feat(llm): remove provider "list" in favor of only 1 provider selection for embedding/chat

apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/ai_settings/ai_settings_widget.ts

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default class AiSettingsWidget extends OptionsWidget {
 
         // Core AI options
         this.setupChangeHandler('.ai-enabled', 'aiEnabled', true, true);
-        this.setupChangeHandler('.ai-provider-precedence', 'aiProviderPrecedence', true);
+        this.setupChangeHandler('.ai-chat-provider', 'aiChatProvider', true);
         this.setupChangeHandler('.ai-temperature', 'aiTemperature');
         this.setupChangeHandler('.ai-system-prompt', 'aiSystemPrompt');
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export default class AiSettingsWidget extends OptionsWidget {
         this.setupChangeHandler('.enable-automatic-indexing', 'enableAutomaticIndexing', false, true);
         this.setupChangeHandler('.embedding-similarity-threshold', 'embeddingSimilarityThreshold');
         this.setupChangeHandler('.max-notes-per-llm-query', 'maxNotesPerLlmQuery');
-        this.setupChangeHandler('.embedding-provider-precedence', 'embeddingProviderPrecedence', true);
+        this.setupChangeHandler('.ai-embedding-provider', 'aiEmbeddingProvider', true);
         this.setupChangeHandler('.embedding-dimension-strategy', 'embeddingDimensionStrategy');
         this.setupChangeHandler('.embedding-batch-size', 'embeddingBatchSize');
         this.setupChangeHandler('.embedding-update-interval', 'embeddingUpdateInterval');
@@ -194,42 +194,26 @@ export default class AiSettingsWidget extends OptionsWidget {
             return;
         }
 
-        // Get provider precedence
+        // Get selected chat provider
-        const providerPrecedence = (this.$widget.find('.ai-provider-precedence').val() as string || '').split(',');
+        const selectedChatProvider = this.$widget.find('.ai-chat-provider').val() as string;
 
-        // Check for OpenAI configuration if it's in the precedence list
+        // Check for configuration issues with the selected provider
-        const openaiWarnings: string[] = [];
+        const chatWarnings: string[] = [];
-        if (providerPrecedence.includes('openai')) {
+        
+        if (selectedChatProvider === 'openai') {
             const openaiApiKey = this.$widget.find('.openai-api-key').val();
             if (!openaiApiKey) {
-                openaiWarnings.push(t("ai_llm.empty_key_warning.openai"));
+                chatWarnings.push(t("ai_llm.empty_key_warning.openai"));
             }
-        }
+        } else if (selectedChatProvider === 'anthropic') {
-
-        // Check for Anthropic configuration if it's in the precedence list
-        const anthropicWarnings: string[] = [];
-        if (providerPrecedence.includes('anthropic')) {
             const anthropicApiKey = this.$widget.find('.anthropic-api-key').val();
             if (!anthropicApiKey) {
-                anthropicWarnings.push(t("ai_llm.empty_key_warning.anthropic"));
+                chatWarnings.push(t("ai_llm.empty_key_warning.anthropic"));
             }
-        }
+        } else if (selectedChatProvider === 'ollama') {
-
-        // Check for Voyage configuration if it's in the precedence list
-        const voyageWarnings: string[] = [];
-        if (providerPrecedence.includes('voyage')) {
-            const voyageApiKey = this.$widget.find('.voyage-api-key').val();
-            if (!voyageApiKey) {
-                voyageWarnings.push(t("ai_llm.empty_key_warning.voyage"));
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Check for Ollama configuration if it's in the precedence list
-        const ollamaWarnings: string[] = [];
-        if (providerPrecedence.includes('ollama')) {
             const ollamaBaseUrl = this.$widget.find('.ollama-base-url').val();
             if (!ollamaBaseUrl) {
-                ollamaWarnings.push(t("ai_llm.ollama_no_url"));
+                chatWarnings.push(t("ai_llm.ollama_no_url"));
             }
         }
 
@@ -238,27 +222,20 @@ export default class AiSettingsWidget extends OptionsWidget {
         const embeddingsEnabled = this.$widget.find('.enable-automatic-indexing').prop('checked');
 
         if (embeddingsEnabled) {
-            const embeddingProviderPrecedence = (this.$widget.find('.embedding-provider-precedence').val() as string || '').split(',');
+            const selectedEmbeddingProvider = this.$widget.find('.ai-embedding-provider').val() as string;
 
-            if (embeddingProviderPrecedence.includes('openai') && !this.$widget.find('.openai-api-key').val()) {
+            if (selectedEmbeddingProvider === 'openai' && !this.$widget.find('.openai-api-key').val()) {
                 embeddingWarnings.push(t("ai_llm.empty_key_warning.openai"));
-            }
+            } else if (selectedEmbeddingProvider === 'voyage' && !this.$widget.find('.voyage-api-key').val()) {
-
-            if (embeddingProviderPrecedence.includes('voyage') && !this.$widget.find('.voyage-api-key').val()) {
                 embeddingWarnings.push(t("ai_llm.empty_key_warning.voyage"));
-            }
+            } else if (selectedEmbeddingProvider === 'ollama' && !this.$widget.find('.ollama-base-url').val()) {
-
-            if (embeddingProviderPrecedence.includes('ollama') && !this.$widget.find('.ollama-base-url').val()) {
                 embeddingWarnings.push(t("ai_llm.empty_key_warning.ollama"));
             }
         }
 
         // Combine all warnings
         const allWarnings = [
-            ...openaiWarnings,
+            ...chatWarnings,
-            ...anthropicWarnings,
-            ...voyageWarnings,
-            ...ollamaWarnings,
             ...embeddingWarnings
         ];
 
@@ -459,7 +436,7 @@ export default class AiSettingsWidget extends OptionsWidget {
         this.$widget.find('.ai-enabled').prop('checked', options.aiEnabled !== 'false');
         this.$widget.find('.ai-temperature').val(options.aiTemperature || '0.7');
         this.$widget.find('.ai-system-prompt').val(options.aiSystemPrompt || '');
-        this.$widget.find('.ai-provider-precedence').val(options.aiProviderPrecedence || 'openai,anthropic,ollama');
+        this.$widget.find('.ai-chat-provider').val(options.aiChatProvider || '');
 
         // OpenAI Section
         this.$widget.find('.openai-api-key').val(options.openaiApiKey || '');
@@ -482,7 +459,7 @@ export default class AiSettingsWidget extends OptionsWidget {
         this.$widget.find('.ollama-embedding-model').val(options.ollamaEmbeddingModel || 'nomic-embed-text');
 
         // Embedding Options
-        this.$widget.find('.embedding-provider-precedence').val(options.embeddingProviderPrecedence || 'openai,voyage,ollama,local');
+        this.$widget.find('.ai-embedding-provider').val(options.aiEmbeddingProvider || '');
         this.$widget.find('.embedding-auto-update-enabled').prop('checked', options.embeddingAutoUpdateEnabled !== 'false');
         this.$widget.find('.enable-automatic-indexing').prop('checked', options.enableAutomaticIndexing !== 'false');
         this.$widget.find('.embedding-similarity-threshold').val(options.embeddingSimilarityThreshold || '0.75');

apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/ai_settings/template.ts

@@ -61,9 +61,14 @@ export const TPL = `
     <h4>${t("ai_llm.provider_configuration")}</h4>
 
     <div class="form-group">
-        <label>${t("ai_llm.provider_precedence")}</label>
+        <label>${t("ai_llm.chat_provider")}</label>
-        <input type="text" class="ai-provider-precedence form-control" placeholder="openai,anthropic,ollama">
+        <select class="ai-chat-provider form-control">
-        <div class="form-text">${t("ai_llm.provider_precedence_description")}</div>
+            <option value="">-- Select a provider --</option>
+            <option value="openai">OpenAI</option>
+            <option value="anthropic">Anthropic</option>
+            <option value="ollama">Ollama</option>
+        </select>
+        <div class="form-text">${t("ai_llm.chat_provider_description")}</div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="form-group">
@@ -225,9 +230,15 @@ export const TPL = `
     <h4>${t("ai_llm.embeddings_configuration")}</h4>
 
     <div class="form-group">
-        <label class="embedding-provider-label">${t("ai_llm.embedding_provider_precedence")}</label>
+        <label class="embedding-provider-label">${t("ai_llm.embedding_provider")}</label>
-        <input type="text" class="embedding-provider-precedence form-control" placeholder="openai,voyage,ollama,local">
+        <select class="ai-embedding-provider form-control">
-        <div class="form-text">${t("ai_llm.embedding_provider_precedence_description")}</div>
+            <option value="">-- Select a provider --</option>
+            <option value="openai">OpenAI</option>
+            <option value="voyage">Voyage</option>
+            <option value="ollama">Ollama</option>
+            <option value="local">Local</option>
+        </select>
+        <div class="form-text">${t("ai_llm.embedding_provider_description")}</div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="form-group">
@@ -297,9 +308,4 @@ export const TPL = `
         <div class="form-text">${t("ai_llm.rebuild_index_description")}</div>
     </div>
 
-    <!-- Note about embedding provider precedence -->
-    <div class="form-group mt-3">
-        <h5>${t("ai_llm.embedding_providers_order")}</h5>
-        <div class="form-text mt-2">${t("ai_llm.embedding_providers_order_description")}</div>
-    </div>
 </div>`;

apps/server/src/routes/api/options.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { Request } from "express";
 import { changeLanguage, getLocales } from "../../services/i18n.js";
 import type { OptionNames } from "@triliumnext/commons";
 import config from "../../services/config.js";
+import aiServiceManager from "../../services/llm/ai_service_manager.js";
 
 interface UserTheme {
     val: string; // value of the theme, used in the URL
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ const ALLOWED_OPTIONS = new Set<OptionNames>([
     "aiEnabled",
     "aiTemperature",
     "aiSystemPrompt",
-    "aiProviderPrecedence",
+    "aiChatProvider",
     "openaiApiKey",
     "openaiBaseUrl",
     "openaiDefaultModel",
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ const ALLOWED_OPTIONS = new Set<OptionNames>([
     "ollamaEmbeddingModel",
     "embeddingAutoUpdateEnabled",
     "embeddingDimensionStrategy",
-    "embeddingProviderPrecedence",
+    "aiEmbeddingProvider",
     "embeddingSimilarityThreshold",
     "embeddingBatchSize",
     "embeddingUpdateInterval",
@@ -178,6 +179,14 @@ function update(name: string, value: string) {
         changeLanguage(value);
     }
     
+    // Reinitialize AI service manager when provider settings change
+    if (name === "aiChatProvider" || name === "aiEmbeddingProvider") {
+        // Run asynchronously to avoid blocking the response
+        aiServiceManager.reinitialize().catch(error => {
+            log.error(`Failed to reinitialize AI service manager: ${error}`);
+        });
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 

apps/server/src/services/llm/embeddings/storage.ts

@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export async function findSimilarNotes(
                 } else {
                     // Use dedicated embedding provider precedence from options for other strategies
                     let preferredProviders: string[] = [];
-                    const embeddingPrecedence = await options.getOption('embeddingProviderPrecedence');
+                    const embeddingPrecedence = await options.getOption('aiEmbeddingProvider');
 
                     if (embeddingPrecedence) {
                         // For "comma,separated,values"

apps/server/src/services/llm/index_service.ts

@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ export class IndexService {
             const options = (await import('../options.js')).default;
             let preferredProviders: string[] = [];
 
-            const embeddingPrecedence = await options.getOption('embeddingProviderPrecedence');
+            const embeddingPrecedence = await options.getOption('aiEmbeddingProvider');
             let provider;
 
             if (embeddingPrecedence) {

apps/server/src/services/options_init.ts

@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ const defaultOptions: DefaultOption[] = [
     // Adding missing AI options
     { name: "aiTemperature", value: "0.7", isSynced: true },
     { name: "aiSystemPrompt", value: "", isSynced: true },
-    { name: "aiProviderPrecedence", value: "openai,anthropic,ollama", isSynced: true },
+    { name: "aiChatProvider", value: "openai", isSynced: true },
     { name: "embeddingDimensionStrategy", value: "auto", isSynced: true },
-    { name: "embeddingProviderPrecedence", value: "openai,voyage,ollama,local", isSynced: true },
+    { name: "aiEmbeddingProvider", value: "openai", isSynced: true },
     { name: "embeddingSimilarityThreshold", value: "0.75", isSynced: true },
     { name: "enableAutomaticIndexing", value: "true", isSynced: true },
     { name: "maxNotesPerLlmQuery", value: "3", isSynced: true },

packages/commons/src/lib/options_interface.ts

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export interface OptionDefinitions extends KeyboardShortcutsOptions<KeyboardActi
     ollamaDefaultModel: string;
     ollamaEmbeddingModel: string;
     codeOpenAiModel: string;
-    aiProviderPrecedence: string;
+    aiChatProvider: string;
 
     // Embedding-related options
     embeddingAutoUpdateEnabled: boolean;
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export interface OptionDefinitions extends KeyboardShortcutsOptions<KeyboardActi
     embeddingBatchSize: number;
     embeddingDefaultDimension: number;
     embeddingsDefaultProvider: string;
-    embeddingProviderPrecedence: string;
+    aiEmbeddingProvider: string;
     enableAutomaticIndexing: boolean;
     embeddingGenerationLocation: string;
     embeddingDimensionStrategy: string;