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Closes #7216

Adds llmman, which runs local models distributed as OCI artifacts and serves an OpenAI-compatible API on port 17434.

  • Provider config. No API key, so it follows the Ollama entry (api_key_required=False, a default_api_key) rather than the hosted ones. LLMMAN_HOST is a bare host:port value, so it joins the /v1 base-URL normalization. That helper is renamed _normalize_local_base_url now that it serves two providers.
  • Runtime routing. Registered in SUPPORTED_NATIVE_PROVIDERS, the model-prefix map and _get_native_provider, so both llmman/qwen3.8 and LLM(model="qwen3.8", provider="llmman") reach OpenAICompatibleCompletion instead of falling back to LiteLLM.
  • CLI. Added to PROVIDERS, ENV_VARS and MODELS, using bare model names since llmman resolves those to OCI artifacts itself.

Testing

$ pytest lib/crewai/tests/llms/openai_compatible/
40 passed

The existing 35 plus 5 new: registry config, base-URL collision, LLMMAN_HOST normalization, and factory routing for both the prefixed and explicit-provider forms. The wider lib/crewai/tests/llms/ suite shows the same 306 pre-existing failures before and after this branch.

Not verified: no request against a live llmman server.

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Additive provider registration and shared URL normalization; no changes to auth, billing, or existing provider behavior beyond the Ollama helper rename (same default port).

Overview
Adds llmman as a first-class native LLM provider for a local OpenAI-compatible server (default http://localhost:17434), alongside existing Ollama support.

Runtime wiring registers llmman in native provider lists and routes llmman/<model> or LLM(..., provider="llmman") to OpenAICompatibleCompletion with optional LLMMAN_HOST / LLMMAN_API_KEY env vars. The Ollama-only base-URL helper is generalized to _normalize_local_base_url so bare hosts get the correct default port per provider (17434 for llmman, 11434 for Ollama).

The CrewAI CLI gains llmman in provider/env defaults and example models. Tests cover registry config, endpoint uniqueness, host normalization, and factory routing.

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llmman (https://github.com/llmmanorg/llmman) runs local models distributed
as OCI artifacts and serves an OpenAI-compatible API on port 17434.

It needs no API key, so it follows the Ollama entry rather than the hosted
ones. LLMMAN_HOST is a bare host:port value, so it also joins the /v1
base-URL normalization; that helper is renamed since it is no longer
Ollama-specific.

Routing is registered in LLM as well as the provider registry, so both
llmman/<model> and provider="llmman" reach OpenAICompatibleCompletion
instead of falling back to LiteLLM.

Closes crewAIInc#7216

Signed-off-by: Eric Curtin <eric.curtin@docker.com>
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llmman is added as a local OpenAI-compatible provider. The change adds CLI configuration and model entries, runtime routing, local URL normalization, and tests for provider configuration and routing.

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llmman provider integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Provider configuration and CLI registration
lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/constants.py, lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/openai_compatible/completion.py
The CLI registers llmman and lists its models. The provider configuration sets http://localhost:17434/v1 as the base URL and supports LLMMAN_HOST and optional LLMMAN_API_KEY settings.
Runtime routing and local URL handling
lib/crewai/src/crewai/llm.py, lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/openai_compatible/completion.py
Runtime routing accepts llmman model names and dispatches them to OpenAICompatibleCompletion. Local URL normalization now supports a configurable default port and applies to llmman and Ollama providers.
Provider configuration and factory tests
lib/crewai/tests/llms/openai_compatible/test_openai_compatible.py
Tests cover llmman configuration, URL normalization, and model-prefix and explicit-provider routing.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant LLM
  participant OpenAICompatibleCompletion
  participant llmmanAPI
  User->>LLM: Select llmman model
  LLM->>OpenAICompatibleCompletion: Route model and resolve endpoint
  OpenAICompatibleCompletion->>llmmanAPI: Send OpenAI-compatible request
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Priority: ➖ Normal

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 42e89

llmman is added as a local OpenAI-compatible provider with routing, URL normalization and tests. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains. No request against a live llmman server was verified.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 42e89

The integration reuses existing request handling and keeps its endpoint and credentials separate from hosted services. No introduced security defect was established, but live-server behavior and deployment protections remain unverified.

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No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — A party able to modify endpoint configuration or control the selected backend can affect requests and responses for the llmman instances using it. LLMMAN_HOST supplies a process-environment default, while explicit overrides apply to individual clients. The inspected integration does not establish an unauthenticated inbound configuration path.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Credential resolution uses an explicit key, LLMMAN_API_KEY, or the nonempty provider placeholder. Consequently, inherited OPENAI_API_KEY fallback is not reached in the inspected default llmman construction path. Explicit credential and endpoint overrides remain caller-controlled behavior that predates this addition.
  • observed — llmman inherits the same tool-call transport capability as Ollama through the shared completion class. No provider-specific execution mechanism is added; downstream application tool authorization was not established by this inspection.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR meets the coding requirements in [#7216]. OPENAI_COMPATIBLE_PROVIDERS configures llmman with LLMMAN_HOST, the port-17434 endpoint, and no required API key. _normalize_local_base_url adds …
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes stay within [#7216]. Generalizing the local URL helper supports llmman while retaining Ollama handling. The associated tests and CLI entries support the requested provider integration. No …
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 28 functions across 4 files.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding llmman as an OpenAI-compatible provider.
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In `@lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/constants.py`:
- Line 64: Update the generated environment configuration in the constants
containing the "API_BASE" entry so llmman writes its endpoint under
"LLMMAN_HOST", matching OpenAICompatibleCompletion’s lookup key; alternatively,
add an explicit translation from "API_BASE" to "LLMMAN_HOST" before writing
.env, while preserving the configured endpoint value.

In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/llm.py`:
- Around line 566-567: In the model validation logic surrounding the provider
check for “ollama”, “ollama_chat”, and “llmman”, reject an empty model_part
before calling the permissive _matches_provider_pattern path. Preserve
acceptance of valid non-empty local-provider model names.

In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/openai_compatible/completion.py`:
- Line 74: Update the OpenAI-compatible provider’s host validation around
LLMMAN_HOST so HTTP destinations are accepted only for loopback addresses;
reject non-loopback HTTP hosts before constructing the OpenAI client, while
preserving HTTPS support and existing localhost configuration behavior.

In `@lib/crewai/tests/llms/openai_compatible/test_openai_compatible.py`:
- Around line 271-275: Update the test around the LLM construction to clear or
temporarily override LLMMAN_HOST before creating the default LLM, then restore
the original environment afterward so the assertion of the default base_url
remains isolated and other tests are unaffected.

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@Vidit-Ostwal @joaomdmoura Addressed the feedback, PTAL. Thank you!

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