fleet-memory/hindsight-api-slim/hindsight_api/engine/providers/llamacpp_llm.py
Nicolò Boschi f74b577e02
feat: add built-in llama.cpp LLM provider for local inference (#933)
* feat: add built-in llama.cpp LLM provider for fully local inference

Add `llamacpp` as a new LLM provider that manages a llama-cpp-python server
subprocess. Auto-downloads Gemma 4 E2B Q4_K_M (~3.5 GB) on first use and
runs inference locally via Metal/CUDA with no external services needed.

- New provider: `HINDSIGHT_API_LLM_PROVIDER=llamacpp`
- Singleton server shared across retain/reflect/consolidation
- Configurable: model path, GPU layers, context size, grammar enforcement
- User-extensible via `HINDSIGHT_API_LLAMACPP_EXTRA_ARGS`
- Flash attention + prompt caching enabled by default
- LLM provider cleanup on shutdown (stops subprocess)
- hindsight-embed: `--ui` flag on `daemon start`, removed FORCE_CPU on macOS
- Docs: configuration.md, models.mdx, providers grid updated

* chore: regenerate docs skill and update lockfile for local-llm dep
2026-04-08 15:22:10 +02:00

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"""
Built-in llama.cpp LLM provider for fully offline operation.
Manages a llama-cpp-python server as a subprocess, downloads GGUF models
from HuggingFace on first use, and delegates inference to the OpenAI-compatible API.
Usage:
HINDSIGHT_API_LLM_PROVIDER=llamacpp
HINDSIGHT_API_LLAMACPP_MODEL_PATH=~/.hindsight/models/gemma-4-E2B-it-Q4_K_M.gguf
HINDSIGHT_API_LLAMACPP_GPU_LAYERS=-1 # -1 = all layers on GPU
HINDSIGHT_API_LLAMACPP_CONTEXT_SIZE=8192
"""
import asyncio
import logging
import os
import signal
import socket
import subprocess
import sys
import time
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any
from hindsight_api.engine.llm_interface import LLMInterface
from hindsight_api.engine.response_models import LLMToolCallResult
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# Default GGUF model for offline mode
DEFAULT_LLAMACPP_HF_REPO = "bartowski/google_gemma-4-E2B-it-GGUF"
DEFAULT_LLAMACPP_HF_FILENAME = "google_gemma-4-E2B-it-Q4_K_M.gguf"
DEFAULT_LLAMACPP_MODEL_ALIAS = "gemma-4-e2b-it"
MODELS_DIR = Path.home() / ".hindsight" / "models"
# Singleton server instance — shared across all LlamaCppLLM instances
# (retain, reflect, consolidation each create their own LLMProvider,
# but they should all share one llama.cpp server process)
_shared_server: "LlamaCppServer | None" = None
_shared_server_lock = asyncio.Lock()
def _find_free_port() -> int:
"""Find a free TCP port on localhost."""
with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
s.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
return s.getsockname()[1]
def _download_default_model() -> Path:
"""Download the default GGUF model from HuggingFace if not already cached.
Returns:
Path to the downloaded GGUF file.
"""
try:
from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
except ImportError:
raise ImportError(
"huggingface-hub is required for automatic model download. "
"Install with: pip install 'hindsight-api-slim[local-llm]'"
)
MODELS_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
target = MODELS_DIR / DEFAULT_LLAMACPP_HF_FILENAME
if target.exists():
logger.info(f"Using cached model: {target}")
return target
logger.info(
f"Downloading {DEFAULT_LLAMACPP_HF_FILENAME} from {DEFAULT_LLAMACPP_HF_REPO} (~3.5 GB, first run only)..."
)
downloaded = hf_hub_download(
repo_id=DEFAULT_LLAMACPP_HF_REPO,
filename=DEFAULT_LLAMACPP_HF_FILENAME,
local_dir=str(MODELS_DIR),
)
logger.info(f"Model downloaded: {downloaded}")
return Path(downloaded)
def _resolve_model_path(model_path: str | None) -> Path:
"""Resolve the model path, downloading the default if needed.
Args:
model_path: Explicit path to a GGUF file, or None to use the default.
Returns:
Resolved Path to the GGUF file.
"""
if model_path:
p = Path(model_path).expanduser()
if not p.exists():
raise FileNotFoundError(
f"GGUF model not found: {p}\n"
f"Set HINDSIGHT_API_LLAMACPP_MODEL_PATH to a valid .gguf file, "
f"or remove the setting to auto-download the default model."
)
return p
return _download_default_model()
class LlamaCppServer:
"""Manages a llama-cpp-python OpenAI-compatible server as a subprocess."""
def __init__(
self,
model_path: Path,
port: int,
gpu_layers: int = -1,
context_size: int = 8192,
chat_format: str | None = None,
extra_args: str | None = None,
):
self.model_path = model_path
self.port = port
self.gpu_layers = gpu_layers
self.context_size = context_size
self.chat_format = chat_format
self.extra_args = extra_args
self._process: subprocess.Popen | None = None
@property
def base_url(self) -> str:
return f"http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/v1"
async def start(self) -> None:
"""Start the llama.cpp server subprocess."""
cmd = [
sys.executable,
"-m",
"llama_cpp.server",
"--model",
str(self.model_path),
"--host",
"127.0.0.1",
"--port",
str(self.port),
"--n_gpu_layers",
str(self.gpu_layers),
"--n_ctx",
str(self.context_size),
"--flash_attn",
"true",
"--n_batch",
"2048",
# Prompt cache: reuse KV cache for repeated system prompts
"--cache",
"true",
]
# Only pass chat_format if explicitly set (most GGUF models have it embedded)
if self.chat_format:
cmd.extend(["--chat_format", self.chat_format])
# User-provided extra args (e.g. "--type_k 1 --type_v 1 --n_threads 8")
if self.extra_args:
cmd.extend(self.extra_args.split())
logger.info(f"Starting llama.cpp server: {' '.join(cmd)}")
# Write stderr to a log file to avoid pipe buffer deadlock
# (llama.cpp outputs a lot of model metadata on stderr during loading)
self._log_path = MODELS_DIR / "llamacpp_server.log"
self._log_file = open(self._log_path, "w")
self._process = subprocess.Popen(
cmd,
stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
stderr=self._log_file,
# Ensure the subprocess is killed when the parent exits
preexec_fn=os.setsid if hasattr(os, "setsid") else None,
)
# Wait for the server to be ready
await self._wait_for_ready()
async def _wait_for_ready(self, timeout: float = 120.0) -> None:
"""Wait for the llama.cpp server to accept connections."""
import httpx
start = time.monotonic()
url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/v1/models"
last_log = start
while time.monotonic() - start < timeout:
# Check if process died
if self._process and self._process.poll() is not None:
stderr = ""
try:
stderr = self._log_path.read_text()[-2000:]
except Exception:
pass
raise RuntimeError(f"llama.cpp server exited with code {self._process.returncode}.\nstderr: {stderr}")
try:
async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
resp = await client.get(url, timeout=5.0)
if resp.status_code == 200:
logger.info(f"llama.cpp server ready on port {self.port}")
return
except (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.TimeoutException, httpx.ConnectTimeout):
pass
# Log progress every 15s
now = time.monotonic()
if now - last_log > 15:
elapsed = int(now - start)
logger.info(f"Waiting for llama.cpp server to load model... ({elapsed}s)")
last_log = now
await asyncio.sleep(1.0)
# Timeout — read the log to help debug
stderr = ""
try:
stderr = self._log_path.read_text()[-2000:]
except Exception:
pass
raise TimeoutError(
f"llama.cpp server did not become ready within {timeout}s.\n"
f"Check model compatibility and available memory.\n"
f"Server log: {stderr}"
)
async def stop(self) -> None:
"""Stop the llama.cpp server subprocess."""
if self._process is None:
return
logger.info("Stopping llama.cpp server...")
try:
# Send SIGTERM to the process group
if hasattr(os, "killpg"):
os.killpg(os.getpgid(self._process.pid), signal.SIGTERM)
else:
self._process.terminate()
# Wait up to 10s for graceful shutdown
try:
self._process.wait(timeout=10)
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
if hasattr(os, "killpg"):
os.killpg(os.getpgid(self._process.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
else:
self._process.kill()
self._process.wait(timeout=5)
except (ProcessLookupError, OSError):
pass # Process already exited
finally:
self._process = None
if hasattr(self, "_log_file") and self._log_file:
self._log_file.close()
self._log_file = None
logger.info("llama.cpp server stopped")
class LlamaCppLLM(LLMInterface):
"""
Built-in llama.cpp provider.
Manages a llama-cpp-python server subprocess and delegates to OpenAICompatibleLLM
for actual inference calls. Handles model downloading and server lifecycle.
"""
def __init__(
self,
provider: str,
api_key: str,
base_url: str,
model: str,
reasoning_effort: str = "low",
model_path: str | None = None,
gpu_layers: int = -1,
context_size: int = 8192,
chat_format: str | None = None,
no_grammar: bool = False,
extra_args: str | None = None,
**kwargs: Any,
):
super().__init__(
provider=provider,
api_key=api_key or "llamacpp",
base_url=base_url or "",
model=model or DEFAULT_LLAMACPP_MODEL_ALIAS,
reasoning_effort=reasoning_effort,
)
self._model_path_str = model_path
self._gpu_layers = gpu_layers
self._context_size = context_size
self._chat_format = chat_format
self._no_grammar = no_grammar
self._extra_args = extra_args
self._server: LlamaCppServer | None = None
self._delegate: Any = None # OpenAICompatibleLLM, created after server starts
self._initialized = False
async def _ensure_initialized(self) -> None:
"""Lazy initialization: download model + start shared server on first use."""
if self._initialized:
return
global _shared_server
from .openai_compatible_llm import OpenAICompatibleLLM
async with _shared_server_lock:
if _shared_server is None:
# Resolve and potentially download the model
model_path = _resolve_model_path(self._model_path_str)
logger.info(f"Using GGUF model: {model_path}")
# Start the shared llama.cpp server
port = _find_free_port()
_shared_server = LlamaCppServer(
model_path=model_path,
port=port,
gpu_layers=self._gpu_layers,
context_size=self._context_size,
chat_format=self._chat_format,
extra_args=self._extra_args,
)
await _shared_server.start()
self._server = _shared_server
# Create the delegate that talks to the shared server's OpenAI-compatible API
if self._no_grammar:
logger.info("Grammar enforcement disabled (HINDSIGHT_API_LLAMACPP_NO_GRAMMAR=true)")
self._delegate = OpenAICompatibleLLM(
provider="llamacpp",
api_key="llamacpp",
base_url=self._server.base_url,
model=self.model,
reasoning_effort=self.reasoning_effort,
)
self._initialized = True
async def verify_connection(self) -> None:
"""Verify the llama.cpp server is running and can generate text."""
await self._ensure_initialized()
# Make a simple test call to verify the model can actually generate
await self._delegate.call(
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Say 'ok'"}],
max_completion_tokens=10,
max_retries=2,
initial_backoff=0.5,
max_backoff=2.0,
scope="verification",
)
logger.info("llama.cpp LLM verification passed")
async def call(
self,
messages: list[dict[str, str]],
response_format: Any | None = None,
max_completion_tokens: int | None = None,
temperature: float | None = None,
scope: str = "memory",
max_retries: int = 10,
initial_backoff: float = 1.0,
max_backoff: float = 60.0,
skip_validation: bool = False,
strict_schema: bool = False,
return_usage: bool = False,
) -> Any:
"""Delegate call to the OpenAI-compatible API."""
await self._ensure_initialized()
return await self._delegate.call(
messages=messages,
response_format=response_format,
max_completion_tokens=max_completion_tokens,
temperature=temperature,
scope=scope,
max_retries=max_retries,
initial_backoff=initial_backoff,
max_backoff=max_backoff,
skip_validation=skip_validation,
strict_schema=strict_schema,
return_usage=return_usage,
)
async def call_with_tools(
self,
messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
tools: list[dict[str, Any]],
max_completion_tokens: int | None = None,
temperature: float | None = None,
scope: str = "tools",
max_retries: int = 5,
initial_backoff: float = 1.0,
max_backoff: float = 30.0,
tool_choice: str | dict[str, Any] = "auto",
) -> LLMToolCallResult:
"""Delegate tool calls to the OpenAI-compatible API."""
await self._ensure_initialized()
return await self._delegate.call_with_tools(
messages=messages,
tools=tools,
max_completion_tokens=max_completion_tokens,
temperature=temperature,
scope=scope,
max_retries=max_retries,
initial_backoff=initial_backoff,
max_backoff=max_backoff,
tool_choice=tool_choice,
)
async def cleanup(self) -> None:
"""Stop the shared llama.cpp server."""
global _shared_server
if self._delegate:
await self._delegate.cleanup()
self._delegate = None
# Stop the shared server (only the first cleanup call actually stops it)
async with _shared_server_lock:
if _shared_server is not None:
await _shared_server.stop()
_shared_server = None
self._server = None
self._initialized = False