POST /api/admin/configure now writes a default ai: block into the
instance.yaml overlay when the request leaves it untouched and either
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY or LLM_API_KEY is set in the environment. The block
references the env var via ${VAR} syntax — secrets never land in YAML.
connectors.llm.factory grows create_extractor_from_env_or_config which
falls back to ANTHROPIC_API_KEY / LLM_API_KEY when ai_config is empty
and raises a clear ValueError when neither is available. Both
services/corporate_memory and services/verification_detector switch to
the new helper, replacing the old 'silently skip when ai: missing'
path that was the silent-failure root cause.
Tests:
- tests/test_setup_ai_block.py — overlay seeding contract.
- tests/test_llm_provider_env_fallback.py — fallback + fail-fast.
Replace hardwired Anthropic API calls with a pluggable provider system.
Each deployment configures its AI provider in instance.yaml — switching
between Anthropic, LiteLLM, OpenRouter, or any OpenAI-compatible proxy
is a config change, not a code change.
New connectors/llm/ module:
- StructuredExtractor Protocol with extract_json() interface
- AnthropicExtractor: direct Anthropic SDK with retry + backoff
- OpenAICompatExtractor: any OpenAI-compatible proxy with three-layer
structured output fallback (json_schema -> json_object -> prompt)
- Configurable structured_output policy (strict/json/auto)
- Custom exception hierarchy (auth/rate_limit/timeout/format/refusal)
- Zero secrets in logs: no API keys, prompts, or responses logged
Reviewed by: Google Gemini, Claude Sonnet, OpenAI GPT-5.4.
Security audit passed with all critical findings resolved.
