OATDA Text Completion

Generate text from 10+ LLM providers through OATDA's unified API endpoint.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user wants to:

• Generate text using a specific LLM provider through the OATDA API
• Send a prompt to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Deepseek, Mistral, xAI, or other providers via OATDA
• Compare outputs across different models using a single API
• Use a model by alias (e.g., "gpt-4o", "claude", "gemini")

Prerequisites

The user needs an OATDA API key. Check in this order:

1. $OATDA_API_KEY environment variable
2. ~/.oatda/credentials.json config file

If neither exists, tell the user:

You need an OATDA API key. Get one at https://oatda.com, then set it:
export OATDA_API_KEY=your_key_here

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Resolve the API key

# Check env var first; if empty, auto-load from credentials file
if [[ -z "$OATDA_API_KEY" ]]; then
  export OATDA_API_KEY=$(cat ~/.oatda/credentials.json 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.profiles[.defaultProfile].apiKey' 2>/dev/null)
fi

# Verify key exists (show first 8 chars only)
echo "${OATDA_API_KEY:0:8}"

If the output is empty or null, stop and ask the user to configure their API key.

IMPORTANT:

• Never print the full API key. Only check its existence or show the first 8 characters for verification.
• The key resolution script and subsequent curl commands must run in the same shell session. Each separate bash/terminal invocation starts with an isolated environment where previously exported variables are lost. Either run all commands in one session, or chain them (e.g., export OATDA_API_KEY=... && curl ...).

2. Determine the model

Parse the user's request for a model. Map common aliases to provider/model format:

User says	Provider	Model
gpt-4o	openai	gpt-4o
gpt-4o-mini	openai	gpt-4o-mini
o1	openai	o1
claude, sonnet	anthropic	claude-3-5-sonnet
haiku	anthropic	claude-3-5-haiku
opus	anthropic	claude-3-opus
gemini	google	gemini-2.0-flash
gemini-1.5	google	gemini-1.5-pro
deepseek	deepseek	deepseek-chat
mistral	mistral	mistral-large
grok	xai	grok-2
qwen	alibaba	qwen-max

Default: openai / gpt-4o if no model is specified.

If the user provides provider/model format directly (e.g., openai/gpt-4o), split on / to get the separate provider and model values.

3. Make the API call

curl -s -X POST "https://oatda.com/api/v1/llm" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATDA_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "provider": "<PROVIDER>",
    "model": "<MODEL>",
    "prompt": "<USER_PROMPT>",
    "temperature": 0.7,
    "maxTokens": 4096
  }'

Replace <PROVIDER>, <MODEL>, and <USER_PROMPT> with actual values. Escape any special characters in the prompt for JSON.

Optional parameters:

• temperature: 0 (deterministic) to 2 (creative). Default: 0.7
• maxTokens: Max tokens to generate. Default: 4096
• stream: Set to true for streaming (not recommended via curl)

4. Parse the response

The API returns JSON like:

{
  "success": true,
  "provider": "openai",
  "model": "gpt-4o",
  "response": "The generated text content...",
  "tokenUsage": {
    "prompt_tokens": 25,
    "completion_tokens": 150,
    "total_tokens": 175,
    "cost": 0.001375
  }
}

• Present the response field to the user
• Optionally mention token usage and cost from tokenUsage

5. Handle errors

HTTP Status	Meaning	Action
401	Invalid API key	Tell user to check their key at https://oatda.com/dashboard/api-keys
402	Insufficient credits	Tell user to check balance at https://oatda.com/dashboard/usage
429	Rate limited	Wait 5 seconds and retry once
400	Bad request / model not found	Check model format, suggest using /oatda:oatda-list-models

Full Example

User asks: "Write a haiku about code using claude"

curl -s -X POST "https://oatda.com/api/v1/llm" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATDA_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "provider": "anthropic",
    "model": "claude-3-5-sonnet",
    "prompt": "Write a haiku about code",
    "temperature": 0.7,
    "maxTokens": 256
  }'

Tips

• The API expects prompt as a plain string, NOT a messages array
• Split provider/model into separate JSON fields: "provider": "openai", "model": "gpt-4o"
• For long-form content, increase maxTokens (max: 128000 for some models)
• Temperature 0 = deterministic output, 2 = maximum creativity
• NEVER expose the full API key in output — redact all but the first 8 characters
• If the API returns an error JSON with error.message, show that message to the user
• Related skills: /oatda:oatda-list-models to see available models, /oatda:oatda-vision-analysis for image analysis