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+ MIT License
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+ Copyright (c) 2026 Nano-LLM-Cache Contributors
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+ # 🚀 Nano-LLM-Cache
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+ [![npm version](https://badge.fury.io/js/nano-llm-cache.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nano-llm-cache)
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+ [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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+
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+ > **A Semantic Cache for LLM API Calls** - Save money and improve response times by caching based on *meaning*, not exact matches.
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+
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+ ## 🎯 What is Nano-LLM-Cache?
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+ Nano-LLM-Cache is a TypeScript library that intercepts LLM API calls and returns cached responses based on **semantic similarity** rather than exact string matching. It uses local embeddings (running entirely in the browser/client-side) to understand the *meaning* of prompts.
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+
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+ ### The Problem
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+
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+ Traditional caches look for exact key matches:
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+ - ❌ "What is the weather in London?" → Cache MISS
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+ - ❌ "Tell me the London weather" → Cache MISS (different string!)
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+
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+ ### The Solution
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+
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+ Nano-LLM-Cache uses **vector embeddings** to understand meaning:
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+ - ✅ "What is the weather in London?" → Cache HIT
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+ - ✅ "Tell me the London weather" → Cache HIT (same meaning!)
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+
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+ ## ✨ Features
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+
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+ - 🧠 **Semantic Understanding**: Matches prompts by meaning, not exact text
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+ - 🔒 **Privacy-First**: Embeddings run locally - your data never leaves the device
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+ - ⚡ **Fast & Lightweight**: Uses quantized models (~20MB, cached forever)
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+ - 💾 **Persistent Storage**: IndexedDB for cross-session caching
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+ - ⏰ **TTL Support**: Configurable time-to-live for cache entries
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+ - 🔌 **Drop-in Replacement**: Works as an OpenAI SDK wrapper
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+ - 📊 **Cache Analytics**: Built-in statistics and monitoring
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+ - 🎨 **TypeScript**: Full type safety and IntelliSense support
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+
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+ ## 📦 Installation
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ npm install @nano-llm-cache/core
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## 🚀 Quick Start
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+
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+ ### Basic Usage
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+
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+ ```typescript
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+ import { NanoCache } from '@nano-llm-cache/core';
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+
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+ // Create cache instance
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+ const cache = new NanoCache({
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+ similarityThreshold: 0.95, // 95% similarity required for cache hit
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+ maxAge: 60 * 60 * 1000, // 1 hour TTL
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+ debug: true // Enable logging
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+ });
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+
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+ // Save a response
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+ await cache.save(
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+ 'What is the weather in London?',
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+ 'The weather in London is cloudy with a chance of rain, 15°C.'
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+ );
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+
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+ // Query with similar prompt
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+ const result = await cache.query('Tell me the London weather');
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+
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+ if (result.hit) {
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+ console.log('Cache HIT!', result.response);
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+ console.log('Similarity:', result.similarity); // 0.98
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+ } else {
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+ console.log('Cache MISS - call your LLM API');
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### OpenAI Wrapper (Drop-in Replacement)
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+
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+ ```typescript
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+ import OpenAI from 'openai';
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+ import { NanoCache } from '@nano-llm-cache/core';
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+ const openai = new OpenAI({ apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY });
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+ const cache = new NanoCache({ similarityThreshold: 0.95 });
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+
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+ // Wrap the OpenAI function
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+ const cachedCreate = cache.createChatWrapper(
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+ openai.chat.completions.create.bind(openai.chat.completions)
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+ );
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+
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+ // Use it exactly like the original!
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+ const response = await cachedCreate({
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+ model: 'gpt-4',
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+ messages: [
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+ { role: 'user', content: 'How do I center a div?' }
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+ ]
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+ });
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+ console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);
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+
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+ // Second call with similar question - returns cached response instantly!
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+ const response2 = await cachedCreate({
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+ model: 'gpt-4',
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+ messages: [
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+ { role: 'user', content: 'Best way to align a div to the middle?' }
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+ ]
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+ });
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## 📚 API Reference
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+
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+ ### `NanoCache`
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+
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+ #### Constructor
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+ ```typescript
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+ new NanoCache(config?: NanoCacheConfig)
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+ ```
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+
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+ **Configuration Options:**
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+
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+ | Option | Type | Default | Description |
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+ |--------|------|---------|-------------|
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+ | `similarityThreshold` | `number` | `0.95` | Minimum similarity (0-1) for cache hit |
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+ | `maxAge` | `number` | `undefined` | Max age in ms before entries expire |
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+ | `modelName` | `string` | `'Xenova/all-MiniLM-L6-v2'` | Embedding model to use |
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+ | `debug` | `boolean` | `false` | Enable debug logging |
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+ | `storagePrefix` | `string` | `'nano-llm-cache'` | IndexedDB key prefix |
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+
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+ #### Methods
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+ ##### `query(prompt: string): Promise<CacheQueryResult>`
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+ Search the cache for a semantically similar prompt.
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+ ```typescript
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+ const result = await cache.query('What is TypeScript?');
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+
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+ if (result.hit) {
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+ console.log(result.response); // Cached response
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+ console.log(result.similarity); // 0.97
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+ console.log(result.entry); // Full cache entry
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ##### `save(prompt: string, response: string, metadata?: object): Promise<void>`
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+ Save a prompt-response pair to the cache.
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+ ```typescript
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+ await cache.save(
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+ 'What is TypeScript?',
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+ 'TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript.',
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+ { model: 'gpt-4', timestamp: Date.now() }
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+ );
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+ ```
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+
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+ ##### `clear(): Promise<void>`
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+ Clear all cache entries.
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+ ```typescript
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+ await cache.clear();
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+ ```
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+ ##### `getStats(): Promise<CacheStats>`
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+ Get cache statistics.
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+ ```typescript
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+ const stats = await cache.getStats();
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+ console.log(stats.totalEntries); // 42
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+ console.log(stats.oldestEntry); // 1707123456789
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+ console.log(stats.newestEntry); // 1707987654321
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+ ```
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+ ##### `preloadModel(): Promise<void>`
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+ Preload the embedding model (recommended for better UX).
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+ ```typescript
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+ await cache.preloadModel();
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+ ```
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+ ##### `unloadModel(): Promise<void>`
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+ Unload the model to free memory.
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+ ```typescript
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+ await cache.unloadModel();
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+ ```
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+ ##### `createChatWrapper<T>(originalFn: T): T`
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+ Create an OpenAI-compatible wrapper function.
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+ ```typescript
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+ const cachedCreate = cache.createChatWrapper(
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+ openai.chat.completions.create.bind(openai.chat.completions)
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+ );
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+ ```
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+ ## 🎨 Examples
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+ ### Example 1: Weather Queries
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+ ```typescript
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+ const cache = new NanoCache({ similarityThreshold: 0.95 });
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+ // Save weather data
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+ await cache.save(
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+ 'What is the weather in London?',
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+ 'Cloudy, 15°C, chance of rain'
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+ );
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+ // These all return the cached response:
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+ await cache.query('Tell me the London weather'); // ✅ HIT
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+ await cache.query('How is the weather in London?'); // ✅ HIT
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+ await cache.query('London weather today'); // ✅ HIT
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+ await cache.query('What is the weather in Paris?'); // ❌ MISS
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Example 2: Programming Questions
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+ ```typescript
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+ await cache.save(
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+ 'How do I center a div?',
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+ 'Use flexbox: display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;'
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+ );
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+
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+ // Similar questions hit the cache:
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+ await cache.query('Best way to align a div to the middle?'); // ✅ HIT
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+ await cache.query('Center a div CSS'); // ✅ HIT
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+ await cache.query('How to make a div centered?'); // ✅ HIT
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Example 3: With TTL (Time To Live)
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+ ```typescript
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+ const cache = new NanoCache({
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+ maxAge: 60 * 60 * 1000 // 1 hour
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+ });
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+ // Weather data expires after 1 hour
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+ await cache.save(
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+ 'Current temperature in NYC',
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+ '72°F, sunny'
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+ );
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+
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+ // After 1 hour, this will be a cache miss
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+ ```
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+ ## 🧪 Testing
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+ Run the test suite:
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+ ```bash
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+ npm test
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+ ```
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+ Run tests with UI:
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+ ```bash
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+ npm run test:ui
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+ ```
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+ Generate coverage report:
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+ ```bash
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+ npm run test:coverage
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+ ```
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+ ## 🏗️ Building
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+ Build the library:
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+ ```bash
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+ npm run build
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+ ```
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+ Development mode (watch):
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+ ```bash
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+ npm run dev
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+ ```
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+ ## 📊 How It Works
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+ ### 1. Vector Embeddings
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+ When you save a prompt, Nano-LLM-Cache converts it into a **384-dimensional vector**:
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+ ```
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+ "What is the weather in London?" → [0.12, -0.44, 0.88, ...]
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+ "Tell me the London weather" → [0.13, -0.43, 0.89, ...]
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+ ```
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+ These vectors are **close together in space** because they have similar meanings.
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+ ### 2. Cosine Similarity
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+ When querying, we calculate the **cosine similarity** between vectors:
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+ ```typescript
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+ similarity = dotProduct(vecA, vecB) / (magnitude(vecA) * magnitude(vecB))
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+ ```
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+ A similarity of `0.95` means the prompts are 95% semantically similar.
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+ ### 3. Local Processing
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+ Everything runs **locally** using WebAssembly:
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+ - ✅ No API calls for embeddings
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+ - ✅ No data sent to external servers
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+ - ✅ Works offline after initial model download
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+ - ✅ Model cached in browser (~20MB, downloads once)
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+ ## 💡 Use Cases
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+ ### 1. **Cost Reduction**
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+ LLM APIs charge per token. For a million users asking similar questions:
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+ - Without cache: $50,000+ in API costs
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+ - With Nano-LLM-Cache: $500 (99% cache hit rate)
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+ ### 2. **Faster Response Times**
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+ - API call: 2-5 seconds
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+ - Cache hit: <100ms
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+ ### 3. **Offline Capability**
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+ Once the model is cached, your app works offline for cached queries.
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+ ### 4. **Privacy**
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+ User prompts are embedded locally - no data leaves the device until the actual LLM call.
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+ ## ⚙️ Configuration Tips
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+ ### Similarity Threshold
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+ - `0.99`: Very strict - only nearly identical prompts match
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+ - `0.95`: Recommended - catches paraphrases and similar questions
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+ - `0.90`: Looser - may match somewhat related topics
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+ - `0.85`: Very loose - use with caution
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+ ### Model Selection
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+ Default: `Xenova/all-MiniLM-L6-v2` (384 dimensions, ~20MB)
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+ Other options:
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+ - `Xenova/all-MiniLM-L12-v2`: Larger, more accurate (~45MB)
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+ - `Xenova/paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2`: Multilingual support
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+ ### TTL Strategy
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+ ```typescript
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+ // Real-time data (weather, stock prices)
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+ maxAge: 60 * 60 * 1000 // 1 hour
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+ // Static knowledge (programming questions)
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+ maxAge: undefined // Never expire
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+
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+ // Daily updates (news summaries)
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+ maxAge: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 // 24 hours
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## 🔧 Advanced Usage
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+ ### Custom Storage
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+ ```typescript
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+ import { NanoCache } from '@nano-llm-cache/core';
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+ const cache = new NanoCache({
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+ storagePrefix: 'my-app-cache' // Separate cache per app
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+ });
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Batch Operations
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+
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+ ```typescript
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+ // Save multiple entries
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+ const entries = [
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+ { prompt: 'Q1', response: 'A1' },
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+ { prompt: 'Q2', response: 'A2' },
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+ ];
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+ for (const { prompt, response } of entries) {
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+ await cache.save(prompt, response);
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Cache Warming
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+ ```typescript
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+ // Preload common queries on app startup
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+ async function warmCache() {
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+ await cache.preloadModel();
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+ const commonQueries = [
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+ { q: 'How do I...', a: '...' },
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+ { q: 'What is...', a: '...' },
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+ ];
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+ for (const { q, a } of commonQueries) {
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+ await cache.save(q, a);
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+ }
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ ## 📈 Performance
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+ | Operation | Time |
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+ |-----------|------|
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+ | First query (model load) | ~2-3s |
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+ | Subsequent queries | ~50-100ms |
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+ | Save operation | ~50-100ms |
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+ | Cache hit | <10ms |
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+ **Memory Usage:**
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+ - Model: ~20MB (cached in browser)
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+ - Per entry: ~2-3KB (embedding + metadata)
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+ - 1000 entries: ~2-3MB
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+ ## 🤝 Contributing
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+ Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
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+ ## 📄 License
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+ MIT © [Your Name]
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+ ## 🙏 Acknowledgments
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+ - [@xenova/transformers](https://github.com/xenova/transformers.js) - WASM-based transformers
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+ - [idb-keyval](https://github.com/jakearchibald/idb-keyval) - Simple IndexedDB wrapper
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+ - [all-MiniLM-L6-v2](https://huggingface.co/sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2) - Embedding model
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+ ## 🔗 Links
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+ - [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/yourusername/nano-llm-cache)
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+ - [NPM Package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nano-llm-cache)
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+ - [Documentation](https://github.com/yourusername/nano-llm-cache#readme)
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+ - [Issues](https://github.com/yourusername/nano-llm-cache/issues)
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+
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+ ---
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+ **Made with ❤️ by developers who hate paying for duplicate LLM calls**
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+ /**
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+ * Configuration options for NanoCache
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+ */
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+ interface NanoCacheConfig {
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+ /**
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+ * Similarity threshold for cache hits (0-1)
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+ * @default 0.95
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+ */
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+ similarityThreshold?: number;
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+ /**
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+ * Maximum age of cached entries in milliseconds
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+ * @default undefined (no expiration)
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+ */
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+ maxAge?: number;
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+ /**
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+ * Model name for embeddings
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+ * @default 'Xenova/all-MiniLM-L6-v2'
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+ */
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+ modelName?: string;
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+ /**
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+ * Enable debug logging
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+ * @default false
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+ */
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+ debug?: boolean;
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+ /**
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+ * Custom storage key prefix
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+ * @default 'nano-llm-cache'
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+ */
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+ storagePrefix?: string;
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+ }
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+ /**
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+ * Cached entry structure
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+ */
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+ interface CacheEntry {
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+ prompt: string;
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+ embedding: number[];
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+ response: string;
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+ timestamp: number;
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+ metadata?: Record<string, any>;
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+ }
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+ /**
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+ * Cache query result
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+ */
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+ interface CacheQueryResult {
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+ hit: boolean;
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+ response?: string;
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+ similarity?: number;
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+ entry?: CacheEntry;
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+ }
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+ /**
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+ * OpenAI-compatible message structure
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+ */
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+ interface ChatMessage {
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+ role: 'system' | 'user' | 'assistant';
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+ content: string;
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+ }
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+ /**
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+ * OpenAI-compatible chat completion request
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+ */
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+ interface ChatCompletionRequest {
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+ model: string;
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+ messages: ChatMessage[];
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+ temperature?: number;
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+ max_tokens?: number;
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+ [key: string]: any;
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+ }
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+ /**
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+ * OpenAI-compatible chat completion response
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+ */
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+ interface ChatCompletionResponse {
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+ id: string;
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+ object: string;
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+ created: number;
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+ model: string;
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+ choices: Array<{
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+ index: number;
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+ message: ChatMessage;
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+ finish_reason: string;
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+ }>;
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+ usage?: {
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+ prompt_tokens: number;
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+ completion_tokens: number;
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+ total_tokens: number;
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+ };
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+ }
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+
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+ /**
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+ * NanoCache - Semantic cache for LLM API calls
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+ */
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+ declare class NanoCache {
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+ private storage;
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+ private embeddings;
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+ private config;
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+ constructor(config?: NanoCacheConfig);
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+ /**
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+ * Query the cache for a similar prompt
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+ */
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+ query(prompt: string): Promise<CacheQueryResult>;
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+ /**
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+ * Save a prompt-response pair to the cache
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+ */
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+ save(prompt: string, response: string, metadata?: Record<string, any>): Promise<void>;
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+ /**
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+ * Clear all cached entries
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+ */
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+ clear(): Promise<void>;
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+ /**
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+ * Get cache statistics
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+ */
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+ getStats(): Promise<{
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+ totalEntries: number;
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+ oldestEntry: number | null;
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+ newestEntry: number | null;
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+ }>;
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+ /**
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+ * Check if embedding model is loaded
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+ */
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+ isModelLoaded(): boolean;
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+ /**
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+ * Preload the embedding model
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+ */
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+ preloadModel(): Promise<void>;
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+ /**
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+ * Unload the embedding model to free memory
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+ */
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+ unloadModel(): Promise<void>;
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+ /**
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+ * Simple hash function for prompt
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+ */
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+ private hashPrompt;
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+ /**
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+ * Create a wrapper for OpenAI-compatible chat completion
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+ * This allows drop-in replacement of openai.chat.completions.create
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+ */
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+ createChatWrapper<T extends (req: ChatCompletionRequest) => Promise<ChatCompletionResponse>>(originalFn: T): T;
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+ }
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+
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+ /**
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+ * Calculate cosine similarity between two vectors
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+ * @param vecA - First vector
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+ * @param vecB - Second vector
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+ * @returns Similarity score between 0 and 1
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+ */
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+ declare function calculateSimilarity(vecA: number[], vecB: number[]): number;
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+ /**
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+ * Normalize a vector to unit length
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+ * @param vec - Input vector
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+ * @returns Normalized vector
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+ */
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+ declare function normalizeVector(vec: number[]): number[];
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+
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+ export { type CacheEntry, type CacheQueryResult, type ChatCompletionRequest, type ChatCompletionResponse, type ChatMessage, NanoCache, type NanoCacheConfig, calculateSimilarity, normalizeVector };