llx 0.1.56

Intelligent LLM model router driven by real code metrics — successor to preLLM

llx

Intelligent LLM model router driven by real code metrics.

AI Cost Tracking

• 🤖 LLM usage: $7.5000 (67 commits)
• 👤 Human dev: ~$2247 (22.5h @ $100/h, 30min dedup)

Generated on 2026-04-09 using openrouter/qwen/qwen3-coder-next

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Documentation map

• README.md — project overview, install, and quickstart
• docs/README.md — generated API inventory from source analysis
• docs/llx-tools.md — ecosystem CLI reference
• docs/PRIVACY.md — anonymization and sensitive-data handling

Successor to preLLM — rebuilt with modular architecture, no god modules, and metric-driven routing.

llx analyzes your codebase with code2llm, redup, and vallm, then selects the optimal LLM model based on actual project metrics — file count, complexity, coupling, duplication — not abstract scores.

Principle: larger + more coupled + more complex → stronger (and more expensive) model.

CLI surface

llx is organized around a small set of command groups:

• llx analyze, llx select, llx chat — metric-driven analysis and model routing
• llx proxy — LiteLLM proxy config, start, and status
• llx mcp — MCP server start, config, and tool listing
• llx plan — planfile generation, review, code generation, and execution
• llx strategy — interactive strategy creation, validation, run, and verification
• llx info, llx models, llx init, llx fix — inspection and utility commands

Why llx? (Lessons from preLLM)

preLLM proved the concept but had architectural issues that llx resolves:

Problem in preLLM	llx Solution
cli.py: 999 lines, CC=30 (main), CC=27 (query)	CLI split into app.py + formatters.py, max CC ≤ 8
core.py: 893 lines god module	Config, analysis, routing in separate modules (≤250L each)
trace.py: 509 lines, CC=28 (to_stdout)	Output formatting as dedicated functions
Hardcoded model selection	Metric-driven thresholds from code2llm .toon data
No duplication/validation awareness	Integrates redup + vallm for richer metrics

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    IDE / Agent Layer                        │
│  Roo Code │ Cline │ Continue.dev │ Aider │ Claude Code      │
│  (point at localhost:4000 as OpenAI-compatible API)         │
└─────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────┘
                  │
┌─────────────────▼───────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              LiteLLM Proxy (localhost:4000)                 │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────────┐  ┌────────────────────┐     │
│  │ Router   │  │ Semantic     │  │ Cost Tracking      │     │
│  │ (metrics)│  │ Cache (Redis)│  │ + Budget Limits    │     │
│  └────┬─────┘  └──────────────┘  └────────────────────┘     │
└───────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
        │
   ┌────┼────────────────────────────────────────┐
   │    │           Model Tiers                   │
   │    ├── premium:  Claude Opus 4               │
   │    ├── balanced: Claude Sonnet 4 / GPT-5     │
   │    ├── cheap:    Claude Haiku 4.5            │
   │    ├── free:     Gemini 2.5 Pro              │
   │    ├── openrouter: 300+ models (fallback)    │
   │    └── local:    Ollama (Qwen2.5-Coder)      │
   └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
        │
┌───────▼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│            Code Analysis Pipeline                           │
│  code2llm → redup → vallm → llx                             │
│  (metrics → duplication → validation → model selection)     │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

MCP server

llx exposes its MCP tools through a shared registry in llx.mcp.tools.MCP_TOOLS.

By default, the MCP server runs over stdio for Claude Desktop. Use SSE only when you need a remote or web client.

# Start MCP server for Claude Desktop (stdio)
llx mcp start

# Start MCP server over SSE for web/remote clients
llx mcp start --mode sse --port 8000

# Generate Claude Desktop config
llx mcp config

# List the live MCP registry
llx mcp tools

# Direct module entrypoint
python -m llx.mcp --sse --port 8000

Tool groups

• llx_analyze, llx_select, llx_chat — project metrics and model routing
• llx_preprocess, llx_context — query preprocessing and environment context
• code2llm_analyze, redup_scan, vallm_validate — code-quality analysis helpers
• llx_proxy_status, llx_proxym_status, llx_proxym_chat — proxy and proxym integration
• aider, planfile_generate, planfile_apply — workflow and refactoring helpers
• llx_privacy_scan, llx_project_anonymize, llx_project_deanonymize — privacy tooling

Claude Desktop setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "llx": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["-m", "llx.mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Installation

pip install llx

# With integrations
pip install llx[all]        # Everything + MCP
pip install llx[mcp]       # MCP server only
pip install llx[litellm]    # LiteLLM proxy
pip install llx[code2llm]   # Code analysis
pip install llx[redup]      # Duplication detection
pip install llx[vallm]      # Code validation

Quick Start

# Analyze project and get model recommendation
llx analyze ./my-project

# Quick model selection
llx select .

# With task hint
llx select . --task refactor

# Point to pre-existing .toon files
llx analyze . --toon-dir ./analysis/

# JSON output for CI/CD
llx analyze . --json

# Chat with auto-selected model
llx chat . --prompt "Refactor the god modules"

# Force local model
llx select . --local

Model Selection Logic

Metric	Premium (≥)	Balanced (≥)	Cheap (≥)	Free
Files	50	10	3	<3
Lines	20,000	5,000	500	<500
Avg CC	6.0	4.0	2.0	<2.0
Max fan-out	30	10	—	—
Max CC	25	15	—	—
Dup groups	15	5	—	—
Dep cycles	any	—	—	—

Privacy & Anonymization

LLX provides reversible anonymization to protect sensitive data when sending to LLMs:

Features

• Text anonymization: Emails, API keys, passwords, PESEL, credit cards
• Project-level: AST-based code anonymization (variables, functions, classes)
• Round-trip: Anonymize → Send to LLM → Deanonymize response
• Persistent mapping: Save/restore context for later deanonymization

Quick Usage

from llx.privacy import quick_anonymize, quick_deanonymize

# Simple text anonymization
result = quick_anonymize("Email: [e-mail], API: sk-abc123")
print(result.text)  # "Email: [EMAIL_A1B2], API: [APIKEY_C3D4]"

# Later: restore original values
restored = quick_deanonymize(llm_response, result.mapping)

Project-Level Anonymization

from llx.privacy.project import AnonymizationContext, ProjectAnonymizer
from llx.privacy.deanonymize import ProjectDeanonymizer

# Anonymize entire project
ctx = AnonymizationContext(project_path="./my-project")
anonymizer = ProjectAnonymizer(ctx)
result = anonymizer.anonymize_project()

# Save context for later
ctx.save("./my-project.anon.json")

# Deanonymize LLM response
deanonymizer = ProjectDeanonymizer(ctx)
restored = deanonymizer.deanonymize_chat_response(llm_response)

MCP Tools

// Scan for sensitive data
{"tool": "llx_privacy_scan", "text": "Email: [e-mail]"}

// Anonymize project
{"tool": "llx_project_anonymize", "path": "./my-project", "output_dir": "./anon"}

// Deanonymize response
{"tool": "llx_project_deanonymize", "context_path": "./anon/.anonymization_context.json", "text": "Fix fn_ABC123"}

See docs/PRIVACY.md and examples/privacy/ for complete documentation.

Real-World Selection Examples

Project	Files	Lines	CC̄	Max CC	Fan-out	Tier
Single script	1	80	2.0	4	0	free
Small CLI	5	600	3.0	8	3	cheap
preLLM	31	8,900	5.0	28	30	premium
vallm	56	8,604	3.5	42	—	balanced
code2llm	113	21,128	4.6	65	45	premium
Monorepo	500+	100K+	5.0+	30+	50+	premium

LiteLLM Proxy

llx proxy config     # Generate litellm_config.yaml
llx proxy start      # Start proxy on :4000
llx proxy status     # Check if running

Configure IDE tools to point at http://localhost:4000:

Tool	Config
Roo Code / Cline	"apiBase": "http://localhost:4000/v1"
Continue.dev	"apiBase": "http://localhost:4000/v1"
Aider	OPENAI_API_BASE=http://localhost:4000
Claude Code	ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:4000
Cursor / Windsurf	OpenAI-compatible endpoint

Configuration

llx init  # Creates llx.toml with defaults

Environment variables: LLX_LITELLM_URL, LLX_DEFAULT_TIER, LLX_PROXY_PORT, LLX_VERBOSE.

Python API

from llx import analyze_project, select_model, LlxConfig

metrics = analyze_project("./my-project")
result = select_model(metrics)
print(result.model_id)   # "claude-opus-4-20250514"
print(result.explain())   # Human-readable reasoning

Integration with wronai Toolchain

Tool	Role	llx Uses
code2llm	Static analysis	CC, fan-out, cycles, hotspots
redup	Duplication detection	Groups, recoverable lines
vallm	Code validation	Pass rate, issue count
llx	Model routing + MCP server	Consumes all above

Package structure

llx/
├── __init__.py
├── config.py
├── analysis/            # Project metrics and external tool runners
├── cli/                 # Typer commands and terminal formatters
├── commands/            # High-level command helpers
├── detection/           # Project type detection
├── integrations/        # Proxy, proxym, and context helpers
├── mcp/                 # MCP server, client, service, and tool registry
├── orchestration/       # Multi-instance coordination utilities
├── planfile/            # Strategy generation and execution helpers
├── prellm/              # Small→large LLM preprocessing pipeline
├── privacy/             # Anonymization and deanonymization helpers
├── routing/             # Model selection and LiteLLM client
└── tools/               # Docker, VS Code, models, config, health utilities

Full generated API inventory: docs/README.md.

Architecture notes

• Shared MCP registry: llx.mcp.tools.MCP_TOOLS powers both llx mcp tools and the server dispatcher.
• Single tier order: routing/selector.py uses one TIER_ORDER constant for selection and context-window upgrades.
• Version alignment: the package exports now match pyproject.toml and VERSION.
• Focused modules: CLI, routing, analysis, integrations, and planfile code are split by responsibility.

License

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Author

Tom Sapletta