Update request endpoint to /v1/chat/completions and switch payload key
from input to messages. Remove store flag and legacy Perplexity response
parsing to standardize on OpenAI's content extraction.
Modify _build_json_payload_from_list to accept an AIProvider parameter
and dynamically merge its custom settings into the JSON payload. The
settings are serialized as additional key-value pairs alongside the
standard model and input fields, enabling per-provider configuration
options without hardcoding them.
Add helper functions to parse hex digits and encode UTF-8 characters. Update buffer allocation to account for UTF-8 expansion and implement full surrogate pair support for characters outside the BMP. Previously, \uXXXX sequences were passed through verbatim; they are now correctly decoded into proper UTF-8 strings.
Add missing `ai_session_unref` calls to prevent memory leaks.
- In `_ai_request_thread`, release session on error paths and
after successful processing.
- In `cmd_ai_start`, release reference after passing ownership
to the AI window.
Replace manual g_free calls with auto_gchar for local_provider_name,
local_model, local_api_key, and response_data to ensure automatic
cleanup and prevent memory leaks.
Add an AI client module that integrates with OpenAI-compatible API
providers (OpenAI, Perplexity, and custom endpoints) to provide
AI-assisted chat within CProof. Users can start sessions with /ai start,
send prompts, receive responses in a dedicated AI window, switch between
providers and models, and manage API keys — all with tab-completion.
Providers are configured via /ai set commands with per-provider API keys,
endpoints, default models, and custom settings. Two default providers
(openai, perplexity) are seeded on first use. Provider state persists in
[ai/<name>] sections of the preferences keyfile with automatic migration
from the previous flat-key format.
The /ai command integrates into the existing command system with 8
subcommands covering provider management, session lifecycle, model
fetching, and conversation clearing. Autocomplete uses the standard
flat prefix-matching chain for reliable tab-completion at every nesting
level. A new ProfAiWin window type is added to the window system.
Architecture:
Async design: HTTP requests run on a background thread (pthread) to avoid blocking the ncurses UI loop; results are displayed on the main thread via direct function calls
Thread safety: AIProvider and AISession use atomic ref-counting and mutex-protected session state; the request thread snapshots all session data before making the HTTP call
Window validation: wins_ai_exists() prevents use-after-free when the user closes the AI window during an in-flight HTTP request (~60s)
Privacy: store:false is sent with every request to prevent providers from persisting conversations or using them for training
Response size limit: 10MB cap with immediate curl abort via CURL_WRITEFUNC_ERROR to prevent OOM
JSON parsing uses unified helpers for both chat responses and error
envelopes with consistent escape decoding. The response parser tries
Perplexity /v1/responses "text" field first, then falls back to OpenAI
"content". Error parsing extracts provider error.message from the
standard envelope format. Model parsing handles multiple API response
formats (OpenAI list, Perplexity, array) including edge cases.
Tests include 470+ lines of unit tests covering provider management,
session lifecycle, JSON parsing (multiple formats), autocomplete cycling,
and error handling, plus functional tests for /ai command dispatch.
A stub_ai.c module isolates unit tests from UI dependencies.
