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+summary: "Live (network-touching) tests: model matrix, CLI backends, ACP, media providers, credentials"
+read_when:
+  - Running live model matrix / CLI backend / ACP / media-provider smokes
+  - Debugging live-test credential resolution
+  - Adding a new provider-specific live test
+title: "Testing: live suites"
+sidebarTitle: "Live tests"
+---
+
+For quick start, QA runners, unit/integration suites, and Docker flows, see
+[Testing](/help/testing). This page covers the **live** (network-touching) test
+suites: model matrix, CLI backends, ACP, and media-provider live tests, plus
+credential handling.
+
+## Live: local smoke commands
+
+Export the needed provider key in the process environment before ad hoc live
+checks.
+
+Safe media smoke:
+
+```bash
+pnpm nodmix infer tts convert --local --json \
+  --text "Nodmix live smoke." \
+  --output /tmp/nodmix-live-smoke.mp3
+```
+
+Safe voice-call readiness smoke:
+
+```bash
+pnpm nodmix voicecall setup --json
+pnpm nodmix voicecall smoke --to "+15555550123"
+```
+
+`voicecall smoke` is a dry run unless `--yes` is also present. Use `--yes` only
+when you intentionally want to place a real notify call. For Twilio, Telnyx, and
+Plivo, a successful readiness check requires a public webhook URL; local-only
+loopback/private fallbacks are rejected by design.
+
+## Live: Android node capability sweep
+
+- Test: `src/gateway/android-node.capabilities.live.test.ts`
+- Script: `pnpm android:test:integration`
+- Goal: invoke **every command currently advertised** by a connected Android node and assert command contract behavior.
+- Scope:
+  - Preconditioned/manual setup (the suite does not install/run/pair the app).
+  - Command-by-command gateway `node.invoke` validation for the selected Android node.
+- Required pre-setup:
+  - Android app already connected + paired to the gateway.
+  - App kept in foreground.
+  - Permissions/capture consent granted for capabilities you expect to pass.
+- Optional target overrides:
+  - `NODMIX_ANDROID_NODE_ID` or `NODMIX_ANDROID_NODE_NAME`.
+  - `NODMIX_ANDROID_GATEWAY_URL` / `NODMIX_ANDROID_GATEWAY_TOKEN` / `NODMIX_ANDROID_GATEWAY_PASSWORD`.
+- Full Android setup details: [Android App](/platforms/android)
+
+## Live: model smoke (profile keys)
+
+Live tests are split into two layers so we can isolate failures:
+
+- "Direct model" tells us the provider/model can answer at all with the given key.
+- "Gateway smoke" tells us the full gateway+agent pipeline works for that model (sessions, history, tools, sandbox policy, etc.).
+
+### Layer 1: Direct model completion (no gateway)
+
+- Test: `src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts`
+- Goal:
+  - Enumerate discovered models
+  - Use `getApiKeyForModel` to select models you have creds for
+  - Run a small completion per model (and targeted regressions where needed)
+- How to enable:
+  - `pnpm test:live` (or `NODMIX_LIVE_TEST=1` if invoking Vitest directly)
+- Set `NODMIX_LIVE_MODELS=modern` (or `all`, alias for modern) to actually run this suite; otherwise it skips to keep `pnpm test:live` focused on gateway smoke
+- How to select models:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_MODELS=modern` to run the modern allowlist (Opus/Sonnet 4.6+, GPT-5.2 + Codex, Gemini 3, DeepSeek V4, GLM 4.7, MiniMax M2.7, Grok 4.3)
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_MODELS=all` is an alias for the modern allowlist
+  - or `NODMIX_LIVE_MODELS="openai/gpt-5.5,openai-codex/gpt-5.5,anthropic/claude-opus-4-6,..."` (comma allowlist)
+  - Modern/all sweeps default to a curated high-signal cap; set `NODMIX_LIVE_MAX_MODELS=0` for an exhaustive modern sweep or a positive number for a smaller cap.
+  - Exhaustive sweeps use `NODMIX_LIVE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS` for the whole direct-model test timeout. Default: 60 minutes.
+  - Direct-model probes run with 20-way parallelism by default; set `NODMIX_LIVE_MODEL_CONCURRENCY` to override.
+- How to select providers:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_PROVIDERS="google,google-antigravity,google-gemini-cli"` (comma allowlist)
+- Where keys come from:
+  - By default: profile store and env fallbacks
+  - Set `NODMIX_LIVE_REQUIRE_PROFILE_KEYS=1` to enforce **profile store** only
+- Why this exists:
+  - Separates "provider API is broken / key is invalid" from "gateway agent pipeline is broken"
+  - Contains small, isolated regressions (example: OpenAI Responses/Codex Responses reasoning replay + tool-call flows)
+
+### Layer 2: Gateway + dev agent smoke (what "@nodmix" actually does)
+
+- Test: `src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts`
+- Goal:
+  - Spin up an in-process gateway
+  - Create/patch a `agent:dev:*` session (model override per run)
+  - Iterate models-with-keys and assert:
+    - "meaningful" response (no tools)
+    - a real tool invocation works (read probe)
+    - optional extra tool probes (exec+read probe)
+    - OpenAI regression paths (tool-call-only → follow-up) keep working
+- Probe details (so you can explain failures quickly):
+  - `read` probe: the test writes a nonce file in the workspace and asks the agent to `read` it and echo the nonce back.
+  - `exec+read` probe: the test asks the agent to `exec`-write a nonce into a temp file, then `read` it back.
+  - image probe: the test attaches a generated PNG (cat + randomized code) and expects the model to return `cat <CODE>`.
+  - Implementation reference: `src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts` and `test/helpers/live-image-probe.ts`.
+- How to enable:
+  - `pnpm test:live` (or `NODMIX_LIVE_TEST=1` if invoking Vitest directly)
+- How to select models:
+  - Default: modern allowlist (Opus/Sonnet 4.6+, GPT-5.2 + Codex, Gemini 3, DeepSeek V4, GLM 4.7, MiniMax M2.7, Grok 4.3)
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS=all` is an alias for the modern allowlist
+  - Or set `NODMIX_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS="provider/model"` (or comma list) to narrow
+  - Modern/all gateway sweeps default to a curated high-signal cap; set `NODMIX_LIVE_GATEWAY_MAX_MODELS=0` for an exhaustive modern sweep or a positive number for a smaller cap.
+- How to select providers (avoid "OpenRouter everything"):
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_GATEWAY_PROVIDERS="google,google-antigravity,google-gemini-cli,openai,anthropic,zai,minimax"` (comma allowlist)
+- Tool + image probes are always on in this live test:
+  - `read` probe + `exec+read` probe (tool stress)
+  - image probe runs when the model advertises image input support
+  - Flow (high level):
+    - Test generates a tiny PNG with "CAT" + random code (`test/helpers/live-image-probe.ts`)
+    - Sends it via `agent` `attachments: [{ mimeType: "image/png", content: "<base64>" }]`
+    - Gateway parses attachments into `images[]` (`src/gateway/server-methods/agent.ts` + `src/gateway/chat-attachments.ts`)
+    - Embedded agent forwards a multimodal user message to the model
+    - Assertion: reply contains `cat` + the code (OCR tolerance: minor mistakes allowed)
+
+<Tip>
+To see what you can test on your machine (and the exact `provider/model` ids), run:
+
+```bash
+nodmix models list
+nodmix models list --json
+```
+
+</Tip>
+
+## Live: CLI backend smoke (Claude, Gemini, or other local CLIs)
+
+- Test: `src/gateway/gateway-cli-backend.live.test.ts`
+- Goal: validate the Gateway + agent pipeline using a local CLI backend, without touching your default config.
+- Backend-specific smoke defaults live with the owning extension's `cli-backend.ts` definition.
+- Enable:
+  - `pnpm test:live` (or `NODMIX_LIVE_TEST=1` if invoking Vitest directly)
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND=1`
+- Defaults:
+  - Default provider/model: `claude-cli/claude-sonnet-4-6`
+  - Command/args/image behavior come from the owning CLI backend plugin metadata.
+- Overrides (optional):
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_MODEL="claude-cli/claude-sonnet-4-6"`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_COMMAND="/full/path/to/claude"`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_ARGS='["-p","--output-format","json"]'`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_IMAGE_PROBE=1` to send a real image attachment (paths are injected into the prompt). Docker recipes default this off unless explicitly requested.
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_IMAGE_ARG="--image"` to pass image file paths as CLI args instead of prompt injection.
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_IMAGE_MODE="repeat"` (or `"list"`) to control how image args are passed when `IMAGE_ARG` is set.
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_RESUME_PROBE=1` to send a second turn and validate resume flow.
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_MODEL_SWITCH_PROBE=1` to opt into the Claude Sonnet -> Opus same-session continuity probe when the selected model supports a switch target. Docker recipes default this off for aggregate reliability.
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_MCP_PROBE=1` to opt into the MCP/tool loopback probe. Docker recipes default this off unless explicitly requested.
+
+Example:
+
+```bash
+  NODMIX_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND=1 \
+  NODMIX_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_MODEL="claude-cli/claude-sonnet-4-6" \
+  pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-cli-backend.live.test.ts
+```
+
+Cheap Gemini MCP config smoke:
+
+```bash
+NODMIX_LIVE_TEST=1 \
+  pnpm test:live src/agents/cli-runner/bundle-mcp.gemini.live.test.ts
+```
+
+This does not ask Gemini to generate a response. It writes the same system
+settings Nodmix gives Gemini, then runs `gemini --debug mcp list` to prove a
+saved `transport: "streamable-http"` server is normalized to Gemini's HTTP MCP
+shape and can connect to a local streamable-HTTP MCP server.
+
+Docker recipe:
+
+```bash
+pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend
+```
+
+Single-provider Docker recipes:
+
+```bash
+pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:claude
+pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:claude-subscription
+pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:gemini
+```
+
+Notes:
+
+- The Docker runner lives at `scripts/test-live-cli-backend-docker.sh`.
+- It runs the live CLI-backend smoke inside the repo Docker image as the non-root `node` user.
+- It resolves CLI smoke metadata from the owning extension, then installs the matching Linux CLI package (`@anthropic-ai/claude-code` or `@google/gemini-cli`) into a cached writable prefix at `NODMIX_DOCKER_CLI_TOOLS_DIR` (default: `~/.cache/nodmix/docker-cli-tools`).
+- `pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:claude-subscription` requires portable Claude Code subscription OAuth through either `~/.claude/.credentials.json` with `claudeAiOauth.subscriptionType` or `CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN` from `claude setup-token`. It first proves direct `claude -p` in Docker, then runs two Gateway CLI-backend turns without preserving Anthropic API-key env vars. This subscription lane disables the Claude MCP/tool and image probes by default because Claude currently routes third-party app usage through extra-usage billing instead of normal subscription plan limits.
+- The live CLI-backend smoke now exercises the same end-to-end flow for Claude and Gemini: text turn, image classification turn, then MCP `cron` tool call verified through the gateway CLI.
+- Claude's default smoke also patches the session from Sonnet to Opus and verifies the resumed session still remembers an earlier note.
+
+## Live: APNs HTTP/2 proxy reachability
+
+- Test: `src/infra/push-apns-http2.live.test.ts`
+- Goal: tunnel through a local HTTP CONNECT proxy to Apple's sandbox APNs endpoint, send the APNs HTTP/2 validation request, and assert Apple's real `403 InvalidProviderToken` response comes back through the proxy path.
+- Enable:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_TEST=1 NODMIX_LIVE_APNS_REACHABILITY=1 pnpm test:live src/infra/push-apns-http2.live.test.ts`
+- Optional timeout:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_APNS_TIMEOUT_MS=30000`
+
+## Live: ACP bind smoke (`/acp spawn ... --bind here`)
+
+- Test: `src/gateway/gateway-acp-bind.live.test.ts`
+- Goal: validate the real ACP conversation-bind flow with a live ACP agent:
+  - send `/acp spawn <agent> --bind here`
+  - bind a synthetic message-channel conversation in place
+  - send a normal follow-up on that same conversation
+  - verify the follow-up lands in the bound ACP session transcript
+- Enable:
+  - `pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-acp-bind.live.test.ts`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND=1`
+- Defaults:
+  - ACP agents in Docker: `claude,codex,gemini`
+  - ACP agent for direct `pnpm test:live ...`: `claude`
+  - Synthetic channel: Slack DM-style conversation context
+  - ACP backend: `acpx`
+- Overrides:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT=claude`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT=codex`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT=droid`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT=gemini`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT=opencode`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENTS=claude,codex,gemini`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT_COMMAND='npx -y @agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp@<version>'`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_CODEX_MODEL=gpt-5.5`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_OPENCODE_MODEL=opencode/kimi-k2.6`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_REQUIRE_TRANSCRIPT=1`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_REQUIRE_CRON=1`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_PARENT_MODEL=openai/gpt-5.5`
+- Notes:
+  - This lane uses the gateway `chat.send` surface with admin-only synthetic originating-route fields so tests can attach message-channel context without pretending to deliver externally.
+  - When `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT_COMMAND` is unset, the test uses the embedded `acpx` plugin's built-in agent registry for the selected ACP harness agent.
+  - Bound-session cron MCP creation is best-effort by default because external ACP harnesses can cancel MCP calls after the bind/image proof has passed; set `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_REQUIRE_CRON=1` to make that post-bind cron probe strict.
+
+Example:
+
+```bash
+NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND=1 \
+  NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT=claude \
+  pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-acp-bind.live.test.ts
+```
+
+Docker recipe:
+
+```bash
+pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind
+```
+
+Single-agent Docker recipes:
+
+```bash
+pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind:claude
+pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind:codex
+pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind:droid
+pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind:gemini
+pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind:opencode
+```
+
+Docker notes:
+
+- The Docker runner lives at `scripts/test-live-acp-bind-docker.sh`.
+- By default, it runs the ACP bind smoke against the aggregate live CLI agents in sequence: `claude`, `codex`, then `gemini`.
+- Use `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENTS=claude`, `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENTS=codex`, `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENTS=droid`, `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENTS=gemini`, or `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENTS=opencode` to narrow the matrix.
+- It stages the matching CLI auth material into the container, then installs the requested live CLI (`@anthropic-ai/claude-code`, `@openai/codex`, Factory Droid via `https://app.factory.ai/cli`, `@google/gemini-cli`, or `opencode-ai`) if missing. The ACP backend itself is the embedded `acpx/runtime` package from the official `acpx` plugin.
+- The Droid Docker variant stages `~/.factory` for settings, forwards `FACTORY_API_KEY`, and requires that API key because local Factory OAuth/keyring auth is not portable into the container. It uses ACPX's built-in `droid exec --output-format acp` registry entry.
+- The OpenCode Docker variant is a strict single-agent regression lane. It writes a temporary `OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT` default model from `NODMIX_LIVE_ACP_BIND_OPENCODE_MODEL` (default `opencode/kimi-k2.6`), and `pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind:opencode` requires a bound assistant transcript instead of accepting the generic post-bind skip.
+- Direct `acpx` CLI calls are only a manual/workaround path for comparing behavior outside the Gateway. The Docker ACP bind smoke exercises Nodmix's embedded `acpx` runtime backend.
+
+## Live: Codex app-server harness smoke
+
+- Goal: validate the plugin-owned Codex harness through the normal gateway
+  `agent` method:
+  - load the bundled `codex` plugin
+  - select `openai/gpt-5.5`, which routes OpenAI agent turns through Codex by default
+  - send a first gateway agent turn to `openai/gpt-5.5` with the Codex harness selected
+  - send a second turn to the same Nodmix session and verify the app-server
+    thread can resume
+  - run `/codex status` and `/codex models` through the same gateway command
+    path
+  - optionally run two Guardian-reviewed escalated shell probes: one benign
+    command that should be approved and one fake-secret upload that should be
+    denied so the agent asks back
+- Test: `src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live.test.ts`
+- Enable: `NODMIX_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS=1`
+- Default model: `openai/gpt-5.5`
+- Optional image probe: `NODMIX_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_IMAGE_PROBE=1`
+- Optional MCP/tool probe: `NODMIX_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MCP_PROBE=1`
+- Optional Guardian probe: `NODMIX_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_GUARDIAN_PROBE=1`
+- The smoke forces provider/model `agentRuntime.id: "codex"` so a broken Codex
+  harness cannot pass by silently falling back to PI.
+- Auth: Codex app-server auth from the local Codex subscription login. Docker
+  smokes can also provide `OPENAI_API_KEY` for non-Codex probes when applicable,
+  plus optional copied `~/.codex/auth.json` and `~/.codex/config.toml`.
+
+Local recipe:
+
+```bash
+NODMIX_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS=1 \
+  NODMIX_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_IMAGE_PROBE=1 \
+  NODMIX_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MCP_PROBE=1 \
+  NODMIX_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_GUARDIAN_PROBE=1 \
+  NODMIX_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MODEL=openai/gpt-5.5 \
+  pnpm test:live -- src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live.test.ts
+```
+
+Docker recipe:
+
+```bash
+pnpm test:docker:live-codex-harness
+```
+
+Docker notes:
+
+- The Docker runner lives at `scripts/test-live-codex-harness-docker.sh`.
+- It passes `OPENAI_API_KEY`, copies Codex CLI auth files when present, installs
+  `@openai/codex` into a writable mounted npm
+  prefix, stages the source tree, then runs only the Codex-harness live test.
+- Docker enables the image, MCP/tool, and Guardian probes by default. Set
+  `NODMIX_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_IMAGE_PROBE=0` or
+  `NODMIX_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MCP_PROBE=0` or
+  `NODMIX_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_GUARDIAN_PROBE=0` when you need a narrower debug
+  run.
+- Docker uses the same explicit Codex runtime config, so legacy aliases or PI
+  fallback cannot hide a Codex harness regression.
+
+### Recommended live recipes
+
+Narrow, explicit allowlists are fastest and least flaky:
+
+- Single model, direct (no gateway):
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_MODELS="openai/gpt-5.5" pnpm test:live src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts`
+
+- Single model, gateway smoke:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS="openai/gpt-5.5" pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts`
+
+- Tool calling across several providers:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS="openai/gpt-5.5,openai-codex/gpt-5.5,anthropic/claude-opus-4-6,google/gemini-3-flash-preview,deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash,zai/glm-5.1,minimax/MiniMax-M2.7" pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts`
+
+- Google focus (Gemini API key + Antigravity):
+  - Gemini (API key): `NODMIX_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS="google/gemini-3-flash-preview" pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts`
+  - Antigravity (OAuth): `NODMIX_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS="google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-6-thinking,google-antigravity/gemini-3-pro-high" pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts`
+
+- Google adaptive thinking smoke:
+  - Gemini 3 dynamic default: `pnpm nodmix qa manual --provider-mode live-frontier --model google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview --alt-model google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview --message '/think adaptive Reply exactly: GEMINI_ADAPTIVE_OK' --timeout-ms 180000`
+  - Gemini 2.5 dynamic budget: `pnpm nodmix qa manual --provider-mode live-frontier --model google/gemini-2.5-flash --alt-model google/gemini-2.5-flash --message '/think adaptive Reply exactly: GEMINI25_ADAPTIVE_OK' --timeout-ms 180000`
+
+Notes:
+
+- `google/...` uses the Gemini API (API key).
+- `google-antigravity/...` uses the Antigravity OAuth bridge (Cloud Code Assist-style agent endpoint).
+- `google-gemini-cli/...` uses the local Gemini CLI on your machine (separate auth + tooling quirks).
+- Gemini API vs Gemini CLI:
+  - API: Nodmix calls Google's hosted Gemini API over HTTP (API key / profile auth); this is what most users mean by "Gemini".
+  - CLI: Nodmix shells out to a local `gemini` binary; it has its own auth and can behave differently (streaming/tool support/version skew).
+
+## Live: model matrix (what we cover)
+
+There is no fixed "CI model list" (live is opt-in), but these are the **recommended** models to cover regularly on a dev machine with keys.
+
+### Modern smoke set (tool calling + image)
+
+This is the "common models" run we expect to keep working:
+
+- OpenAI (non-Codex): `openai/gpt-5.5`
+- OpenAI Codex OAuth: `openai-codex/gpt-5.5`
+- Anthropic: `anthropic/claude-opus-4-6` (or `anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6`)
+- Google (Gemini API): `google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview` and `google/gemini-3-flash-preview` (avoid older Gemini 2.x models)
+- Google (Antigravity): `google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-6-thinking` and `google-antigravity/gemini-3-flash`
+- DeepSeek: `deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash` and `deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro`
+- Z.AI (GLM): `zai/glm-5.1`
+- MiniMax: `minimax/MiniMax-M2.7`
+
+Run gateway smoke with tools + image:
+`NODMIX_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS="openai/gpt-5.5,openai-codex/gpt-5.5,anthropic/claude-opus-4-6,google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview,google/gemini-3-flash-preview,google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-6-thinking,google-antigravity/gemini-3-flash,deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash,zai/glm-5.1,minimax/MiniMax-M2.7" pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts`
+
+### Baseline: tool calling (Read + optional Exec)
+
+Pick at least one per provider family:
+
+- OpenAI: `openai/gpt-5.5`
+- Anthropic: `anthropic/claude-opus-4-6` (or `anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6`)
+- Google: `google/gemini-3-flash-preview` (or `google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview`)
+- DeepSeek: `deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash`
+- Z.AI (GLM): `zai/glm-5.1`
+- MiniMax: `minimax/MiniMax-M2.7`
+
+Optional additional coverage (nice to have):
+
+- xAI: `xai/grok-4.3` (or latest available)
+- Mistral: `mistral/`… (pick one "tools" capable model you have enabled)
+- Cerebras: `cerebras/`… (if you have access)
+- LM Studio: `lmstudio/`… (local; tool calling depends on API mode)
+
+### Vision: image send (attachment → multimodal message)
+
+Include at least one image-capable model in `NODMIX_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS` (Claude/Gemini/OpenAI vision-capable variants, etc.) to exercise the image probe.
+
+### Aggregators / alternate gateways
+
+If you have keys enabled, we also support testing via:
+
+- OpenRouter: `openrouter/...` (hundreds of models; use `nodmix models scan` to find tool+image capable candidates)
+- OpenCode: `opencode/...` for Zen and `opencode-go/...` for Go (auth via `OPENCODE_API_KEY` / `OPENCODE_ZEN_API_KEY`)
+
+More providers you can include in the live matrix (if you have creds/config):
+
+- Built-in: `openai`, `openai-codex`, `anthropic`, `google`, `google-vertex`, `google-antigravity`, `google-gemini-cli`, `zai`, `openrouter`, `opencode`, `opencode-go`, `xai`, `groq`, `cerebras`, `mistral`, `github-copilot`
+- Via `models.providers` (custom endpoints): `minimax` (cloud/API), plus any OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible proxy (LM Studio, vLLM, LiteLLM, etc.)
+
+<Tip>
+Do not hardcode "all models" in docs. The authoritative list is whatever `discoverModels(...)` returns on your machine plus whatever keys are available.
+</Tip>
+
+## Credentials (never commit)
+
+Live tests discover credentials the same way the CLI does. Practical implications:
+
+- If the CLI works, live tests should find the same keys.
+- If a live test says "no creds", debug the same way you'd debug `nodmix models list` / model selection.
+
+- Per-agent auth profiles: `~/.nodmix/agents/<agentId>/agent/auth-profiles.json` (this is what "profile keys" means in the live tests)
+- Config: `~/.nodmix/nodmix.json` (or `NODMIX_CONFIG_PATH`)
+- Legacy state dir: `~/.nodmix/credentials/` (copied into the staged live home when present, but not the main profile-key store)
+- Live local runs copy the active config, per-agent `auth-profiles.json` files, legacy `credentials/`, and supported external CLI auth dirs into a temp test home by default; staged live homes skip `workspace/` and `sandboxes/`, and `agents.*.workspace` / `agentDir` path overrides are stripped so probes stay off your real host workspace.
+
+If you want to rely on env keys, export them before local tests or use the
+Docker runners below with an explicit `NODMIX_PROFILE_FILE`.
+
+## Deepgram live (audio transcription)
+
+- Test: `extensions/deepgram/audio.live.test.ts`
+- Enable: `DEEPGRAM_API_KEY=... DEEPGRAM_LIVE_TEST=1 pnpm test:live extensions/deepgram/audio.live.test.ts`
+
+## BytePlus coding plan live
+
+- Test: `extensions/byteplus/live.test.ts`
+- Enable: `BYTEPLUS_API_KEY=... BYTEPLUS_LIVE_TEST=1 pnpm test:live extensions/byteplus/live.test.ts`
+- Optional model override: `BYTEPLUS_CODING_MODEL=ark-code-latest`
+
+## ComfyUI workflow media live
+
+- Test: `extensions/comfy/comfy.live.test.ts`
+- Enable: `NODMIX_LIVE_TEST=1 COMFY_LIVE_TEST=1 pnpm test:live -- extensions/comfy/comfy.live.test.ts`
+- Scope:
+  - Exercises the bundled comfy image, video, and `music_generate` paths
+  - Skips each capability unless `plugins.entries.comfy.config.<capability>` is configured
+  - Useful after changing comfy workflow submission, polling, downloads, or plugin registration
+
+## Image generation live
+
+- Test: `test/image-generation.runtime.live.test.ts`
+- Command: `pnpm test:live test/image-generation.runtime.live.test.ts`
+- Harness: `pnpm test:live:media image`
+- Scope:
+  - Enumerates every registered image-generation provider plugin
+  - Uses already-exported provider env vars before probing
+  - Uses live/env API keys ahead of stored auth profiles by default, so stale test keys in `auth-profiles.json` do not mask real shell credentials
+  - Skips providers with no usable auth/profile/model
+  - Runs each configured provider through the shared image-generation runtime:
+    - `<provider>:generate`
+    - `<provider>:edit` when the provider declares edit support
+- Current bundled providers covered:
+  - `deepinfra`
+  - `fal`
+  - `google`
+  - `minimax`
+  - `openai`
+  - `openrouter`
+  - `vydra`
+  - `xai`
+- Optional narrowing:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_IMAGE_GENERATION_PROVIDERS="openai,google,openrouter,xai"`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_IMAGE_GENERATION_PROVIDERS="deepinfra"`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_IMAGE_GENERATION_MODELS="openai/gpt-image-2,google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview,openrouter/google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview,xai/grok-imagine-image"`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_IMAGE_GENERATION_CASES="google:flash-generate,google:pro-edit,openrouter:generate,xai:default-generate,xai:default-edit"`
+- Optional auth behavior:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_REQUIRE_PROFILE_KEYS=1` to force profile-store auth and ignore env-only overrides
+
+For the shipped CLI path, add an `infer` smoke after the provider/runtime live
+test passes:
+
+```bash
+NODMIX_LIVE_TEST=1 NODMIX_LIVE_INFER_CLI_TEST=1 pnpm test:live -- test/image-generation.infer-cli.live.test.ts
+nodmix infer image providers --json
+nodmix infer image generate \
+  --model google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview \
+  --prompt "Minimal flat test image: one blue square on a white background, no text." \
+  --output ./nodmix-infer-image-smoke.png \
+  --json
+```
+
+This covers CLI argument parsing, config/default-agent resolution, bundled
+plugin activation, the shared image-generation runtime, and the live provider
+request. Plugin dependencies are expected to be present before runtime load.
+
+## Music generation live
+
+- Test: `extensions/music-generation-providers.live.test.ts`
+- Enable: `NODMIX_LIVE_TEST=1 pnpm test:live -- extensions/music-generation-providers.live.test.ts`
+- Harness: `pnpm test:live:media music`
+- Scope:
+  - Exercises the shared bundled music-generation provider path
+  - Currently covers Google and MiniMax
+  - Uses already-exported provider env vars before probing
+  - Uses live/env API keys ahead of stored auth profiles by default, so stale test keys in `auth-profiles.json` do not mask real shell credentials
+  - Skips providers with no usable auth/profile/model
+  - Runs both declared runtime modes when available:
+    - `generate` with prompt-only input
+    - `edit` when the provider declares `capabilities.edit.enabled`
+  - Current shared-lane coverage:
+    - `google`: `generate`, `edit`
+    - `minimax`: `generate`
+    - `comfy`: separate Comfy live file, not this shared sweep
+- Optional narrowing:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_MUSIC_GENERATION_PROVIDERS="google,minimax"`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_MUSIC_GENERATION_MODELS="google/lyria-3-clip-preview,minimax/music-2.6"`
+- Optional auth behavior:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_REQUIRE_PROFILE_KEYS=1` to force profile-store auth and ignore env-only overrides
+
+## Video generation live
+
+- Test: `extensions/video-generation-providers.live.test.ts`
+- Enable: `NODMIX_LIVE_TEST=1 pnpm test:live -- extensions/video-generation-providers.live.test.ts`
+- Harness: `pnpm test:live:media video`
+- Scope:
+  - Exercises the shared bundled video-generation provider path
+  - Defaults to the release-safe smoke path: non-FAL providers, one text-to-video request per provider, one-second lobster prompt, and a per-provider operation cap from `NODMIX_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_TIMEOUT_MS` (`180000` by default)
+  - Skips FAL by default because provider-side queue latency can dominate release time; pass `--video-providers fal` or `NODMIX_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_PROVIDERS="fal"` to run it explicitly
+  - Uses already-exported provider env vars before probing
+  - Uses live/env API keys ahead of stored auth profiles by default, so stale test keys in `auth-profiles.json` do not mask real shell credentials
+  - Skips providers with no usable auth/profile/model
+  - Runs only `generate` by default
+  - Set `NODMIX_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_FULL_MODES=1` to also run declared transform modes when available:
+    - `imageToVideo` when the provider declares `capabilities.imageToVideo.enabled` and the selected provider/model accepts buffer-backed local image input in the shared sweep
+    - `videoToVideo` when the provider declares `capabilities.videoToVideo.enabled` and the selected provider/model accepts buffer-backed local video input in the shared sweep
+  - Current declared-but-skipped `imageToVideo` providers in the shared sweep:
+    - `vydra` because bundled `veo3` is text-only and bundled `kling` requires a remote image URL
+  - Provider-specific Vydra coverage:
+    - `NODMIX_LIVE_TEST=1 NODMIX_LIVE_VYDRA_VIDEO=1 pnpm test:live -- extensions/vydra/vydra.live.test.ts`
+    - that file runs `veo3` text-to-video plus a `kling` lane that uses a remote image URL fixture by default
+  - Current `videoToVideo` live coverage:
+    - `runway` only when the selected model is `runway/gen4_aleph`
+  - Current declared-but-skipped `videoToVideo` providers in the shared sweep:
+    - `alibaba`, `qwen`, `xai` because those paths currently require remote `http(s)` / MP4 reference URLs
+    - `google` because the current shared Gemini/Veo lane uses local buffer-backed input and that path is not accepted in the shared sweep
+    - `openai` because the current shared lane lacks org-specific video inpaint/remix access guarantees
+- Optional narrowing:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_PROVIDERS="deepinfra,google,openai,runway"`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_MODELS="google/veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview,openai/sora-2,runway/gen4_aleph"`
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_SKIP_PROVIDERS=""` to include every provider in the default sweep, including FAL
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_TIMEOUT_MS=60000` to reduce each provider operation cap for an aggressive smoke run
+- Optional auth behavior:
+  - `NODMIX_LIVE_REQUIRE_PROFILE_KEYS=1` to force profile-store auth and ignore env-only overrides
+
+## Media live harness
+
+- Command: `pnpm test:live:media`
+- Purpose:
+  - Runs the shared image, music, and video live suites through one repo-native entrypoint
+  - Uses already-exported provider env vars
+  - Auto-narrows each suite to providers that currently have usable auth by default
+  - Reuses `scripts/test-live.mjs`, so heartbeat and quiet-mode behavior stay consistent
+- Examples:
+  - `pnpm test:live:media`
+  - `pnpm test:live:media image video --providers openai,google,minimax`
+  - `pnpm test:live:media video --video-providers openai,runway --all-providers`
+  - `pnpm test:live:media music --quiet`
+
+## Related
+
+- [Testing](/help/testing) - unit, integration, QA, and Docker suites