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+// Package provider defines a provider-neutral chat/tool-use interface. It is
+// independent of any one wire format (OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic Messages,
+// Gemini, etc.) so that internal/agentloop's tool-use control flow can drive
+// any backend that implements Provider.
+//
+// Phase 1 ships exactly one implementation, internal/provider/openaicompat,
+// which adapts the existing internal/llm.Client. Later phases add native
+// Anthropic/OpenAI/Google/Groq/OpenRouter adapters without touching agentloop.
+package provider
+
+import "context"
+
+// Message is one turn in a chat conversation, in provider-neutral shape.
+type Message struct {
+	Role        string // "system" | "user" | "assistant" | "tool"
+	Text        string
+	ToolCalls   []ToolCall   // set on assistant turns that invoke tools
+	ToolResults []ToolResult // set on tool-result turns
+}
+
+// ToolCall is a single tool invocation requested by the model.
+type ToolCall struct {
+	ID       string
+	Name     string
+	ArgsJSON string
+}
+
+// ToolResult is the outcome of executing a ToolCall, fed back to the model.
+type ToolResult struct {
+	ToolCallID string
+	Name       string
+	Content    string
+	IsError    bool
+}
+
+// ToolSpec declares a tool the model may call.
+type ToolSpec struct {
+	Name                 string
+	Description          string
+	ParametersJSONSchema map[string]any
+}
+
+// ChatRequest captures the parameters of a single chat completion call.
+type ChatRequest struct {
+	Model       string
+	System      string
+	Messages    []Message
+	Tools       []ToolSpec
+	Temperature *float64
+	MaxTokens   int
+}
+
+// Usage reports token accounting and (when known) cost for a single call.
+type Usage struct {
+	InputTokens  int
+	OutputTokens int
+	CostUSD      float64
+}
+
+// ChatResponse is the aggregated result of a chat completion.
+type ChatResponse struct {
+	Text       string
+	ToolCalls  []ToolCall
+	StopReason string
+	Usage      Usage
+}
+
+// Provider is a chat/tool-use backend: one per LLM vendor/wire-format.
+type Provider interface {
+	Name() string
+	Chat(ctx context.Context, req ChatRequest) (*ChatResponse, error)
+}