Cloudflare AI Gateway

Cloudflare AI Gateway is a proxy service that routes requests to AI providers through Cloudflare's infrastructure. It provides:

• Caching - Reduce costs by caching identical requests
• Rate limiting - Control request rates to avoid quota issues
• Analytics - Track usage and costs across providers
• Logging - Monitor requests and responses
• Fallback - Configure fallback providers for reliability

The cloudflare-gateway provider routes promptfoo evals through Cloudflare AI Gateway using the chat protocols listed below. Cloudflare also offers an OpenAI-compatible account API for supported models.

Provider Format

cloudflare-gateway:{provider}:{model}

Examples:

• cloudflare-gateway:openai:gpt-5.2
• cloudflare-gateway:anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
• cloudflare-gateway:groq:openai/gpt-oss-120b

Required Configuration

Set your Cloudflare account ID and gateway ID:

export CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID=your_account_id_here
export CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_ID=your_gateway_id_here

Provider API Keys

You need API keys for the providers you're routing through:

# For OpenAI
export OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_key

# For Anthropic
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_key

# For Groq
export GROQ_API_KEY=your_groq_key

Using BYOK (Bring Your Own Keys)

If you've configured BYOK in Cloudflare, you can omit provider API keys entirely. Cloudflare will use the keys stored in your gateway configuration.

providers:
  # No OPENAI_API_KEY needed - Cloudflare uses stored key
  - id: cloudflare-gateway:openai:gpt-5.2
    config:
      accountId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}}'
      gatewayId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_ID}}'
      cfAigToken: '{{env.CF_AIG_TOKEN}}'

note

BYOK works best with OpenAI-compatible providers. Anthropic requires an API key because the SDK mandates it.

Authenticated Gateways

If your gateway has Authenticated Gateway enabled, you must provide the cfAigToken:

export CF_AIG_TOKEN=your_gateway_token_here

Basic Usage

promptfooconfig.yaml

prompts:
  - 'Answer this question: {{question}}'

providers:
  - id: cloudflare-gateway:openai:gpt-5.2
    config:
      accountId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}}'
      gatewayId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_ID}}'
      temperature: 0.7

tests:
  - vars:
      question: What is the capital of France?

Supported Providers

The cloudflare-gateway adapter supports these provider-specific chat routes:

Provider	Gateway Name	API Key Environment Variable
OpenAI	openai	OPENAI_API_KEY
Anthropic	anthropic	ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
Groq	groq	GROQ_API_KEY
Perplexity	perplexity-ai	PERPLEXITY_API_KEY
Mistral	mistral	MISTRAL_API_KEY
Azure OpenAI	azure-openai	AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY
Grok (xAI)	grok	XAI_API_KEY

note

The provider-specific cloudflare-gateway: routes for Workers AI, Google AI Studio, Cohere, Hugging Face, and Replicate currently send OpenAI Chat Completions requests to incompatible native endpoints. Use Cloudflare's OpenAI-compatible REST API for models it supports, as shown below for Workers AI. Other native endpoints require a custom provider.

AWS Bedrock request signing is not implemented by the cloudflare-gateway adapter.

Configuration Options

Gateway Configuration

Option	Type	Description
accountId	string	Cloudflare account ID
accountIdEnvar	string	Custom environment variable for account ID (default: CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID)
gatewayId	string	AI Gateway ID
gatewayIdEnvar	string	Custom environment variable for gateway ID (default: CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_ID)
cfAigToken	string	Optional gateway authentication token
cfAigTokenEnvar	string	Custom environment variable for gateway token (default: CF_AIG_TOKEN)

Azure OpenAI Configuration

Azure OpenAI requires additional configuration:

Option	Type	Description
resourceName	string	Azure OpenAI resource name (required)
deploymentName	string	Azure OpenAI deployment name (required)
apiVersion	string	Azure API version (default: 2024-12-01-preview)

providers:
  - id: cloudflare-gateway:azure-openai:gpt-4
    config:
      accountId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}}'
      gatewayId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_ID}}'
      resourceName: my-azure-resource
      deploymentName: my-gpt4-deployment
      apiVersion: 2024-12-01-preview

Workers AI Configuration

Use the generic OpenAI provider with Cloudflare's OpenAI-compatible Workers AI endpoint and a supported chat model such as Llama 3.3 70B. Keep the Workers AI model ID in the request body and select the gateway with cf-aig-gateway-id:

providers:
  - id: openai:chat:@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast
    config:
      apiBaseUrl: https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{{env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}}/ai/v1
      apiKeyEnvar: CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN
      headers:
        cf-aig-gateway-id: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_ID}}'

This account API uses a Cloudflare API token with Account → Workers AI → Read permission as the bearer credential; a gateway-only token is insufficient. Set CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN to that token. The cfAigToken option above belongs to the provider-specific gateway routes and is not used in this configuration. See Cloudflare REST authentication.

For third-party models on the same account API, choose a supported model from Cloudflare's provider documentation: Google AI Studio uses openai:chat:google-ai-studio/<model>, and Cohere uses openai:chat:cohere/<model>. Cloudflare uses the stored BYOK key under the default alias when present and otherwise uses Unified Billing; this route does not send your upstream API key. Review credential precedence before switching an existing gateway configuration. The older gateway /compat endpoint is deprecated for single-model calls and has different authentication options.

Provider-Specific Options

All options from the underlying provider are supported. For example, when using cloudflare-gateway:openai:gpt-5.2, you can use any OpenAI provider options.

providers:
  - id: cloudflare-gateway:openai:gpt-5.2
    config:
      accountId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}}'
      gatewayId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_ID}}'
      temperature: 0.8
      max_tokens: 1000
      top_p: 0.9

Examples

Multiple Providers

Compare responses from different providers, all routed through your Cloudflare gateway:

promptfooconfig.yaml

prompts:
  - 'Explain {{topic}} in simple terms.'

providers:
  - id: cloudflare-gateway:openai:gpt-5.2
    config:
      accountId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}}'
      gatewayId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_ID}}'

  - id: cloudflare-gateway:anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
    config:
      accountId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}}'
      gatewayId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_ID}}'

  - id: cloudflare-gateway:groq:openai/gpt-oss-120b
    config:
      accountId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}}'
      gatewayId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_ID}}'

tests:
  - vars:
      topic: quantum computing

Authenticated Gateway

If your AI Gateway requires authentication:

providers:
  - id: cloudflare-gateway:openai:gpt-5.2
    config:
      accountId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}}'
      gatewayId: '{{env.CLOUDFLARE_GATEWAY_ID}}'
      cfAigToken: '{{env.CF_AIG_TOKEN}}'

Custom Environment Variables

Use custom environment variable names for different projects or environments:

providers:
  - id: cloudflare-gateway:openai:gpt-5.2
    config:
      accountIdEnvar: MY_CF_ACCOUNT
      gatewayIdEnvar: MY_CF_GATEWAY
      apiKeyEnvar: MY_OPENAI_KEY

Gateway URL Structure

The provider constructs the gateway URL in this format:

https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/{provider}

For example, with accountId: abc123 and gatewayId: my-gateway, requests to OpenAI would be routed through:

https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/abc123/my-gateway/openai

Benefits of Using AI Gateway

Cost Reduction Through Caching

AI Gateway can cache identical requests, reducing costs when you run the same prompts multiple times (common during development and testing).

Unified Analytics

View usage across all your AI providers in a single Cloudflare dashboard, making it easier to track costs and usage patterns.

Rate Limit Protection

AI Gateway can help manage rate limits by queuing requests, preventing your evaluations from failing due to provider rate limits.

Logging and Debugging

All requests and responses are logged in Cloudflare, making it easier to debug issues and audit AI usage.

See Also

• Cloudflare AI Gateway Documentation
• Cloudflare Workers AI Provider - For running models directly on Cloudflare's edge
• OpenAI Provider
• Anthropic Provider