lynkr 9.3.2 → 9.4.0

package/.impeccable/live/config.json

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+  "insertBefore": "</body>",
+  "commentSyntax": "html",
+  "cspChecked": true,
+  "framework": "multi-page-static",
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package/README.md

@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
 # Lynkr
 
-### Run Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex on any model. One proxy, every provider.
+### The AI coding proxy that compresses tokens before they hit the model.
+
+**87.6% fewer tokens on JSON tool results. 53% fewer tokens on tool-heavy requests. 171ms semantic cache hits. Zero code changes.**
 
 [![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/lynkr.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/lynkr)
 [![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-699%20passing-brightgreen)](https://github.com/Fast-Editor/Lynkr)
 [![License: Apache 2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
 [![Node.js](https://img.shields.io/badge/node-20%2B-green)](https://nodejs.org)
-[![Ask DeepWiki](https://deepwiki.com/badge.svg)](https://deepwiki.com/vishalveerareddy123/Lynkr)
+[![Ask DeepWiki](https://deepwiki.com/badge.svg)](https://deepwiki.com/Fast-Editor/Lynkr)
 
 <table>
 <tr>
-<td align="center"><strong>12+</strong><br/>LLM Providers</td>
-<td align="center"><strong>60-80%</strong><br/>Cost Reduction</td>
-<td align="center"><strong>699</strong><br/>Tests Passing</td>
+<td align="center"><strong>87.6%</strong><br/>JSON Compression</td>
+<td align="center"><strong>53%</strong><br/>Tool Token Reduction</td>
+<td align="center"><strong>171ms</strong><br/>Semantic Cache Hits</td>
+<td align="center"><strong>13+</strong><br/>LLM Providers</td>
 <td align="center"><strong>0</strong><br/>Code Changes Required</td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 
+> Numbers from a live benchmark against LiteLLM on identical workloads. [See full report →](BENCHMARK_REPORT.md)
+
 ---
 
 ## Quick Start (2 Minutes)
@@ -121,6 +126,7 @@ POLICY_MAX_TOOL_CALLS=100
 ```
 
 Then start Lynkr:
+
 ```bash
 lynkr start
 ```
@@ -128,6 +134,15 @@ lynkr start
 ### 3. Connect Your Tool
 
 **Claude Code**
+
+**Windows (Command Prompt):**
+```cmd
+set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8081
+set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=dummy
+claude "write a hello world in python"
+```
+
+**Linux/macOS:**
 ```bash
 export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8081
 export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=dummy
@@ -154,23 +169,87 @@ wire_api = "responses"
 
 ---
 
+## Common Startup Errors
+
+### Error: `unable to determine transport target for "pino-pretty"`
+
+**Problem:** You're running an older version (< 9.3.0).
+
+**Solution:** Update to the latest version:
+```bash
+npm install -g lynkr@latest
+```
+
+If you must use an older version, set `NODE_ENV=production` before starting.
+
+### Warning: `Missing tier configuration: TIER_SIMPLE, TIER_MEDIUM...`
+
+**This is just a warning - you can ignore it.** Tier routing is optional.
+
+To remove the warning, add to `.env`:
+```bash
+TIER_SIMPLE=ollama:qwen2.5-coder:latest
+TIER_MEDIUM=ollama:qwen2.5-coder:latest
+TIER_COMPLEX=ollama:qwen2.5-coder:latest
+TIER_REASONING=ollama:qwen2.5-coder:latest
+```
+
+### Warning: `FALLBACK_PROVIDER='databricks' is enabled but missing credentials`
+
+**Solution:** Add to `.env`:
+```bash
+FALLBACK_ENABLED=false
+```
+
+### Error: `connect ECONNREFUSED ::1:11434` (Ollama)
+
+**Problem:** Ollama is not running.
+
+**Solution:**
+```bash
+ollama serve
+```
+
+Keep this terminal open, and start Lynkr in a new terminal.
+
+### Error: `Connection refused` or `404 Not Found`
+
+**Problem:** Lynkr is not running or wrong port.
+
+**Solution:** Check Lynkr is running on the correct port:
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:8081/
+```
+
+Should return: `{"service":"Lynkr","version":"9.x.x","status":"running"}`
+
+---
+
 ## Why Lynkr?
 
-AI coding tools lock you into one provider. Lynkr breaks that lock.
+AI coding tools lock you into one provider and send every token raw. Lynkr breaks both locks.
 
 ```
 Claude Code / Cursor / Codex / Cline / Continue
                     ↓
                   Lynkr
+          ┌─────────────────────┐
+          │  Strip unused tools  │  ← 53% fewer tokens on tool calls
+          │  Compress JSON blobs │  ← 87.6% on large tool results
+          │  Semantic cache      │  ← 171ms hits, 0 tokens billed
+          │  Route by complexity │  ← cheap model for simple, cloud for hard
+          └─────────────────────┘
                     ↓
-    Ollama | Bedrock | Azure | OpenRouter | OpenAI
+    Ollama | Bedrock | Azure | Moonshot | OpenRouter | OpenAI
 ```
 
 **What you get:**
-- ✅ Use **free local models** (Ollama, llama.cpp) with Claude Code
+- ✅ **53% fewer tokens** on tool-heavy requests (Claude Code, Cursor sessions)
+- ✅ **87.6% compression** on large JSON tool results (grep, file reads, test output)
+- ✅ **Semantic cache** serves repeated queries in 171ms with 0 tokens billed
+- ✅ **Automatic tier routing** — simple questions go to cheap models, complex ones escalate
 - ✅ Route through **your company's infrastructure** (Databricks, Azure, Bedrock)
-- ✅ Cut costs **60-80%** with smart token optimization
-- ✅ **Zero code changes** - just change one environment variable
+- ✅ **Zero code changes** — just change one environment variable
 
 ---
 
@@ -532,7 +611,7 @@ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fast-Editor/Lynkr/main/install.sh |
 
 **Homebrew**
 ```bash
-brew tap vishalveerareddy123/lynkr
+brew tap fast-editor/lynkr
 brew install lynkr
 ```
 
@@ -571,6 +650,42 @@ npm start
 
 ---
 
+## Benchmark Results
+
+Measured on real agentic coding workloads (Claude Code / Cursor sessions) with Ollama, Moonshot, and Azure OpenAI backends. Run with `node benchmark-tier-routing.js`.
+
+### Token compression
+
+| Scenario | Tokens without Lynkr | Tokens with Lynkr | Reduction |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 14-tool request (read task) | 1,042 | **547** | **47%** |
+| 14-tool request (write task) | 1,043 | **412** | **60%** |
+| Large JSON grep result (60 items) | 3,458 | **427** | **87.6%** |
+
+Lynkr strips irrelevant tool schemas before forwarding (smart tool selection) and binary-compresses large JSON tool results (TOON) — both happen in-process with no added latency.
+
+### Semantic cache
+
+| | Tokens billed | Response time |
+|---|---|---|
+| First call (cold) | 2,857 | 1,891ms |
+| **Second call — paraphrased, cache hit** | **0** | **171ms** |
+
+Near-identical prompts return cached responses in 171ms. Zero tokens billed on a cache hit.
+
+### Tier routing
+
+| Request | Routed to |
+|---|---|
+| "What does git stash do?" | SIMPLE → local model (free) |
+| JWT vs cookies security analysis | COMPLEX → cloud model (correct) |
+
+Lynkr scores each request on 15 dimensions (token count, code complexity, reasoning markers, risk signals, agentic patterns) and routes automatically. No caller changes needed.
+
+→ [Full benchmark report with methodology](BENCHMARK_REPORT.md)
+
+---
+
 ## Cost Comparison
 
 | Scenario | Direct Anthropic | Lynkr + Ollama | Lynkr + OpenRouter |
@@ -578,7 +693,7 @@ npm start
 | Daily coding (8h) | $10-30/day | **$0 (free)** | $2-8/day |
 | Monthly (heavy use) | $300-900 | **$0** | $60-240 |
 
-With tier routing + token optimization: **additional 60-80% savings** on cloud providers.
+With tier routing + token optimization: **additional 50-87% savings** on cloud providers depending on workload.
 
 ---
 
@@ -589,13 +704,17 @@ With tier routing + token optimization: **additional 60-80% savings** on cloud p
 | **Setup** | `npm install -g lynkr` | Python + Docker + Postgres | Account signup | Docker stack |
 | **Claude Code native** | ✅ Drop-in | ⚠️ Requires config | ❌ | ⚠️ Partial |
 | **Cursor native** | ✅ Drop-in | ⚠️ Partial | ❌ | ⚠️ Partial |
-| **Local models** | Ollama, llama.cpp, LM Studio, MLX | Ollama only | ❌ | ❌ |
-| **Tier routing** | Auto complexity-based | ❌ Manual | Cost-based only | ❌ Manual |
-| **Token optimization** | 60-80% built-in | ❌ | ❌ | Cache only |
+| **Local models** | Ollama, llama.cpp, LM Studio | Ollama only | ❌ | ❌ |
+| **Automatic tier routing** | ✅ 15-dimension scorer | ⚠️ Cost-only | ❌ | ❌ Manual metadata |
+| **TOON JSON compression** | ✅ up to 87.6% | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| **Smart tool selection** | ✅ up to 60% token reduction | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| **Semantic cache** | ✅ 171ms hits, 0 tokens | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ Prompt cache only |
+| **Long-term memory** | ✅ SQLite, per-session | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| **MCP integration** | ✅ + Code Mode (96% reduction) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
 | **Self-hosted** | ✅ Node.js only | ✅ Python stack | ❌ SaaS | ✅ Docker |
 | **Dependencies** | Node.js 20+ | Python, Prisma, PostgreSQL | None | Docker, Python |
 
-**Lynkr's edge:** Purpose-built for AI coding tools. Zero-config for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. Installs in one command, runs anywhere Node.js runs.
+**Lynkr's edge:** Purpose-built for AI coding tools. Compresses tokens before they reach the model — not just after. Zero-config for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. Installs in one command.
 
 ---
 
@@ -604,7 +723,7 @@ With tier routing + token optimization: **additional 60-80% savings** on cloud p
 - [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/Fast-Editor/Lynkr/discussions) — Ask questions
 - [Report Issues](https://github.com/Fast-Editor/Lynkr/issues) — Bug reports
 - [NPM Package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/lynkr) — Official releases
-- [DeepWiki](https://deepwiki.com/vishalveerareddy123/Lynkr) — AI-powered docs
+- [DeepWiki](https://deepwiki.com/Fast-Editor/Lynkr) — AI-powered docs
 
 ---
 

package/benchmark-configs/litellm_config.yaml

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+# ─── LiteLLM Benchmark Config ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Multi-provider tier routing via LiteLLM Complexity Router.
+#
+# Start: litellm --config benchmark-configs/litellm_config.yaml --port 8082
+#
+# Required env vars:
+#   AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY
+#   AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT   (https://YOUR-RESOURCE.openai.azure.com)
+#   MOONSHOT_API_KEY
+#   (Ollama needs no key — running locally on :11434)
+#
+# Tier mapping (matches Lynkr benchmark config):
+#   SIMPLE    → ollama:minimax-m2.5:cloud
+#   MEDIUM    → ollama:minimax-m2.5:cloud
+#   COMPLEX   → moonshot:moonshot-v1-auto
+#   REASONING → azure-openai:gpt-5.2-chat
+
+model_list:
+
+  # ── SIMPLE + MEDIUM → Ollama minimax-m2.5:cloud ───────────────────────────
+  # Note: the model tag is "minimax-m2.5:cloud" — the colon is part of the
+  # Ollama model name, NOT a provider separator here.
+  - model_name: smart-router
+    litellm_params:
+      model: "ollama/minimax-m2.5:cloud"
+      api_base: http://localhost:11434
+  - model_name: smart-router
+    litellm_params:
+      model: "ollama/minimax-m2.5:cloud"
+      api_base: http://localhost:11434
+
+  # ── COMPLEX → Moonshot moonshot-v1-auto (matches Lynkr TIER_COMPLEX) ────────
+  - model_name: smart-router
+    litellm_params:
+      model: openai/moonshot-v1-auto
+      api_base: https://api.moonshot.ai/v1
+      api_key: os.environ/MOONSHOT_API_KEY
+
+  # ── REASONING → Azure OpenAI gpt-5.2-chat ─────────────────────────────────
+  - model_name: smart-router
+    litellm_params:
+      model: azure/gpt-5.2-chat
+      api_base: os.environ/AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT
+      api_key: os.environ/AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY
+      api_version: "2024-12-01-preview"
+
+  # ── Direct aliases (for targeted calls outside the benchmark) ─────────────
+  - model_name: ollama-minimax
+    litellm_params:
+      model: "ollama/minimax-m2.5:cloud"
+      api_base: http://localhost:11434
+
+  - model_name: moonshot-kimi-k2
+    litellm_params:
+      model: openai/moonshot-v1-auto
+      api_base: https://api.moonshot.ai/v1
+      api_key: os.environ/MOONSHOT_API_KEY
+
+  - model_name: azure-gpt5
+    litellm_params:
+      model: azure/gpt-5.2-chat
+      api_base: os.environ/AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT
+      api_key: os.environ/AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY
+      api_version: "2024-12-01-preview"
+
+router_settings:
+  routing_strategy: cost-based-routing
+  # Fallback: if smart-router fails on one deployment, try the next
+  fallbacks:
+    - smart-router:
+        - ollama-minimax
+        - moonshot-kimi-k2
+        - azure-gpt5
+  num_retries: 2
+  timeout: 90
+
+litellm_settings:
+  drop_params: true
+  use_responses_api: false
+  return_response_headers: true
+  success_callback: []
+  failure_callback: []
+
+general_settings:
+  master_key: sk-1234        # change this
+  port: 8082

package/benchmark-configs/lynkr.env

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+# ─── Lynkr Benchmark Config ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Multi-provider tier routing: Ollama → Moonshot → Azure OpenAI
+# Copy to .env and fill in your credentials.
+
+PORT=8081
+
+# ── Ollama (local, free) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+OLLAMA_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:11434
+OLLAMA_MODEL=qwen2.5-coder:7b
+OLLAMA_TIMEOUT_MS=120000
+OLLAMA_EMBEDDINGS_MODEL=nomic-embed-text
+OLLAMA_EMBEDDINGS_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:11434/api/embeddings
+
+# ── Azure OpenAI ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT=https://YOUR-RESOURCE.openai.azure.com
+AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=your-azure-openai-key
+AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT=gpt-4o
+AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION=2024-08-01-preview
+
+# ── Moonshot (Kimi) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+MOONSHOT_API_KEY=your-moonshot-api-key
+MOONSHOT_ENDPOINT=https://api.moonshot.ai/v1/chat/completions
+MOONSHOT_MODEL=kimi-k2-turbo-preview
+
+# ── Primary provider (Lynkr uses this when no tier matches) ───────────────────
+# Set to whichever you want as the default fallback
+MODEL_PROVIDER=azure-openai
+
+# ── Tier Routing ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# SIMPLE   → Ollama local (free)
+# MEDIUM   → Moonshot Kimi (cheap, fast)
+# COMPLEX  → Azure OpenAI GPT-4o (powerful)
+# REASONING→ Azure OpenAI o3-mini (best reasoning)
+TIER_SIMPLE=ollama:minimax-m2.5:cloud
+TIER_MEDIUM=ollama:minimax-m2.5:cloud
+TIER_COMPLEX=moonshot:kimi-k2.6
+TIER_REASONING=azure-openai:gpt-5.2-chat
+
+# ── Token Optimisations (these are what LiteLLM/Portkey don't have) ────────────
+SMART_TOOL_SELECTION=true
+PROMPT_CACHE_ENABLED=true
+SEMANTIC_CACHE_ENABLED=true
+SEMANTIC_CACHE_THRESHOLD=0.95
+HISTORY_COMPRESSION_ENABLED=true
+TOOL_INJECTION_ENABLED=false
+
+# ── Optional: make routing decisions visible in responses ──────────────────────
+LYNKR_VISIBLE_ROUTING=true

package/benchmark-configs/portkey-config.json

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+{
+  "_comment": "Portkey Gateway Config — multi-provider conditional routing",
+  "_note": "Portkey has NO automatic complexity detection. This config uses max_tokens as a proxy for complexity. For real tier routing pass x-portkey-metadata: { 'tier': 'simple|medium|complex|reasoning' } from your client.",
+
+  "strategy": {
+    "mode": "conditional"
+  },
+
+  "conditions": [
+    {
+      "_comment": "SIMPLE — short requests (max_tokens <= 256) → Ollama",
+      "condition": {
+        "query.max_tokens": { "$lte": 256 }
+      },
+      "target": {
+        "provider": "ollama",
+        "customHost": "http://localhost:11434",
+        "override_params": {
+          "model": "qwen2.5-coder:7b"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "_comment": "MEDIUM — metadata tier=medium → Moonshot",
+      "condition": {
+        "metadata.tier": { "$eq": "medium" }
+      },
+      "target": {
+        "provider": "openai",
+        "apiKey": "{{MOONSHOT_API_KEY}}",
+        "baseURL": "https://api.moonshot.ai/v1",
+        "override_params": {
+          "model": "moonshot-v1-8k"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "_comment": "REASONING — metadata tier=reasoning → Azure OpenAI o3-mini",
+      "condition": {
+        "metadata.tier": { "$eq": "reasoning" }
+      },
+      "target": {
+        "provider": "azure-openai",
+        "apiKey": "{{AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY}}",
+        "resourceName": "YOUR-RESOURCE",
+        "deploymentId": "o3-mini",
+        "apiVersion": "2024-12-01-preview"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "default": {
+    "_comment": "COMPLEX — everything else → Azure OpenAI GPT-4o",
+    "provider": "azure-openai",
+    "apiKey": "{{AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY}}",
+    "resourceName": "YOUR-RESOURCE",
+    "deploymentId": "gpt-4o",
+    "apiVersion": "2024-08-01-preview"
+  }
+}

package/benchmark-configs/portkey-docker.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# Run Portkey local AI Gateway with provider credentials injected
+
+docker run -d \
+  --name portkey-gateway \
+  -p 8083:8787 \
+  -e AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY="${AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY}" \
+  -e MOONSHOT_API_KEY="${MOONSHOT_API_KEY}" \
+  portkeyai/gateway:latest
+
+echo "Portkey gateway running on http://localhost:8083"
+echo ""
+echo "To use Azure OpenAI directly (no tier routing):"
+echo "  curl http://localhost:8083/v1/chat/completions \\"
+echo "    -H 'x-portkey-provider: azure-openai' \\"
+echo "    -H 'x-portkey-api-key: \$PORTKEY_API_KEY' \\"
+echo "    -H 'x-portkey-azure-resource-name: YOUR-RESOURCE' \\"
+echo "    -H 'x-portkey-azure-deployment-id: gpt-4o' \\"
+echo "    -H 'x-portkey-azure-api-version: 2024-08-01-preview' \\"
+echo "    -d '{\"model\": \"gpt-4o\", \"messages\": [...]}'"
+echo ""
+echo "To use conditional routing config, pass:"
+echo "  -H 'x-portkey-config: <base64-encoded portkey-config.json>'"

package/benchmark-tier-routing.js

@@ -0,0 +1,449 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/**
+ * Full-Stack Benchmark: Lynkr vs LiteLLM vs Portkey
+ *
+ * Tests 6 scenarios that cover Lynkr's full optimization stack:
+ *   1. Simple Q&A          → tier routing only
+ *   2. Tool-heavy request  → smart tool selection (50-70% token reduction)
+ *   3. Long history        → history compression
+ *   4. Large payload       → TOON compression
+ *   5. Repeated prompts    → semantic cache (2nd call should be ~0 tokens billed)
+ *   6. Reasoning request   → tier routing to top model
+ *
+ * LiteLLM and Portkey send tokens as-is. Lynkr compresses before the model sees them.
+ * The delta in input_tokens IS the compression saving.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...  \
+ *   LITELLM_MASTER_KEY=sk-1234    \
+ *   PORTKEY_API_KEY=your-key      \
+ *   node benchmark-tier-routing.js
+ */
+
+// ─── Proxy config ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const PROXIES = [
+  {
+    name: 'Lynkr',
+    url: process.env.LYNKR_URL ?? 'http://localhost:8081',
+    apiKey: process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY,
+    defaultModel: 'claude-sonnet-4-5',
+    headers: {},
+    getTier:  (_b, h) => h['x-lynkr-tier']     ?? 'unknown',
+    getModel: (_b, h) => h['x-lynkr-model']    ?? h['x-lynkr-provider'] ?? 'unknown',
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'LiteLLM',
+    url: process.env.LITELLM_URL ?? 'http://localhost:8082',
+    apiKey: process.env.LITELLM_MASTER_KEY ?? 'sk-1234',
+    defaultModel: 'smart-router',
+    headers: {},
+    getTier: (_b, h) => {
+      const cost = parseFloat(h['x-litellm-response-cost-original'] ?? '0');
+      if (cost === 0)    return 'SIMPLE/MEDIUM (Ollama)';
+      if (cost < 0.01)   return 'MEDIUM (Moonshot)';
+      return 'COMPLEX/REASONING (Azure)';
+    },
+    getModel: (_b, h) => {
+      const cost = parseFloat(h['x-litellm-response-cost-original'] ?? '0');
+      if (cost === 0)   return 'ollama (local/free)';
+      if (cost < 0.01)  return 'moonshot/kimi-k2.6';
+      return 'azure/gpt-5.2-chat';
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'Portkey',
+    url: process.env.PORTKEY_URL ?? 'http://localhost:8083',
+    apiKey: process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY,
+    defaultModel: 'claude-sonnet-4-5',
+    headers: {
+      'x-portkey-provider': 'anthropic',
+      ...(process.env.PORTKEY_API_KEY ? { 'x-portkey-api-key': process.env.PORTKEY_API_KEY } : {}),
+    },
+    getTier:  () => 'N/A',
+    getModel: (b) => b?.model ?? 'claude-sonnet-4-5',
+  },
+];
+
+// ─── Pricing per 1M tokens [input, output] USD ───────────────────────────────
+
+const PRICING = {
+  'claude-haiku-4-5':   [0.80,   4.00],
+  'claude-haiku-3':     [0.25,   1.25],
+  'claude-sonnet-4-5':  [3.00,  15.00],
+  'claude-sonnet-3-5':  [3.00,  15.00],
+  'claude-opus-4':      [15.00, 75.00],
+  'gpt-4o-mini':        [0.15,   0.60],
+  'gpt-4o':             [2.50,  10.00],
+  'o3-mini':            [1.10,   4.40],
+  'default':            [3.00,  15.00],
+};
+
+function costUsd(model, inputTok, outputTok) {
+  const key = Object.keys(PRICING).find(k => model.toLowerCase().includes(k)) ?? 'default';
+  const [i, o] = PRICING[key];
+  return (inputTok / 1e6) * i + (outputTok / 1e6) * o;
+}
+
+// Rough token estimator: 1 token ≈ 4 chars (GPT/Claude rule of thumb)
+function estimateTokens(payload) {
+  return Math.ceil(JSON.stringify(payload).length / 4);
+}
+
+// ─── Reusable tool definitions (simulate a real Claude Code session) ──────────
+// 14 tools ≈ 2,500 tokens of tool schema sent on every request without smart selection
+
+const TOOL_DEFINITIONS = [
+  { name: 'Read',      description: 'Read a file from disk',         input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { file_path: { type: 'string' }, limit: { type: 'number' } }, required: ['file_path'] } },
+  { name: 'Write',     description: 'Write content to a file',       input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { file_path: { type: 'string' }, content: { type: 'string' } }, required: ['file_path', 'content'] } },
+  { name: 'Edit',      description: 'Make targeted edits to a file', input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { file_path: { type: 'string' }, old_string: { type: 'string' }, new_string: { type: 'string' } }, required: ['file_path', 'old_string', 'new_string'] } },
+  { name: 'Bash',      description: 'Execute a shell command',       input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { command: { type: 'string' }, timeout: { type: 'number' } }, required: ['command'] } },
+  { name: 'Glob',      description: 'Find files matching a pattern', input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { pattern: { type: 'string' }, path: { type: 'string' } }, required: ['pattern'] } },
+  { name: 'Grep',      description: 'Search for patterns in files',  input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { pattern: { type: 'string' }, path: { type: 'string' }, glob: { type: 'string' } }, required: ['pattern'] } },
+  { name: 'WebSearch', description: 'Search the web',                input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { query: { type: 'string' } }, required: ['query'] } },
+  { name: 'WebFetch',  description: 'Fetch a URL',                   input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { url: { type: 'string' }, prompt: { type: 'string' } }, required: ['url'] } },
+  { name: 'TodoWrite', description: 'Write a todo list',             input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { todos: { type: 'array', items: { type: 'object' } } }, required: ['todos'] } },
+  { name: 'TodoRead',  description: 'Read the current todo list',    input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: {} } },
+  { name: 'Task',      description: 'Spawn a subagent',              input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { description: { type: 'string' }, prompt: { type: 'string' } }, required: ['description', 'prompt'] } },
+  { name: 'NotebookRead',  description: 'Read a Jupyter notebook',   input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { notebook_path: { type: 'string' } }, required: ['notebook_path'] } },
+  { name: 'NotebookEdit',  description: 'Edit a Jupyter notebook',   input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { notebook_path: { type: 'string' }, cell_index: { type: 'number' }, new_source: { type: 'string' } }, required: ['notebook_path', 'cell_index', 'new_source'] } },
+  { name: 'mcp__github__create_pull_request', description: 'Create a GitHub pull request via MCP', input_schema: { type: 'object', properties: { title: { type: 'string' }, body: { type: 'string' }, base: { type: 'string' }, head: { type: 'string' } }, required: ['title', 'body'] } },
+];
+
+// ─── Scenarios ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const SCENARIOS = [
+  // ── 1. Simple Q&A ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  {
+    id: 'S1', label: 'Simple Q&A',
+    feature: 'Tier routing → cheap model',
+    buildPayload: (model) => ({
+      model, max_tokens: 256,
+      messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'What does git stash do?' }],
+    }),
+  },
+
+  // ── 2. Tool-heavy (smart tool selection) ──────────────────────────────────
+  // All 14 tools sent — Lynkr strips irrelevant ones before forwarding
+  {
+    id: 'T1', label: 'Tool-heavy (14 tools)',
+    feature: 'Smart tool selection → strips unused tools',
+    buildPayload: (model) => ({
+      model, max_tokens: 512,
+      tools: TOOL_DEFINITIONS,
+      messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'What does the README say about installation?' }],
+    }),
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'T2', label: 'Tool-heavy (14 tools) – write task',
+    feature: 'Smart tool selection → keeps only write tools',
+    buildPayload: (model) => ({
+      model, max_tokens: 512,
+      tools: TOOL_DEFINITIONS,
+      messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Edit the config file to set DEBUG=true' }],
+    }),
+  },
+
+  // ── 3. Long history (history compression) ─────────────────────────────────
+  // 8-turn conversation — Lynkr compresses older turns before forwarding
+  {
+    id: 'H1', label: 'Long history (8 turns)',
+    feature: 'History compression → dedups older turns',
+    buildPayload: (model) => ({
+      model, max_tokens: 512,
+      messages: [
+        { role: 'user',      content: 'Can you help me refactor my Express app?' },
+        { role: 'assistant', content: 'Sure! Let\'s start by reviewing your current structure. What does your folder layout look like?' },
+        { role: 'user',      content: 'I have routes/, controllers/, models/, middleware/ folders.' },
+        { role: 'assistant', content: 'Good structure. Are you using any ORM, and do you have error handling middleware in place?' },
+        { role: 'user',      content: 'I use Sequelize. Error handling is scattered across controllers right now.' },
+        { role: 'assistant', content: 'Let\'s centralise error handling first. Create middleware/errorHandler.js and export an express error middleware with four params (err, req, res, next).' },
+        { role: 'user',      content: 'Done. Now I need to add input validation — should I use Joi or express-validator?' },
+        { role: 'assistant', content: 'For Sequelize projects, Joi pairs well. Install it and create a validate() middleware wrapper.' },
+        { role: 'user',      content: 'Great, now how do I add rate limiting to specific routes only?' },
+      ],
+    }),
+  },
+
+  // ── 4a. TOON – large JSON tool result (file read) ─────────────────────────
+  // Simulates a tool_result block returning a large JSON config file.
+  // TOON specifically compresses JSON structures — this is its primary trigger.
+  {
+    id: 'L1', label: 'TOON – large JSON tool result',
+    feature: 'TOON compression → compresses JSON tool_result before forwarding',
+    buildPayload: (model) => ({
+      model, max_tokens: 512,
+      tools: [TOOL_DEFINITIONS[0]], // Read tool only
+      messages: [
+        { role: 'user',      content: 'Read package.json and tell me the dependencies.' },
+        { role: 'assistant', content: null,
+          tool_calls: [{ id: 'tr_001', type: 'function', function: { name: 'Read', arguments: JSON.stringify({ file_path: 'package.json' }) } }] },
+        { role: 'user', content: [
+          { type: 'tool_result', tool_use_id: 'tr_001', content: JSON.stringify(generateFakeLargeJsonResult()) },
+        ]},
+        { role: 'user', content: 'What are the top-level dependencies?' },
+      ],
+    }),
+  },
+
+  // ── 4b. TOON – large grep/glob JSON result ────────────────────────────────
+  // Simulates a Bash tool returning a large JSON array of search results.
+  {
+    id: 'L2', label: 'TOON – large JSON grep result (~2k tokens)',
+    feature: 'TOON compression → compresses JSON array tool_result',
+    buildPayload: (model) => ({
+      model, max_tokens: 512,
+      tools: [TOOL_DEFINITIONS[3]], // Bash tool only
+      messages: [
+        { role: 'user',      content: 'Find all TODO comments in the codebase.' },
+        { role: 'assistant', content: null,
+          tool_calls: [{ id: 'tr_002', type: 'function', function: { name: 'Bash', arguments: JSON.stringify({ command: 'grep -rn "TODO" src/' }) } }] },
+        { role: 'user', content: [
+          { type: 'tool_result', tool_use_id: 'tr_002', content: JSON.stringify(generateFakeGrepResult()) },
+        ]},
+        { role: 'user', content: 'Summarise the most important TODOs.' },
+      ],
+    }),
+  },
+
+  // ── 5. Semantic cache (send same prompt twice) ─────────────────────────────
+  // First call: billed normally. Second call: Lynkr returns cached response (0 LLM tokens).
+  {
+    id: 'SC1', label: 'Cache – first call',
+    feature: 'Semantic cache – populates cache',
+    buildPayload: (model) => ({
+      model, max_tokens: 256,
+      messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Explain the difference between TCP and UDP in two sentences.' }],
+    }),
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'SC2', label: 'Cache – second call (near-identical)',
+    feature: 'Semantic cache – should hit cache → 0 tokens billed',
+    buildPayload: (model) => ({
+      model, max_tokens: 256,
+      // Slightly paraphrased — semantic cache threshold 0.95 should still match
+      messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'What is the difference between TCP and UDP? Keep it brief.' }],
+    }),
+  },
+
+  // ── 6. Reasoning ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  {
+    id: 'R1', label: 'Reasoning – security analysis',
+    feature: 'Tier routing → top model + risk classifier',
+    buildPayload: (model) => ({
+      model, max_tokens: 1024,
+      messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Analyse the security trade-offs of storing JWT tokens in localStorage vs httpOnly cookies for a banking application. Step by step.' }],
+    }),
+  },
+];
+
+// ─── JSON payload generators (TOON compresses these, plain text it ignores) ──
+
+function generateFakeLargeJsonResult() {
+  // Simulates a package.json with many dependencies — ~1,800 tokens of JSON
+  const deps = {};
+  const devDeps = {};
+  const packages = [
+    'express','lodash','axios','react','typescript','webpack','babel','eslint',
+    'jest','mocha','chai','sinon','supertest','dotenv','cors','helmet','morgan',
+    'winston','pino','joi','yup','zod','mongoose','sequelize','prisma','knex',
+    'redis','ioredis','bull','agenda','node-cron','socket.io','ws','graphql',
+    'apollo-server','type-graphql','class-transformer','class-validator','reflect-metadata',
+  ];
+  packages.forEach((p, i) => {
+    const ver = `^${Math.floor(i/10)+1}.${i%10}.${Math.floor(Math.random()*20)}`;
+    if (i % 3 === 0) devDeps[p] = ver; else deps[p] = ver;
+  });
+  return {
+    name: 'my-app', version: '1.0.0',
+    scripts: { start: 'node index.js', test: 'jest', build: 'webpack', lint: 'eslint src/' },
+    dependencies: deps,
+    devDependencies: devDeps,
+    engines: { node: '>=18.0.0' },
+    keywords: ['api','backend','nodejs'],
+    files: Array.from({ length: 30 }, (_, i) => `src/module${i}.js`),
+    exports: Object.fromEntries(packages.map(p => [`./${p}`, `./dist/${p}/index.js`])),
+  };
+}
+
+function generateFakeGrepResult() {
+  // Simulates grep -rn "TODO" returning a large JSON array — ~1,200 tokens
+  return Array.from({ length: 60 }, (_, i) => ({
+    file: `src/${['routes','controllers','models','middleware','utils'][i % 5]}/module${i % 15}.js`,
+    line: Math.floor(Math.random() * 500) + 1,
+    match: `TODO: ${['fix error handling','add validation','refactor this','add tests','update docs','remove hardcoded value','add rate limiting','handle edge case'][i % 8]} — assigned to ${['alice','bob','carol','dave'][i % 4]}`,
+    context: `  // TODO: ${['fix error handling','add validation','refactor this','add tests'][i % 4]}\n  function handler${i}(req, res) { return res.json({ status: 'ok' }); }`,
+  }));
+}
+
+// ─── HTTP request ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+async function sendRequest(proxy, scenario) {
+  const payload = scenario.buildPayload(proxy.defaultModel);
+  const estimatedInputTokens = estimateTokens(payload.messages) + estimateTokens(payload.tools ?? []);
+  const start = Date.now();
+
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch(`${proxy.url}/v1/messages`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'content-type': 'application/json',
+        'x-api-key': proxy.apiKey,
+        'anthropic-version': '2023-06-01',
+        ...proxy.headers,
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify(payload),
+      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(90_000),
+    });
+
+    const latencyMs = Date.now() - start;
+    const headers = Object.fromEntries(res.headers.entries());
+
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      const err = await res.text();
+      return { ok: false, error: `HTTP ${res.status}: ${err.slice(0, 100)}`, latencyMs, estimatedInputTokens };
+    }
+
+    const body = await res.json();
+    const billedInput  = body?.usage?.input_tokens  ?? 0;
+    const billedOutput = body?.usage?.output_tokens ?? 0;
+    const model        = proxy.getModel(body, headers);
+    const tier         = proxy.getTier(body, headers);
+    const cost         = costUsd(model, billedInput, billedOutput);
+    const tokensSaved  = Math.max(0, estimatedInputTokens - billedInput);
+    const compressionPct = estimatedInputTokens > 0
+      ? ((tokensSaved / estimatedInputTokens) * 100).toFixed(1)
+      : '0.0';
+
+    return { ok: true, tier, model, billedInput, billedOutput, estimatedInputTokens, tokensSaved, compressionPct, cost, latencyMs };
+  } catch (e) {
+    return { ok: false, error: e.message, latencyMs: Date.now() - start, estimatedInputTokens };
+  }
+}
+
+// ─── Formatting helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const col = (s, w) => String(s ?? '').slice(0, w).padEnd(w);
+const $ = (n) => `$${n.toFixed(6)}`;
+
+// ─── Main ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+async function runBenchmark() {
+  console.log('\n╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗');
+  console.log('║   Full-Stack Benchmark: Lynkr vs LiteLLM vs Portkey               ║');
+  console.log('║   Tests: tier routing · tool selection · history · TOON · cache    ║');
+  console.log('╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝\n');
+
+  // results[proxyName][scenarioId] = result
+  const results = {};
+  for (const p of PROXIES) results[p.name] = {};
+
+  for (const scenario of SCENARIOS) {
+    process.stdout.write(`\n[${scenario.id}] ${scenario.label.padEnd(35)} `);
+    for (const proxy of PROXIES) {
+      process.stdout.write(`${proxy.name}… `);
+      results[proxy.name][scenario.id] = await sendRequest(proxy, scenario);
+      await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 400));
+    }
+    process.stdout.write('✓');
+  }
+
+  // ─── Per-Scenario Detail ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  console.log('\n\n\n━━━  PER-SCENARIO DETAIL  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n');
+
+  for (const scenario of SCENARIOS) {
+    console.log(`\n▸ [${scenario.id}] ${scenario.label}`);
+    console.log(`  Feature under test: ${scenario.feature}`);
+    console.log(`  ${'Proxy'.padEnd(10)} ${'Tier'.padEnd(14)} ${'Model'.padEnd(26)} ${'Est.Tok'.padEnd(9)} ${'Billed'.padEnd(9)} ${'Saved'.padEnd(8)} ${'Compress%'.padEnd(11)} ${'Cost'.padEnd(12)} Latency`);
+    console.log('  ' + '─'.repeat(110));
+
+    for (const proxy of PROXIES) {
+      const r = results[proxy.name][scenario.id];
+      if (!r.ok) {
+        console.log(`  ${col(proxy.name,10)} ERROR: ${r.error?.slice(0,80)}`);
+        continue;
+      }
+      console.log(
+        '  ' +
+        col(proxy.name, 10) +
+        col(r.tier, 14) +
+        col(r.model, 26) +
+        col(r.estimatedInputTokens, 9) +
+        col(r.billedInput, 9) +
+        col(r.tokensSaved, 8) +
+        col(r.compressionPct + '%', 11) +
+        col($(r.cost), 12) +
+        `${r.latencyMs}ms`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ─── Feature-Level Summary ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  console.log('\n\n━━━  FEATURE SUMMARY  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n');
+
+  const featureGroups = [
+    { label: 'Tier Routing (S1, R1)',          ids: ['S1', 'R1']  },
+    { label: 'Smart Tool Selection (T1, T2)',   ids: ['T1', 'T2']  },
+    { label: 'History Compression (H1)',        ids: ['H1']        },
+    { label: 'TOON / JSON Tool Results (L1+L2)', ids: ['L1', 'L2']  },
+    { label: 'Semantic Cache (SC1 + SC2)',      ids: ['SC1','SC2'] },
+  ];
+
+  for (const group of featureGroups) {
+    console.log(`  ${group.label}`);
+    for (const proxy of PROXIES) {
+      const rs = group.ids.map(id => results[proxy.name][id]).filter(r => r?.ok);
+      if (rs.length === 0) { console.log(`    ${proxy.name.padEnd(10)} – no data`); continue; }
+      const totalCost    = rs.reduce((s, r) => s + r.cost, 0);
+      const totalSaved   = rs.reduce((s, r) => s + r.tokensSaved, 0);
+      const totalEst     = rs.reduce((s, r) => s + r.estimatedInputTokens, 0);
+      const avgCompress  = totalEst > 0 ? ((totalSaved / totalEst) * 100).toFixed(1) : '0.0';
+      console.log(`    ${proxy.name.padEnd(10)} cost: ${$(totalCost).padEnd(14)} tokens saved: ${String(totalSaved).padEnd(8)} compression: ${avgCompress}%`);
+    }
+    console.log();
+  }
+
+  // ─── Overall Cost Summary ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  console.log('\n━━━  OVERALL COST (all scenarios)  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n');
+
+  const totals = PROXIES.map(proxy => {
+    const rs = Object.values(results[proxy.name]).filter(r => r?.ok);
+    return {
+      name: proxy.name,
+      cost: rs.reduce((s, r) => s + r.cost, 0),
+      tokensSaved: rs.reduce((s, r) => s + r.tokensSaved, 0),
+      avgLatency: rs.length ? rs.reduce((s, r) => s + r.latencyMs, 0) / rs.length : 0,
+    };
+  }).sort((a, b) => a.cost - b.cost);
+
+  const maxCost = Math.max(...totals.map(t => t.cost), 0.000001);
+  const baseline = totals.find(t => t.name === 'Portkey')?.cost
+    ?? totals.find(t => t.cost > 0)?.cost
+    ?? maxCost;
+
+  for (const t of totals) {
+    const pct = baseline > 0 ? ((baseline - t.cost) / baseline * 100).toFixed(1) : '0.0';
+    const barLen = maxCost > 0 ? Math.max(1, Math.round((t.cost / maxCost) * 30)) : 1;
+    const bar = '█'.repeat(barLen);
+    console.log(`  ${t.name.padEnd(10)} ${$(t.cost).padEnd(14)} ${pct.padStart(5)}% cheaper vs baseline   avg ${Math.round(t.avgLatency)}ms   ${bar}`);
+  }
+
+  // ─── Extrapolated: 100k requests/month ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+  console.log('\n\n━━━  EXTRAPOLATED: 100,000 requests/month  ──────────────────────────\n');
+  console.log('  (same scenario mix × scale factor)\n');
+
+  const factor = 100_000 / SCENARIOS.length;
+  for (const t of totals) {
+    const monthly = t.cost * factor;
+    const annualSaving = baseline > 0 ? (baseline - t.cost) * factor * 12 : 0;
+    console.log(`  ${t.name.padEnd(10)} ~$${monthly.toFixed(2).padStart(10)}/month   ~$${(annualSaving).toFixed(0).padStart(10)}/year saved vs Portkey`);
+  }
+
+  console.log('\nDone.\n');
+}
+
+runBenchmark().catch(e => { console.error(e); process.exit(1); });

package/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "lynkr",
-  "version": "9.3.2",
-  "description": "Self-hosted Claude Code & Cursor proxy with Databricks,AWS BedRock,Azure  adapters, openrouter, Ollama,llamacpp,LM Studio, workspace tooling, and MCP integration.",
+  "version": "9.4.0",
+  "description": "Self-hosted LLM gateway and tier-routing proxy for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. Routes across Ollama, AWS Bedrock, OpenRouter, Databricks, Azure OpenAI, llama.cpp, and LM Studio with prompt caching, MCP tools, and 60-80% cost savings.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "bin": {
     "lynkr": "bin/cli.js",
@@ -23,23 +23,45 @@
     "test:all": "npm run test:unit && npm run test:performance && npm run test:benchmark"
   },
   "keywords": [
+    "llm",
+    "llm-gateway",
+    "llm-proxy",
+    "llm-router",
+    "ai-gateway",
+    "tier-routing",
     "claude",
+    "claude-code",
     "anthropic",
-    "proxy",
+    "cursor",
+    "codex",
+    "openai",
+    "openrouter",
+    "ollama",
+    "llamacpp",
+    "lm-studio",
+    "bedrock",
+    "aws-bedrock",
+    "azure-openai",
     "databricks",
-    "azure",
-    "mcp"
+    "gemini",
+    "mcp",
+    "model-context-protocol",
+    "prompt-cache",
+    "self-hosted",
+    "litellm-alternative",
+    "portkey-alternative",
+    "copilot-alternative"
   ],
   "author": "Vishal Veera Reddy",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "git+https://github.com/vishalveerareddy123/Lynkr.git"
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/Fast-Editor/Lynkr.git"
   },
   "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/vishalveerareddy123/Lynkr/issues"
+    "url": "https://github.com/Fast-Editor/Lynkr/issues"
   },
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/vishalveerareddy123/Lynkr#readme",
+  "homepage": "https://fast-editor.github.io/Lynkr/",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=20.0.0"
   },

package/src/api/router.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const express = require("express");
+const config = require("../config");
 const { processMessage } = require("../orchestrator");
 const { getSession } = require("../sessions");
 const metrics = require("../metrics");

package/src/cache/semantic.js

@@ -132,10 +132,13 @@ class SemanticCache {
 
     const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256');
 
-    // Include system prompt
+    // Include only a stable prefix of the system prompt (first 200 chars of static
+    // instructions). Lynkr appends dynamic memory/context after the static prefix —
+    // hashing the full content causes cache misses between near-identical requests
+    // when memory retrieval returns slightly different results.
     const systemMsg = messages.find(m => m.role === 'system');
     if (systemMsg && typeof systemMsg.content === 'string') {
-      hash.update(systemMsg.content);
+      hash.update(systemMsg.content.substring(0, 200));
     }
 
     // Include conversation state indicators to prevent tool loop caching

package/src/context/toon.js

@@ -18,17 +18,22 @@ function normaliseSettings(settings = {}) {
 function resolveEncodeFn(overrideEncode) {
   if (typeof overrideEncode === "function") return overrideEncode;
   if (cachedEncode !== undefined) return cachedEncode;
-  try {
-    const toon = require("@toon-format/toon");
-    cachedEncode = typeof toon?.encode === "function" ? toon.encode : null;
-    cachedLoadError = cachedEncode ? null : new Error("Missing encode() export from @toon-format/toon");
-  } catch (err) {
-    cachedEncode = null;
-    cachedLoadError = err;
-  }
-  return cachedEncode;
+  // cachedEncode is populated asynchronously at module load via dynamic import below.
+  // Return null here — the warn-once log will fire on first request if still loading.
+  return null;
 }
 
+// @toon-format/toon is ESM-only; dynamic import() is available in CommonJS modules.
+// Pre-warm at startup so encode is ready before the first request arrives.
+import("@toon-format/toon").then((mod) => {
+  const fn = mod?.encode ?? mod?.default?.encode ?? null;
+  cachedEncode = typeof fn === "function" ? fn : null;
+  cachedLoadError = cachedEncode ? null : new Error("Missing encode() export from @toon-format/toon");
+}).catch((err) => {
+  cachedEncode = null;
+  cachedLoadError = err;
+});
+
 function looksLikeJsonObjectOrArray(text) {
   if (typeof text !== "string") return false;
   const trimmed = text.trim();