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+import { env } from '../../config/env.js';
+
+export interface LlmConfig {
+  baseUrl: string;
+  model: string;
+  apiKey?: string;
+  timeoutMs: number;
+  temperature: number;
+  maxTokens: number;
+}
+
+export interface ChatMessage {
+  role: 'system' | 'user' | 'assistant';
+  content: string;
+}
+
+export interface ChatCompletionResponse {
+  choices: Array<{
+    message?: { content: string };
+    text?: string;
+  }>;
+}
+
+export class LlmService {
+  private readonly config: LlmConfig;
+
+  constructor(config?: Partial<LlmConfig>) {
+    this.config = {
+      baseUrl: config?.baseUrl ?? env.LLM_BASE_URL,
+      model: config?.model ?? env.LLM_MODEL,
+      apiKey: config?.apiKey ?? env.LLM_API_KEY,
+      timeoutMs: config?.timeoutMs ?? env.LLM_TIMEOUT_MS,
+      temperature: config?.temperature ?? env.LLM_TEMPERATURE,
+      maxTokens: config?.maxTokens ?? env.LLM_MAX_TOKENS,
+    };
+  }
+
+  async chat(messages: ChatMessage[]): Promise<string> {
+    const url = `${this.config.baseUrl.replace(/\/$/, '')}/chat/completions`;
+
+    const headers: Record<string, string> = {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    };
+    if (this.config.apiKey) {
+      headers['Authorization'] = `Bearer ${this.config.apiKey}`;
+    }
+
+    const body = {
+      model: this.config.model,
+      messages: messages.map((m) => ({ role: m.role, content: m.content })),
+      temperature: this.config.temperature,
+      max_tokens: this.config.maxTokens,
+    };
+
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), this.config.timeoutMs);
+
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(url, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers,
+        body: JSON.stringify(body),
+        signal: controller.signal,
+      });
+
+      clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+
+      if (!res.ok) {
+        const text = await res.text();
+        throw new Error(`LLM request failed: ${res.status} ${res.statusText} - ${text}`);
+      }
+
+      const data = (await res.json()) as ChatCompletionResponse;
+
+      const choice = data.choices?.[0];
+      const content = choice?.message?.content ?? choice?.text ?? '';
+
+      return content.trim();
+    } catch (err) {
+      clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+      if (err instanceof Error) {
+        throw err;
+      }
+      throw new Error('LLM request failed');
+    }
+  }
+}