Extract API definitions, models, and provider specifications into a
standalone llama-stack-api package that can be published to PyPI
independently of the main llama-stack server.
Motivation
External providers currently import from llama-stack, which overrides
the installed version and causes dependency conflicts. This separation
allows external providers to:
- Install only the type definitions they need without server dependencies
- Avoid version conflicts with the installed llama-stack package
- Be versioned and released independently
This enables us to re-enable external provider module tests that were
previously blocked by these import conflicts.
Changes
- Created llama-stack-api package with minimal dependencies (pydantic, jsonschema)
- Moved APIs, providers datatypes, strong_typing, and schema_utils
- Updated all imports from llama_stack.* to llama_stack_api.*
- Preserved git history using git mv for moved files
- Configured local editable install for development workflow
- Updated linting and type-checking configuration for both packages
- Rebased on top of upstream src/ layout changes
Testing
Package builds successfully and can be imported independently.
All pre-commit hooks pass with expected exclusions maintained.
Next Steps
- Publish llama-stack-api to PyPI
- Update external provider dependencies
- Re-enable external provider module tests
Signed-off-by: Charlie Doern <cdoern@redhat.com>
# What does this PR do?
Delete ~2,000 lines of dead code from the old bespoke inference API that
was replaced by OpenAI-only API. This includes removing unused type
conversion functions, dead provider methods, and event_logger.py.
Clean up imports across the codebase to remove references to deleted
types. This eliminates unnecessary
code and dependencies, helping isolate the API package as a
self-contained module.
This is the last interdependency between the .api package and "exterior"
packages, meaning that now every other package in llama stack imports
the API, not the other way around.
## Test Plan
this is a structural change, no tests needed.
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Signed-off-by: Charlie Doern <cdoern@redhat.com>
