diff --git a/modus/app-manifest.mdx b/modus/app-manifest.mdx
index ada95f77..3fa949e3 100644
--- a/modus/app-manifest.mdx
+++ b/modus/app-manifest.mdx
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ invoke externally hosted AI [models](/modus/sdk/models).
 {
   "connections": {
     "openai": {
+      "type": "http",
       "baseUrl": "https://api.openai.com/",
       "headers": {
         "Authorization": "Bearer {{API_KEY}}"
diff --git a/modus/model-invoking.mdx b/modus/model-invoking.mdx
index 26a6d656..e9431d8c 100644
--- a/modus/model-invoking.mdx
+++ b/modus/model-invoking.mdx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ examples:
   // for externally hosted models, explicitly define the connection
   "connections": {
     "openai": {
+      "type": "http",
       "baseUrl": "https://api.openai.com/",
       "headers": {
         "Authorization": "Bearer {{API_KEY}}"
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ examples:
   // for externally hosted models, explicitly define the connection
   "connections": {
     "anthropic": {
+      "type": "http",
       "baseUrl": "https://api.anthropic.com/",
       "headers": {
         "x-api-key": "{{API_KEY}}",
diff --git a/modus/search.mdx b/modus/search.mdx
index 5437397d..e80dfecc 100644
--- a/modus/search.mdx
+++ b/modus/search.mdx
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ export function embed(texts: string[]): f32[][] {
   },
   "connections": {
     "openai": {
+      "type": "http",
       "baseUrl": "https://api.openai.com/",
       "headers": {
         "Authorization": "Bearer {{API_KEY}}"