feat(providers): add dedicated llamacpp provider type

[SantiagoDePolonia]

Summary

llama.cpp's llama-server (and LM Studio) previously had to be registered as a vLLM-type provider, and registering it as ollama silently broke embeddings — that type speaks Ollama's native /api/embed, which llama.cpp does not implement (a user hit exactly this). This PR adds a dedicated llamacpp provider type so the obvious configuration is the correct one.

What's included

• New internal/providers/llamacpp package — plain OpenAI-compatible surface (chat, streaming, Responses, embeddings, models) delegated to openai.CompatibleProvider, mirroring the vLLM provider.
• Registration: RequireBaseURL: true + AllowAPIKeyless: true. The base URL is required because llama-server's default port (8080) collides with GoModel's own — no silent self-loop default. LLAMACPP_BASE_URL enables the provider; LLAMACPP_API_KEY is optional (only for --api-key servers). Suffixed instances (LLAMACPP_STUDIO_BASE_URL → llamacpp-studio), key rotation, configured model lists, and the dashboard credential form all come from the generic plumbing.
• Passthrough: enabled in the default ENABLED_PASSTHROUGH_PROVIDERS list. OpenAI-shaped endpoints go through the /v1 base; llama-server's native root endpoints (/health, /props, /rerank, /tokenize, /infill, ...) are routed to the server root — so POST /p/llamacpp/rerank works.
• Docs: providers/llamacpp page rewritten for the native type (was the vLLM-type recipe), overview matrix row, configuration reference, passthrough defaults, .env.template, CLAUDE.md.
• Dashboard: docs-link slug for the provider card; rebuilt embedded dist.

User-visible impact

• LLAMACPP_BASE_URL=http://host:8081/v1 registers the provider; models resolve as llamacpp/<alias>.
• /v1/embeddings works against llama-server (model must use pooling ≠ none), with the ID-heuristic embedding classification applying as for other local servers.
• Existing vLLM-type registrations of llama.cpp keep working unchanged; this is additive.

Tests

• Unit tests for auth (optional bearer), chat/embeddings endpoint shape, passthrough root-vs-/v1 routing, and interface surface (passthrough yes; native batch/files/audio no).
• Updated default-list assertions (config, run, server). Full go test ./... green.

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• New Features

  • Added llama.cpp and LM Studio as supported providers.
  • Supports chat, responses, embeddings, streaming, and passthrough requests.
  • Added optional API key authentication and configurable base URLs.
  • Supports native llama.cpp endpoints alongside OpenAI-compatible /v1 endpoints.
  • Added llama.cpp to the default passthrough provider list.

• Documentation

  • Added setup instructions, configuration examples, endpoint details, and provider-specific documentation links.

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Walkthrough

The change adds a dedicated llamacpp provider with OpenAI-compatible APIs, native llama-server routes, authentication, passthrough routing, registration, configuration, tests, and documentation.

Changes

llama.cpp provider

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Provider implementation and routing internal/providers/llamacpp/...	Adds provider construction, API delegation, authentication, passthrough routing, endpoint classification, and response forwarding.
Provider behavior validation internal/providers/llamacpp/llamacpp_test.go	Tests API delegation, interfaces, endpoint routing, query handling, authentication, key rotation, and native error forwarding.
Provider registration and defaults config/..., internal/server/..., run/..., web/dashboard/...	Registers llamacpp, adds it to default passthrough providers, and maps its documentation slug.
Provider configuration documentation .env.template, CLAUDE.md, docs/advanced/..., docs/features/..., docs/providers/...	Documents configuration variables, model identifiers, endpoint routes, passthrough paths, and default provider lists.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to e80ad

This PR adds a dedicated llama.cpp provider and related documentation and dashboard configuration without any supplied actionable merge-blocking risk; it is merge-ready after normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant Provider as llamacpp Provider
  participant Compatible as OpenAI-compatible client
  participant Server as llama-server
  Client->>Provider: Send API or passthrough request
  alt OpenAI-shaped endpoint
    Provider->>Compatible: Forward request to /v1
    Compatible-->>Provider: Return response
  else Native endpoint
    Provider->>Server: Forward request to root route
    Server-->>Provider: Return response
  end
  Provider-->>Client: Return status, headers, and body

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Possibly related PRs

• ENTERPILOT/GoModel#520: Adds and registers another OpenAI-compatible provider.
• ENTERPILOT/GoModel#664: Updates shared passthrough configuration and adds a local-model provider.
• ENTERPILOT/GoModel#692: Covers earlier llama.cpp and LM Studio documentation.

Poem

A rabbit sends requests through /v1,
Then hops to native routes again.
Keys rotate and headers flow,
Chat and embeddings now know where to go.
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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: adding a dedicated llama.cpp provider type.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the motivation, implementation, user impact, documentation, tests, and compatibility details.
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Confidence Score: 5/5

No blocking failure remains.

Controlled upstream checks confirmed native health requests retry with the next configured key and OpenAI-compatible streaming requests retain both the /v1 base and query string.

T-Rex Logs

What T-Rex did

• I ran targeted Go tests for T-Rex health retries and OpenAI streaming in the production provider path, covering TestLlamaCppProductionFactoryNativeHealthRetriesWithRotatedKey, TestLlamaCppOpenAIStreamQueryStaysOnV1, and related regression suites, validating both the health retry behavior and stream routing.
• A baseline test command was captured in a detached worktree to establish a reference for comparison against the tip.
• The current tip passed the authored harness and focused provider suite, with the repair focused in internal/providers/llamacpp/llamacpp.go around lines 172-193 and the shared root-keyring logic in internal/providers/llamacpp/llamacpp.go:43-66.

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In `@internal/providers/llamacpp/llamacpp_test.go`:
- Around line 16-210: Extend the llamacpp tests around
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• internal/providers/llamacpp/llamacpp.go
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[iggy]

Would you be open to a patch that extracted some of the model metadata from llama.cpp's model endpoint? I've mostly been wanting the context size, but there's probably other useful stuff.

[SantiagoDePolonia]

@iggy Thanks for reporting This is done and released!

BTW I'll be in LA during the Tech Week - October. I'd love to have a chat and grab a coffee with you. Message me on LinkedIn or Discord if you are interested in :)