Installation¶

Requirements¶

.NET 10.0
Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions
Microsoft.Extensions.Options
Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions

All three are declared by the library and flow in transitively.

Installing the Package¶

Add the AIProviderConnect package to your project:

dotnet add package AIProviderConnect

Or reference it from your .csproj:

<ItemGroup>
  <PackageReference Include="AIProviderConnect" Version="*" />
</ItemGroup>

Version="*" resolves to the latest stable release at restore time. Pin to an explicit version in production projects.

All public types live in the AIProviderConnect.* namespaces (e.g. AIProviderConnect.Abstractions, AIProviderConnect.Models, AIProviderConnect.DependencyInjection).

What You Get¶

Folder	Contents
`Abstractions/`	`IAIProvider`, `IStreamingChatProvider`, `IModelDiscoveryProvider`, `IProviderCatalog`, `IAIProviderFactory`
`Models/`	Request/response, message, tool, streaming, and catalog models
`Options/`	Per-protocol configuration classes
`Protocols/`	Wire protocol mappers: OpenAI-compatible, Messages API, KeyQuery, and Catalog
`Providers/`	`AIProviderBase` plus four provider implementations
`Services/`	`ProviderCatalog` — embedded JSON provider definitions
`DependencyInjection/`	`AddAiProviders()` extension method

Next: Quick Start.