@warlock.js/ai 4.13.0 → 4.15.0

package/llms-full.txt

@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ if (report.regression && !report.regression.passed) process.exit(1);
 
 ---
 name: generate-images
-description: 'Text-to-image via ai.image({ model: sdk.image({ name }), prompt }) — the image-OUTPUT verb (Theme I), returning the uniform never-throws { data, error, usage, report } envelope with cost-truth + panoptic observation. Models come from an adapter''s image() factory: OpenAI gpt-image-* (token-metered) / dall-e-* (per-image), Google imagen-* (per-image). Result images are a discriminated GeneratedImage = { type: "base64" } | { type: "url" }. Triggers: `ai.image`, `sdk.image`, `openai.image`, `google.image`, `ImageModelContract`, `GeneratedImage`, `ImageModelPricing`; ''generate an image'', ''text to image'', ''gpt-image'', ''dall-e'', ''imagen'', ''product thumbnail'', ''image output''; typical import `import { ai } from "@warlock.js/ai"` + `import { OpenAISDK } from "@warlock.js/ai-openai"`. Skip: image INPUT / vision attachments to a chat agent — `@warlock.js/ai/run-ai-agent/SKILL.md`; embeddings — `@warlock.js/ai/embed-text/SKILL.md`; competing libs raw `openai.images.generate`, `langchain` image tools.'
+description: 'Text-to-image via ai.image({ model: sdk.image({ name }), prompt }) — the image-OUTPUT verb (Theme I), returning the uniform never-throws { data, error, usage, report } envelope with cost-truth + panoptic observation. Models come from an adapter''s image() factory: OpenAI gpt-image-* (token-metered) / dall-e-* (per-image), Google gemini-* (generateContent + responseModalities IMAGE, usage passed through) / imagen-* and every other id (per-image, generateImages — deprecated by Google); the id picks the transport and is never validated locally. Result images are a discriminated GeneratedImage = { type: "base64" } | { type: "url" }. Triggers: `ai.image`, `sdk.image`, `openai.image`, `google.image`, `ImageModelContract`, `GeneratedImage`, `ImageModelPricing`; ''generate an image'', ''text to image'', ''gpt-image'', ''dall-e'', ''imagen'', ''product thumbnail'', ''image output''; typical import `import { ai } from "@warlock.js/ai"` + `import { OpenAISDK } from "@warlock.js/ai-openai"`. Skip: image INPUT / vision attachments to a chat agent — `@warlock.js/ai/run-ai-agent/SKILL.md`; embeddings — `@warlock.js/ai/embed-text/SKILL.md`; competing libs raw `openai.images.generate`, `langchain` image tools.'
 ---
 
 # Generate images — the image-output verb (`ai.image`)
@@ -1626,20 +1626,29 @@ const gpt = openai.image({ name: "gpt-image-1", pricing: { input: 5, output: 40
 const dalle = openai.image({ name: "dall-e-3", pricing: { perImage: 0.04 } });
 ```
 
-A non-image model id (`openai.image({ name: "gpt-4o" })`) throws `InvalidRequestError` **at construction** — fail fast, like the embedder/vision guards.
+The model id is **not validated locally**. `openai.image({ name })` forwards the id to `client.images.generate` exactly as given, so a non-image id (`openai.image({ name: "gpt-4o" })`) constructs fine and fails at OpenAI — as a typed provider error on `result.error`, never as a local throw at construction.
 
-## Google — Imagen (per-image)
+## Google — Imagen (per-image) and Gemini (per-token)
 
 ```ts
 import { GoogleSDK } from "@warlock.js/ai-google";
 
 const google = new GoogleSDK({ apiKey: process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY! });
+
+// Imagen — per-image-metered, via ai.models.generateImages:
 const imagen = google.image({ name: "imagen-4.0-generate-001", pricing: { perImage: 0.04 } });
 
+// Gemini image model — token-metered, via ai.models.generateContent:
+const gemini = google.image({ name: "gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image", pricing: { input: 0.3, output: 30 } });
+
 const { data } = await ai.image({ model: imagen, prompt: "a watercolor lighthouse at dawn", aspectRatio: "3:4" });
 ```
 
-Imagen returns base64 bytes (no hosted URL). When every candidate is safety-filtered, `ai.image` surfaces a typed `ContentFilterError` on `result.error`.
+The **id picks the transport**: a `gemini-` id goes to `generateContent` (token `usage` is passed through as Google reports it — price with `{ input, output }`), anything else to `generateImages` (Imagen — always zero usage, price with `{ perImage }`). Both surface images in the same `GeneratedImage` shape (base64 bytes, no hosted URL). When Google filters the request, `ai.image` surfaces a typed `ContentFilterError` on `result.error`; a Gemini response that answered with text instead of an image surfaces a `ProviderError` quoting that text.
+
+⚠ **No test calls the live API**, so the Gemini path rests on two tiers of evidence. Measured here: a `gemini-*` id reached `generateContent` and returned a quota error (429) where `generateImages` returned 404 — the endpoint accepts the id. Reported by the maintainer: with billing enabled, an image comes back end-to-end. Still unknown is whether these models report token usage — no `usageMetadata` from a successful image call has been seen. Google has also **deprecated `generateImages`** ("will be removed in the next major release (not before Jan. 1 2027)"), so the Imagen path is on a clock.
+
+Like every adapter, Google does **not** guard the model id — the id selects a route, it is never refused locally, so an id Google does not serve fails as a typed provider error on `result.error`, not with a local throw at construction.
 
 ## Cost-truth — one rollup, two metering models
 
@@ -1713,7 +1722,7 @@ if (error) {
 }
 ```
 
-`SpeechModelContract` mirrors `EmbedderContract` / `ImageModelContract` — a peer primitive produced by the adapter's optional `speech?()` factory. An adapter without a TTS API simply doesn't define `speech()`, so calling it is a **compile-time** error, not a silent runtime failure. A non-TTS model id (`openai.speech({ name: "gpt-4o" })`) throws `InvalidRequestError` **at construction** — fail fast, like the embedder/image guards.
+`SpeechModelContract` mirrors `EmbedderContract` / `ImageModelContract` — a peer primitive produced by the adapter's optional `speech?()` factory. An adapter without a TTS API simply doesn't define `speech()`, so calling it is a **compile-time** error, not a silent runtime failure. The model id itself is **not validated locally** — a non-TTS id (`openai.speech({ name: "gpt-4o" })`) constructs fine and is forwarded to the provider as given, so it fails as a typed provider error on `result.error`, never as a local throw at construction.
 
 ## The result envelope
 
@@ -5150,7 +5159,7 @@ if (error) console.warn(error.code); // typed AIError
 else console.log(data.text);         // the transcript
 ```
 
-`TranscriptionModelContract` mirrors `SpeechModelContract` — a peer primitive produced by the adapter's optional `transcribe?()` factory. A non-STT model id (`openai.transcribe({ name: "gpt-4o" })`) throws `InvalidRequestError` **at construction** — fail fast, like the speech/embedder guards.
+`TranscriptionModelContract` mirrors `SpeechModelContract` — a peer primitive produced by the adapter's optional `transcribe?()` factory. The model id is **not validated locally** — a non-STT id (`openai.transcribe({ name: "gpt-4o" })`) constructs fine and is forwarded to the provider as given, so it fails as a typed provider error on `result.error`, never as a local throw at construction.
 
 ## The `AudioInput` shape + the two builders
 

package/llms.txt

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 - [embed-text](@warlock.js/ai/embed-text/SKILL.md): Text-to-vector via sdk.embedder({...}) — embed(string) for single, embedMany(string[]) for batch. Peer primitive on the SDK adapter, not wired into agents. Compose into RAG tools, workflow run steps, or ai.middleware.semanticCache. Triggers: `sdk.embedder`, `EmbedderContract`, `embedder.embed`, `embedder.embedMany`, `EmbeddingResult`, `EmbeddingBatchResult`, `dimensions`; 'embed text', 'build RAG tool', 'populate vector store', 'embedding batch'; typical import `import { OpenAISDK } from "@warlock.js/ai-openai"`. Skip: cache similarity — `@warlock.js/cache/use-cache-similarity/SKILL.md`; pgvector queries — `@warlock.js/cascade/search-by-vector/SKILL.md`; competing libs `langchain` embeddings, raw `openai.embeddings.create`.
 - [escalate-block-to-human](@warlock.js/ai/escalate-block-to-human/SKILL.md): Route a hard guardrail block to a human-review surface with @warlock.js/ai-guard — the `escalation.onBlock` seam and an `escalate: true` verdict. Triggers: `escalation`, `onBlock`, `GuardrailEscalation`, `GuardrailBlockEvent`, `escalate: true`, `{ type: "block", escalate: true }`, 'escalate a block to a human', 'human review queue for guardrail', 'page an operator on a guardrail block', 'human-in-the-loop guardrail', 'compose a block with a review surface', 'custom detector that escalates'; typical import `import "@warlock.js/ai-guard"` then `ai.guardrail({ escalation: { onBlock } })`. Skip: composing the guard / phases / verdict model — `@warlock.js/ai-guard/guard-input-output/SKILL.md`; PII/moderation detectors — `@warlock.js/ai-guard/detect-and-redact-pii/SKILL.md`; durable suspend/resume human-step machinery (deferred) — not in this package.
 - [eval-datasets-and-ci](@warlock.js/ai/eval-datasets-and-ci/SKILL.md): Datasets + regression-gated eval CI with ai.dataset({...}) feeding agent.eval({cases,baseline,tolerance}). Covers the immutable filterable/shardable dataset (cases / fromFile JSONL), DatasetEntry tags, EvalReport.regression (regressed/added/removed/passed) against a baseline, and the ai.eval reporters toJUnit / toJSON / fromJSON for CI artifacts + committed baselines. Triggers: `ai.dataset`, `DatasetContract`, `DatasetEntry`, `DatasetOptions`, `dataset.filter`, `dataset.shard`, `fromFile`, `agent.eval`, `EvalOptions`, `EvalReport`, `EvalCaseResult`, `EvalRegression`, `baseline`, `tolerance`, `ai.eval.toJUnit`, `ai.eval.toJSON`, `ai.eval.fromJSON`, `diff`, JSONL; 'eval dataset from a JSONL file', 'shard an eval suite across CI jobs', 'fail CI on an eval regression', 'emit a JUnit report', 'snapshot an eval baseline'; typical import `import { ai } from "@warlock.js/ai"`. Skip: the scorers + LLM-as-judge + Vitest matchers themselves — `@warlock.js/ai/ai-dx-helpers/SKILL.md` (registerAiMatchers / ai.eval.exact|contains|predicate|judge); record/replay of model calls for deterministic tests — `@warlock.js/ai/record-replay-llm/SKILL.md`; competing libs `promptfoo`, `braintrust`.
-- [generate-images](@warlock.js/ai/generate-images/SKILL.md): Text-to-image via ai.image({ model: sdk.image({ name }), prompt }) — the image-OUTPUT verb (Theme I), returning the uniform never-throws { data, error, usage, report } envelope with cost-truth + panoptic observation. Models come from an adapter's image() factory: OpenAI gpt-image-* (token-metered) / dall-e-* (per-image), Google imagen-* (per-image). Result images are a discriminated GeneratedImage = { type: "base64" } | { type: "url" }. Triggers: `ai.image`, `sdk.image`, `openai.image`, `google.image`, `ImageModelContract`, `GeneratedImage`, `ImageModelPricing`; 'generate an image', 'text to image', 'gpt-image', 'dall-e', 'imagen', 'product thumbnail', 'image output'; typical import `import { ai } from "@warlock.js/ai"` + `import { OpenAISDK } from "@warlock.js/ai-openai"`. Skip: image INPUT / vision attachments to a chat agent — `@warlock.js/ai/run-ai-agent/SKILL.md`; embeddings — `@warlock.js/ai/embed-text/SKILL.md`; competing libs raw `openai.images.generate`, `langchain` image tools.
+- [generate-images](@warlock.js/ai/generate-images/SKILL.md): Text-to-image via ai.image({ model: sdk.image({ name }), prompt }) — the image-OUTPUT verb (Theme I), returning the uniform never-throws { data, error, usage, report } envelope with cost-truth + panoptic observation. Models come from an adapter's image() factory: OpenAI gpt-image-* (token-metered) / dall-e-* (per-image), Google gemini-* (generateContent + responseModalities IMAGE, usage passed through) / imagen-* and every other id (per-image, generateImages — deprecated by Google); the id picks the transport and is never validated locally. Result images are a discriminated GeneratedImage = { type: "base64" } | { type: "url" }. Triggers: `ai.image`, `sdk.image`, `openai.image`, `google.image`, `ImageModelContract`, `GeneratedImage`, `ImageModelPricing`; 'generate an image', 'text to image', 'gpt-image', 'dall-e', 'imagen', 'product thumbnail', 'image output'; typical import `import { ai } from "@warlock.js/ai"` + `import { OpenAISDK } from "@warlock.js/ai-openai"`. Skip: image INPUT / vision attachments to a chat agent — `@warlock.js/ai/run-ai-agent/SKILL.md`; embeddings — `@warlock.js/ai/embed-text/SKILL.md`; competing libs raw `openai.images.generate`, `langchain` image tools.
 - [generate-speech](@warlock.js/ai/generate-speech/SKILL.md): Text-to-speech via ai.speech({ model: sdk.speech({ name }), text }) — the audio-OUTPUT verb (Theme I), returning the uniform never-throws { data, error, usage, report } envelope with cost-truth + panoptic observation. Models come from an adapter's speech() factory: OpenAI tts-1 / tts-1-hd (per-character) or gpt-4o-mini-tts (per-token). Synthesized audio is a discriminated GeneratedAudio = { type: "base64"; base64; mediaType }. Options: voice / format / speed / instructions / signal. Triggers: `ai.speech`, `sdk.speech`, `openai.speech`, `SpeechModelContract`, `GeneratedAudio`, `SpeechModelPricing`, `SpeechOptions`, `MockSpeechModel`; 'text to speech', 'TTS', 'synthesize voice', 'read this aloud', 'tts-1', 'gpt-4o-mini-tts', 'voice narration', 'audio output', 'speak this text'; typical import `import { ai } from "@warlock.js/ai"` + `import { OpenAISDK } from "@warlock.js/ai-openai"`. Skip: speech-to-text / transcribing a voice note — [[transcribe-audio]]; image OUTPUT — [[generate-images]]; competing libs raw `openai.audio.speech.create`, `elevenlabs` SDK.
 - [guard-input-output](@warlock.js/ai/guard-input-output/SKILL.md): Build the composed guardrail middleware with @warlock.js/ai-guard and wire it into an agent — `ai.guardrail({ input, output, tool, toolNames, escalation })`. Triggers: `ai.guardrail`, `guard`, `GuardOptions`, `GuardrailVerdict`, `GuardrailDetector`, `GuardrailPhase`, `GuardrailMatch`, `GuardrailViolationError`, `ai.guardrail.topic`, `ai.guardrail.injection`, `topicFilter`, `injectionDetector`, `toolNames`, `forTool`; 'add a guardrail to my agent', 'block prompt injection', 'filter banned topics', 'guard agent input and output', 'stop the model leaking data into a tool call', 'scope a detector to one tool'; typical import `import "@warlock.js/ai-guard"` (registers `ai.guardrail`) or `import { guard } from "@warlock.js/ai-guard"`. Skip: PII detection/redaction specifically — `@warlock.js/ai-guard/detect-and-redact-pii/SKILL.md`; routing a block to a human — `@warlock.js/ai-guard/escalate-block-to-human/SKILL.md`; the core middleware pipeline / hook contract — `@warlock.js/ai/run-ai-agent/SKILL.md`.
 - [handle-ai-errors](@warlock.js/ai/handle-ai-errors/SKILL.md): Typed AIError hierarchy with stable code strings + coarse category for retry-policy dispatch. execute() never throws — errors surface via result.error (the sole exception: OrchestratorConfigError throws at construction). Triggers: `AIError`, `ProviderRateLimitError`, `ProviderAuthError`, `ContextLengthExceededError`, `ContentFilterError`, `SchemaValidationError`, `ToolExecutionError`, `WorkflowDriftError`, `SupervisorDriftError`, `SupervisorFailedError`, `SupervisorRoutingError`, `OrchestratorFailedError`, `OrchestratorDriftError`, `OrchestratorConfigError`, `OrchestratorCancelledError`, `PlannerFailedError`, `PlannerPlanInvalidError`, `PlannerCancelledError`, `BudgetExceededError`, `GuardrailViolationError`, `error.code`, `error.category`; 'handle ai error', 'retry on rate limit', 'branch on error code', 'ORCHESTRATOR_DRIFT', 'PLANNER_PLAN_INVALID', 'build fallback ladder'; typical import `import { AIError } from "@warlock.js/ai"`. Skip: log surfacing — `@warlock.js/ai/log-ai-calls/SKILL.md`; native `try / catch` on raw `openai`.

package/package.json

@@ -15,16 +15,36 @@
     "@standard-schema/spec": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@warlock.js/ai-openai": "4.13.0",
-    "@warlock.js/cache": "4.13.0",
-    "@warlock.js/logger": "4.13.0",
+    "@warlock.js/ai-openai": "4.15.0",
+    "@warlock.js/cache": "4.15.0",
+    "@warlock.js/logger": "4.15.0",
     "langfuse": "*",
     "openai": "*",
     "pdf-parse": "*",
     "pg": "*",
     "redis": "*"
   },
-  "version": "4.13.0",
+  "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+    "@warlock.js/ai-openai": {
+      "optional": true
+    },
+    "langfuse": {
+      "optional": true
+    },
+    "openai": {
+      "optional": true
+    },
+    "pdf-parse": {
+      "optional": true
+    },
+    "pg": {
+      "optional": true
+    },
+    "redis": {
+      "optional": true
+    }
+  },
+  "version": "4.15.0",
   "main": "./cjs/index.cjs",
   "module": "./esm/index.mjs",
   "types": "./esm/index.d.mts",

package/skills/README.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Datasets + regression-gated eval CI with ai.dataset({...}) feeding agent.eval({c
 
 ### [`generate-images/`](./generate-images/SKILL.md)
 
-Text-to-image with ai.image({ model: sdk.image({ name }), prompt }) — the image-OUTPUT verb (Theme I), returning the uniform never-throws {data, error, usage, report} envelope with cost-truth + panoptic observation. Models come from an adapter's image() factory: OpenAI gpt-image-* (token-metered) / dall-e-* (per-image), Google imagen-* (per-image). Result images are a discriminated GeneratedImage = {type:"base64"} | {type:"url"}. Triggers: `ai.image`, `sdk.image`, `openai.image`, `google.image`, `ImageModelContract`, `GeneratedImage`, `ImageModelPricing`, `perImage`; 'generate an image', 'text to image', 'gpt-image', 'dall-e', 'imagen', 'product thumbnail', 'image output'; typical import `import { ai } from "@warlock.js/ai"` + `import { OpenAISDK } from "@warlock.js/ai-openai"`. Skip: image INPUT / vision attachments to a chat agent — `@warlock.js/ai/run-ai-agent/SKILL.md`; embeddings — `@warlock.js/ai/embed-text/SKILL.md`; competing libs raw `openai.images.generate`, `langchain` image tools.
+Text-to-image with ai.image({ model: sdk.image({ name }), prompt }) — the image-OUTPUT verb (Theme I), returning the uniform never-throws {data, error, usage, report} envelope with cost-truth + panoptic observation. Models come from an adapter's image() factory: OpenAI gpt-image-* (token-metered) / dall-e-* (per-image), Google gemini-* (token-metered, routed to generateContent with responseModalities IMAGE) / imagen-* and every other id (per-image, routed to the older generateImages) — the id picks the transport, and no model id is validated locally. Result images are a discriminated GeneratedImage = {type:"base64"} | {type:"url"}. Triggers: `ai.image`, `sdk.image`, `openai.image`, `google.image`, `ImageModelContract`, `GeneratedImage`, `ImageModelPricing`, `perImage`; 'generate an image', 'text to image', 'gpt-image', 'dall-e', 'imagen', 'gemini image', 'product thumbnail', 'image output'; typical import `import { ai } from "@warlock.js/ai"` + `import { OpenAISDK } from "@warlock.js/ai-openai"`. Skip: image INPUT / vision attachments to a chat agent — `@warlock.js/ai/run-ai-agent/SKILL.md`; embeddings — `@warlock.js/ai/embed-text/SKILL.md`; competing libs raw `openai.images.generate`, `langchain` image tools.
 
 ### [`handle-ai-errors/`](./handle-ai-errors/SKILL.md)
 

package/skills/generate-images/SKILL.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: generate-images
-description: 'Text-to-image via ai.image({ model: sdk.image({ name }), prompt }) — the image-OUTPUT verb (Theme I), returning the uniform never-throws { data, error, usage, report } envelope with cost-truth + panoptic observation. Models come from an adapter''s image() factory: OpenAI gpt-image-* (token-metered) / dall-e-* (per-image), Google imagen-* (per-image). Result images are a discriminated GeneratedImage = { type: "base64" } | { type: "url" }. Triggers: `ai.image`, `sdk.image`, `openai.image`, `google.image`, `ImageModelContract`, `GeneratedImage`, `ImageModelPricing`; ''generate an image'', ''text to image'', ''gpt-image'', ''dall-e'', ''imagen'', ''product thumbnail'', ''image output''; typical import `import { ai } from "@warlock.js/ai"` + `import { OpenAISDK } from "@warlock.js/ai-openai"`. Skip: image INPUT / vision attachments to a chat agent — `@warlock.js/ai/run-ai-agent/SKILL.md`; embeddings — `@warlock.js/ai/embed-text/SKILL.md`; competing libs raw `openai.images.generate`, `langchain` image tools.'
+description: 'Text-to-image via ai.image({ model: sdk.image({ name }), prompt }) — the image-OUTPUT verb (Theme I), returning the uniform never-throws { data, error, usage, report } envelope with cost-truth + panoptic observation. Models come from an adapter''s image() factory: OpenAI gpt-image-* (token-metered) / dall-e-* (per-image), Google gemini-* (generateContent + responseModalities IMAGE, usage passed through) / imagen-* and every other id (per-image, generateImages — deprecated by Google); the id picks the transport and is never validated locally. Result images are a discriminated GeneratedImage = { type: "base64" } | { type: "url" }. Triggers: `ai.image`, `sdk.image`, `openai.image`, `google.image`, `ImageModelContract`, `GeneratedImage`, `ImageModelPricing`; ''generate an image'', ''text to image'', ''gpt-image'', ''dall-e'', ''imagen'', ''product thumbnail'', ''image output''; typical import `import { ai } from "@warlock.js/ai"` + `import { OpenAISDK } from "@warlock.js/ai-openai"`. Skip: image INPUT / vision attachments to a chat agent — `@warlock.js/ai/run-ai-agent/SKILL.md`; embeddings — `@warlock.js/ai/embed-text/SKILL.md`; competing libs raw `openai.images.generate`, `langchain` image tools.'
 ---
 
 # Generate images — the image-output verb (`ai.image`)
@@ -81,20 +81,29 @@ const gpt = openai.image({ name: "gpt-image-1", pricing: { input: 5, output: 40
 const dalle = openai.image({ name: "dall-e-3", pricing: { perImage: 0.04 } });
 ```
 
-A non-image model id (`openai.image({ name: "gpt-4o" })`) throws `InvalidRequestError` **at construction** — fail fast, like the embedder/vision guards.
+The model id is **not validated locally**. `openai.image({ name })` forwards the id to `client.images.generate` exactly as given, so a non-image id (`openai.image({ name: "gpt-4o" })`) constructs fine and fails at OpenAI — as a typed provider error on `result.error`, never as a local throw at construction.
 
-## Google — Imagen (per-image)
+## Google — Imagen (per-image) and Gemini (per-token)
 
 ```ts
 import { GoogleSDK } from "@warlock.js/ai-google";
 
 const google = new GoogleSDK({ apiKey: process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY! });
+
+// Imagen — per-image-metered, via ai.models.generateImages:
 const imagen = google.image({ name: "imagen-4.0-generate-001", pricing: { perImage: 0.04 } });
 
+// Gemini image model — token-metered, via ai.models.generateContent:
+const gemini = google.image({ name: "gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image", pricing: { input: 0.3, output: 30 } });
+
 const { data } = await ai.image({ model: imagen, prompt: "a watercolor lighthouse at dawn", aspectRatio: "3:4" });
 ```
 
-Imagen returns base64 bytes (no hosted URL). When every candidate is safety-filtered, `ai.image` surfaces a typed `ContentFilterError` on `result.error`.
+The **id picks the transport**: a `gemini-` id goes to `generateContent` (token `usage` is passed through as Google reports it — price with `{ input, output }`), anything else to `generateImages` (Imagen — always zero usage, price with `{ perImage }`). Both surface images in the same `GeneratedImage` shape (base64 bytes, no hosted URL). When Google filters the request, `ai.image` surfaces a typed `ContentFilterError` on `result.error`; a Gemini response that answered with text instead of an image surfaces a `ProviderError` quoting that text.
+
+⚠ **No test calls the live API**, so the Gemini path rests on two tiers of evidence. Measured here: a `gemini-*` id reached `generateContent` and returned a quota error (429) where `generateImages` returned 404 — the endpoint accepts the id. Reported by the maintainer: with billing enabled, an image comes back end-to-end. Still unknown is whether these models report token usage — no `usageMetadata` from a successful image call has been seen. Google has also **deprecated `generateImages`** ("will be removed in the next major release (not before Jan. 1 2027)"), so the Imagen path is on a clock.
+
+Like every adapter, Google does **not** guard the model id — the id selects a route, it is never refused locally, so an id Google does not serve fails as a typed provider error on `result.error`, not with a local throw at construction.
 
 ## Cost-truth — one rollup, two metering models
 

package/skills/generate-speech/SKILL.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if (error) {
 }
 ```
 
-`SpeechModelContract` mirrors `EmbedderContract` / `ImageModelContract` — a peer primitive produced by the adapter's optional `speech?()` factory. An adapter without a TTS API simply doesn't define `speech()`, so calling it is a **compile-time** error, not a silent runtime failure. A non-TTS model id (`openai.speech({ name: "gpt-4o" })`) throws `InvalidRequestError` **at construction** — fail fast, like the embedder/image guards.
+`SpeechModelContract` mirrors `EmbedderContract` / `ImageModelContract` — a peer primitive produced by the adapter's optional `speech?()` factory. An adapter without a TTS API simply doesn't define `speech()`, so calling it is a **compile-time** error, not a silent runtime failure. The model id itself is **not validated locally** — a non-TTS id (`openai.speech({ name: "gpt-4o" })`) constructs fine and is forwarded to the provider as given, so it fails as a typed provider error on `result.error`, never as a local throw at construction.
 
 ## The result envelope
 

package/skills/transcribe-audio/SKILL.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if (error) console.warn(error.code); // typed AIError
 else console.log(data.text);         // the transcript
 ```
 
-`TranscriptionModelContract` mirrors `SpeechModelContract` — a peer primitive produced by the adapter's optional `transcribe?()` factory. A non-STT model id (`openai.transcribe({ name: "gpt-4o" })`) throws `InvalidRequestError` **at construction** — fail fast, like the speech/embedder guards.
+`TranscriptionModelContract` mirrors `SpeechModelContract` — a peer primitive produced by the adapter's optional `transcribe?()` factory. The model id is **not validated locally** — a non-STT id (`openai.transcribe({ name: "gpt-4o" })`) constructs fine and is forwarded to the provider as given, so it fails as a typed provider error on `result.error`, never as a local throw at construction.
 
 ## The `AudioInput` shape + the two builders