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<p>Model aliases provide semantic, version-controlled names for your models, enabling cleaner client code, easier model management, and advanced routing capabilities. Instead of using provider-specific model names like <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gpt-4o-mini</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022</span></code>, you can create meaningful aliases like <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fast-model</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">arch.summarize.v1</span></code>.</p>
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<li><p><strong>Semantic Naming</strong>: Use descriptive names that reflect the models purpose</p></li>
<li><p><strong>Version Control</strong>: Implement versioning schemes (e.g., <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">v1</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">v2</span></code>) for model upgrades</p></li>
<li><p><strong>Environment Management</strong>: Different aliases can point to different models across environments</p></li>
<li><p><strong>Client Simplification</strong>: Clients use consistent, meaningful names regardless of underlying provider</p></li>
<li><p><strong>Advanced Routing (Coming Soon)</strong>: Enable guardrails, fallbacks, and traffic splitting at the alias level</p></li>
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<h2>Basic Configuration<a @click.prevent="window.navigator.clipboard.writeText($el.href); $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copied!'); setTimeout(() =&gt; $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copy link to this element'), 2000)" aria-label="Copy link to this element" class="headerlink" data-tooltip="Copy link to this element" href="#basic-configuration" x-intersect.margin.0%.0%.-70%.0%="activeSection = '#basic-configuration'"><svg height="1em" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></a></h2>
<p><strong>Simple Alias Mapping</strong></p>
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<div class="code-block-caption"><span class="caption-text">Basic Model Aliases</span><a @click.prevent="window.navigator.clipboard.writeText($el.href); $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copied!'); setTimeout(() =&gt; $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copy link to this element'), 2000)" aria-label="Copy link to this element" class="headerlink" data-tooltip="Copy link to this element" href="#id2"><svg height="1em" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></a></div>
<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="line-1"><span class="nt">llm_providers</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-2"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">model</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">openai/gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span><span id="line-3"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">access_key</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">$OPENAI_API_KEY</span>
</span><span id="line-4">
</span><span id="line-5"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">model</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">openai/gpt-4o</span>
</span><span id="line-6"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">access_key</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">$OPENAI_API_KEY</span>
</span><span id="line-7">
</span><span id="line-8"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">model</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">anthropic/claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022</span>
</span><span id="line-9"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">access_key</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY</span>
</span><span id="line-10">
</span><span id="line-11"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">model</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">ollama/llama3.1</span>
</span><span id="line-12"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">base_url</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">http://host.docker.internal:11434</span>
</span><span id="line-13">
</span><span id="line-14"><span class="c1"># Define aliases that map to the models above</span>
</span><span id="line-15"><span class="nt">model_aliases</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-16"><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Semantic versioning approach</span>
</span><span id="line-17"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">arch.summarize.v1</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-18"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span><span id="line-19">
</span><span id="line-20"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">arch.reasoning.v1</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-21"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o</span>
</span><span id="line-22">
</span><span id="line-23"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">arch.creative.v1</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-24"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022</span>
</span><span id="line-25">
</span><span id="line-26"><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Functional aliases</span>
</span><span id="line-27"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">fast-model</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-28"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span><span id="line-29">
</span><span id="line-30"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">smart-model</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-31"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o</span>
</span><span id="line-32">
</span><span id="line-33"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">creative-model</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-34"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022</span>
</span><span id="line-35">
</span><span id="line-36"><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Local model alias</span>
</span><span id="line-37"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">local-chat</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-38"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">llama3.1</span>
</span></code></pre></div>
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</section>
<section id="using-aliases">
<h2>Using Aliases<a @click.prevent="window.navigator.clipboard.writeText($el.href); $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copied!'); setTimeout(() =&gt; $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copy link to this element'), 2000)" aria-label="Copy link to this element" class="headerlink" data-tooltip="Copy link to this element" href="#using-aliases" x-intersect.margin.0%.0%.-70%.0%="activeSection = '#using-aliases'"><svg height="1em" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></a></h2>
<p><strong>Client Code Examples</strong></p>
<p>Once aliases are configured, clients can use semantic names instead of provider-specific model names:</p>
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<div class="code-block-caption"><span class="caption-text">Python Client Usage</span><a @click.prevent="window.navigator.clipboard.writeText($el.href); $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copied!'); setTimeout(() =&gt; $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copy link to this element'), 2000)" aria-label="Copy link to this element" class="headerlink" data-tooltip="Copy link to this element" href="#id3"><svg height="1em" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></a></div>
<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="line-1"><span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">openai</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">OpenAI</span>
</span><span id="line-2">
</span><span id="line-3"><span class="n">client</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">OpenAI</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">base_url</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"http://127.0.0.1:12000/"</span><span class="p">)</span>
</span><span id="line-4">
</span><span id="line-5"><span class="c1"># Use semantic alias instead of provider model name</span>
</span><span id="line-6"><span class="n">response</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">client</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">chat</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">completions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create</span><span class="p">(</span>
</span><span id="line-7"> <span class="n">model</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"arch.summarize.v1"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># Points to gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span><span id="line-8"> <span class="n">messages</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[{</span><span class="s2">"role"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"user"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"content"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Summarize this document..."</span><span class="p">}]</span>
</span><span id="line-9"><span class="p">)</span>
</span><span id="line-10">
</span><span id="line-11"><span class="c1"># Switch to a different capability</span>
</span><span id="line-12"><span class="n">response</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">client</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">chat</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">completions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create</span><span class="p">(</span>
</span><span id="line-13"> <span class="n">model</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"arch.reasoning.v1"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># Points to gpt-4o</span>
</span><span id="line-14"> <span class="n">messages</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[{</span><span class="s2">"role"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"user"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"content"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Solve this complex problem..."</span><span class="p">}]</span>
</span><span id="line-15"><span class="p">)</span>
</span></code></pre></div>
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<div class="code-block-caption"><span class="caption-text">cURL Example</span><a @click.prevent="window.navigator.clipboard.writeText($el.href); $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copied!'); setTimeout(() =&gt; $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copy link to this element'), 2000)" aria-label="Copy link to this element" class="headerlink" data-tooltip="Copy link to this element" href="#id4"><svg height="1em" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></a></div>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="line-1">curl<span class="w"> </span>-X<span class="w"> </span>POST<span class="w"> </span>http://127.0.0.1:12000/v1/chat/completions<span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
</span><span id="line-2"><span class="w"> </span>-H<span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Content-Type: application/json"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\</span>
</span><span id="line-3"><span class="w"> </span>-d<span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'{</span>
</span><span id="line-4"><span class="s1"> "model": "fast-model",</span>
</span><span id="line-5"><span class="s1"> "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]</span>
</span><span id="line-6"><span class="s1"> }'</span>
</span></code></pre></div>
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</section>
<section id="naming-best-practices">
<h2>Naming Best Practices<a @click.prevent="window.navigator.clipboard.writeText($el.href); $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copied!'); setTimeout(() =&gt; $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copy link to this element'), 2000)" aria-label="Copy link to this element" class="headerlink" data-tooltip="Copy link to this element" href="#naming-best-practices" x-intersect.margin.0%.0%.-70%.0%="activeSection = '#naming-best-practices'"><svg height="1em" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></a></h2>
<p><strong>Semantic Versioning</strong></p>
<p>Use version numbers for backward compatibility and gradual model upgrades:</p>
<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="line-1"><span class="nt">model_aliases</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-2"><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Current production version</span>
</span><span id="line-3"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">arch.summarize.v1</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-4"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span><span id="line-5">
</span><span id="line-6"><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Beta version for testing</span>
</span><span id="line-7"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">arch.summarize.v2</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-8"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o</span>
</span><span id="line-9">
</span><span id="line-10"><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Stable alias that always points to latest</span>
</span><span id="line-11"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">arch.summarize.latest</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-12"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span></code></pre></div>
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<p><strong>Purpose-Based Naming</strong></p>
<p>Create aliases that reflect the intended use case:</p>
<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="line-1"><span class="nt">model_aliases</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-2"><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Task-specific</span>
</span><span id="line-3"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">code-reviewer</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-4"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o</span>
</span><span id="line-5">
</span><span id="line-6"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">document-summarizer</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-7"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span><span id="line-8">
</span><span id="line-9"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">creative-writer</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-10"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022</span>
</span><span id="line-11">
</span><span id="line-12"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">data-analyst</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-13"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o</span>
</span></code></pre></div>
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<p><strong>Environment-Specific Aliases</strong></p>
<p>Different environments can use different underlying models:</p>
<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="line-1"><span class="nt">model_aliases</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-2"><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Development environment - use faster/cheaper models</span>
</span><span id="line-3"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">dev.chat.v1</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-4"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span><span id="line-5">
</span><span id="line-6"><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Production environment - use more capable models</span>
</span><span id="line-7"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">prod.chat.v1</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-8"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o</span>
</span><span id="line-9">
</span><span id="line-10"><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Staging environment - test new models</span>
</span><span id="line-11"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">staging.chat.v1</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-12"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022</span>
</span></code></pre></div>
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</section>
<section id="advanced-features-coming-soon">
<h2>Advanced Features (Coming Soon)<a @click.prevent="window.navigator.clipboard.writeText($el.href); $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copied!'); setTimeout(() =&gt; $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copy link to this element'), 2000)" aria-label="Copy link to this element" class="headerlink" data-tooltip="Copy link to this element" href="#advanced-features-coming-soon" x-intersect.margin.0%.0%.-70%.0%="activeSection = '#advanced-features-coming-soon'"><svg height="1em" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></a></h2>
<p>The following features are planned for future releases of model aliases:</p>
<p><strong>Guardrails Integration</strong></p>
<p>Apply safety, cost, or latency rules at the alias level:</p>
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<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="line-1"><span class="nt">model_aliases</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-2"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">arch.reasoning.v1</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-3"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-oss-120b</span>
</span><span id="line-4"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">guardrails</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-5"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">max_latency</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">5s</span>
</span><span id="line-6"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">max_cost_per_request</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">0.10</span>
</span><span id="line-7"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">block_categories</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">[</span><span class="s">"jailbreak"</span><span class="p p-Indicator">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"PII"</span><span class="p p-Indicator">]</span>
</span><span id="line-8"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">content_filters</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-9"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"profanity"</span>
</span><span id="line-10"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">type</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"sensitive_data"</span>
</span></code></pre></div>
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<p><strong>Fallback Chains</strong></p>
<p>Provide a chain of models if the primary target fails or hits quota limits:</p>
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<div class="code-block-caption"><span class="caption-text">Future Feature - Fallbacks</span><a @click.prevent="window.navigator.clipboard.writeText($el.href); $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copied!'); setTimeout(() =&gt; $el.setAttribute('data-tooltip', 'Copy link to this element'), 2000)" aria-label="Copy link to this element" class="headerlink" data-tooltip="Copy link to this element" href="#id6"><svg height="1em" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></a></div>
<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="line-1"><span class="nt">model_aliases</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-2"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">arch.summarize.v1</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-3"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span><span id="line-4"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">fallbacks</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-5"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">llama3.1</span>
</span><span id="line-6"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">conditions</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">[</span><span class="s">"quota_exceeded"</span><span class="p p-Indicator">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"timeout"</span><span class="p p-Indicator">]</span>
</span><span id="line-7"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">target</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">claude-3-haiku-20240307</span>
</span><span id="line-8"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">conditions</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">[</span><span class="s">"primary_and_first_fallback_failed"</span><span class="p p-Indicator">]</span>
</span></code></pre></div>
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<p><strong>Traffic Splitting &amp; Canary Deployments</strong></p>
<p>Distribute traffic across multiple models for A/B testing or gradual rollouts:</p>
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<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="line-1"><span class="nt">model_aliases</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-2"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">arch.v1</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-3"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">targets</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-4"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">model</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">llama3.1</span>
</span><span id="line-5"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">weight</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">80</span>
</span><span id="line-6"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">model</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span><span id="line-7"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">weight</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">20</span>
</span><span id="line-8">
</span><span id="line-9"><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Canary deployment</span>
</span><span id="line-10"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">arch.experimental.v1</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-11"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">targets</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-12"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">model</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Current stable</span>
</span><span id="line-13"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">weight</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">95</span>
</span><span id="line-14"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">model</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">o1-preview</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># New model being tested</span>
</span><span id="line-15"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">weight</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">5</span>
</span></code></pre></div>
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<p><strong>Load Balancing</strong></p>
<p>Distribute requests across multiple instances of the same model:</p>
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<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="line-1"><span class="nt">model_aliases</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-2"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">high-throughput-chat</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-3"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">load_balance</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-4"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">algorithm</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"round_robin"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># or "least_connections", "weighted"</span>
</span><span id="line-5"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">targets</span><span class="p">:</span>
</span><span id="line-6"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">model</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span><span id="line-7"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">endpoint</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"https://api-1.example.com"</span>
</span><span id="line-8"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">model</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span><span id="line-9"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">endpoint</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"https://api-2.example.com"</span>
</span><span id="line-10"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">model</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">gpt-4o-mini</span>
</span><span id="line-11"><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">endpoint</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"https://api-3.example.com"</span>
</span></code></pre></div>
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<li><p>Alias names must be valid identifiers (alphanumeric, dots, hyphens, underscores)</p></li>
<li><p>Target models must be defined in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">llm_providers</span></code> section</p></li>
<li><p>Circular references between aliases are not allowed</p></li>
<li><p>Weights in traffic splitting must sum to 100</p></li>
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