add-provider

name	add-provider
description	Add support for a new LLM provider format to Lingua. Follow the test-first workflow with payload snapshots.

Add Provider Skill

Add support for a new LLM provider to Lingua using a test-first approach.

Full documentation: crates/lingua/docs/ADDING_PROVIDER_FORMAT.md

Workflow Overview

1. Add payload snapshots → 2. Add ProviderFormat → 3. Create module → 4. Implement adapter → 5. Validate with coverage-report

Step 1: Add Payload Snapshots

Create test fixtures from real API calls in payloads/snapshots/:

payloads/snapshots/simpleRequest/myprovider/
├── request.json
├── response.json
├── response-streaming.json
├── followup-request.json
├── followup-response.json
└── followup-response-streaming.json

Quick manual capture:

mkdir -p payloads/snapshots/simpleRequest/myprovider
# Save actual API request/response JSON to these files

Using capture system (recommended):

cd payloads && pnpm capture --providers myprovider

Step 2: Add to ProviderFormat Enum

File: crates/lingua/src/capabilities/format.rs

pub enum ProviderFormat {
    // ... existing
    MyProvider,  // Add here
    Unknown,
}

Update Display and FromStr implementations.

Step 3: Create Provider Module

Directory: crates/lingua/src/providers/myprovider/

myprovider/
├── mod.rs
├── adapter.rs    # ProviderAdapter implementation
├── convert.rs    # TryFromLLM conversions
├── detect.rs     # Request/response types
└── params.rs     # Typed params with #[serde(flatten)]

Add to crates/lingua/src/providers/mod.rs:

#[cfg(feature = "myprovider")]
pub mod myprovider;

Add feature flag to Cargo.toml:

[features]
default = ["openai", "anthropic", "google", "bedrock", "myprovider"]
myprovider = []

Step 4: Implement ProviderAdapter

File: crates/lingua/src/providers/myprovider/adapter.rs

Required methods (9 total):

Method	Purpose
format()	Return ProviderFormat::MyProvider
directory_name()	Return "myprovider" (matches snapshot dir)
display_name()	Return "MyProvider" (for reports)
detect_request()	Return true if payload is this format
request_to_universal()	Provider request → UniversalRequest
request_from_universal()	UniversalRequest → Provider request
detect_response()	Return true if response is this format
response_to_universal()	Provider response → UniversalResponse
response_from_universal()	UniversalResponse → Provider response

Register in crates/lingua/src/processing/adapters.rs:

#[cfg(feature = "myprovider")]
list.push(Box::new(crate::providers::myprovider::MyProviderAdapter));

Step 5: Validate with Coverage Report

Quick iteration (use compact mode):

cargo run --bin coverage-report -- -f compact -p myprovider

Full details for debugging:

cargo run --bin coverage-report -- -p myprovider

Document issues:

cargo run --bin coverage-report -- -p myprovider > .claude/myprovider_bugs.md

Key Patterns

params.rs - Typed with Automatic Extras

#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct MyProviderParams {
    pub model: Option<String>,
    pub temperature: Option<f64>,
    pub max_tokens: Option<i64>,

    /// Unknown fields captured automatically
    #[serde(flatten)]
    pub extras: BTreeMap<String, Value>,
}

Provider Isolation

Store provider-specific extras keyed by ProviderFormat to prevent cross-contamination:

// In request_to_universal:
provider_extras.insert(ProviderFormat::MyProvider, typed_params.extras);

// In request_from_universal:
if let Some(extras) = req.provider_extras.get(&ProviderFormat::MyProvider) {
    // Only merge back same-provider extras
}

Reference Implementations

Pattern	Example
Simple adapter	providers/anthropic/adapter.rs
Complex with streaming	providers/openai/adapter.rs
Bedrock (nested config)	providers/bedrock/adapter.rs

Checklist

• Payload snapshots captured in payloads/snapshots/
• ProviderFormat enum updated
• Provider module created with all files
• ProviderAdapter trait implemented
• Adapter registered in adapters.rs
• Feature flag added to Cargo.toml
• Coverage report shows transformations working
• Roundtrip tests passing (Provider → Universal → Provider)