From 9233f97d55b441c77948ff3844e79bb342d08d28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vadim <vadimka108@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 03:16:27 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix

---
 pkg/providers/factory_provider.go | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/providers/factory_provider.go b/pkg/providers/factory_provider.go
index 74fe8a36c..5b503673c 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/factory_provider.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/factory_provider.go
@@ -151,7 +151,15 @@ func CreateProviderFromConfig(cfg *config.ModelConfig) (LLMProvider, string, err
 		return provider, modelID, nil
 
 	default:
-		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("unknown protocol %q in model %q", protocol, cfg.Model)
+		// Treat unknown protocols as OpenAI-compatible
+		if cfg.APIKey == "" && cfg.APIBase == "" {
+			return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("api_key or api_base is required for HTTP-based protocol %q", protocol)
+		}
+		apiBase := cfg.APIBase
+		if apiBase == "" {
+			apiBase = getDefaultAPIBase("openai")
+		}
+		return NewHTTPProviderWithMaxTokensField(cfg.APIKey, apiBase, cfg.Proxy, cfg.MaxTokensField), cfg.Model, nil
 	}
 }