{
    "$schema": "./provider-catalog.schema.json",
    "id": "longcat",
    "displayName": "LongCat",
    "enumTypeName": "LongCatModels",
    "aliases": [],
    "tier": 2,
    "wire": {
        "baseURL": "https://api.longcat.chat/openai/v1"
    },
    "models": {
        "default": "LongCat-2.5-Preview",
        "fallbacks": ["LongCat-2.5-Preview"],
        "defaultContextWindow": 1048576,
        "defaultMaxOutputTokens": 131072,
        "catalog": {
            "LongCat-2.5-Preview": {
                "contextWindow": 1048576,
                "maxOutputTokens": 131072,
                "vision": false,
                "status": "preview",
                "description": "Meituan LongCat 2.5 Preview, the only model this pilot lists. The 1M-token context rests on the vendor's Retrieve Model sample for this model id, not on a normative sentence. This pilot declares text generate/stream only; tools, vision, structured output and thinking await separate evidence. Account access is unverified."
            }
        }
    },
    "capabilities": {
        "text": true,
        "streaming": true,
        "tools": false,
        "toolsWithStreaming": false,
        "structuredOutput": false,
        "structuredOutputWithTools": false,
        "embeddings": false,
        "thinking": false
    },
    "errorRules": [
        {
            "status": 401,
            "class": "authentication",
            "message": "Invalid or expired LongCat API key. Check {apiKeyEnvVar} and the key in the LongCat platform console at {setupUrl}."
        }
    ],
    "setup": {
        "url": "https://longcat.chat/platform",
        "apiKeyFormat": null,
        "billingPolicy": "no-free-tier",
        "instructions": [
            "1. Sign in to the LongCat API platform and create an API key.",
            "2. LongCat-2.5-Preview is usage-priced pay-as-you-go. Promotional credits, if your account has any, are consumed first, but no free allowance is stated: do not assume free usage. The vendor's Pay-As-You-Go page says account verification is required before topping up, and its FAQ scopes that requirement to users in Mainland China (not tried on an account).",
            "3. LongCat-2.0 is served on the same route but is outside this pilot's catalog scope, so it is not a default or a fallback here.",
            "4. Set {apiKeyEnvVar} for this provider. The base URL is https://api.longcat.chat/openai/v1 and the chat route is POST /chat/completions with Authorization: Bearer authentication."
        ],
        "description": "LongCat (Meituan) text/stream pilot with a usage-priced LongCat-2.5-Preview default. No free allowance is stated; no account entitlement, roster, live inference or delivery is verified."
    },
    "evidence": {
        "rosterVerified": {
            "date": "2026-10-12",
            "code": "VENDOR_DOCS_ONLY_NOT_ROSTER_VERIFIED",
            "method": "Vendor API documentation facts supplied to this change: default model id, 1048576 context from the vendor's Retrieve Model sample plus the 1M prose, 131072 maximum output, base URL https://api.longcat.chat/openai/v1 and route POST /chat/completions with Bearer auth. No GET /models, credentials, account or inference ran; this legacy field does not assert roster verification."
        },
        "liveMatrix": null,
        "addedInPR": "https://github.com/juspay/neurolink/pull/1980"
    }
}