From 0ef2623ac66ba567348173abf926ebe1da77e886 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Igor Ilic <30923996+dexters1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 20:17:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: use gpt-5-mini by default (#1505)

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## Description
Set gpt-5-mini back to default LLM as issues with it have been resolved

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---
 .env.template                       | 4 ++--
 cognee/infrastructure/llm/config.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index b1e7057e2..7fd3ba9e8 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 STRUCTURED_OUTPUT_FRAMEWORK="instructor"
 
 LLM_API_KEY="your_api_key"
-LLM_MODEL="openai/gpt-4o-mini"
+LLM_MODEL="openai/gpt-5-mini"
 LLM_PROVIDER="openai"
 LLM_ENDPOINT=""
 LLM_API_VERSION=""
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ EMBEDDING_MAX_TOKENS=8191
 
 # If using BAML structured output these env variables will be used
 BAML_LLM_PROVIDER=openai
-BAML_LLM_MODEL="gpt-4o-mini"
+BAML_LLM_MODEL="gpt-5-mini"
 BAML_LLM_ENDPOINT=""
 BAML_LLM_API_KEY="your_api_key"
 BAML_LLM_API_VERSION=""
diff --git a/cognee/infrastructure/llm/config.py b/cognee/infrastructure/llm/config.py
index 6658a6251..8fd196eaf 100644
--- a/cognee/infrastructure/llm/config.py
+++ b/cognee/infrastructure/llm/config.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class LLMConfig(BaseSettings):
 
     structured_output_framework: str = "instructor"
     llm_provider: str = "openai"
-    llm_model: str = "openai/gpt-4o-mini"
+    llm_model: str = "openai/gpt-5-mini"
     llm_endpoint: str = ""
     llm_api_key: Optional[str] = None
     llm_api_version: Optional[str] = None
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class LLMConfig(BaseSettings):
     llm_max_completion_tokens: int = 16384
 
     baml_llm_provider: str = "openai"
-    baml_llm_model: str = "gpt-4o-mini"
+    baml_llm_model: str = "gpt-5-mini"
     baml_llm_endpoint: str = ""
     baml_llm_api_key: Optional[str] = None
     baml_llm_temperature: float = 0.0