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f0106a3… leo 1 # Provider System
f0106a3… leo 2
f0106a3… leo 3 ## Overview
f0106a3… leo 4
0981a08… noreply 5 PlanOpticon supports multiple AI providers through a unified abstraction layer. Default models favor cost-effective options (Haiku, GPT-4o-mini, Gemini Flash) for routine tasks, with more capable models available when needed.
f0106a3… leo 6
f0106a3… leo 7 ## Supported providers
f0106a3… leo 8
0981a08… noreply 9 | Provider | Chat | Vision | Transcription | Env Variable |
0981a08… noreply 10 |----------|------|--------|--------------|--------------|
0981a08… noreply 11 | OpenAI | GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4o | GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4o | Whisper-1 | `OPENAI_API_KEY` |
0981a08… noreply 12 | Anthropic | Claude Haiku, Sonnet, Opus | Claude Haiku, Sonnet, Opus | — | `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` |
0981a08… noreply 13 | Google Gemini | Gemini Flash, Pro | Gemini Flash, Pro | Gemini Flash | `GEMINI_API_KEY` |
0981a08… noreply 14 | Azure OpenAI | GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4o | GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4o | Whisper-1 | `AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY`, `AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT` |
0981a08… noreply 15 | Together AI | Llama, Mixtral, etc. | Llava | — | `TOGETHER_API_KEY` |
0981a08… noreply 16 | Fireworks AI | Llama, Mixtral, etc. | Llava | — | `FIREWORKS_API_KEY` |
0981a08… noreply 17 | Cerebras | Llama (fast inference) | — | — | `CEREBRAS_API_KEY` |
0981a08… noreply 18 | xAI | Grok | Grok | — | `XAI_API_KEY` |
0981a08… noreply 19 | Ollama (local) | Any installed model | llava, moondream, etc. | — (use local Whisper) | `OLLAMA_HOST` |
0981a08… noreply 20
0981a08… noreply 21 ## Default models
0981a08… noreply 22
0981a08… noreply 23 PlanOpticon defaults to cheap, fast models for cost efficiency:
0981a08… noreply 24
0981a08… noreply 25 | Task | Default model |
0981a08… noreply 26 |------|--------------|
0981a08… noreply 27 | Vision (diagrams) | Gemini Flash |
0981a08… noreply 28 | Chat (analysis) | Claude Haiku |
0981a08… noreply 29 | Transcription | Local Whisper (fallback: Whisper-1) |
0981a08… noreply 30
0981a08… noreply 31 Use `--vision-model` and `--chat-model` to override with more capable models when needed (e.g., `--chat-model claude-sonnet-4-20250514` for complex analysis).
a0146a5… noreply 32
a0146a5… noreply 33 ## Ollama (offline mode)
a0146a5… noreply 34
a0146a5… noreply 35 [Ollama](https://ollama.com) enables fully offline operation with no API keys required. PlanOpticon connects via Ollama's OpenAI-compatible API.
a0146a5… noreply 36
a0146a5… noreply 37 ```bash
a0146a5… noreply 38 # Install and start Ollama
a0146a5… noreply 39 ollama serve
a0146a5… noreply 40
a0146a5… noreply 41 # Pull a chat model
a0146a5… noreply 42 ollama pull llama3.2
a0146a5… noreply 43
a0146a5… noreply 44 # Pull a vision model (for diagram analysis)
a0146a5… noreply 45 ollama pull llava
a0146a5… noreply 46 ```
a0146a5… noreply 47
a0146a5… noreply 48 PlanOpticon auto-detects Ollama when it's running. To force Ollama:
a0146a5… noreply 49
a0146a5… noreply 50 ```bash
a0146a5… noreply 51 planopticon analyze -i video.mp4 -o ./out --provider ollama
a0146a5… noreply 52 ```
a0146a5… noreply 53
a0146a5… noreply 54 Configure a non-default host via `OLLAMA_HOST`:
a0146a5… noreply 55
a0146a5… noreply 56 ```bash
a0146a5… noreply 57 export OLLAMA_HOST=http://192.168.1.100:11434
a0146a5… noreply 58 ```
f0106a3… leo 59
f0106a3… leo 60 ## Auto-discovery
f0106a3… leo 61
a0146a5… noreply 62 On startup, `ProviderManager` checks which API keys are configured, queries each provider's API, and checks for a running Ollama server to discover available models:
f0106a3… leo 63
f0106a3… leo 64 ```python
f0106a3… leo 65 from video_processor.providers.manager import ProviderManager
f0106a3… leo 66
f0106a3… leo 67 pm = ProviderManager()
a0146a5… noreply 68 # Automatically discovers models from all configured providers + Ollama
f0106a3… leo 69 ```
f0106a3… leo 70
f0106a3… leo 71 ## Routing preferences
f0106a3… leo 72
0981a08… noreply 73 Each task type has a default preference order (cheapest first):
f0106a3… leo 74
f0106a3… leo 75 | Task | Preference |
f0106a3… leo 76 |------|-----------|
0981a08… noreply 77 | Vision | Gemini Flash → GPT-4o-mini → Claude Haiku → Ollama |
0981a08… noreply 78 | Chat | Claude Haiku → GPT-4o-mini → Gemini Flash → Ollama |
a0146a5… noreply 79 | Transcription | Local Whisper → Whisper-1 → Gemini Flash |
a0146a5… noreply 80
0981a08… noreply 81 Ollama acts as the last-resort fallback -- if no cloud API keys are set but Ollama is running, it is used automatically.
f0106a3… leo 82
f0106a3… leo 83 ## Manual override
f0106a3… leo 84
f0106a3… leo 85 ```python
f0106a3… leo 86 pm = ProviderManager(
f0106a3… leo 87 vision_model="gpt-4o",
0981a08… noreply 88 chat_model="claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
f0106a3… leo 89 provider="openai", # Force a specific provider
0981a08… noreply 90 )
0981a08… noreply 91
0981a08… noreply 92 # Use a cheap model for bulk processing
0981a08… noreply 93 pm = ProviderManager(
0981a08… noreply 94 chat_model="claude-haiku-3-5-20241022",
0981a08… noreply 95 vision_model="gemini-2.0-flash",
a0146a5… noreply 96 )
a0146a5… noreply 97
a0146a5… noreply 98 # Or use Ollama for fully offline processing
a0146a5… noreply 99 pm = ProviderManager(provider="ollama")
0981a08… noreply 100
0981a08… noreply 101 # Use Azure OpenAI
0981a08… noreply 102 pm = ProviderManager(provider="azure")
0981a08… noreply 103
0981a08… noreply 104 # Use Together AI for open-source models
0981a08… noreply 105 pm = ProviderManager(provider="together", chat_model="meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo")
f0106a3… leo 106 ```
f0106a3… leo 107
f0106a3… leo 108 ## BaseProvider interface
f0106a3… leo 109
f0106a3… leo 110 All providers implement:
f0106a3… leo 111
f0106a3… leo 112 ```python
f0106a3… leo 113 class BaseProvider(ABC):
f0106a3… leo 114 def chat(messages, max_tokens, temperature) -> str
f0106a3… leo 115 def analyze_image(image_path, prompt, max_tokens) -> str
f0106a3… leo 116 def transcribe_audio(audio_path) -> dict
f0106a3… leo 117 def list_models() -> List[ModelInfo]
f0106a3… leo 118 ```

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