Global “off” toggle for built-in LLM providers

[ricack-sitevision]

Right now in Settings → LLM Providers you can add keys for Copilot, Anthropic, Bedrock, MCP servers, etc., but there’s no switch to disable the Zed’s hosted model. I want to be able to lock my editor down to only hit GitHub Copilot (or my own OpenAI key), without accidentally routing prompts through Zed-hosted or other providers for compliance reasons.

I'm aware I can choose model for edit suggestion and the agent, but I feel it's easy to make a mistake and route a request by accident.

Proposed solution

Add a global setting (e.g. "features.disable_all_builtin_providers": true) or a master toggle in the UI that, when on, automatically grays out/removes all non-user-configured providers (the “Zed” section, Anthropic, Bedrock, MCP) so only Copilot/OpenAI remains active. Since the other providers requires a key or authentication it's only important for the Zed provider at the moment.

Why does this matter?

• Security & compliance: organisations need to guarantee internal data never leaves approved endpoints.
• Clarity: eliminates accidental usage of unreviewed AI services that may be added later.
• UX: one-click lockdown makes it easier for users to manage exactly which models they’re hitting.

Happy to discuss alternatives (e.g. “disable all except these” allow-list), and volunteer to test any preview builds.