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This project is a lightweight, cross-platform proxy application built with Kotlin, Ktor, and kotlinx.serialization designed to seamlessly integrate third-party LLM APIs (like OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini) into JetBrains AI Assistant. Created to overcome limitations with local models, it acts as a proxy, presenting these APIs as LM Studio and Ollama interfaces. The developers chose these technologies due to their minimal reflection and suitability for GraalVM native image compilation, resulting in faster startup times and reduced memory usage. The application is distributed as a fat JAR and native image, and utilizes a configurable YAML file for setup and dynamic updates.