open models from Model Garden to endpoints.

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## Model Types

Agent Platform provides access to a variety of models, including:

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### [Google Models](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/google-models.md.txt)


Flagship models developed by Google, including Gemini, Gemma, Veo, and Lyria.

### [Partner Models](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/partner-models/use-partner-models.md.txt)


Models from leading AI providers integrated into the platform, such as Anthropic Claude, Grok, and Mistral AI.

### [Open Models](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/open-models/choose-serving-option.md.txt)


Support for a wide range of open-weights models like DeepSeek, Llama, and Qwen.

## Model Access and Deployment

Depending on the model and your requirements, you can access models in two ways:

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### [Model as a Service (MaaS)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/maas/use-open-models.md.txt)


Use managed APIs for partner and open models without managing infrastructure.

### [Model Garden](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-garden/explore-models.md.txt)


Discover, test, and customize a wide variety of first-party, partner, and open-source models.

## Model Capabilities

Explore advanced capabilities supported by the models:

### [Long Context](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/long-context.md.txt)


Understand how to work with models that support large context windows.

### [Thinking Models](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/thinking.md.txt)


Learn about models with reasoning and thinking capabilities.

### [Computer Use](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/computer-use.md.txt)


Documentation on models capable of interacting with computer interfaces.

### [Bounding Box Detection](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/bounding-box-detection.md.txt)


Detect objects and return coordinates.

## Model Customization (Tuning)

Tailor models to your specific needs:

### [Tune Models Overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/tuning.md.txt)


An introduction to model tuning on Agent Platform.

### [Gemini Supervised Tuning](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/tuning.md.txt)


Fine-tune Gemini models using supervised training.

### [Gemini Preference Tuning](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/tuning.md.txt)


Align model behavior using human feedback or preference data.

### [Gemini Reinforcement Learning Fine-Tuning](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/tuning.md.txt)


Optimize multi-step reasoning and domain performance using reward functions.

### [Tune Embeddings](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/tuning.md.txt)


Customize text or multimodal embeddings.

## Model Evaluation

Assess model performance objectively:

### [Evaluation Overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/evaluation-overview.md.txt)


Learn about the Gen AI evaluation service, including adaptive rubrics.

### [Run Evaluation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/run-evaluation.md.txt)


How to execute evaluation jobs.

### [Evaluation using Console](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/evaluation-genai-console.md.txt)


Guided workflow via the web UI.

### [Evaluation using SDK](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/evaluation-genai-sdk.md.txt)


Programmatic evaluation using Python.

## Safety \& Security

Build responsible AI applications:

### [Safety Overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/safety-overview.md.txt)


Overview of safety features and content filtering.

### [Responsible AI](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/responsible-ai.md.txt)


Guidelines and tools for responsible AI usage.

### [Abuse Monitoring](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/abuse-monitoring.md.txt)


How abuse monitoring is handled.

## Consumption options

Understand the available consumption options:

### [Flex Pay-as-you-go](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/flex-paygo.md.txt)


Learn about the Flex pricing model.

### [Priority Pay-as-you-go](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/priority-paygo.md.txt)


Learn about the Priority pricing model.

### [Standard Pay-as-you-go](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/standard-paygo.md.txt)


Learn about the Standard pricing model.