# What does this PR do?
this PR adds a basic inference adapter to NVIDIA NIMs
what it does -
- chat completion api
- tool calls
- streaming
- structured output
- logprobs
- support hosted NIM on integrate.api.nvidia.com
- support downloaded NIM containers
what it does not do -
- completion api
- embedding api
- vision models
- builtin tools
- have certainty that sampling strategies are correct
## Feature/Issue validation/testing/test plan
`pytest -s -v --providers inference=nvidia
llama_stack/providers/tests/inference/ --env NVIDIA_API_KEY=...`
all tests should pass. there are pydantic v1 warnings.
## Before submitting
- [ ] This PR fixes a typo or improves the docs (you can dismiss the
other checks if that's the case).
- [x] Did you read the [contributor
guideline](https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-stack/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md),
Pull Request section?
- [ ] Was this discussed/approved via a Github issue? Please add a link
to it if that's the case.
- [ ] Did you make sure to update the documentation with your changes?
- [x] Did you write any new necessary tests?
Thanks for contributing 🎉!
