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name: Provider Integration
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description: Provider Integration adds new AI providers to Claude Council by creating shell scripts, setting API keys, and validating connectivity. Provider Integration also helps troubleshoot discovery, API errors, and response parsing issues.
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# Provider Integration

Provider Integration adds new AI providers to Claude Council by creating shell scripts, setting API keys, and validating connectivity. Provider Integration also helps troubleshoot discovery, API errors, and response parsing issues.

**Install:**

```bash
npx degit https://github.com/hex/claude-council/tree/main/skills/provider-integration ~/.claude/skills/provider-integration
```

## README

# Adding AI Providers to Claude Council

## Provider Script Interface

Each provider is a shell script in `scripts/providers/` that:
1. Accepts a prompt as the first argument
2. Outputs the AI response to stdout
3. Exits 0 on success, non-zero on failure

## Quick Start

1. Create `scripts/providers/{name}.sh` (see `api-patterns.md` for templates)
2. `chmod +x scripts/providers/{name}.sh`
3. Set `{NAME}_API_KEY` environment variable
4. Test: `./scripts/providers/{name}.sh "Hello"`

## Current Providers

| Provider | API Key Variable | Default Model |
|----------|------------------|---------------|
| Gemini | `GEMINI_API_KEY` | gemini-3.1-pro-preview |
| OpenAI | `OPENAI_API_KEY` | gpt-5.6-sol |
| Grok | `XAI_API_KEY` (or `GROK_API_KEY`) | grok-4.5 |
| Perplexity | `PERPLEXITY_API_KEY` | sonar-reasoning-pro |
| Kimi | `KIMI_API_KEY` | kimi-k3 |
| Ollama | none (local) | first model `ollama list` shows |

## Troubleshooting

- **Not discovered**: Check API key is set and script is executable
- **API errors**: Verify key, check rate limits, confirm model name
- **Parse fails**: Add `echo "$RESPONSE"` to debug, check response format

## Reference

For API patterns and code templates, see `api-patterns.md` in this directory.