# Common And Partial Provider Features
ASM exposes a single common session API across four providers, but not every
provider supports every feature.
`ASM.ProviderFeatures` is the public discovery surface for that reality.
It answers two questions:
- what provider-native term does ASM map a normalized permission mode onto?
- which ASM common features are available for this provider?
## Discover Provider Features
```elixir
iex> ASM.ProviderFeatures.manifest!(:codex)
%{
provider: :codex,
permission_modes: %{...},
common_features: %{ollama: %{supported?: true, ...}}
}
```
For one feature:
```elixir
iex> ASM.ProviderFeatures.common_feature!(:claude, :ollama)
%{
supported?: true,
common_surface: true,
common_opts: [:ollama, :ollama_model, :ollama_base_url, :ollama_http, :ollama_timeout_ms],
activation: %{provider_backend: :ollama},
model_strategy: :canonical_or_direct_external,
notes: [...]
}
```
## Common Permission Mode
ASM keeps the public knob normalized as `:permission_mode`, then maps it to the
provider-native form during validation.
Examples:
- Claude `:bypass` -> `:bypass_permissions`
- Gemini `:bypass` -> `:yolo`
- Codex `:bypass` -> `:yolo`
- Amp `:bypass` -> `:dangerously_allow_all`
Codex exception:
- ASM does not accept normalized Codex `:auto` on the shared ingress
- the current Codex workspace-write/auto-edit path creates a repo-local
`.codex` artifact
- use Codex `:default` or `:bypass` through ASM, or use `codex_sdk` directly
when you explicitly want provider-native auto-edit behavior
This is only the normalized approval/edit posture.
It is not a promise that every provider exposes the same lower-level controls.
For example:
- Codex also has provider-specific thread options such as
`ask_for_approval`
- Gemini also has a provider-native `sandbox` CLI flag
- those provider-specific knobs are not implied by ASM's common
`:permission_mode`
If you need to present the native term:
```elixir
iex> ASM.ProviderFeatures.permission_mode!(:amp, :dangerously_allow_all)
%{
native_mode: :dangerously_allow_all,
cli_args: ["--dangerously-allow-all"],
cli_excerpt: "--dangerously-allow-all",
label: "dangerously_allow_all"
}
```
## Common Ollama Surface
ASM now exposes a common Ollama surface:
- `:ollama`
- `:ollama_model`
- `:ollama_base_url`
- `:ollama_http`
- `:ollama_timeout_ms`
That surface is intentionally partial.
Supported today:
- Claude
- Codex
Not supported today:
- Gemini
- Amp
Unsupported providers fail validation immediately instead of silently ignoring
the common Ollama knobs.
### Claude Semantics
Claude's common Ollama path supports two model intents:
- keep a canonical Claude model name such as `haiku` and map it to an Ollama model id
- use a direct external model id as the selected model
ASM normalizes that into Claude's Ollama backend config and the core-owned
model payload.
### Codex Semantics
Codex's common Ollama path is a direct external model route.
ASM normalizes that into:
- `provider_backend: :oss`
- `oss_provider: "ollama"`
The selected model is the direct Ollama model id.
`ASM.ProviderFeatures.common_feature!(:codex, :ollama).compatibility` exposes
the default validated example model and the broader acceptance rule:
- `default_model: "gpt-oss:20b"`
- `acceptance: :runtime_validated_external_model`
- `validated_models: ["gpt-oss:20b"]`
That means ASM does not hard-block other installed local models such as
`llama3.2`. It forwards them through the shared Codex/Ollama route and leaves
the degraded-mode distinction to the upstream fallback-metadata behavior.
## Example Behavior
The ASM examples use these surfaces directly.
- common and provider-native examples default to `permission_mode: :bypass`
- startup output prints the provider-native permission term and CLI flag
- common prompt-based examples fail unless the provider returns the exact
sentinel text they request
- `--ollama` and the related `--ollama-*` flags are only valid for Claude and Codex examples
## Practical Reading Guide
When you are trying to understand one of these knobs, ask which layer you are
standing in:
- ASM execution environment
- common knobs such as `permission_mode`, `approval_posture`,
`allowed_tools`
- ASM provider feature discovery
- provider-native names and CLI spellings for those common knobs
- provider SDK or provider CLI layer
- extra provider-specific knobs that do not exist in ASM's common contract
Use `ASM.ProviderFeatures` when you need to present or gate these features in a
host application before starting a session.