# Fiddlesticks Facade
`fiddlesticks` is the single-dependency gateway for the Fiddlesticks workspace.
It exposes a facade-owned, semver-stable API surface for common runtime wiring,
provider setup, and request-building flows.
## Add dependency
```toml
[dependencies]
fiddlesticks = { path = "../fiddlesticks" }
```
Enable provider adapters from one place:
```toml
[dependencies]
fiddlesticks = { path = "../fiddlesticks", features = ["provider-opencode-zen"] }
```
## API surface
- Stable namespace modules: `fiddlesticks::chat`, `fiddlesticks::harness`, `fiddlesticks::memory`, `fiddlesticks::provider`, `fiddlesticks::tooling`
- Dynamic harness builder: `AgentHarnessBuilder`
- Provider setup utilities: `build_provider_from_api_key`, `build_provider_with_config`, `list_models_with_api_key`
- Curated top-level exports for common types (`ChatService`, `Harness`, `ModelProvider`, `ToolRegistry`, ...)
- `prelude` module for ergonomic imports
- Runtime helpers: `build_runtime*`, `chat_service*`, `in_memory_backend`
- Utility constructors: message/session/turn helpers
- Macros: `fs_msg!`, `fs_messages!`, `fs_session!`
## Basic usage
```rust
use std::sync::Arc;
use fiddlesticks::prelude::*;
fn _example(provider: Arc<dyn ModelProvider>) -> Result<(), HarnessError> {
let runtime = build_runtime(provider)?;
let session = fs_session!(
"session-1",
openai,
"gpt-4o-mini",
"You are concise and practical."
);
let request = turn(session, "Summarize this repository architecture");
let _ = (runtime, request);
Ok(())
}
```
## Runtime wiring helpers
```rust
use std::sync::Arc;
use fiddlesticks::prelude::*;
fn _wire(provider: Arc<dyn ModelProvider>, tool_runtime: Arc<dyn ToolRuntime>) -> Result<(), HarnessError> {
let runtime = build_runtime_with_tooling(provider, tool_runtime)?;
let _chat = runtime.chat;
let _harness = runtime.harness;
Ok(())
}
```
## Observability integration
`fiddlesticks` exposes the runtime hook traits (`ProviderOperationHooks`, `ToolRuntimeHooks`, and `HarnessRuntimeHooks`) via its facade API. For ready-made tracing/metrics implementations, add `fobserve` alongside `fiddlesticks`.
```toml
[dependencies]
fiddlesticks = { path = "../fiddlesticks" }
fobserve = { path = "../fobserve" }
```
```rust
use std::sync::Arc;
use fiddlesticks::prelude::*;
use fobserve::{
MetricsObservabilityHooks, SafeHarnessHooks, SafeProviderHooks, SafeToolHooks,
TracingObservabilityHooks,
};
fn _with_observability(
provider: Arc<dyn ModelProvider>,
tool_registry: Arc<ToolRegistry>,
memory: Arc<dyn MemoryBackend>,
) -> Result<(), HarnessError> {
let provider_hooks = Arc::new(SafeProviderHooks::new(TracingObservabilityHooks));
let tool_hooks = Arc::new(SafeToolHooks::new(MetricsObservabilityHooks));
let harness_hooks = Arc::new(SafeHarnessHooks::new(TracingObservabilityHooks));
let tool_runtime = DefaultToolRuntime::new(tool_registry).with_hooks(tool_hooks);
let chat = ChatService::builder(Arc::clone(&provider))
.provider_operation_hooks(provider_hooks)
.tool_runtime(Arc::new(tool_runtime))
.build();
let harness = Harness::builder(memory)
.provider(provider)
.hooks(harness_hooks)
.build()?;
let _ = (chat, harness);
Ok(())
}
```
## Utility helpers and macros
```rust
use fiddlesticks::prelude::*;
let messages = fs_messages![
system => "You are a strict reviewer.",
user => "Review this patch.",
];
let user = user_message("hello");
let _ = (messages, user);
```