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+# INTENT
+
+## Purpose
+
+This repository exists to provide a **provider-neutral interface for interacting with large language models (LLMs)** in Python.
+
+It ensures that applications can use LLM capabilities without being tightly coupled to any specific provider, API, or execution environment.
+
+---
+
+## Primary Utility
+
+The repository provides a **unified adapter layer** that:
+
+* Abstracts over multiple LLM providers and execution modes
+* Standardizes request, response, and configuration handling
+* Enables interchangeable use of hosted APIs and local tooling (e.g. CLI-based models)
+* Supports embeddings, token estimation, and related primitives
+* Enables dynamic utility by cost optimizations 
+
+It transforms heterogeneous LLM ecosystems into a **consistent, composable programming interface**.
+
+---
+
+## Intended Users
+
+* Application developers integrating LLM capabilities into their systems
+* Library and framework authors requiring provider-agnostic LLM primitives
+* Automation systems (`atm`) orchestrating LLM-assisted workflows
+* LLM agents (`agt`) operating across different model providers
+
+---
+
+## Strategic Role in the System
+
+This repository acts as the **LLM abstraction layer** within the broader system:
+
+* It decouples **application logic from provider-specific implementations**
+* It enables **runtime flexibility and provider switching without code changes**
+* It supports architectures where LLM usage is **optional, replaceable, and testable**
+
+It allows higher-level systems to treat LLMs as **pluggable capabilities rather than fixed dependencies**.
+
+---
+
+## Strategic Boundaries
+
+This repository is **not** intended to:
+
+* Provide application-level agent frameworks or workflows
+* Define prompting strategies, routing policies, or domain-specific logic
+* Manage secrets, credentials, or organizational access policies
+* Own or implement LLM providers themselves
+
+Its responsibility is limited to **clean abstraction and integration of LLM capabilities**.
+
+---
+
+## Design Principles
+
+* **Abstraction over providers**
+  Consumers depend on a stable adapter interface, not on vendor APIs
+
+* **Composability**
+  LLM functionality should be usable as a building block in larger systems
+
+* **Replaceability**
+  Providers and execution modes must be interchangeable without affecting consumers
+
+* **Deterministic integration boundaries**
+  Non-LLM logic must remain testable and independent of LLM variability
+
+* **Minimal opinionation**
+  The library provides primitives, not policies
+
+---
+
+## Maturity Target
+
+A mature version of this repository should:
+
+* Provide a **stable, versioned core adapter contract** for LLM interaction
+* Support a broad range of providers and execution environments
+* Enable **seamless switching and fallback between providers**
+* Offer consistent handling of **responses, errors, and usage metrics**
+* Serve as the **default integration layer for LLM capabilities** across dependent systems
+
+---
+
+## Stability Note
+
+Changes to this file represent a **deliberate shift in the abstraction boundaries or role** of this repository.
+
+Such changes should be rare, as they affect all downstream systems relying on provider-neutral LLM integration.
+
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 # llm-connect
 
-Pluggable LLM adapters for Python. Supports OpenRouter, Gemini, OpenAI, and
-the Claude Code CLI out of the box, with a clean abstract interface for adding
+Pluggable LLM adapters for Python and the commandline. Supports OpenRouter, Gemini, 
+OpenAI, and the Claude Code CLI out of the box, with a clean abstract interface for adding
 your own.
 
 ## Quick start
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 |---|---|---|
 | `"openrouter"` | `OpenRouterAdapter` | OpenAI-compatible endpoint; supports all OpenRouter models |
 | `"gemini"` | `GeminiAdapter` | Google Generative Language REST API; supports free tier |
-| `"openai"` | `OpenAIAdapter` | OpenAI chat completions endpoint |
-| `"claude-code"` | `ClaudeCodeAdapter` | Shells out to the `claude --print` CLI; no API key needed |
 
 ```python
 from llm_connect import create_adapter