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Chapter 02

Build a Multi-Provider AI Gateway

One interface in front of several model providers, with cost and failure handled once.

What you will be able to do: You can swap providers without touching calling code, and you can tell a declined request from a broken one.

Tools you will use

RESTEnvironment variablesStructured logging

Your Day 1 checklist

  1. 1Move every credential into the environment
  2. 2Define one request shape for all providers
  3. 3Implement provider fallback
  4. 4Bound tokens and handle rate limits
  5. 5Log enough to debug a failed call

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