switchyard_protocol/llm.rs
1// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
2// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
3
4//! Provider-neutral conversation types shared by routing, clients, and translation.
5
6use std::collections::BTreeMap;
7
8use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
9use serde_json::{Map, Value};
10
11use crate::format::FormatId;
12
13/// Actor role normalized across provider APIs.
14#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
15#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
16pub enum Role {
17 /// System-level instructions.
18 System,
19 /// Developer-level instructions supported by some provider APIs.
20 Developer,
21 /// End-user input.
22 User,
23 /// Model-generated output.
24 Assistant,
25 /// Tool execution output.
26 Tool,
27}
28
29/// Instruction content separated from normal conversation messages.
30#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
31pub struct InstructionBlock {
32 /// Instruction authority, normally [`Role::System`] or [`Role::Developer`].
33 pub role: Role,
34 /// Ordered instruction content.
35 pub content: Vec<ContentBlock>,
36}
37
38/// One normalized conversation message.
39#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
40pub struct Message {
41 /// Actor that produced the message.
42 pub role: Role,
43 /// Ordered message content.
44 pub content: Vec<ContentBlock>,
45}
46
47impl Message {
48 /// Creates a text-only message for the given role.
49 pub fn text(role: Role, text: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
50 Self {
51 role,
52 content: vec![ContentBlock::Text { text: text.into() }],
53 }
54 }
55
56 /// Concatenates text-like content blocks when the message has any.
57 pub fn text_content(&self, separator: &str) -> Option<String> {
58 let parts = self
59 .content
60 .iter()
61 .filter_map(|block| match block {
62 ContentBlock::Text { text } => Some(text.as_str()),
63 ContentBlock::Refusal { text } => Some(text.as_str()),
64 _ => None,
65 })
66 .collect::<Vec<_>>();
67 if parts.is_empty() {
68 None
69 } else {
70 Some(parts.join(separator))
71 }
72 }
73}
74
75/// Normalized content block variants carried by messages and tool results.
76#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
77#[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "snake_case")]
78pub enum ContentBlock {
79 /// Plain text content.
80 Text {
81 /// Text value.
82 text: String,
83 },
84 /// Model reasoning or thinking content.
85 Reasoning {
86 /// Reasoning text.
87 text: String,
88 /// Provider signature used to validate or continue the reasoning block.
89 signature: Option<String>,
90 },
91 /// Image content.
92 Image {
93 /// Image location or inline payload.
94 source: ImageSource,
95 },
96 /// Audio content.
97 Audio {
98 /// Audio location or inline payload.
99 source: MediaSource,
100 },
101 /// Video content.
102 Video {
103 /// Video location or inline payload.
104 source: MediaSource,
105 },
106 /// File content.
107 File {
108 /// File identifier or inline payload.
109 source: FileSource,
110 },
111 /// Tool invocation requested by the assistant.
112 ToolCall(ToolCall),
113 /// Result of an earlier tool invocation.
114 ToolResult(ToolResult),
115 /// Provider refusal content.
116 Refusal {
117 /// Human-readable refusal text.
118 text: String,
119 },
120 /// Provider block that has no normalized representation.
121 Unknown {
122 /// Wire format that supplied the block.
123 provider: FormatId,
124 /// Exact provider block.
125 raw: Value,
126 },
127}
128
129/// Image payload forms supported by the conversation model.
130#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
131#[serde(tag = "type", content = "data", rename_all = "snake_case")]
132pub enum ImageSource {
133 /// Image fetched from a URL.
134 Url {
135 /// Image URL.
136 url: String,
137 /// Optional provider-specific image detail level.
138 detail: Option<String>,
139 },
140 /// Base64-encoded image bytes.
141 Base64 {
142 /// MIME type, when supplied.
143 media_type: Option<String>,
144 /// Base64-encoded bytes.
145 data: String,
146 },
147 /// Provider image source with no normalized representation.
148 Raw(Value),
149}
150
151/// File payload forms supported by the conversation model.
152#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
153#[serde(tag = "type", content = "data", rename_all = "snake_case")]
154pub enum FileSource {
155 /// Provider-managed file identifier.
156 FileId(String),
157 /// Inline file payload.
158 FileData {
159 /// Encoded or textual file data as supplied by the provider format.
160 data: String,
161 /// Original filename, when supplied.
162 filename: Option<String>,
163 },
164 /// Provider file source with no normalized representation.
165 Raw(Value),
166}
167
168/// Audio and video payload forms supported by the conversation model.
169#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
170#[serde(tag = "type", content = "data", rename_all = "snake_case")]
171pub enum MediaSource {
172 /// Media fetched from a URL.
173 Url {
174 /// Media URL.
175 url: String,
176 /// MIME type, when supplied.
177 media_type: Option<String>,
178 },
179 /// Base64-encoded media bytes.
180 Base64 {
181 /// MIME type, when supplied.
182 media_type: Option<String>,
183 /// Base64-encoded bytes.
184 data: String,
185 },
186 /// Provider media source with no normalized representation.
187 Raw(Value),
188}
189
190/// Normalized assistant tool call.
191#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
192pub struct ToolCall {
193 /// Provider tool-call identifier used to pair the result.
194 pub id: String,
195 /// Tool name.
196 pub name: String,
197 /// Parsed tool arguments.
198 pub arguments: Value,
199}
200
201/// Normalized tool result message content.
202#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
203pub struct ToolResult {
204 /// Identifier of the [`ToolCall`] this result answers.
205 pub tool_call_id: String,
206 /// Ordered tool output content.
207 pub content: Vec<ContentBlock>,
208 /// Whether tool execution failed, when the provider reports it.
209 pub is_error: Option<bool>,
210}
211
212/// Normalized tool definition.
213#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
214pub struct ToolDefinition {
215 /// Tool name exposed to the model.
216 pub name: String,
217 /// Human-readable tool description.
218 pub description: Option<String>,
219 /// JSON Schema describing accepted arguments.
220 pub parameters: Value,
221 /// Whether the provider should enforce the schema strictly.
222 pub strict: Option<bool>,
223}
224
225/// Normalized tool choice policy.
226#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
227#[serde(tag = "type", content = "data", rename_all = "snake_case")]
228pub enum ToolChoice {
229 /// Let the model decide whether to call a tool.
230 Auto,
231 /// Require at least one tool call.
232 Required,
233 /// Disallow tool calls.
234 None,
235 /// Require a specific tool.
236 Tool {
237 /// Required tool name.
238 name: String,
239 },
240 /// Provider tool-choice value with no normalized representation.
241 Raw(Value),
242}
243
244/// Provider sampling parameters with common cross-provider names.
245#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
246pub struct SamplingParams {
247 /// Sampling temperature.
248 pub temperature: Option<f64>,
249 /// Nucleus-sampling probability mass.
250 pub top_p: Option<f64>,
251 /// Maximum number of candidate tokens considered at each step.
252 pub top_k: Option<i64>,
253}
254
255/// Output budget and structured-output options.
256#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
257pub struct OutputParams {
258 /// Maximum tokens the model may generate.
259 pub max_output_tokens: Option<u64>,
260 /// Provider-neutral or provider-specific structured-output configuration.
261 pub response_format: Option<Value>,
262}
263
264/// Provider reasoning controls preserved by translation.
265#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
266pub struct ReasoningParams {
267 /// Requested reasoning effort or level.
268 pub effort: Option<String>,
269 /// Provider reasoning controls without a normalized field.
270 pub raw: Option<Value>,
271}
272
273/// Provider-specific fields that do not have first-class conversation fields.
274#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
275#[serde(default)]
276pub struct ProviderExtensions {
277 /// Provider fields keyed by their original wire names.
278 ///
279 /// Codecs use these fields when translating to another format. Exact
280 /// same-format replay is controlled separately by [`PreservationMetadata`].
281 pub fields: Map<String, Value>,
282}
283
284/// Exact source payloads retained for lossless same-format round trips.
285///
286/// Translation's default preservation policy prefers a stored same-format body
287/// over reconstructing one from normalized fields. A caller that mutates the IR
288/// must clear the corresponding entry or use a policy with preservation disabled
289/// when those mutations must be encoded.
290#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
291#[serde(default)]
292pub struct PreservationMetadata {
293 /// Original request bodies keyed by source format.
294 pub requests: BTreeMap<FormatId, Value>,
295 /// Original response bodies keyed by source format.
296 pub responses: BTreeMap<FormatId, Value>,
297}
298
299/// Normalized request representation shared by Switchyard components.
300#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
301#[serde(default)]
302pub struct LlmRequest {
303 /// Model requested by the inbound client.
304 pub model: Option<String>,
305 /// System and developer instructions separated from conversation turns.
306 pub instructions: Vec<InstructionBlock>,
307 /// Ordered conversation messages.
308 pub messages: Vec<Message>,
309 /// Tools available to the model.
310 pub tools: Vec<ToolDefinition>,
311 /// Policy controlling model tool selection.
312 pub tool_choice: Option<ToolChoice>,
313 /// Common sampling controls.
314 pub sampling: SamplingParams,
315 /// Output budget and shape controls.
316 pub output: OutputParams,
317 /// Reasoning controls.
318 pub reasoning: ReasoningParams,
319 /// Whether the caller requested a streamed response.
320 pub stream: bool,
321 /// Provider fields without first-class normalized equivalents.
322 pub extensions: ProviderExtensions,
323 /// Exact provider bodies used by codecs for lossless same-format round trips.
324 /// This is separate from a host's optional
325 /// [`Request::raw_request`](crate::Request::raw_request).
326 pub preservation: PreservationMetadata,
327}
328
329/// Normalized token usage counts.
330#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
331pub struct Usage {
332 /// Non-cached input tokens. Provider codecs normalize aggregate OpenAI
333 /// input counts by subtracting the cache detail fields.
334 pub input_tokens: Option<u64>,
335 /// Cache-read and cache-creation token detail, when reported.
336 #[serde(flatten)]
337 pub cache: Option<Box<InputCacheUsage>>,
338 /// Generated output tokens, excluding reasoning detail when the provider reports it separately.
339 pub output_tokens: Option<u64>,
340 /// Provider-reported or codec-computed total token count.
341 ///
342 /// Codecs normalize OpenAI aggregate input counts before computing totals, so
343 /// this may equal non-cached input plus cache detail plus output.
344 pub total_tokens: Option<u64>,
345 /// Reasoning output tokens, when reported separately.
346 pub reasoning_tokens: Option<u64>,
347}
348
349/// Optional cache-token detail kept out of the common, cache-free usage allocation.
350#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
351pub struct InputCacheUsage {
352 /// Input tokens read from a provider cache.
353 pub cached_input_tokens: Option<u64>,
354 /// Input tokens written into a provider cache.
355 pub cache_creation_input_tokens: Option<u64>,
356}
357
358impl Usage {
359 /// Builds cache detail when at least one count is present.
360 pub fn cache_details(
361 cached_input_tokens: Option<u64>,
362 cache_creation_input_tokens: Option<u64>,
363 ) -> Option<Box<InputCacheUsage>> {
364 if cached_input_tokens.is_none() && cache_creation_input_tokens.is_none() {
365 return None;
366 }
367 Some(Box::new(InputCacheUsage {
368 cached_input_tokens,
369 cache_creation_input_tokens,
370 }))
371 }
372
373 /// Returns the cache-read input-token count.
374 pub fn cached_input_tokens(&self) -> Option<u64> {
375 self.cache
376 .as_ref()
377 .and_then(|cache| cache.cached_input_tokens)
378 }
379
380 /// Returns the cache-creation input-token count.
381 pub fn cache_creation_input_tokens(&self) -> Option<u64> {
382 self.cache
383 .as_ref()
384 .and_then(|cache| cache.cache_creation_input_tokens)
385 }
386
387 /// Sets the cache-read count, allocating cache detail when needed.
388 pub fn set_cached_input_tokens(&mut self, value: u64) {
389 self.cache
390 .get_or_insert_with(|| Box::new(InputCacheUsage::default()))
391 .cached_input_tokens = Some(value);
392 }
393
394 /// Sets the cache-creation count, allocating cache detail when needed.
395 pub fn set_cache_creation_input_tokens(&mut self, value: u64) {
396 self.cache
397 .get_or_insert_with(|| Box::new(InputCacheUsage::default()))
398 .cache_creation_input_tokens = Some(value);
399 }
400}
401
402/// Normalized reason a model stopped producing output.
403#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
404#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
405pub enum StopReason {
406 /// Model completed its turn normally.
407 EndTurn,
408 /// Model reached the configured output limit.
409 MaxTokens,
410 /// Model stopped to request a tool call.
411 ToolUse,
412 /// Provider safety or content filtering stopped generation.
413 ContentFilter,
414 /// Generation terminated because of an error.
415 Error,
416 /// Provider stop reason with no normalized equivalent.
417 Unknown,
418}
419
420/// One assistant output item in a normalized response.
421#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
422pub struct ResponseOutput {
423 /// Actor that produced the output, normally [`Role::Assistant`].
424 pub role: Role,
425 /// Ordered output content.
426 pub content: Vec<ContentBlock>,
427 /// Why this output stopped, when known.
428 pub stop_reason: Option<StopReason>,
429}
430
431/// Normalized, fully-buffered response — the aggregate of a completed generation.
432/// This is the terminal form of a streamed [`LlmResponse`](crate::LlmResponse).
433#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
434#[serde(default)]
435pub struct AggLlmResponse {
436 /// Provider response identifier.
437 pub id: Option<String>,
438 /// Model reported by the provider.
439 pub model: Option<String>,
440 /// Ordered response output items.
441 pub outputs: Vec<ResponseOutput>,
442 /// Normalized token usage.
443 pub usage: Usage,
444 /// Provider response fields without normalized equivalents.
445 pub extensions: ProviderExtensions,
446 /// Exact provider bodies retained for lossless round trips.
447 pub preservation: PreservationMetadata,
448}
449
450impl AggLlmResponse {
451 /// Returns the first output item when a response has any output.
452 pub fn first_output(&self) -> Option<&ResponseOutput> {
453 self.outputs.first()
454 }
455}
456
457#[cfg(test)]
458mod tests {
459 use serde_json::json;
460
461 use super::*;
462
463 #[test]
464 fn serde_uses_python_friendly_dictionary_shapes() -> Result<(), serde_json::Error> {
465 let request: LlmRequest = serde_json::from_value(json!({
466 "model": "auto",
467 "messages": [{
468 "role": "user",
469 "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "hello"}]
470 }]
471 }))?;
472 assert_eq!(request.messages[0], Message::text(Role::User, "hello"));
473
474 let tool_call = ContentBlock::ToolCall(ToolCall {
475 id: "call-1".to_string(),
476 name: "lookup".to_string(),
477 arguments: json!({"query": "rust"}),
478 });
479 assert_eq!(
480 serde_json::to_value(tool_call)?,
481 json!({
482 "type": "tool_call",
483 "id": "call-1",
484 "name": "lookup",
485 "arguments": {"query": "rust"}
486 })
487 );
488 Ok(())
489 }
490}