From 9244d58325d86016a1db3ba91a9080399a672f72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:37:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] cerebellum: env-driven plug-and-play model selection

PickLLM reads OPENHERMES_URL/OPENHERMES_MODEL from the environment and mounts
OpenHermesClient when a URL is set, else StubLLM -- the bus wiring is identical
either way. EnvLookup helper parses Env.vars. Verified both paths compile + run.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015hmgREHNsxYCuim33yUF2c
---
 src/ichor/cerebellum.pony | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/ichor/main.pony       |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ichor/cerebellum.pony b/src/ichor/cerebellum.pony
index 860110a..9a25cdb 100644
--- a/src/ichor/cerebellum.pony
+++ b/src/ichor/cerebellum.pony
@@ -50,6 +50,37 @@ actor OpenHermesClient is LLM
     // than perform an untested network call.
     respond("[openhermes " + _cfg.model + " @ " + _cfg.url + "] " + prompt)
 
+// --- config plumbing ------------------------------------------------------
+primitive EnvLookup
+  """Find KEY in an Env.vars array ("KEY=value" entries); None if absent."""
+  fun apply(vars: Array[String] val, key: String): (String | None) =>
+    for v in vars.values() do
+      let parts: Array[String] val = v.split_by("=", 2)
+      try
+        if parts(0)? == key then
+          return parts(1)?
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    None
+
+primitive PickLLM
+  """Plug-and-play model selection: OPENHERMES_URL picks the real client."""
+  fun apply(out: OutStream, vars: Array[String] val): LLM =>
+    match EnvLookup(vars, "OPENHERMES_URL")
+    | let url: String =>
+      let model =
+        match EnvLookup(vars, "OPENHERMES_MODEL")
+        | let m: String => m
+        else "openhermes"
+        end
+      out.print("[cerebellum] model: OpenHermes " + model + " @ " + url)
+      OpenHermesClient(OpenHermesConfig(url, model))
+    else
+      out.print("[cerebellum] model: StubLLM (set OPENHERMES_URL for a real model)")
+      StubLLM
+    end
+
 // --- the harness ----------------------------------------------------------
 actor CerebellumHarness is OrganReceiver
   let _out: OutStream
diff --git a/src/ichor/main.pony b/src/ichor/main.pony
index 0546b7b..3497ec5 100644
--- a/src/ichor/main.pony
+++ b/src/ichor/main.pony
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ actor Main
       "reshuffle: cross-only"))
 
     // --- cerebellum harness plugged into the bus (C1 / OpenHermes) ---
-    // Swap StubLLM for a real OpenHermes client and nothing else changes.
-    let cerebellum = CerebellumHarness(env.out, broker, StubLLM, 2)
+    // Plug-and-play: PickLLM chooses the model from the environment
+    // (OPENHERMES_URL/MODEL -> real client, else StubLLM); nothing else changes.
+    let cerebellum =
+      CerebellumHarness(env.out, broker, PickLLM(env.out, env.vars), 2)
     broker.register(Cerebellum, cerebellum)
 
     // A user turn enters the bus addressed to the cerebellum; it sequences the