integrating-providers

name	integrating-providers
description	Adds new AI providers to claude-council, configures provider API settings, troubleshoots provider connections, and documents the provider script interface. Covers creating provider shell scripts, setting API keys, and validating connectivity. Triggers on "add provider", "new AI agent", "provider not working", "API configuration", or "extend council".

Adding AI Providers to Claude Council

Provider Script Interface

Each provider is a shell script in scripts/providers/ that:

1. Accepts a prompt as the first argument
2. Outputs the AI response to stdout
3. Exits 0 on success, non-zero on failure

Quick Start

1. Create scripts/providers/{name}.sh (see api-patterns.md for templates)
2. chmod +x scripts/providers/{name}.sh
3. Set {NAME}_API_KEY environment variable
4. Test: ./scripts/providers/{name}.sh "Hello"

Current Providers

Provider	API Key Variable	Default Model
Gemini	GEMINI_API_KEY	gemini-3.1-pro-preview
OpenAI	OPENAI_API_KEY	gpt-5.5-pro
Grok	XAI_API_KEY (or GROK_API_KEY)	grok-4.20-reasoning
Perplexity	PERPLEXITY_API_KEY	sonar-reasoning-pro

Troubleshooting

• Not discovered: Check API key is set and script is executable
• API errors: Verify key, check rate limits, confirm model name
• Parse fails: Add echo "$RESPONSE" to debug, check response format

Reference

For API patterns and code templates, see api-patterns.md in this directory.