createProvider(options)

A factory function that creates any built-in provider from a plain options object. Useful for configuration-driven or environment-variable-driven setups where the provider name comes from config rather than code.

Signature

function createProvider(options: CreateProviderOptions & { model: string }): AIProvider

type BuiltInProvider = 'openai' | 'anthropic' | 'google' | 'xai' | 'openrouter';

Options

All options include provider (the provider name) and model (the model ID). Additional fields depend on the provider:

Provider	Extra fields
openai	apiKey?, baseUrl?
anthropic	apiKey?
google	apiKey?
xai	apiKey?
openrouter	apiKey?

Examples

From environment variables

import { configure, createProvider, type BuiltInProvider } from '@daedalus-ai-dev/ai-sdk';

configure({
  provider: createProvider({
    provider: process.env.AI_PROVIDER as BuiltInProvider,
    model:    process.env.AI_MODEL!,
    apiKey:   process.env.AI_API_KEY,
  }),
});

Static config

import { createProvider } from '@daedalus-ai-dev/ai-sdk';

const provider = createProvider({ provider: 'anthropic', model: 'claude-sonnet-4-5' });

Multi-environment config file

// config.ts
import { createProvider } from '@daedalus-ai-dev/ai-sdk';

const configs = {
  development: { provider: 'openai',     model: 'gpt-4o-mini' },
  production:  { provider: 'anthropic',  model: 'claude-sonnet-4-5' },
  staging:     { provider: 'google',     model: 'gemini-2.5-flash' },
} as const;

export const aiProvider = createProvider(configs[process.env.NODE_ENV ?? 'development']);

Notes

• For OpenRouter, model is baked into the returned provider (unlike using openrouter() directly where model is set via configure({ model })).
• All providers fall through to their apiKey option; if omitted, the standard environment variable for that provider is used automatically (OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY, XAI_API_KEY).