By Charvi on 2025-07-31 20:44 in Google Summer of Code Joomla Team

Report Period: July 24-30, 2025

The eleventh Joomla! AI Framework project discussion meeting was successfully held on July 25, 2025. The meeting was attended by Benjamin Trenkle, Charvi Mehra, Eoin, Tushar, and Shivam Rajput.

Key Accomplishments

• July 24:
  • Added new buildChatRequestPayload method for constructing properly formatted chat messages
  • Implemented streamlined chat method handling both streaming and non-streaming responses
  • Developed automatic model management with custom model selection for specific use cases
  • Added automatic model installation functionality when required models are not present
  • Improved model management with automatic fallback to 'tinyllama' as default model for reliability
• July 25:
  • Implemented separate parsers for streaming and non-streaming responses for better handling
  • Added comprehensive metadata collection including timing metrics and evaluation counts
  • Standardized status code mapping across different response scenarios for consistent error handling
• July 27:
  • Successfully implemented Ollama generate endpoint supporting both streaming and non-streaming responses
  • Completed endpoint functionality enabling flexible response handling based on user requirements
• July 28:
  • Enhanced response parsers to handle both chat and generate formats through shared architecture
  • Implemented parseOllamaResponse/parseOllamaStreamingResponse unified parsing system
  • Added OllamGenerate.php test file demonstrating both streaming and non-streaming generate capabilities
  • Validated functionality across different response types and streaming modes
• July 29:
  • Implemented comprehensive default model management across all OpenAI provider methods
  • Added core default model methods to AbstractProvider:
    • setDefaultModel() - configure default model for provider
    • unsetDefaultModel() - remove default model configuration
    • getDefaultModel() - retrieve current default model setting
  • Updated all payload builders to automatically adopt the configured default model
  • Created DefaultModels.php test file demonstrating default model setting, overriding, and unsetting behavior
• July 30:
  • Reorganized OllamaProvider code structure for improved logical flow
  • Moved checkModelExists method before pullModel for better method organization
  • Implemented additional model management methods:
    • copyModel() - duplicate existing models
    • deleteModel() - remove models from system
    • getRunningModels() - retrieve currently active models
  • Extended AbstractProvider with makeDeleteRequest() method for DELETE HTTP operations
  • Enhanced framework's HTTP method support for comprehensive API interactions

Next Steps

• Complete Ollama provider testing and validation
• Implement remaining provider management features