feat: route LiteLLM Responses-API models to /v1/responses

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Summary

LiteLLM reports mode: "responses" on /v1/model/info for deployments configured for the Responses API (for example use_responses_api: true). The plugin registered every discovered model through the Chat Completions runtime, so those models were addressed over the wrong API surface. This routes only those models through /v1/responses, using the reported mode as the single signal (no model-id guessing).

Type of change

• 🐛 Bug fix (non-breaking)
• ✨ New feature (non-breaking)
• 💥 Breaking change
• 📝 Documentation only
• 🔧 Internal / refactor

Note: on OpenCode 1 the Responses models move to a <provider>-responses sibling provider (their model id becomes <provider>-responses/<model>).

Checklist

• npm run typecheck passes
• No new runtime dependencies (or justified in this PR description)
• README updated if public API or behavior changed
• CHANGELOG.md updated under ## [Unreleased]
• Commit messages follow Conventional Commits

How was this tested?

• npm run typecheck and npm test (119 tests).
• OpenCode 2 (2.0.x): a Responses model keeps its provider id with the Responses runtime override; a live turn reaches /v1/responses and the model list has no duplicates.
• OpenCode 1 (1.19.0): the plugin creates the <provider>-responses sibling and a live turn to a sibling model reaches /v1/responses.

Details

• OpenCode 2 chooses the runtime per model: a Responses model keeps its provider id and overrides the package to @opencode/ai/providers/openai/responses. That is the Responses runtime bundled with OpenCode 2.0.x; the openai-compatible Responses variant is not bundled there, and selecting it fails model initialization (Cannot find package '@opencode/ai').
• OpenCode 1 chooses the runtime per provider, so the config hook adds a <provider>-responses sibling built on @ai-sdk/openai (which defaults to the Responses API). It reuses the same endpoint, credentials, and custom headers, and is created only when at least one model needs it.
• Discovery now returns the Responses model ids alongside the built entries, and the model cache stores them (CACHE_VERSION bump) so the synchronous cache path keeps the routing across restarts.
• Only LiteLLM's reported mode is used; the plugin does not guess from the model id.
• Hand-curated entries are left where the user put them. On OpenCode 1 the runtime is per provider, so routing such a model would require moving it (and changing its id); the plugin does not relocate user-authored entries. On OpenCode 2 the runtime is per model, so the same model is routed without moving. Hand-defined Responses models on OpenCode 1 can be placed under the <provider>-responses provider, or left to discovery.
• Because the OpenCode 1 sibling occupies the -responses id suffix, providers whose id ends with -responses are not managed by the plugin.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Models identified by LiteLLM with mode: "responses" now use the OpenAI Responses API automatically. Other models continue using Chat Completions.
  • On OpenCode 1, Responses API models are routed through a separate provider; on OpenCode 2, they use a per-model runtime package.
  • Updated the README with routing behavior and reasoning-model guidance.

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Walkthrough

Models reported with mode: "responses" are routed through the Responses API. The plugin records these model IDs in its cache and applies separate routing behavior for OpenCode 1 and OpenCode 2.

Changes

Responses API routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Mode detection and cached metadata src/utils/*, test/model-cache.test.ts, test/transport.test.ts, README.md, CHANGELOG.md	The routing predicate matches a trimmed, case-insensitive responses mode. The model cache stores associated IDs, and the documentation describes the routing rule and version differences.
OpenCode 2 model conversion src/plugin/v2.ts, test/plugin-v2.test.ts	Discovery and cache refresh pass Responses API IDs into model conversion. Matching models use the OpenAI runtime package; the chat-model assertions retain the default package.
OpenCode 1 provider injection src/plugin/index.ts, test/plugin-v1.test.ts	The config hook routes Responses API models to a -responses sibling provider and keeps other discovered models in the original provider. Tests cover provider settings, repeated hook calls, and curated models.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant LiteLLM as LiteLLM model-info endpoint
  participant Plugin as LiteLLM plugin
  participant Cache as Model cache
  participant Hook as OpenCode 1 config hook
  participant Conversion as OpenCode 2 model conversion
  LiteLLM->>Plugin: Return model metadata including mode
  Plugin->>Cache: Store model entries and Responses API IDs
  Cache-->>Plugin: Provide cached model entries and IDs
  alt OpenCode 1
    Plugin->>Hook: Inject models into base or sibling provider
  else OpenCode 2
    Plugin->>Conversion: Convert models using Responses API IDs
  end

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Responses models may fail through gateways that require custom headers. Copy those headers to the sibling provider before merging.

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: routing LiteLLM Responses API models to the /v1/responses endpoint.
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Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Docstring coverage is 55.56% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 18 functions across 9 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)

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- Around line 516-522: Update ensureResponsesProvider to propagate headers from
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