zeph-llm 0.19.0

LLM provider abstraction with Ollama, Claude, OpenAI, and Candle backends
Documentation
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// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Andrei G <bug-ops>
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0

//! Cascade routing: try the cheapest provider first, escalate on degenerate output.
//!
//! # Design note
//!
//! The heuristic classifier (`ClassifierMode::Heuristic`) is intentionally named and
//! documented as a **degenerate-output detector**, not a semantic quality gate.
//! It catches: empty responses, repetition loops, extremely short outputs, and
//! incoherent fragments. It cannot detect hallucinations or logically-wrong-but-fluent
//! answers. Use `ClassifierMode::Judge` (LLM-in-the-loop) when semantic quality matters.
//!
//! # Streaming
//!
//! For `chat_stream`, cascade routing buffers the cheap provider's full response in
//! order to classify it. If escalation occurs, the user experiences added latency
//! (cheap model's full response time + expensive model's TTFT). On the non-escalation
//! path, the buffered response is replayed immediately as a single stream chunk —
//! no extra latency compared to non-cascade streaming.
//!
//! # Token budget
//!
//! `max_cascade_tokens` tracks cumulative input+output tokens across escalation levels.
//! When the budget is exhausted, the best-seen response is returned instead of escalating.
//! This prevents runaway cost when escalation rates are high.

use std::collections::VecDeque;

use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

use crate::any::AnyProvider;
use crate::provider::{LlmProvider, Message, Role};

/// Controls the quality classification strategy.
///
/// # Accuracy
///
/// `Heuristic` detects only degenerate outputs (empty, repetitive, incoherent).
/// It does NOT detect semantic failures (hallucinations, wrong code, logical errors).
/// Use `Judge` when semantic quality matters.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
pub enum ClassifierMode {
    /// Zero-cost heuristic classifier. Detects degenerate outputs only.
    /// Fast, no LLM calls, but cannot detect semantic failures.
    #[default]
    Heuristic,
    /// LLM-based judge. More accurate but adds latency and cost per evaluation.
    /// Falls back to `Heuristic` if the judge call fails.
    Judge,
}

/// Result of quality classification.
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct QualityVerdict {
    /// Score in [0.0, 1.0]. Higher = better quality.
    pub score: f64,
    /// Whether to escalate to the next provider.
    pub should_escalate: bool,
    /// Human-readable reason for the verdict.
    pub reason: String,
}

/// Rolling quality history for a single provider.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct ProviderQualityHistory {
    scores: VecDeque<f64>,
}

impl ProviderQualityHistory {
    pub fn push(&mut self, score: f64, window: usize) {
        self.scores.push_back(score);
        if self.scores.len() > window {
            self.scores.pop_front();
        }
    }

    /// Mean of recent scores, or 0.5 (neutral) if no history.
    #[must_use]
    pub fn mean(&self) -> f64 {
        if self.scores.is_empty() {
            return 0.5;
        }
        #[allow(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
        let len = self.scores.len() as f64;
        self.scores.iter().sum::<f64>() / len
    }
}

/// Cascade routing state: rolling quality history per provider.
///
/// Not persisted to disk (unlike `ThompsonState`): quality history is session-only.
/// The window size is configurable; default 50 observations per provider.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
pub struct CascadeState {
    pub provider_quality: std::collections::HashMap<String, ProviderQualityHistory>,
    pub window_size: usize,
}

impl CascadeState {
    #[must_use]
    pub fn new(window_size: usize) -> Self {
        Self {
            provider_quality: std::collections::HashMap::new(),
            window_size,
        }
    }

    /// Record a quality score for `provider`.
    pub fn record(&mut self, provider: &str, score: f64) {
        let window = self.window_size;
        self.provider_quality
            .entry(provider.to_owned())
            .or_default()
            .push(score, window);
    }

    /// Mean quality score for `provider` over recent window.
    #[must_use]
    pub fn mean(&self, provider: &str) -> f64 {
        self.provider_quality
            .get(provider)
            .map_or(0.5, ProviderQualityHistory::mean)
    }
}

// ── Heuristic scorer ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

/// Compute a quality score in [0.0, 1.0] using heuristics only.
///
/// This function detects **degenerate outputs**, NOT semantic quality.
/// It will correctly penalize:
/// - Empty or extremely short responses
/// - Repetition loops (trigram-based)
/// - Fragmented / incoherent sentence structure
///
/// It will NOT catch:
/// - Hallucinated facts
/// - Wrong code that looks correct
/// - Logically-incoherent but fluent responses
#[must_use]
pub fn heuristic_score(response: &str) -> QualityVerdict {
    // Early-exit: empty or near-empty responses are always degenerate.
    if response.trim().len() < 10 {
        let score = if response.trim().is_empty() { 0.0 } else { 0.1 };
        return QualityVerdict {
            should_escalate: false,
            score,
            reason: "response too short or empty".to_owned(),
        };
    }

    let length_score = length_signal(response);
    let rep_ratio = repetition_ratio(response);
    let coherence_score = coherence_signal(response);

    // Repetition is a hard penalty: if repetition_ratio > 0.5, multiply score by 0.3.
    // Otherwise use weighted sum: length (0.50), coherence (0.50).
    let base_score = (length_score * 0.50 + coherence_score * 0.50).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
    let score = if rep_ratio > 0.5 {
        base_score * 0.3
    } else {
        base_score
    }
    .clamp(0.0, 1.0);

    let repetition_score = 1.0 - rep_ratio;

    let reason = if length_score < 0.3 {
        "response too short or empty".to_owned()
    } else if repetition_score < 0.5 {
        "high trigram repetition detected".to_owned()
    } else if coherence_score < 0.3 {
        "incoherent / fragmented response".to_owned()
    } else {
        format!(
            "heuristic ok (length={length_score:.2}, rep={repetition_score:.2}, coh={coherence_score:.2})"
        )
    };

    QualityVerdict {
        should_escalate: false, // filled by caller based on threshold
        score,
        reason,
    }
}

/// Length signal: penalizes very short responses; normalizes to [0, 1].
fn length_signal(response: &str) -> f64 {
    let len = response.trim().len();
    match len {
        0 => 0.0,
        1..=10 => 0.1,
        11..=30 => 0.3,
        31..=50 => 0.6,
        _ => 1.0,
    }
}

/// Trigram repetition ratio in [0.0, 1.0]. 0.0 = no repetition, 1.0 = fully repetitive.
fn repetition_ratio(response: &str) -> f64 {
    let words: Vec<&str> = response.split_whitespace().collect();
    if words.len() < 4 {
        return 0.0;
    }
    let mut trigrams = std::collections::HashMap::<(&str, &str, &str), usize>::new();
    for w in words.windows(3) {
        *trigrams.entry((w[0], w[1], w[2])).or_insert(0) += 1;
    }
    let total = trigrams.values().sum::<usize>();
    let repeated = trigrams.values().filter(|&&c| c > 1).sum::<usize>();
    if total == 0 {
        return 0.0;
    }
    #[allow(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
    let ratio = repeated as f64 / total as f64;
    ratio.clamp(0.0, 1.0)
}

/// Coherence signal: checks sentence count and average length.
fn coherence_signal(response: &str) -> f64 {
    let text = response.trim();
    if text.is_empty() {
        return 0.0;
    }

    // Count rough sentences (split by `.`, `!`, `?`, `\n`)
    let sentence_count = text
        .split(['.', '!', '?', '\n'])
        .filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty())
        .count();

    let word_count = text.split_whitespace().count();

    if word_count == 0 {
        return 0.0;
    }

    // Single very short responses that are not full sentences score low.
    if word_count < 3 {
        return 0.2;
    }

    // Avg words per sentence.
    #[allow(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
    let avg_sentence_len = if sentence_count > 0 {
        word_count as f64 / sentence_count as f64
    } else {
        word_count as f64
    };

    // Penalize single-word sentences (avg < 3) or excessively fragmented output.
    if avg_sentence_len < 3.0 { 0.4 } else { 1.0 }
}

// ── LLM judge scorer ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

/// Score a response using an LLM judge.
///
/// Sends a single-turn prompt to `judge` asking it to rate `response` on a 0–10 scale.
/// Normalises the result to [0.0, 1.0].
///
/// Returns `None` on any error (network, parse, etc.); callers must fall back to heuristic.
///
/// # Errors
///
/// Any `LlmError` from the judge call is swallowed and represented as `None`.
pub async fn judge_score(judge: &AnyProvider, response: &str) -> Option<f64> {
    let prompt = format!(
        "Rate the following AI response on a scale from 0 to 10, \
         where 0 is completely useless or degenerate and 10 is high quality and coherent. \
         Reply with ONLY a single number (integer or decimal, e.g. 7 or 8.5). \
         Do not add any explanation.\n\nResponse to rate:\n{response}"
    );
    let messages = vec![Message::from_legacy(Role::User, prompt)];
    let reply = judge.chat(&messages).await.ok()?;
    parse_judge_score(&reply)
}

/// Parse the first finite non-negative number from a judge reply.
///
/// Expects scores on a 0–10 scale; normalises to [0.0, 1.0].
fn parse_judge_score(reply: &str) -> Option<f64> {
    for token in reply.split_whitespace() {
        // Strip trailing punctuation before parsing.
        let clean: String = token
            .chars()
            .filter(|c| c.is_ascii_digit() || *c == '.')
            .collect();
        if clean.is_empty() {
            continue;
        }
        if let Ok(n) = clean.parse::<f64>()
            && n.is_finite()
            && n >= 0.0
        {
            return Some((n / 10.0).clamp(0.0, 1.0));
        }
    }
    None
}

// ── Tests ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn empty_response_scores_zero() {
        let v = heuristic_score("");
        assert!(v.score < 0.15, "empty response score={}", v.score);
    }

    #[test]
    fn very_short_response_scores_low() {
        let v = heuristic_score("ok");
        assert!(v.score < 0.5, "short response score={}", v.score);
    }

    #[test]
    fn normal_response_scores_high() {
        let v = heuristic_score(
            "The answer to your question is straightforward. \
             First, consider the context. Then analyze the options available. \
             Finally, choose the best approach for your use case.",
        );
        assert!(v.score >= 0.7, "normal response score={}", v.score);
    }

    #[test]
    fn highly_repetitive_response_scores_low() {
        // Simulate a repetition loop
        let rep = "word word word word word word word word word word \
                   word word word word word word word word word word \
                   word word word word word word word word word word";
        let v = heuristic_score(rep);
        assert!(v.score < 0.5, "repetitive response score={}", v.score);
    }

    #[test]
    fn heuristic_score_never_panics_on_unicode() {
        let inputs = [
            "Привет мир!",
            "こんにちは",
            "🦀🦀🦀",
            "\0\0\0",
            &"a ".repeat(1000),
        ];
        for input in &inputs {
            let v = heuristic_score(input);
            assert!(
                (0.0..=1.0).contains(&v.score),
                "score out of range for input: {input:?}"
            );
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn cascade_state_records_and_retrieves() {
        let mut state = CascadeState::new(5);
        state.record("ollama", 0.3);
        state.record("ollama", 0.7);
        let mean = state.mean("ollama");
        assert!((mean - 0.5).abs() < 0.01);
    }

    #[test]
    fn cascade_state_window_evicts_old_scores() {
        let mut state = CascadeState::new(3);
        state.record("p", 0.0);
        state.record("p", 0.0);
        state.record("p", 0.0);
        state.record("p", 1.0); // evicts first 0.0
        // Window: [0.0, 0.0, 1.0] → mean = 0.333...
        let mean = state.mean("p");
        assert!(
            (mean - (1.0 / 3.0)).abs() < 0.01,
            "expected ~0.333, got {mean}"
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn cascade_state_unknown_provider_returns_neutral() {
        let state = CascadeState::new(10);
        assert!((state.mean("unknown") - 0.5).abs() < f64::EPSILON);
    }

    #[test]
    fn classifier_mode_serde_roundtrip() {
        let json = serde_json::to_string(&ClassifierMode::Heuristic).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(json, r#""heuristic""#);
        let back: ClassifierMode = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(back, ClassifierMode::Heuristic);

        let json = serde_json::to_string(&ClassifierMode::Judge).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(json, r#""judge""#);
        let back: ClassifierMode = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(back, ClassifierMode::Judge);
    }

    #[test]
    fn classifier_mode_default_is_heuristic() {
        assert_eq!(ClassifierMode::default(), ClassifierMode::Heuristic);
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_judge_score_integer() {
        let score = parse_judge_score("7").unwrap();
        assert!(
            (score - 0.7).abs() < f64::EPSILON,
            "expected 0.7, got {score}"
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_judge_score_decimal() {
        let score = parse_judge_score("8.5").unwrap();
        assert!((score - 0.85).abs() < 1e-9, "expected 0.85, got {score}");
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_judge_score_with_surrounding_text() {
        let score = parse_judge_score("I would rate this response a 6 out of 10.").unwrap();
        assert!(
            (score - 0.6).abs() < f64::EPSILON,
            "expected 0.6, got {score}"
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_judge_score_ten_clamps_to_one() {
        let score = parse_judge_score("10").unwrap();
        assert!(
            (score - 1.0).abs() < f64::EPSILON,
            "expected 1.0, got {score}"
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_judge_score_zero_is_valid() {
        let score = parse_judge_score("0").unwrap();
        assert!(score.abs() < f64::EPSILON, "expected 0.0, got {score}");
    }

    #[test]
    fn parse_judge_score_garbage_returns_none() {
        assert!(parse_judge_score("no number here").is_none());
        assert!(parse_judge_score("").is_none());
    }

    #[test]
    fn repetition_ratio_no_repetition() {
        let ratio = repetition_ratio("the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog");
        assert!(ratio < 0.3, "expected low repetition, got {ratio}");
    }

    #[test]
    fn repetition_ratio_full_repetition() {
        let text = "abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc";
        let ratio = repetition_ratio(text);
        assert!(ratio > 0.5, "expected high repetition, got {ratio}");
    }
}