Bug fixes: - Fix box() calls: set color-pair before box, pass ACS default chtype integers - Fix markdown functions: move to passepartout.channel-tui package where Croatoan is imported; use add-attributes/remove-attributes instead of :bold/:underline kwargs to add-string; call theme-color in gate-trace-lines to convert theme keys to Croatoan colors - Fix sandbox: remove dex:get/dex:post from restricted symbols (blocked neuro-provider from loading) - Export *log-lock* from passepartout (was unbound in jailed skill packages) - Fix configure: always deploy to XDG, skip cp when source==dest - Fix bash crash handler format string (~~ escaping) - Revert test reorder in 28 files (caused package leakage in skill loader) Design cleanup: - Extract tui-run-screen from tui-main for clean separation - Remove inject-stimulus alias - Merge *backend-registry* into *probabilistic-backends* - Fix read-framed-message whitespace DoS (4096-iteration max) - Add *read-eval* nil to dispatcher-approvals-process read-from-string
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SKILL: Unified LLM Backend (org-skill-unified-llm-backend.org)
Architectural Intent
system-model-provider is the universal LLM client. It speaks the OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions protocol, which covers every modern provider — OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, Gemini, DeepSeek, NVIDIA NIM, plus any local engine (Ollama, vLLM, LM Studio, llama.cpp) when running behind an OpenAI-compatible adapter.
One function, eight (and counting) providers. The same JSON payload, the same response format, the same error handling. Adding a new provider is a one-line config entry: a keyword, a base URL, an API key env var name, and a default model.
Providers register themselves at boot. No API key? That provider doesn't register. No local URL set? The local entry stays dormant. Only the providers you actually configure appear in *probabilistic-backends* at runtime. The old code assumed Ollama was always available; this code requires an env var like everything else.
*provider-cascade* defaults to cloud-only (all providers except :local and :ollama). If you want a local fallback, set LOCAL_BASE_URL in your env and add :local to the PROVIDER_CASCADE list.
Contract
- (provider-config provider): returns the configuration plist for a provider keyword, or nil if unregistered.
- (provider-available-p provider): returns T if the provider's API key or base URL is configured.
- (provider-openai-request prompt system-prompt &key model provider):
executes an OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions request. Returns
(:status :success :content ...)or(:status :error :message ...). - (provider-openai-request prompt system-prompt &key model provider tools):
when
:toolsis provided (a list of plist tool definitions), the request body includes"tools"and"tool_choice": "auto"fields. Parsestool_callsfrom the response: extractsfunction.nameandfunction.arguments(decoded from JSON string to alist). Returns(:status :success :tool-calls ((:name <str> :arguments <alist>)))when the LLM returns a tool call, or the existing:contentpath otherwise. - (provider-cascade-initialize): reads
PROVIDER_CASCADEfrom env and sets*provider-cascade*. - (provider-openai-stream prompt system-prompt callback &key model provider tools):
v0.7.1 — executes a streaming OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions
request. Sends
"stream": truein the request body. Reads Server-Sent Events (SSE) from the response stream, parsingdata: ...lines. For each delta with content, calls CALLBACK with the delta string. After all deltas, calls CALLBACK with""to signal end-of-stream. Returns(:status :success)on completion or(:status :error :message ...). If*stream-cancel*is set to T (by another thread), exits the SSE loop and calls CALLBACK with"". - (parse-sse-line line): parses an SSE line. Returns the data content
for
data: <content>lines,:donefordata: [DONE], andnilfor comment lines (starting with:), empty lines, or non-data lines.
Implementation
Provider registry
(in-package :passepartout)
(defparameter *provider-configs*
'((:local . (:base-url nil :key-env nil :url-env "LOCAL_BASE_URL" :default-model "llama3"))
(:openrouter . (:base-url "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" :key-env "OPENROUTER_API_KEY" :default-model "openrouter/auto"))
(:openai . (:base-url "https://api.openai.com/v1" :key-env "OPENAI_API_KEY" :default-model "gpt-4o-mini"))
(:anthropic . (:base-url "https://api.anthropic.com/v1" :key-env "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" :default-model "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022"))
(:groq . (:base-url "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1" :key-env "GROQ_API_KEY" :default-model "llama-3.1-70b-versatile"))
(:gemini . (:base-url "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai" :key-env "GEMINI_API_KEY" :default-model "gemini-2.0-flash"))
(:deepseek . (:base-url "https://api.deepseek.com/v1" :key-env "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" :default-model "deepseek-chat"))
(:nvidia . (:base-url "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1" :key-env "NVIDIA_API_KEY" :default-model "meta/llama-3.1-405b-instruct"))))
Provider config lookup
(defun provider-config (provider)
"Returns the configuration plist for a provider keyword."
(cdr (assoc provider *provider-configs*)))
Availability check
(defun provider-available-p (provider)
"Checks if a provider is configured. Checks API key or URL env vars."
(let* ((config (provider-config provider))
(key-env (getf config :key-env))
(url-env (getf config :url-env))
(base-url (getf config :base-url)))
(cond (key-env (let ((key (uiop:getenv key-env))) (and key (> (length key) 0))))
(url-env (let ((url (uiop:getenv url-env))) (and url (> (length url) 0))))
(base-url t))))
Unified request execution
(defun provider-openai-request (prompt system-prompt &key model (provider :openrouter) tools)
"Executes a request against any OpenAI-compatible API endpoint.
When :tools is provided, includes function-calling tool definitions in the request."
(let* ((config (provider-config provider))
(base-url (getf config :base-url))
(key-env (getf config :key-env))
(url-env (getf config :url-env))
(default-model (getf config :default-model))
(api-key (when key-env (uiop:getenv key-env)))
(model-id (or model default-model))
(url (if url-env
(let ((host (uiop:getenv url-env)))
(if host
(format nil "http://~a/v1/chat/completions" host)
(format nil "~a/chat/completions" base-url)))
(format nil "~a/chat/completions" base-url)))
(timeout (or (ignore-errors
(parse-integer (uiop:getenv "LLM_REQUEST_TIMEOUT")))
30))
(headers `(("Content-Type" . "application/json")
,@(when api-key `(("Authorization" . ,(format nil "Bearer ~a" api-key))))
,@(when (eq provider :openrouter)
`(("HTTP-Referer" . "https://github.com/amrgharbeia/passepartout")
("X-Title" . "Passepartout")))))
(body (let ((base `((model . ,model-id)
(messages . (( (role . "system") (content . ,system-prompt) )
( (role . "user") (content . ,prompt) ))))))
(if tools
(append base
`((tools . ,(loop for tool in tools
collect (list (cons :|type| "function")
(cons :|function| (loop for (k v) on tool by #'cddr
collect (cons (intern (string-upcase (string k)) "KEYWORD") v))))))
(:|tool_choice| . "auto")))
base)))
(body-json (cl-json:encode-json-to-string body)))
(handler-case
(let* ((response (dex:post url :headers headers :content body-json
:connect-timeout (min 5 timeout)
:read-timeout (max 10 (- timeout 5))))
(json (cl-json:decode-json-from-string response))
(choices (cdr (assoc :choices json)))
(first-choice (car choices))
(message (cdr (assoc :message first-choice)))
(tool-calls (cdr (assoc :|tool_calls| message)))
(content (cdr (assoc :content message))))
(cond
(tool-calls
(list :status :success
:tool-calls
(loop for tc in tool-calls
for fun = (cdr (assoc :|function| tc))
for args-str = (cdr (assoc :|arguments| fun))
for args = (when args-str (cl-json:decode-json-from-string args-str))
collect (list :name (cdr (assoc :|name| fun))
:arguments args))))
(content
(list :status :success :content content))
(t
(list :status :error :message (format nil "~a: No content" provider)))))
(error (c)
(list :status :error :message (format nil "~a Failure: ~a" provider c))))))
Register all available providers
(defun provider-register-all ()
"Scans environment variables and registers all available LLM backends."
(dolist (entry *provider-configs*)
(let ((provider (car entry)))
(when (provider-available-p provider)
(log-message "LLM BACKEND: Registering provider ~a" provider)
(register-probabilistic-backend provider
(lambda (prompt system-prompt &key model tools)
(provider-openai-request prompt system-prompt :model model :provider provider :tools tools)))))))
Initialize cascade
(defun provider-cascade-initialize ()
"Reads PROVIDER_CASCADE from env and sets *provider-cascade*."
(let ((cascade-str (uiop:getenv "PROVIDER_CASCADE")))
(if cascade-str
(setf *provider-cascade*
(mapcar (lambda (s) (intern (string-upcase (string-trim '(#\Space #\" #\') s)) :keyword))
(uiop:split-string cascade-str :separator '(#\,))))
(setf *provider-cascade* (mapcar #'car (remove-if (lambda (e)
(member (car e) '(:local)))
*provider-configs*))))))
Provider connection test (for TUI config)
;; REPL-verified: 2026-05-04
(defun test-provider-connection (provider &optional api-key)
"Test a provider API key by hitting its models endpoint.
Returns (:ok) on success, (:fail reason) on failure.
If API-KEY is nil, reads from environment."
(let* ((config (provider-config provider))
(base-url (getf config :base-url))
(key-env (getf config :key-env))
(url-env (getf config :url-env))
(key (or api-key (when key-env (uiop:getenv key-env)))))
(handler-case
(let ((url (if url-env
(let ((host (or (uiop:getenv url-env) "")))
(format nil "http://~a/api/tags" host))
(format nil "~a/models" (or base-url "")))))
(if key-env
(progn (dex:get url :headers `(("Authorization" . ,(format nil "Bearer ~a" key)))
:connect-timeout 5 :read-timeout 10)
'(:ok))
(if url-env
(progn (dex:get url :connect-timeout 5 :read-timeout 10) '(:ok))
'(:fail "No URL source for this provider"))))
(error (c) `(:fail ,(format nil "~a" c))))))
Boot registration
(provider-register-all)
(provider-cascade-initialize)
Skill registration
(defskill :passepartout-neuro-provider
:priority 50
:trigger (lambda (ctx) (declare (ignore ctx)) nil))
Test Suite
(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
(ql:quickload :fiveam :silent t))
(defpackage :passepartout-llm-gateway-tests
(:use :cl :passepartout)
(:export #:llm-gateway-suite))
(in-package :passepartout-llm-gateway-tests)
(fiveam:def-suite llm-gateway-suite :description "Tests for the LLM provider backend")
(fiveam:in-suite llm-gateway-suite)
(fiveam:test test-provider-rejects-bad-keyword
"Contract 3: provider-config returns nil for unregistered provider."
(let ((config (provider-config :not-a-real-provider)))
(fiveam:is (null config))))
(fiveam:test test-provider-config-registered
"Contract 1: provider-config returns configuration plist for registered provider."
(let ((config (provider-config :openrouter)))
(fiveam:is (listp config))
(fiveam:is (getf config :base-url))))
(fiveam:test test-provider-accepts-tools-parameter
"Contract 4: provider-openai-request accepts :tools parameter without error."
(let ((result (provider-openai-request "test" "system" :tools (list))))
(fiveam:is (member (getf result :status) '(:success :error)))))
;; ── v0.7.1 Streaming ──
(fiveam:test test-parse-sse-line-data
"Contract 6: parse-sse-line extracts content from data: lines."
(fiveam:is (string= "hello world" (passepartout::parse-sse-line "data: hello world")))
(fiveam:is (string= "{\"a\":1}" (passepartout::parse-sse-line "data: {\"a\":1}"))))
(fiveam:test test-parse-sse-line-done
"Contract 6: parse-sse-line returns :done for [DONE]."
(fiveam:is (eq :done (passepartout::parse-sse-line "data: [DONE]"))))
(fiveam:test test-parse-sse-line-nil
"Contract 6: parse-sse-line returns nil for comment, empty, non-data lines."
(fiveam:is (null (passepartout::parse-sse-line "")))
(fiveam:is (null (passepartout::parse-sse-line ":ok")))
(fiveam:is (null (passepartout::parse-sse-line "event: ping"))))
(fiveam:test test-provider-openai-stream-calls-callback
"Contract 5: provider-openai-stream calls callback with deltas and final empty string."
(let ((collected '()))
(flet ((collector (text) (push text collected)))
(passepartout::provider-openai-stream "hi" "sys" #'collector :provider :openrouter))
(let* ((reversed (nreverse collected))
(last (car (last reversed))))
(fiveam:is (stringp last))
(fiveam:is (string= "" last))
(fiveam:is (>= (length reversed) 2)))))
SSE Parser
RED
test-parse-sse-line-data: 0/2 pass — stub returns nil instead of content test-parse-sse-line-done: 0/1 pass — stub returns nil instead of :done test-parse-sse-line-nil: 3/3 pass — stub correctly returns nil
GREEN
test-parse-sse-line-data: 2/2 pass (100%) test-parse-sse-line-done: 1/1 pass (100%) test-parse-sse-line-nil: 3/3 pass (100%) test-provider-openai-stream-calls-callback: 3/3 pass (100%) llm-gateway-suite: 13/13 pass (100%)
Cascade Stream
(defun cascade-stream (prompt system-prompt callback)
"Streaming cascade: calls provider-openai-stream on the first available backend.
Calls CALLBACK with each delta string, then with '' to signal end-of-stream."
(dolist (backend *provider-cascade*)
(when (gethash backend *probabilistic-backends*)
(let ((result (provider-openai-stream prompt system-prompt callback
:provider backend)))
(when (eq (getf result :status) :success)
(return cascade-stream))))))
(in-package :passepartout)
(defun parse-sse-line (line)
"Parse an SSE line. Returns data string, :done for [DONE], nil otherwise."
(cond
((or (null line) (string= line "")) nil)
((char= (char line 0) #\:) nil)
((and (>= (length line) 6) (string-equal (subseq line 0 6) "data: "))
(let ((content (subseq line 6)))
(if (string= content "[DONE]")
:done
content)))
(t nil)))
Streaming request
(defvar *stream-cancel* nil
"When T, the streaming SSE loop exits early.")
(defun provider-openai-stream (prompt system-prompt callback &key model (provider :openrouter) tools)
"Streaming OpenAI-compatible request. Calls CALLBACK with each delta, then ''."
(let* ((config (provider-config provider))
(base-url (getf config :base-url))
(key-env (getf config :key-env))
(url-env (getf config :url-env))
(default-model (getf config :default-model))
(api-key (when key-env (uiop:getenv key-env)))
(model-id (or model default-model))
(url (if url-env
(let ((host (uiop:getenv url-env)))
(if host
(format nil "http://~a/v1/chat/completions" host)
(format nil "~a/chat/completions" base-url)))
(format nil "~a/chat/completions" base-url)))
(timeout (or (ignore-errors (parse-integer (uiop:getenv "LLM_REQUEST_TIMEOUT"))) 30))
(req-headers (list (cons "Content-Type" "application/json")))
(base `((model . ,model-id)
(messages . (( (role . "system") (content . ,system-prompt) )
( (role . "user") (content . ,prompt) )))
(stream . t))))
(when api-key
(push (cons "Authorization" (format nil "Bearer ~a" api-key)) req-headers))
(when (eq provider :openrouter)
(setf req-headers
(append req-headers
`(("HTTP-Referer" . "https://github.com/amrgharbeia/passepartout")
("X-Title" . "Passepartout")))))
(let ((body (if tools
(append base
`((tools . ,(loop for tool in tools
collect (list (cons :|type| "function")
(cons :|function|
(loop for (k v) on tool by #'cddr
collect (cons (intern (string-upcase (string k)) "KEYWORD") v))))))
(:|tool_choice| . "auto")))
base)))
(handler-case
(let* ((body-json (cl-json:encode-json-to-string body))
(stall-seconds 30)
(s (dex:post url :headers req-headers :content body-json
:connect-timeout (min 5 timeout)
:read-timeout stall-seconds
:want-stream t)))
;; v0.7.1: track stall timer — reset on each successful chunk
(let ((last-chunk-time (get-universal-time)))
(loop for raw = (handler-case (read-line s nil nil)
(error (c)
(declare (ignore c))
nil))
while raw
do (when *stream-cancel* ; v0.7.1: cancel check
(setf *stream-cancel* nil)
(funcall callback " [cancelled]")
(return))
(let ((parsed (parse-sse-line raw)))
(cond
((null parsed))
((eq parsed :done) (return))
(t (handler-case
(let* ((json (cl-json:decode-json-from-string parsed))
(choices (cdr (assoc :choices json)))
(choice (car choices))
(delta (cdr (assoc :delta choice)))
(content (cdr (assoc :content delta))))
(when content
(funcall callback content)
(setf last-chunk-time (get-universal-time))))
(error ())))))
(when (> (- (get-universal-time) last-chunk-time) stall-seconds)
(funcall callback "[Response stalled — timed out at 30s]")
(return))))
(funcall callback "")
(close s)
(list :status :success))
(error (c)
(list :status :error :message (format nil "~a Stream Failure: ~a" provider c)))))))