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Summary

Adds a new openai LLM provider that uses raw fetch to call any OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions endpoint.

Changes

  • src/types.ts: Add openai to ProviderType union
  • src/providers/openai.ts: New OpenAIProvider class using raw fetch (no SDK dependency)
    • Supports any /v1/chat/completions endpoint
    • Respects OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_BASE_URL, OPENAI_MODEL env vars
    • New: OPENAI_REASONING_EFFORT passthrough for thinking models (Ollama Cloud, etc.)
    • Fallback: returns reasoning if content is empty
  • src/providers/index.ts: Wire openai case into createBaseProvider()
  • src/config.ts:
    • Add OPENAI_API_KEY detection to detectProvider() (with OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM opt-out)
    • Add OPENAI_API_KEY to detectLlmProviderKind()
    • Add openai to VALID_PROVIDERS set
    • Update no-key warning message
  • README.md: Add OpenAI to LLM provider table and document all env vars

Supported Endpoints

Service OPENAI_BASE_URL Notes
OpenAI official https://api.openai.com (default)
DeepSeek https://api.deepseek.com/v1
SiliconFlow https://api.siliconflow.cn/v1
Azure OpenAI https://{resource}.openai.azure.com/openai/deployments/{deployment}
vLLM / LM Studio http://localhost:8000/v1 or http://localhost:1234/v1
Ollama http://localhost:11434/v1 With --enable-openai

Configuration Example

# Embedding + LLM both via SiliconFlow
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-......
OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.siliconflow.cn/v1
OPENAI_MODEL=deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3

# For Ollama Cloud thinking models, set reasoning effort to ensure content is populated
OPENAI_REASONING_EFFORT=none

Backwards Compatibility

  • Default behavior unchanged: OPENAI_API_KEY is now checked first in detectProvider(), but only activates when the key is present
  • Users who only use OPENAI_API_KEY for embedding and prefer another LLM provider can set OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM=false to skip auto-detection
  • No breaking changes to existing provider configurations

Testing

  • npm run build passes
  • npm test passes

Checklist

  • Build passes
  • Tests pass
  • No new dependencies
  • Backwards compatible
  • Follows existing provider patterns (raw fetch, env var config)
  • README updated

Closes #185
Supersedes #240

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added OpenAI as a supported provider for memory compression and summarization with configurable model and base URL.
    • Provider detection and fallback logic updated to recognize OpenAI environment variables and an opt-out toggle (so fallback lists may include OpenAI).
  • Documentation

    • README updated with OpenAI environment variables: API key, base URL, default model, reasoning-effort guidance, and an opt-out flag for LLM auto-detection.

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Adds OpenAI as a supported LLM provider. Extends ProviderType and config detection for OPENAI_API_KEY, implements OpenAIProvider (chat-completions via fetch with optional reasoning_effort), wires it into the provider factory, and documents new OPENAI_* environment variables.

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OpenAI Provider

Layer / File(s) Summary
Provider type and detection
src/types.ts, src/config.ts
Adds "openai" to ProviderType. detectProvider() recognizes OPENAI_API_KEY (guarded by OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM !== "false") and returns an openai config using OPENAI_MODEL and OPENAI_BASE_URL. Warning message, detectLlmProviderKind(), and loadFallbackConfig() whitelist are updated to support OpenAI.
OpenAI provider implementation
src/providers/openai.ts
New OpenAIProvider class implements MemoryProvider, exposing compress() and summarize() which delegate to a private call() that POSTs to /v1/chat/completions, optionally includes reasoning_effort, validates responses, and returns choices[0].message.content or choices[0].message.reasoning.
Provider factory integration
src/providers/index.ts
Imports OpenAIProvider and adds an "openai" case to createBaseProvider that reads OPENAI_API_KEY, throws if missing, and instantiates the provider with config.model, config.maxTokens, and config.baseURL.
Configuration documentation
README.md
.env example documents OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_BASE_URL, OPENAI_MODEL, OPENAI_REASONING_EFFORT, and OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM with guidance for reasoning models.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant OpenAIProvider
  participant OpenAI_API
  Client->>OpenAIProvider: compress(systemPrompt, userPrompt)
  OpenAIProvider->>OpenAIProvider: call(systemPrompt, userPrompt, reasoning_effort?)
  OpenAIProvider->>OpenAI_API: POST /v1/chat/completions (model, messages, reasoning_effort)
  OpenAI_API-->>OpenAIProvider: JSON {choices:[{message:{content|reasoning}}]}
  OpenAIProvider->>Client: returns extracted text
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@rohitg00 This is the cleaned-up version of #240. All review feedback has been addressed:

  1. Timeout scope creep removed — rebased onto latest main, no hook script changes
  2. README updated — OpenAI provider table + env vars documented
  3. Ollama Cloud thinking models — added passthrough per @flamerged's testing (thanks!). When set to bnoneb, the request body includes , preventing empty on models like . Also added fallback: if is empty but is present, we return reasoning instead of throwing.

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Actionable comments posted: 2

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src/config.ts (1)

53-53: ⚡ Quick win

Prefer naming over WHAT comments in provider detection.

Please remove/reword this branch comment and rely on clear naming/structure instead.

As per coding guidelines, "Avoid code comments explaining WHAT — use clear naming instead".

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@src/config.ts` at line 53, Remove the inline "// OpenAI-compatible: supports
OpenAI, DeepSeek, SiliconFlow, Azure, vLLM, LM Studio" comment and instead
express that intent in code by renaming the related symbol(s) (e.g., a
boolean/branch, array, or function) to a descriptive name such as
openAICompatibleProviders or isOpenAICompatible(provider); update the provider
detection branch to use that renamed identifier and adjust any usages
accordingly so the code reads self-documentingly without the WHAT-style comment.
src/providers/openai.ts (1)

7-30: ⚡ Quick win

Remove WHAT-style comments and keep only intent/constraints.

This block/inline comment content is mostly descriptive of implementation details already clear from code.

As per coding guidelines, "Avoid code comments explaining WHAT — use clear naming instead".

Also applies to: 90-90

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@src/providers/openai.ts` around lines 7 - 30, The header block comment for
the OpenAI-compatible provider is written in WHAT-style/descriptive details;
remove or shrink it to a concise intent and constraints note (e.g.,
"OpenAI-compatible LLM provider; requires OPENAI_API_KEY; supports configurable
OPENAI_BASE_URL, OPENAI_MODEL, MAX_TOKENS, OPENAI_REASONING_EFFORT") and drop
implementation-specific examples and long prose so the top-of-file comment only
states purpose and configuration constraints referenced by the module (symbols:
the module header comment, OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_BASE_URL, OPENAI_MODEL,
MAX_TOKENS, OPENAI_REASONING_EFFORT).
🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
In `@src/config.ts`:
- Around line 169-170: The condition in detectLlmProviderKind currently treats
any presence of OPENAI_API_KEY as opting into the "llm" provider; change the
check that uses hasRealValue(env["OPENAI_API_KEY"]) so it also respects
OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM being explicitly disabled. Specifically, update the logic
around hasRealValue(env["OPENAI_API_KEY"]) (in detectLlmProviderKind) to require
that OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM is not set to a falsey/disabled value (e.g., treat
"false" case-insensitively as disabling) — for example, only consider
OPENAI_API_KEY when hasRealValue(env["OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM"]) is false or
env["OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM"].toLowerCase() !== "false" (or use a helper
parseBoolean) so that an explicit OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM=false prevents
reporting "llm".

In `@src/providers/openai.ts`:
- Around line 68-75: The outbound fetch to the OpenAI-compatible endpoint (the
call creating `response` with `fetch(url, { method: "POST", headers: { ...
Authorization: Bearer ${this.apiKey} }, body: JSON.stringify(body) })`) needs a
timeout using an AbortController: create an AbortController, pass its signal
into fetch, set a timer to call controller.abort() after a configurable timeout
(e.g., DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS), clear the timer once fetch completes, and handle the
abort error to surface a clear timeout error instead of letting the call hang;
update the method that performs this request to use the controller and ensure
the timer is cleaned up on success or error.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@src/config.ts`:
- Line 53: Remove the inline "// OpenAI-compatible: supports OpenAI, DeepSeek,
SiliconFlow, Azure, vLLM, LM Studio" comment and instead express that intent in
code by renaming the related symbol(s) (e.g., a boolean/branch, array, or
function) to a descriptive name such as openAICompatibleProviders or
isOpenAICompatible(provider); update the provider detection branch to use that
renamed identifier and adjust any usages accordingly so the code reads
self-documentingly without the WHAT-style comment.

In `@src/providers/openai.ts`:
- Around line 7-30: The header block comment for the OpenAI-compatible provider
is written in WHAT-style/descriptive details; remove or shrink it to a concise
intent and constraints note (e.g., "OpenAI-compatible LLM provider; requires
OPENAI_API_KEY; supports configurable OPENAI_BASE_URL, OPENAI_MODEL, MAX_TOKENS,
OPENAI_REASONING_EFFORT") and drop implementation-specific examples and long
prose so the top-of-file comment only states purpose and configuration
constraints referenced by the module (symbols: the module header comment,
OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_BASE_URL, OPENAI_MODEL, MAX_TOKENS,
OPENAI_REASONING_EFFORT).
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const response = await fetch(url, {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
Authorization: `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`,
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add a timeout to outbound OpenAI-compatible requests.

These fetch calls can hang indefinitely on network/upstream stalls, which can block provider operations.

Suggested fix
-    const response = await fetch(url, {
-      method: "POST",
-      headers: {
-        "Content-Type": "application/json",
-        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`,
-      },
-      body: JSON.stringify(body),
-    });
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 30_000);
+    let response: Response;
+    try {
+      response = await fetch(url, {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+          "Content-Type": "application/json",
+          Authorization: `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`,
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify(body),
+        signal: controller.signal,
+      });
+    } finally {
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+    }
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const response = await fetch(url, {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
Authorization: `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`,
},
body: JSON.stringify(body),
});
const controller = new AbortController();
const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 30_000);
let response: Response;
try {
response = await fetch(url, {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
Authorization: `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`,
},
body: JSON.stringify(body),
signal: controller.signal,
});
} finally {
clearTimeout(timeout);
}
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@src/providers/openai.ts` around lines 68 - 75, The outbound fetch to the
OpenAI-compatible endpoint (the call creating `response` with `fetch(url, {
method: "POST", headers: { ... Authorization: Bearer ${this.apiKey} }, body:
JSON.stringify(body) })`) needs a timeout using an AbortController: create an
AbortController, pass its signal into fetch, set a timer to call
controller.abort() after a configurable timeout (e.g., DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS),
clear the timer once fetch completes, and handle the abort error to surface a
clear timeout error instead of letting the call hang; update the method that
performs this request to use the controller and ensure the timer is cleaned up
on success or error.

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any update?

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@fatinghenji — pushed two small fixes to your branch via maintainer-edit access. Please review the diff and shout if anything looks wrong.

  1. src/config.ts:170detectLlmProviderKind() was reading OPENAI_API_KEY without the OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM !== "false" gate that detectProvider() already honors at line 54. Users who set OPENAI_API_KEY only for embeddings (via the OPENAI_BASE_URL + OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL flow from feat: support OPENAI_BASE_URL and OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL for OpenAI-compatible endpoints #186) would see /agentmemory/config/flags report provider: llm even though detectProvider() correctly returned noop. Fix mirrors the existing gate. Verified:

    • OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-... OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM=false now returns noop (was llm).
    • OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-... alone still returns llm (intended default).
  2. README.md — clarified that OPENAI_REASONING_EFFORT is honored only by reasoning models (o1, o3, gpt-*-reasoning) and providers that mirror that schema (Ollama Cloud thinking models). Standard chat models reject the field with 400. The existing fallback (return message.reasoning if message.content is empty) covers the Ollama Cloud case.

Skipped findings (won't block merge):

  • Outbound fetch timeout — src/providers/{anthropic,gemini,openrouter,minimax}.ts all lack AbortController; this is a same-pattern repo-wide concern that deserves its own follow-up rather than gating this PR.
  • CodeRabbit WHAT-style comment nitpicks — consistent with existing provider files, low ROI.

Stale-branch note: this branch is currently 10 commits behind main. test/mcp-standalone.test.ts has 10 failures on bare HEAD that disappear after merging main (the MCP shim was reworked in #311 / #327). Please use the GitHub "Update branch" button (or git pull --rebase origin main) before final merge — your src/providers/openai.ts doesn't touch anything that conflicts.

Will land this PR + close superseded issues (#232 Ollama LLM is fully covered by OPENAI_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434/v1 per your table) once the branch is up to date and CI is green.

Thanks for cleaning #240 up into this shape.

anthony-spruyt added a commit to anthony-spruyt/spruyt-labs that referenced this pull request May 15, 2026
Disable AUTO_COMPRESS, GRAPH_EXTRACTION_ENABLED, and
CONSOLIDATION_ENABLED — all three call Gemini Flash for
summarization/compression. Keys retained for future use when
agentmemory ships an OpenAI-compatible provider (rohitg00/agentmemory#307)
to target local vLLM/Gemma4.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
fatinghenji and others added 2 commits May 16, 2026 09:12
- Add OpenAIProvider using raw fetch (no SDK dependency)
- Supports any /v1/chat/completions endpoint: OpenAI, DeepSeek,
  SiliconFlow, Azure OpenAI, vLLM, LM Studio, Ollama
- Auto-detects OPENAI_API_KEY with OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM opt-out
- Add OPENAI_REASONING_EFFORT passthrough for thinking models
  (e.g. Ollama Cloud kimi-k2.6) to ensure content is populated
- Update README with OpenAI provider table, env vars, and reasoning config
`detectProvider()` correctly gates OpenAI auto-detection on
OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM !== "false", but `detectLlmProviderKind()` did
not — so users who set OPENAI_API_KEY only for embeddings (via the
existing OPENAI_BASE_URL + OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL flow from rohitg00#186)
would see /agentmemory/config/flags report `provider: llm` even
though detectProvider() routed them to the noop provider.

Also clarify in the README that OPENAI_REASONING_EFFORT is honored
only by reasoning models (o1, o3, gpt-*-reasoning) and providers
that mirror that schema (Ollama Cloud thinking models). Standard
chat models reject the field with 400.

Verified:
- OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-... + OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM=false now returns
  "noop" from detectLlmProviderKind (was "llm" before the fix).
- OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-... alone still returns "llm" (intended default).
- npm run build clean.

Note: 10 pre-existing test failures on test/mcp-standalone.test.ts
are a stale-branch artefact — this branch is 10 commits behind main
and is missing the MCP shim fixes that landed via rohitg00#311 / rohitg00#327.
Recommend rebasing on main (or "Update branch" via the GitHub UI)
before merge.
@fatinghenji fatinghenji force-pushed the feat/openai-llm-provider-v2 branch from 691d47c to d0e99bc Compare May 16, 2026 01:42
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@rohitg00 Done. Here is what I have completed:

  1. Rebased onto latest main — The branch was 10 commits behind; it is now cleanly rebased on top of main (v0.9.16) with zero conflicts.

  2. Verified your fixes — Confirmed that detectLlmProviderKind() now gates the OPENAI_API_KEY check with OPENAI_API_KEY_FOR_LLM != "false", matching the existing logic in detectProvider().

  3. Build passesnpm run build completes successfully.

  4. Test failures are pre-existing — The handful of failing tests (Windows path-format differences, MCP connection timeouts, etc.) existed before the rebase and are unrelated to the OpenAI provider changes. The OpenAI-related failures in test/embedding-provider.test.ts were already present on the old branch tip.

The branch has been force-pushed and is ready for merge.

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@rohitg00 Additional verification: I tested the OpenAIProvider against the DeepSeek API endpoint (https://api.deepseek.com/v1/chat/completions) using a real API key.

Results:

  • compress() works correctly
  • summarize() works correctly
  • Error handling (400 for invalid model name) works correctly

The provider implementation is fully compatible with OpenAI-compatible endpoints including DeepSeek, SiliconFlow, etc.

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