fix: remove hardcoded model overrides and create configuration schema

- Fixed critical FireworksClient bug that was overriding user's embedding model choice
- Removed OpenRouter hardcoded model workaround (phi-4-reasoning hack)
- Created ProviderDefaultModels configuration schema to replace all hardcoded defaults
- Added comprehensive plan to remove remaining hardcoded model references
- Both providers now respect user model choices and model mapping system

This fixes the insane practice of hardcoding model references directly in provider code.
Next steps: implement configuration-based defaults for all providers.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: nickna

ConduitLLM.Configuration/ConduitSettings.cs

@@ -28,5 +28,11 @@ public class ConduitSettings
     /// </summary>
     public int? DefaultRetries { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the default model configurations for providers.
+    /// This centralizes all default model settings to avoid hardcoded values in provider implementations.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ProviderDefaultModels DefaultModels { get; set; } = new();
+
     // Add other global settings as needed, e.g., logging configuration, global API key (if applicable).
 }

ConduitLLM.Configuration/ProviderDefaultModels.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+namespace ConduitLLM.Configuration;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Defines default model configurations for different providers and operation types.
+/// This replaces hardcoded model defaults throughout the codebase.
+/// </summary>
+public class ProviderDefaultModels
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the default models for audio operations.
+    /// </summary>
+    public AudioDefaultModels Audio { get; set; } = new();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the default models for realtime operations.
+    /// </summary>
+    public RealtimeDefaultModels Realtime { get; set; } = new();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets provider-specific default models.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Dictionary<string, ProviderSpecificDefaults> ProviderDefaults { get; set; } = new();
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Default models for audio operations across providers.
+/// </summary>
+public class AudioDefaultModels
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the default model for speech-to-text transcription.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? DefaultTranscriptionModel { get; set; } = "whisper-1";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the default model for text-to-speech generation.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? DefaultTextToSpeechModel { get; set; } = "tts-1";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets provider-specific audio model defaults.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Dictionary<string, AudioProviderDefaults> ProviderOverrides { get; set; } = new();
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Provider-specific audio model defaults.
+/// </summary>
+public class AudioProviderDefaults
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the transcription model for this provider.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? TranscriptionModel { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the text-to-speech model for this provider.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? TextToSpeechModel { get; set; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Default models for realtime operations.
+/// </summary>
+public class RealtimeDefaultModels
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the default model for realtime conversations.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? DefaultRealtimeModel { get; set; } = "gpt-4o-realtime-preview";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets provider-specific realtime model defaults.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Dictionary<string, string> ProviderOverrides { get; set; } = new()
+    {
+        ["openai"] = "gpt-4o-realtime-preview",
+        ["elevenlabs"] = "conversational-v1",
+        ["ultravox"] = "ultravox-v2"
+    };
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Provider-specific default model configurations.
+/// </summary>
+public class ProviderSpecificDefaults
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the default model for chat completions.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? DefaultChatModel { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the default model for embeddings.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? DefaultEmbeddingModel { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the default model for image generation.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? DefaultImageModel { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets model aliases for this provider.
+    /// Maps user-friendly names to provider-specific model IDs.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Dictionary<string, string> ModelAliases { get; set; } = new();
+}

ConduitLLM.Providers/FireworksClient.cs

@@ -190,15 +190,8 @@ public override async Task<EmbeddingResponse> CreateEmbeddingAsync(
             string? apiKey = null,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            // Add a specific warning for model selection
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.Model))
-            {
-                // Suggest a default embedding model if none specified
-                Logger.LogInformation("No embedding model specified for Fireworks. Setting default to 'nomic-embed-text'");
-                request.Model = "nomic-embed-text";
-            }
-            
             // Use the base implementation for the actual API call
+            // The model should come from the request or the model mapping system, not be hardcoded
             return await base.CreateEmbeddingAsync(request, apiKey, cancellationToken);
         }