fix: expose openai-compatible none variants

packages/cli/README.md

@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ Aictrl reads config from `.aictrl/` (project) or `~/.config/aictrl/` (global).
 | Google | `GOOGLE_API_KEY` |
 | OpenRouter | `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` |
 
+Use `--variant` to select provider-specific reasoning effort. For OpenAI-compatible
+Ollama models, `--variant none` sends `reasoning_effort: "none"` to disable
+thinking; model `options` can also set `reasoning_effort: "none"` directly.
+
 ## Local Development
 
 ```bash

packages/cli/src/provider/transform.ts

@@ -331,7 +331,12 @@ export namespace ProviderTransform {
   const OPENAI_EFFORTS = ["none", "minimal", ...WIDELY_SUPPORTED_EFFORTS, "xhigh"]
 
   export function variants(model: Provider.Model): Record<string, Record<string, any>> {
-    if (!model.capabilities.reasoning) return {}
+    if (!model.capabilities.reasoning) {
+      if (model.api.npm === "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") {
+        return { none: { reasoningEffort: "none" } }
+      }
+      return {}
+    }
 
     const id = model.id.toLowerCase()
     const isAnthropicAdaptive = ["opus-4-6", "opus-4.6", "sonnet-4-6", "sonnet-4.6"].some((v) =>
@@ -464,9 +469,11 @@ export namespace ProviderTransform {
       // https://v5.ai-sdk.dev/providers/ai-sdk-providers/deepinfra
       case "venice-ai-sdk-provider":
       // https://docs.venice.ai/overview/guides/reasoning-models#reasoning-effort
-      case "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible":
         return Object.fromEntries(WIDELY_SUPPORTED_EFFORTS.map((effort) => [effort, { reasoningEffort: effort }]))
 
+      case "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible":
+        return Object.fromEntries(OPENAI_EFFORTS.map((effort) => [effort, { reasoningEffort: effort }]))
+
       case "@ai-sdk/azure":
         // https://v5.ai-sdk.dev/providers/ai-sdk-providers/azure
         if (id === "o1-mini") return {}

packages/cli/test/provider/transform.test.ts

@@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@ describe("ProviderTransform.variants", () => {
   })
 
   describe("@ai-sdk/openai-compatible", () => {
-    test("returns WIDELY_SUPPORTED_EFFORTS with reasoningEffort", () => {
+    test("returns OPENAI_EFFORTS with reasoningEffort", () => {
       const model = createMockModel({
         id: "custom-provider/custom-model",
         providerID: "custom-provider",
@@ -2002,10 +2002,29 @@ describe("ProviderTransform.variants", () => {
         },
       })
       const result = ProviderTransform.variants(model)
-      expect(Object.keys(result)).toEqual(["low", "medium", "high"])
+      expect(Object.keys(result)).toEqual(["none", "minimal", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"])
+      expect(result.none).toEqual({ reasoningEffort: "none" })
+      expect(result.minimal).toEqual({ reasoningEffort: "minimal" })
       expect(result.low).toEqual({ reasoningEffort: "low" })
       expect(result.high).toEqual({ reasoningEffort: "high" })
     })
+
+    test("returns none variant without reasoning capability", () => {
+      const model = createMockModel({
+        id: "ollama/qwen3",
+        providerID: "ollama",
+        api: {
+          id: "qwen3",
+          url: "http://localhost:11434/v1",
+          npm: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
+        },
+        capabilities: {
+          reasoning: false,
+        },
+      })
+      const result = ProviderTransform.variants(model)
+      expect(result).toEqual({ none: { reasoningEffort: "none" } })
+    })
   })
 
   describe("@ai-sdk/azure", () => {