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Follow-up to #689, which was triggered by a llama.cpp user whose embeddings model wasn't classified — the docs had no llama.cpp guidance at all (one passing mention in advanced/model-metadata.mdx).

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New docs/providers/llamacpp.mdx, in the same shape as the vLLM/SGLang pages:

  • Setup — there is no dedicated llamacpp provider type; register llama-server as a vLLM-type provider (optional API key, slash-tolerant model IDs). Explicitly warns against the ollama type, which speaks Ollama's native API and breaks these servers. The same recipe covers LM Studio.
  • Embeddings — llama-server serves /v1/embeddings only for models with pooling ≠ none (--pooling mean/cls/last; dedicated embedding GGUFs usually declare it); --embeddings is an optional embeddings-only restriction, not a requirement. Verified against the llama-server README.
  • Model classification — llama.cpp's /v1/models carries no capability metadata, so the page explains the ID heuristic from feat(models): classify local embedding models without registry metadata #689 and links to the model-metadata guide for manual modes declarations.
  • Capability exceptions (researched in the llama.cpp server docs): multimodal input works via --mmproj through normal chat; /v1/rerank exists upstream but GoModel has no rerank surface, so it's reachable only via passthrough (/p/vllm/v1/rerank); llama.cpp has no image generation or OpenAI audio endpoints (stable-diffusion.cpp and whisper.cpp are separate, non-OpenAI-compatible projects).

Also adds a matrix row and a notes bullet in providers/overview.mdx and registers the page in docs.json (after vLLM).

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  • Documentation
    • Added setup and usage guidance for connecting to llama.cpp’s OpenAI-compatible server.
    • Documented provider registration, Docker and host configuration, optional authentication, and verification for chat and embedding requests.
    • Added details on model classification, multimodal support, reranking, and unsupported image/audio capabilities.
    • Updated the provider overview and navigation with llama.cpp and LM Studio support and configuration guidance.

llama.cpp users have no setup guidance today (the embeddings-classification
report in #689 came from one). Documents registering llama-server as a
vLLM-type provider, the pooling requirement for /v1/embeddings, ID-based
model classification, and what llama.cpp does not serve (rerank via
passthrough only; no image-generation or OpenAI audio endpoints).

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The pull request adds a llama.cpp provider guide, documents llama.cpp and LM Studio as vLLM-type providers, and adds the guide to provider navigation.

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llama.cpp provider documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
llama.cpp provider guide
docs/providers/llamacpp.mdx
Documents server startup, configuration, API verification, embeddings, model classification, multimodal input, reranking, and unsupported endpoints.
Provider overview and navigation
docs/providers/overview.mdx, docs/docs.json
Adds llama.cpp and LM Studio to the vLLM-type provider table, explains their registration requirements, links the dedicated guide, and adds the guide to navigation.

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The guide still contains two actionable setup errors: launch examples do not specify the model IDs used in verification requests, and reranking instructions omit a required embedding-mode flag. Users may therefore encounter failed requests or unavailable reranking, so the PR should be corrected or explicitly accepted before merging.

Possibly related PRs

  • ENTERPILOT/GoModel#664: Both changes document OpenAI-compatible local model servers as vLLM-style providers and update provider navigation.

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llama.cpp joins the vLLM flight.
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In `@docs/providers/llamacpp.mdx`:
- Around line 93-96: Update the llama-server reranking setup documentation to
include the required embedding-mode flag, either --embedding or --embeddings,
alongside --rerank and --pooling rank; retain the existing passthrough endpoint
guidance.
- Around line 97-101: Update the “Image generation and audio endpoints”
documentation to state that llama-server supports POST /v1/audio/transcriptions,
while GoModel’s vllm provider does not natively route audio transcription
requests. Preserve the existing limitations for image generation and audio
speech endpoints, and retain the guidance to route unsupported capabilities to a
suitable provider.
- Around line 22-23: Update both llama-server launch commands in the
documentation to set explicit model aliases: use gemma-3-4b-it for the Gemma
model and nomic-embed-text-v1.5 for the embedding model, ensuring the documented
curl model selectors match the IDs exposed by /v1/models.
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The documentation change is not ready to merge because its reranking request can target the wrong upstream in the coexistence configuration it describes.

The incorrect route was reproduced using the real gateway with separate mock vLLM and llama.cpp upstreams, and the corrected provider path reached llama.cpp as intended.

Files Needing Attention: docs/providers/llamacpp.mdx needs its reranking endpoint updated to use the suffixed llama.cpp provider name.

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  • Validated the routing behavior by inspecting the passthrough implementation and provider resolution logic to ensure route names and providers are preserved.
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    P1 llama.cpp rerank documentation selects the default vLLM provider when a suffixed llama.cpp instance is configured

    • Bug
      • The guide states that VLLM_LLAMACPP_BASE_URL creates provider vllm-llamacpp (docs/providers/llamacpp.mdx:37-40), but its rerank example at line 96 uses /p/vllm/v1/rerank. With both providers configured, that path reached the default vLLM upstream, not llama.cpp.
    • Cause
      • The passthrough URL's provider segment is the routing selector. /p/vllm/... selects vllm; it does not infer the intended suffixed provider from the llama.cpp guide context.
    • Fix
      • Change line 96 to POST /p/vllm-llamacpp/v1/rerank for the documented coexistence/suffixed-provider configuration, optionally noting that /p/vllm/v1/rerank is correct only when llama.cpp is the unsuffixed default vLLM provider.

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- **Reranking** — llama-server serves `/v1/rerank` (start with `--rerank`, a
reranker model, and `--pooling rank`), but GoModel has no rerank endpoint;
reach it through [passthrough](/features/passthrough-api):
`POST /p/vllm/v1/rerank`.

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P1 Rerank targets the wrong instance

When VLLM_BASE_URL configures a real vLLM server and llama.cpp is registered as vllm-llamacpp, POST /p/vllm/v1/rerank selects the default vLLM provider rather than llama.cpp. The request therefore reaches the wrong upstream or fails if that upstream does not support reranking. Use POST /p/vllm-llamacpp/v1/rerank for the suffixed llama.cpp configuration documented above.

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  • This script starts GoModel with distinct default-vLLM and llama.cpp mock upstreams, makes both passthrough requests, and records their responses; it is the executable reproduction.

Gateway routing reproduction output

  • This executed-script output records exit code 0 and shows the documented path returned default-vllm while the suffixed path returned llamacpp; the routing defect is reproduced.

Documented rerank path routes to default vLLM

  • This captured request to `/p/vllm/v1/rerank` returned the default-vllm upstream response; the documented path selects the wrong instance in the coexistence setup.

Suffixed llama.cpp rerank path routes to llama.cpp

  • This captured request to `/p/vllm-llamacpp/v1/rerank` returned the llamacpp upstream response; the provider-name path correction routes correctly.

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  • This is the captured `mint validate` run from the docs directory with exit code 0; the existing documentation builds successfully despite the routing defect.

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Fixed in f5ee4cb — the passthrough example now notes to use the instance name (/p/vllm-llamacpp/v1/rerank) for a suffixed setup. Passthrough enablement itself is by provider type, so the suffixed instance passes the default gate.

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