switchailocal

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name: switchailocal description: Unified LLM proxy for AI agents. Route all model requests through http://localhost:18080/v1. Provides FREE access to Gemini CLI, Claude CLI, Codex, and Vibe via your existing subscriptions. Includes Intelligent Auto-Routing (Cortex) for autonomous model selection, a self-optimizing Lab, token conservation, and a management dashboard. Use when: (1) making LLM calls, (2) switching between CLI/Local/Cloud providers, (3) attaching local files to prompts, (4) needing intelligent routing, or (5) auto-setting up the best available models. metadata: { "openclaw": { "emoji": "🔀", "requires": { "bins": ["ail", "go"] }, "install": [ { "id": "switchailocal-setup", "kind": "bash", "script": "./ail.sh setup", "label": "Run unified switchAILocal setup (deps, build, service)", } ] } }

switchAILocal Skill

Unified LLM proxy and intelligent router for AI agents. Always use http://localhost:18080/v1 as your base URL.

The killer feature: Use your paid CLI subscriptions (Gemini Pro, Claude Pro, etc.) via the API — it's FREE because you already pay for the subscription!

When to Use

✅ USE this skill when:

• An agent needs to make an LLM call to Gemini, Claude, Ollama, OpenAI, etc.
• You need to attach entire file directories to an LLM context (via geminicli and claudecli).
• You need to start, stop, or manage the local switchAILocal server/bridge.
• You want to monitor provider health, analytics, or status.
• You want to auto-detect available models and configure optimal routing.

❌ DON'T use this skill when:

• The user asks about their calendar, emails, or non-LLM operations.
• Interacting with APIs that aren't OpenAI-compatible.

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🤖 Agent Auto-Setup (Zero-Config Bootstrap)

Follow these steps IN ORDER to bootstrap switchAILocal from scratch on a user's machine.

Step 1 — Install & Start

Option A (npx — recommended, no git clone needed):

npx @traylinx/switchailocal

Option B (from source):

git clone https://github.com/traylinx/switchAILocal.git
cd switchAILocal
./ail.sh setup
source ~/.zshrc 2>/dev/null || source ~/.bashrc 2>/dev/null  # Reload PATH

Step 2 — Detect Available Providers

Run these commands to discover what the user has installed:

# CLI Providers (FREE!)
which gemini  && echo "✅ Gemini CLI found"
which claude  && echo "✅ Claude CLI found"
which codex   && echo "✅ Codex CLI found"

# Local Providers
curl -s http://localhost:11434/api/tags 2>/dev/null && echo "✅ Ollama running"

# Cloud API Keys (check environment)
[ -n "$OPENAI_API_KEY" ]    && echo "✅ OpenAI key found"
[ -n "$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" ] && echo "✅ Anthropic key found"
[ -n "$GEMINI_API_KEY" ]    && echo "✅ Google AI key found"

Step 3 — Generate config.yaml

Based on detected providers, generate a minimal config:

host: ""
port: 18080

# Enable any detected CLI providers:
# geminicli: (uses `gemini` CLI — FREE with Google AI Premium)
# claudecli: (uses `claude` CLI — FREE with Claude Pro)
# codex: (uses `codex` CLI — FREE with OpenAI Plus)

# Enable Ollama if detected:
ollama:
  enabled: true
  base-url: "http://localhost:11434"
  auto-discover: true

# Enable Intelligent Auto-Routing:
auto-routing:
  enabled: true
  weights:
    availability: 0.35
    quota: 0.25
    latency: 0.2
    success-rate: 0.2
  discovery:
    enabled: true
    probe-on-startup: true
  conservation:
    enabled: true
    simple-threshold-tokens: 500
  lab:
    enabled: true
    adaptation-interval: 24h
    max-weight-drift: 0.1

Step 4 — Start & Verify

ail start
# Verify it's running:
curl -s http://localhost:18080/v1/models | head -c 200

You should see a JSON response listing all available models/providers.

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⚠️ Critical: Model Format

NEVER use bare model names. Format is ALWAYS provider: or provider:model.

❌ Wrong	✅ Correct	Why
gemini-2.5-pro	geminicli:gemini-2.5-pro	Needs provider prefix
claude-3-5-sonnet	claudecli:	claudecli: uses default
llama3	ollama:llama3	Needs provider prefix
auto route me	auto or auto:coding	Use auto prefix only

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🏗️ Provider Reference

1. CLI Providers (FREE!)

Uses your human's CLI subscriptions. Best for agents.

Prefix	CLI	Subscription Required
geminicli:	gemini	Google AI Premium/Pro
claudecli:	claude	Claude Pro/Max
codex:	codex	OpenAI Plus
vibe:	vibe	Mistral Le Chat

2. Local & Cloud

Prefix	Source	Cost
ollama:	Local Ollama	FREE
auto	Cortex Router	FREE (auto-selects)
switchai:	Traylinx Cloud	Per-token

3. switchAI Cloud Aliases

Alias	Upstream Model	Best For
switchai-fast	openai/gpt-oss-20b	Fast tasks
switchai-chat	openai/gpt-oss-20b	Conversation
switchai-reasoner	deepseek-reasoner	Deep thinking

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🧠 Intelligent Auto-Routing (Cortex)

When the model is auto or auto:<intent>, the Cortex Router automatically selects the best available model using a composite scoring algorithm.

Basic Auto-Routing

curl http://localhost:18080/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -d '{"model": "auto", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]}'

Intent-Based Routing

# Route to coding-optimized models
curl http://localhost:18080/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -d '{"model": "auto:coding", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Write a Go sorting algorithm"}]}'

Supported intents: coding, reasoning, creative, fast, secure, vision, audio, web_search, research, chat, cli, long_ctx. Specialized slots — image_gen, transcription, speech, embedding — are used by their dedicated endpoints (see sections below), not by auto chat routing.

How Scoring Works

Each model is scored: FinalScore = (W_a×Availability + W_q×Quota + W_l×Latency + W_s×SuccessRate + TierBoost + PreferenceBoost) × ConservationMultiplier

The model with the highest score wins. The Lab continuously optimizes the weights.

For deep architecture details, see the local docs-site/intelligent-systems/ or the online docs-site.

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📊 Management Dashboard & API

Dashboard UI

http://localhost:18080/management

Provides real-time visualization of provider health, auto-routing weights, Lab experiments, and the live routing journal.

Telemetry API

# Get current Lab status + live weights
curl http://localhost:18080/v0/management/autoroute/status

# Get recent routing decisions journal
curl http://localhost:18080/v0/management/autoroute/journal

For the full Management API reference, see references/management-api.md.

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🚀 Quick API Usage

curl (simplest)

curl http://localhost:18080/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -d '{"model": "geminicli:", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]}'

Python

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="http://localhost:18080/v1", api_key="sk-test-123")
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="geminicli:", 
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi!"}]
)

Node.js

import OpenAI from 'openai';
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: 'http://localhost:18080/v1', apiKey: 'sk-test-123' });
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'auto',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello!' }],
});

CLI Attachments & Flags

Pass local context and control autonomy via CLI extensions:

{
  "model": "geminicli:",
  "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Fix this code"}],
  "extra_body": {
    "cli": {
      "attachments": [{"type": "folder", "path": "./src"}],
      "flags": {"auto_approve": true, "yolo": true}
    }
  }
}

Streaming

Add "stream": true to any request for SSE token streaming.

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🎨 Image Generation

Generate images via the /v1/images/generations endpoint:

curl --location 'http://localhost:18080/v1/images/generations' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "ail-image",
    "prompt": "A dog wearing a space suit on Mars, photorealistic",
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "response_format": "url"
  }'

Parameters:

• model — Always use ail-image
• prompt — Text description of the desired image
• aspect_ratio — 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4
• response_format — url (returns HTTP URL) or base64 (returns base64 encoded image)

Example Python:

response = client.images.generate(
    model="ail-image",
    prompt="A serene Japanese garden with cherry blossoms",
    aspect_ratio="16:9",
    response_format="url"
)
image_url = response.data[0].url

Strict OpenAI-compatible clients that require data[0].url or data[0].b64_json can use the additive namespace:

curl --location 'http://localhost:18080/openai/v1/images/generations' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "ail-image",
    "prompt": "A dog wearing a space suit on Mars, photorealistic",
    "response_format": "url"
  }'

Legacy /v1/images/generations behavior is preserved for existing SwitchAI clients.

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🔊 Text-to-Speech

Generate audio from text via /v1/audio/speech. switchAILocal ships a MiniMax T2A adapter that translates OpenAI-shape or MiniMax-native requests to MiniMax's native /v1/t2a_v2 API behind the scenes.

curl http://localhost:18080/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "ail-speech",
    "input": "Hello from switchAILocal",
    "voice": "English_expressive_narrator",
    "response_format": "mp3"
  }' --output hello.mp3

MiniMax-native controls also work through the same local endpoint:

curl http://localhost:18080/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "ail-speech",
    "text": "Omg(sighs), the real danger is not that computers start thinking like people.",
    "stream": false,
    "voice_setting": {"voice_id": "English_expressive_narrator", "speed": 1, "vol": 1, "pitch": 0},
    "audio_setting": {"sample_rate": 32000, "bitrate": 128000, "format": "mp3", "channel": 1},
    "pronunciation_dict": {"tone": ["Omg/Oh my god"]},
    "language_boost": "auto",
    "voice_modify": {"pitch": 0, "intensity": 0, "timbre": 0, "sound_effects": "spacious_echo"},
    "output_format": "hex"
  }' --output speech.mp3

Voice IDs — use MiniMax-native, NOT OpenAI voice names:

Voice ID	Description
English_expressive_narrator	English narrator, expressive
male-qn-qingse	Male, calm
female-shaonv	Female, young
audiobook_male_2	Male, narrator
presenter_male	Male, anchor-style
clever_boy	Male, youthful

Formats: mp3 (default), flac, wav for sync t2a_v2. Override bitrate, audio_sample_rate, channel at the top level or use MiniMax-native audio_setting.

Streaming: MiniMax t2a_v2 supports streaming, but /v1/audio/speech currently exposes synchronous raw bytes only. Send "stream": false.

Rate limit: Plus plan = ~1–5 RPM (very strict). MiniMax error 1002 → HTTP 429 → ClassRateLimit in failover taxonomy. Plan throughput accordingly.

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🎵 Music & Lyrics Generation

MiniMax-powered music suite — three capabilities under /v1/music/*.

Lyrics (fast, ~2-5s)

curl http://localhost:18080/v1/music/lyrics \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode":"write_full_song","prompt":"a happy pop song about sunshine"}'

Returns {song_title, style_tags, lyrics} with structure tags [Intro], [Verse], [Chorus], [Bridge], [Outro], [Inst].

Modes: write_full_song (default) or edit (extend existing lyrics).

Music generation (text-to-music, ~30-90s sync or ~20s TTFB streaming)

Generate a real song from lyrics. Plan daily quota: 100 songs. Two modes:

Sync (default): blocks until complete, returns JSON with base64 audio.

curl http://localhost:18080/v1/music/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "ail-music",
    "lyrics": "[Verse]\nCode flows through the night\n[Chorus]\nDebugging makes it right"
  }' | jq -r .data.audio | base64 -d > song.mp3

Returns {data: {audio: <base64>, format, size_bytes, duration_ms, sample_rate, channels, bitrate}, model, trace_id}. The adapter decodes MiniMax's hex-encoded audio server-side and hands base64 to clients (same convention as OpenAI b64_json).

Streaming (stream: true): returns raw audio/mpeg bytes as MiniMax generates them — first bytes in ~20s, ~50% less wire (adapter drops the duplicated terminal frame MiniMax emits).

curl -N http://localhost:18080/v1/music/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"ail-music","stream":true,"lyrics":"[Verse]\nHello world"}' > song.mp3

Use streaming when UX matters (web player, agent progress signal). Use sync when you need the metadata block (duration_ms, sample_rate, bitrate) upfront — those fields are logged server-side during streaming but not exposed to the client.

Music cover (reference-audio style transfer)

Generate a cover of an existing track in a different style. Same endpoint, different model.

curl http://localhost:18080/v1/music/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -d '{
    "model": "ail-music-cover",
    "prompt": "upbeat jazz cover with saxophone solo",
    "audio_url": "https://example.com/reference.mp3"
  }' | jq -r .data.audio | base64 -d > cover.mp3

Reference audio must be 6s–6min, ≤50MB, formats: mp3/wav/flac. Use audio_url OR audio_base64 (mutually exclusive).

Typical agent workflow: generate lyrics first (/v1/music/lyrics), then synthesize music from them (/v1/music/generations). Both calls share the same MiniMax daily quota bucket (100/day each).

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🎤 Audio Transcription (ASR)

Transcribe audio to text via /v1/audio/transcriptions using groq-hosted whisper:

curl http://localhost:18080/v1/audio/transcriptions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -F model=whisper-large-v3 \
  -F file=@voice-note.wav

Returns {text: "..."}. Supports whisper-large-v3 (accurate) and whisper-large-v3-turbo (fast).

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🌐 Web Search (Built-in Tool)

MiniMax M2.7 supports live web search as a native chat tool. Enable via the tools field:

curl http://localhost:18080/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-test-123" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "ail-compound",
    "messages": [{"role":"user","content":"What happened today in tech news?"}],
    "max_tokens": 2000,
    "tools": [{"type": "web_search"}]
  }'

Critical: set max_tokens >= 2000. Web search inflates prompt context to 6k–13k tokens (search results are folded in), so low budgets produce empty responses.

Response shape: the model does the search internally and returns the synthesized answer in choices[0].message.content. There are no tool_calls for the client to execute — MiniMax handles everything server-side.

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ail CLI Reference

ail start      # Start the local server
ail stop       # Stop the local server
ail restart    # Restart
ail status     # Check status of server and bridge
ail logs -f    # Follow server logs in real-time
ail update     # Pull latest + rebuild

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🌲 Decision Tree

What do you need?
├─ FREE + Powerful + Files
│   └─ CLI Providers (geminicli:, claudecli:)
├─ FREE + Private + Fast
│   └─ Local Ollama (ollama:llama3.2)
├─ Ultra-Fast Production
│   └─ Cloud Provider (switchai:switchai-fast)
└─ I don't know, you pick
    └─ Intelligent Routing (auto)

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🗺️ Skill References

File	Description
SKILL.md (this file)	Core workflow and quick reference
docs-site/	Comprehensive Manual: AI agents should crawl this directory for complete CLI, API, architecture, and SDK docs.
references/routing.md	Auto-routing config, intent matrix, Lab
references/management-api.md	Full Management & Telemetry API
references/examples.md	Real-world agentic use cases
references/multimodal.md	Vision and image processing
references/steering.md	Conditional routing rules
references/hooks.md	Automation and event hooks
references/memory.md	Analytics and history

For full human-readable documentation: ail.traylinx.com

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

Problem	Fix
Connection error	ail status → ail start if not running
Model not found	Ensure you used the provider: prefix
401 Unauthorized	Check API key in config.yaml
403 Access Denied	Likely a WAF block; the proxy auto-retries
auth_unavailable	ail restart
No models listed	Check ail logs -f for provider errors

Cross-Cutting Rules (ALL AGENTS MUST FOLLOW)

1. ALWAYS use provider:model format — never bare model names.
2. Prefer CLI Providers — they are free and support file attachments.
3. Use auto for simple tasks — let the Cortex Router pick the best model.
4. Use ollama: for privacy — local models never send data externally.
5. Check /v1/models before routing — verify the model exists.
6. Handle errors gracefully — 503 = provider down, use fallback chain.

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Route wisely. Save tokens. Use CLI. 🚀