# LLM Clients - Consistency Improvements

## Completed

### 1. `validate_model()` warning path
- `create_llm_client()` now calls `validate_model()` and emits a warning for
  unknown model names instead of failing immediately.

## Remaining Issues to Fix

### 2. Inconsistent parameter handling
| Client | API Key Param | Special Params |
|--------|---------------|----------------|
| OpenAI | `api_key` | `reasoning_effort` |
| Anthropic | `api_key` | `thinking_config` → `thinking` |
| Google | `google_api_key` | `thinking_budget` |

**Fix:** Standardize with unified `api_key` that maps to provider-specific keys

### 3. `base_url` accepted but ignored
- `AnthropicClient`: accepts `base_url` but never uses it
- `GoogleClient`: accepts `base_url` but never uses it (correct - Google doesn't support it)

**Fix:** Remove unused `base_url` from clients that don't support it

### 4. Update validators.py with models from CLI
- Sync `VALID_MODELS` dict with CLI model options after Feature 2 is complete