Provider
The company/service supplying one or more model/API capabilities.
AI MODEL APIs · NO CODE REQUIRED
Your e-Person should not be
locked to one model company.
A model provider is one source of reasoning or media capability. HSIMC keeps the Work identity, Reality, Human Supervisor, Authority, continuity and evidence outside the provider so a Work can later use another model when appropriate.
API 是进入模型能力的一种方式，不是 Work 本身。HSIMC 希望让生态参与者可以自带合适的模型供应商，同时保持 Reality Continue。
TEN WORDS WORTH KNOWING
You can buy/use an AI API without becoming an API engineer.
Model
One specific engine/version/capability. Provider name and model name are not the same thing.
API
A machine-readable way for software to ask a provider to perform work.
API Key / Credential
A secret proving access to an account. Never paste it into a public Runtime, URL, shared prompt or public HSIMC page.
Endpoint
The network address used to call an API. Knowing an endpoint does not grant access.
Token / Usage Unit
A provider-specific way of measuring usage. Token cost is not the economic value of the Work.
Rate Limit / Quota
How much the provider account/plan allows within a time or usage window.
Region / Data Policy
Where and how data is processed or stored can matter to the specific Work and jurisdiction.
Tool Calling
A model may request structured tool use. That capability is not Authority to execute the action.
Multimodal
Text, image, audio, video or other media capability. More modalities do not automatically make the outcome accepted.
MCP vs MODEL API
They solve different layers and can work together.
Provider API
Direct access to a model/service capability from a specific provider account. It brings provider-specific models, credentials, usage terms, pricing, quota and data policies.
MCP
A common protocol for AI applications to discover/use exposed tools, resources and prompts. MCP does not replace the need for provider credentials when the connected capability itself depends on a provider API.
HSIMC sits around both: Reality → Work → e-Person → Model/Tools → Human Supervisor → Authority → Evidence → Reality Outcome.
PROVIDER REALITY · REFERENCE ONLY
Many providers can contribute. C0 does not claim any of them is connected to HSIMC.
These are provider/API references raised for HSIMC ecosystem education. Products, endpoints, prices, regions and terms change. Compatibility must be tested at binding time.
SAFE PROVIDER BINDING
First choose. Then bind credentials. Then canary-test. Then allow only a scoped Work.
1 · Reference
Provider exists as a possible capability source. No support claim.
2 · User selected
A Work or e-Person chooses a candidate provider/model based on actual need.
3 · Credential binding
Use a future authorized secret mechanism. Never public pages/URLs/logs.
4 · Canary
Test the exact model/API behavior, cost, latency, data boundary and structured outputs needed by the Work.
5 · Work scope
Only after canary evidence may a provider be allowed for a specific Work scope.
6 · Revoke / replace
The e-Person and Work continue even if provider credentials or model selection change.
THE IMPORTANT ECONOMIC SEPARATION
API cost is only one input to a Reality Outcome.
Provider usage
Tokens, image/video generation, audio seconds, compute, storage or other provider-specific usage.
Reality Outcome value
May also depend on Human Supervision, local tools, manufacturing, field execution, Authority, evidence, acceptance, risk reduction and contribution. HSIMC pricing is intentionally not defined in C0.
HSIMC does not collect, proxy, store or resell provider credentials through this public page. Provider names are references, not compatibility or endorsement claims. Future credential binding requires a scoped secret mechanism and separate acceptance.