---
id: capability.agents.llm-connector
name: Pluggable LLM Adapter Library (llm-connect)
summary: Provider-neutral Python/CLI LLM adapter library supporting OpenRouter, Gemini, OpenAI, and the
  Claude Code CLI out of the box, with a clean abstract interface for adding new providers.
owner: llm-connect
status: draft
domain: agents
tags:
- llm
- adapter
- provider-neutral
maturity:
  discovery:
    current: D3
    target: D5
    confidence: medium
    rationale: README documents a working quick-start (`create_adapter`, `RunConfig`, `execute_prompt`),
      the supported provider list, and both local-editable and future-published install paths.
  availability:
    current: A2
    target: A3
    confidence: medium
    rationale: Installable today via `pip install -e` (local) with a documented future `pip install llm-connect`
      path once published; consumed today by sibling repos including `cya` (can-you-assist) and referenced
      as the intended backend for reuse-surface's own `establish --discover`.
external_evidence:
  completeness:
    level: C2
    confidence: low
    basis: scope_vs_intent_and_consumer_expectations
    satisfied_expectations:
    - four providers implemented (OpenRouter, Gemini, OpenAI, Claude Code CLI)
    - abstract adapter interface for adding new providers
    - already a named integration point for other repos (can-you-assist's LLMAdapter seam, reuse-surface's
      establish --discover)
    broken_expectations: []
    out_of_scope_expectations: []
  reliability:
    level: R1
    confidence: low
    basis: consumer_quality_signals
    known_reliability_risks:
    - no llm-connect instance was running on this workstation during the REUSE-WP-0017 sweep, so establish
      --discover fell back to manual authoring for this campaign
discovery:
  intent: Give Python and CLI consumers a single, provider-neutral way to call LLMs, decoupling agent/tool
    code from any one vendor's SDK.
  includes:
  - provider-neutral adapter interface
  - OpenRouter, Gemini, OpenAI, Claude Code CLI adapters
  - RunConfig-based execution
  excludes:
  - hosting or credential custody for providers (routes to OpenBao/operator paths per credential-routing
    conventions)
  assumptions: []
  use_cases: []
  research_memos: []
availability:
  current_level: A2
  target_level: A3
  current_artifacts:
  - Python package (`llm_connect`)
  target_artifacts: []
  consumption_modes:
  - library import
  - cli
relations:
  depends_on: []
  supports: []
  related_to: []
evidence:
  documentation:
  - README.md
  tests:
  - tests/
  consumer_feedback: []
  bug_reports: []
  incidents: []
consumer_guidance:
  recommended_for:
  - any repo needing provider-neutral LLM calls instead of a vendor-specific SDK
  not_recommended_for:
  - needs requiring a provider not yet adapted (extend via the abstract interface first)
  known_limitations:
  - not yet published to a package index; local editable install only
promotion_history: []
---

# Pluggable LLM Adapter Library (llm-connect)

## Overview

`llm-connect` provides pluggable, provider-neutral LLM adapters for Python and the command line, supporting OpenRouter, Gemini, OpenAI, and the Claude Code CLI out of the box behind a clean abstract interface, and is already the intended backend for several sibling repos including `can-you-assist` and `reuse-surface`'s own drafting tooling.

## Assessment notes

### Discovery

README documents a working quick-start (`create_adapter`, `RunConfig`, `execute_prompt`), the supported provider list, and both local-editable and future-published install paths.

### Availability

Installable today via `pip install -e` (local) with a documented future `pip install llm-connect` path once published; consumed today by sibling repos including `cya` (can-you-assist) and referenced as the intended backend for reuse-surface's own `establish --discover`.

### Completeness

First-pass honest assessment from the REUSE-WP-0017 coverage campaign
(reuse-surface). No external consumer feedback exists yet; levels reflect
scope-vs-intent documentation quality, not internal code quality.

### Reliability

No production consumer telemetry exists yet; reliability level is
intentionally conservative pending REUSE-WP-0019 reuse-telemetry evidence.

## Promotion checklist

- [x] ID follows `capability.<domain>.<name>` pattern
- [x] Maturity enums match `specs/CapabilityMaturityStandard.md`
- [x] `external_evidence` is populated separately from `maturity`
- [ ] Relations reference valid capability IDs (none yet)
- [x] Index entry added in `registry/indexes/capabilities.yaml`