llm.api: Minimal LLM Chat Interface
A minimal-dependency client for Large Language Model chat APIs. Supports 'OpenAI' <https://openai.com/>, 'Anthropic' 'Claude' <https://claude.com/>, 'Moonshot' 'Kimi' <https://www.moonshot.ai/>, 'Google' 'Gemini' <https://ai.google.dev/>, 'OpenAI' 'Codex' subscription endpoints, 'Ollama' <https://ollama.com/>, and other 'OpenAI'-compatible endpoints. Supports streaming and image input. Includes an agent loop with tool use and a 'Model Context Protocol' client <https://modelcontextprotocol.io/>. API design is derived from the 'ellmer' package, reimplemented with only base R, 'curl', 'jsonlite', and 'tinyoauth'.
| Version: | 0.2.0 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 3.5.0) |
| Imports: | curl, jsonlite, tinyoauth (≥ 0.1.1) |
| Suggests: | tinytest |
| Published: | 2026-11-10 |
| DOI: | 10.32614/CRAN.package.llm.api |
| Author: | Troy Hernandez 
[aut, cre],
cornball.ai [cph],
ellmer team [cph] (API design derived from ellmer) |
| Maintainer: | Troy Hernandez <troy at cornball.ai> |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/cornball-ai/llm.api/issues |
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
| URL: | https://github.com/cornball-ai/llm.api |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Materials: | README, NEWS |
| CRAN checks: | llm.api results |
Documentation:
| Reference manual: | llm.api.html , llm.api.pdf |
Downloads:
| Package source: | llm.api_0.2.0.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: llm.api_0.1.9.zip, r-release: llm.api_0.1.9.zip, r-oldrel: llm.api_0.1.9.zip |
| macOS binaries: | r-release (arm64): llm.api_0.2.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): llm.api_0.2.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): llm.api_0.1.9.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): llm.api_0.1.9.tgz |
| Old sources: | llm.api archive |
Reverse dependencies:
| Reverse imports: | corteza |
| Reverse suggests: | pensar |
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