diff --git a/packages/core/src/aisdk.ts b/packages/core/src/aisdk.ts
index 9ea79394f3..3aaf5484ee 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/aisdk.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/aisdk.ts
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ function wrapSSE(res: Response, ms: number, ctl: AbortController) {
 function prepareOptions(model: ModelV2.Info, pkg: string) {
   const options: Record<string, any> = {
     name: model.providerID,
-    ...(model.api.type === "aisdk" ? (model.api.settings ?? {}) : {}),
-    ...model.request.body,
+    ...(model.settings ?? {}),
+    headers: model.headers,
+    body: model.body,
   }
-  if (model.api.type === "aisdk" && model.api.url) options.baseURL = model.api.url
 
   const customFetch = options.fetch
   const chunkTimeout = options.chunkTimeout
@@ -195,24 +195,26 @@ export const locationLayer = Layer.effect(
       runSDK: (event) => run(sdkHooks, event),
       runLanguage: (event) => run(languageHooks, event),
       language: Effect.fn("AISDK.language")(function* (model) {
-        const key = `${model.providerID}/${model.id}/${model.request.variant ?? "default"}`
+        const key = `${model.providerID}/${model.id}/${model.modelID ?? model.id}/${JSON.stringify(model.settings)}`
         const existing = languages.get(key)
         if (existing) return existing
-        if (model.api.type !== "aisdk")
+        if (!model.aisdk)
           return yield* new InitError({
             providerID: model.providerID,
-            cause: new Error(`Unsupported api ${model.api.type}`),
+            cause: new Error(`Unsupported package ${model.package}`),
           })
 
-        const options = prepareOptions(model, model.api.package)
+        const options = prepareOptions(model, model.package ?? "")
         const sdkKey = JSON.stringify({
           providerID: model.providerID,
-          api: model.api,
+          package: model.package,
+          settings: model.settings,
           options,
         })
         const sdk =
           sdks.get(sdkKey) ??
-          (yield* service.runSDK({ model, package: model.api.package, options }).pipe(initError(model.providerID))).sdk
+          (yield* service.runSDK({ model, package: model.package ?? "", options }).pipe(initError(model.providerID)))
+            .sdk
         if (!sdk)
           return yield* new InitError({
             providerID: model.providerID,
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ export const locationLayer = Layer.effect(
           })
         sdks.set(sdkKey, sdk)
         const result = yield* service.runLanguage({ model, sdk, options }).pipe(initError(model.providerID))
-        const language = yield* Effect.sync(() => result.language ?? sdk.languageModel(model.api.id)).pipe(
+        const language = yield* Effect.sync(() => result.language ?? sdk.languageModel(model.modelID ?? model.id)).pipe(
           initError(model.providerID),
         )
         languages.set(key, language)
diff --git a/packages/core/src/catalog.ts b/packages/core/src/catalog.ts
index 431aa004b3..51b33cea74 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/catalog.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/catalog.ts
@@ -70,38 +70,22 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
 
     const available = (provider: ProviderV2.Info, integration: Integration.Info | undefined) => {
       if (provider.disabled) return false
-      if (typeof provider.request.body.apiKey === "string") return true
+      if (typeof provider.settings?.apiKey === "string") return true
       if (integration?.connections.length) return true
       return provider.integrationID === undefined && !integration
     }
 
     const projectModel = (model: ModelV2.Info, provider: ProviderV2.Info) => {
-      const api =
-        model.api.type === "native" && !model.api.url && Object.keys(model.api.settings).length === 0
-          ? { ...provider.api, id: model.api.id }
-          : model.api.type === "aisdk" && provider.api.type === "aisdk" && !model.api.url
-            ? { ...model.api, url: provider.api.url, settings: { ...provider.api.settings, ...model.api.settings } }
-            : model.api.type === "aisdk" && provider.api.type === "aisdk"
-              ? { ...model.api, settings: { ...provider.api.settings, ...model.api.settings } }
-              : model.api
-      const request = {
-        headers: { ...provider.request.headers, ...model.request.headers },
-        body: { ...provider.request.body, ...model.request.body },
-        variant: model.request.variant,
-      }
       return ModelV2.Info.make({
         ...model,
-        api,
-        request,
+        package: model.package ?? provider.package,
+        aisdk: model.package === undefined ? (model.aisdk ?? provider.aisdk) : model.aisdk,
+        settings: merge(provider.settings, model.settings),
+        headers: headers(provider.headers, model.headers),
+        body: merge(provider.body, model.body),
       })
     }
 
-    const normalizeApi = (item: ProviderV2.MutableInfo | ModelV2.MutableInfo) => {
-      if (typeof item.request.body.baseURL !== "string") return
-      item.api.url = item.request.body.baseURL
-      delete item.request.body.baseURL
-    }
-
     const state = State.create<Data, Draft>({
       initial: () => ({ providers: new Map() }),
       draft: (draft) => {
@@ -119,7 +103,6 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
                 draft.providers.set(providerID, current)
               }
               fn(current.provider)
-              normalizeApi(current.provider)
             },
             remove: (providerID) => {
               draft.providers.delete(providerID)
@@ -142,7 +125,6 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
               fn(model)
               model.id = modelID
               model.providerID = providerID
-              normalizeApi(model)
             },
             remove: (providerID, modelID) => {
               draft.providers.get(providerID)?.models.delete(modelID)
@@ -288,6 +270,43 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
 
 const SMALL_MODEL_RE = /\b(nano|flash|lite|mini|haiku|small|fast)\b/
 
+function merge(
+  base: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> | undefined,
+  overlay: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> | undefined,
+): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
+  if (base === undefined) return overlay && { ...overlay }
+  if (overlay === undefined) return { ...base }
+  return Object.fromEntries(
+    new Set([...Object.keys(base), ...Object.keys(overlay)]).values().map((key) => {
+      const left = base[key]
+      const right = overlay[key]
+      if (right === undefined) return [key, left]
+      if (plain(left) && plain(right)) return [key, merge(left, right)]
+      return [key, right]
+    }),
+  )
+}
+
+function plain(input: unknown): input is Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> {
+  if (typeof input !== "object" || input === null || Array.isArray(input)) return false
+  const prototype = Object.getPrototypeOf(input)
+  return prototype === Object.prototype || prototype === null
+}
+
+function headers(
+  base: Readonly<Record<string, string>> | undefined,
+  overlay: Readonly<Record<string, string>> | undefined,
+) {
+  return Object.fromEntries(
+    [...Object.entries(base ?? {}), ...Object.entries(overlay ?? {})]
+      .reduce((result, entry) => {
+        result.set(entry[0].toLowerCase(), entry)
+        return result
+      }, new Map<string, [string, string]>())
+      .values(),
+  )
+}
+
 export const locationLayer = layer.pipe(
   Layer.provideMerge(Integration.locationLayer),
   Layer.provideMerge(Policy.locationLayer),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/config/plugin/provider.ts b/packages/core/src/config/plugin/provider.ts
index 6f6e0528da..3129240639 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/config/plugin/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/config/plugin/provider.ts
@@ -52,17 +52,22 @@ export const Plugin = define({
             const providerID = id
             catalog.provider.update(providerID, (provider) => {
               if (item.name !== undefined) provider.name = item.name
-              if (item.api !== undefined) provider.api = { ...item.api }
-              if (item.request !== undefined) {
-                Object.assign(provider.request.headers, item.request.headers)
-                Object.assign(provider.request.body, item.request.body)
-              }
+              if (item.package !== undefined) provider.package = item.package
+              if (item.aisdk !== undefined) provider.aisdk = item.aisdk
+              if (item.settings !== undefined) provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, ...item.settings }
+              if (item.headers !== undefined) provider.headers = { ...provider.headers, ...item.headers }
+              if (item.body !== undefined) provider.body = { ...provider.body, ...item.body }
             })
             for (const [id, config] of Object.entries(item.models ?? {})) {
               catalog.model.update(providerID, id, (model) => {
                 if (config.family !== undefined) model.family = config.family
                 if (config.name !== undefined) model.name = config.name
-                if (config.api !== undefined) model.api = { ...model.api, ...config.api }
+                if (config.modelID !== undefined) model.modelID = config.modelID
+                if (config.package !== undefined) model.package = config.package
+                if (config.aisdk !== undefined) model.aisdk = config.aisdk
+                if (config.settings !== undefined) model.settings = { ...model.settings, ...config.settings }
+                if (config.headers !== undefined) model.headers = { ...model.headers, ...config.headers }
+                if (config.body !== undefined) model.body = { ...model.body, ...config.body }
                 if (config.capabilities !== undefined) {
                   model.capabilities = {
                     tools: config.capabilities.tools,
@@ -70,24 +75,20 @@ export const Plugin = define({
                     output: [...config.capabilities.output],
                   }
                 }
-                if (config.request !== undefined) {
-                  Object.assign(model.request.headers, config.request.headers)
-                  Object.assign(model.request.body, config.request.body)
-                  if (config.request.variant !== undefined) model.request.variant = config.request.variant
-                }
                 if (config.variants !== undefined) {
+                  model.variants ??= []
                   for (const variant of config.variants) {
                     let existing = model.variants.find((item) => item.id === variant.id)
                     if (!existing) {
                       existing = {
                         id: variant.id,
-                        headers: {},
-                        body: {},
                       }
                       model.variants.push(existing)
                     }
-                    Object.assign(existing.headers, variant.headers)
-                    Object.assign(existing.body, variant.body)
+                    if (variant.settings !== undefined)
+                      existing.settings = { ...existing.settings, ...variant.settings }
+                    if (variant.headers !== undefined) existing.headers = { ...existing.headers, ...variant.headers }
+                    if (variant.body !== undefined) existing.body = { ...existing.body, ...variant.body }
                   }
                 }
                 if (config.cost !== undefined) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/config/provider.ts b/packages/core/src/config/provider.ts
index 2dc038962c..153ab7fcef 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/config/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/config/provider.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Limit extends Schema.Class<Limit>("ConfigV2.Model.Limit")({
 }) {}
 
 class Model extends Schema.Class<Model>("ConfigV2.Model")({
-  id: ModelV2.ID.pipe(Schema.optional),
+  modelID: ModelV2.ID.pipe(Schema.optional),
   family: ModelV2.Family.pipe(Schema.optional),
   name: Schema.String.pipe(Schema.optional),
   package: Schema.String.pipe(Schema.optional),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/model.ts b/packages/core/src/model.ts
index bae4408560..2d7c597a44 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/model.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/model.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import { Schema } from "effect"
+import { Types } from "effect"
 import { Model } from "@opencode-ai/schema/model"
 import { ProviderV2 } from "./provider"
-import { withStatics } from "./schema"
-import type { DeepMutable } from "./schema"
 
 export const ID = Model.ID
 export type ID = typeof ID.Type
@@ -10,6 +8,7 @@ export type ID = typeof ID.Type
 export const VariantID = Model.VariantID
 export type VariantID = typeof VariantID.Type
 
+// Grouping of models, eg claude opus, claude sonnet
 export const Family = Model.Family
 export type Family = Model.Family
 
@@ -21,62 +20,10 @@ export const Cost = Model.Cost
 export const Ref = Model.Ref
 export type Ref = typeof Ref.Type
 
-// Temporary runtime schema until core catalog consumers migrate to the flat
-// package identity in @opencode-ai/schema.
-export const Api = Schema.Union([
-  Schema.Struct({ id: ID, ...ProviderV2.AISDK.fields }),
-  Schema.Struct({ id: ID, ...ProviderV2.Native.fields }),
-]).pipe(Schema.toTaggedUnion("type"))
-export type Api = typeof Api.Type
+export const Info = Model.Info
+export type Info = Model.Info
 
-export interface Info extends Schema.Schema.Type<typeof Info> {}
-export const Info = Schema.Struct({
-  id: ID,
-  providerID: ProviderV2.ID,
-  family: Family.pipe(Schema.optional),
-  name: Schema.String,
-  api: Api,
-  capabilities: Capabilities,
-  request: Schema.Struct({
-    ...ProviderV2.Request.fields,
-    variant: Schema.String.pipe(Schema.optional),
-  }),
-  variants: Schema.Struct({
-    id: VariantID,
-    ...ProviderV2.Request.fields,
-  }).pipe(Schema.Array, Schema.mutable),
-  time: Schema.Struct({ released: Schema.Finite }),
-  cost: Cost.pipe(Schema.Array, Schema.mutable),
-  status: Schema.Literals(["alpha", "beta", "deprecated", "active"]),
-  enabled: Schema.Boolean,
-  limit: Schema.Struct({
-    context: Schema.Int,
-    input: Schema.Int.pipe(Schema.optional),
-    output: Schema.Int,
-  }),
-})
-  .annotate({ identifier: "ModelV2.Info" })
-  .pipe(
-    withStatics((schema) => ({
-      empty: (providerID: ProviderV2.ID, modelID: ID) =>
-        schema.make({
-          id: modelID,
-          providerID,
-          name: modelID,
-          api: { id: modelID, type: "native", settings: {} },
-          capabilities: { tools: false, input: [], output: [] },
-          request: { headers: {}, body: {} },
-          variants: [],
-          time: { released: 0 },
-          cost: [],
-          status: "active",
-          enabled: true,
-          limit: { context: 0, output: 0 },
-        }),
-    })),
-  )
-
-export type MutableInfo = Omit<DeepMutable<Info>, "api"> & { api: ProviderV2.MutableApi<Api> }
+export type MutableInfo = Types.DeepMutable<Info>
 
 export function parse(input: string): { providerID: ProviderV2.ID; modelID: ID } {
   const [providerID, ...modelID] = input.split("/")
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/models-dev.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/models-dev.ts
index 1adc979d25..ba6e4a869a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/models-dev.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/models-dev.ts
@@ -75,17 +75,9 @@ export const ModelsDevPlugin = define({
           const providerID = ProviderV2.ID.make(item.id)
           catalog.provider.update(providerID, (provider) => {
             provider.name = item.name
-            provider.api = item.npm
-              ? {
-                  type: "aisdk",
-                  package: item.npm,
-                  url: item.api,
-                }
-              : {
-                  type: "native",
-                  url: item.api,
-                  settings: {},
-                }
+            provider.package = item.npm ?? ""
+            provider.aisdk = item.npm ? true : undefined
+            provider.settings = item.api ? { ...provider.settings, baseURL: item.api } : provider.settings
           })
 
           for (const model of Object.values(item.models)) {
@@ -93,19 +85,9 @@ export const ModelsDevPlugin = define({
             catalog.model.update(providerID, modelID, (draft) => {
               draft.name = model.name
               draft.family = model.family ? ModelV2.Family.make(model.family) : undefined
-              draft.api = model.provider?.npm
-                ? {
-                    id: draft.api.id,
-                    type: "aisdk",
-                    package: model.provider?.npm,
-                    url: model.provider.api,
-                  }
-                : {
-                    id: draft.api.id,
-                    type: "native",
-                    url: model.provider?.api,
-                    settings: {},
-                  }
+              draft.package = model.provider?.npm
+              draft.aisdk = model.provider?.npm ? true : undefined
+              draft.settings = model.provider?.api ? { ...draft.settings, baseURL: model.provider.api } : draft.settings
               draft.capabilities = {
                 tools: model.tool_call,
                 input: [...(model.modalities?.input ?? [])],
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/amazon-bedrock.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/amazon-bedrock.ts
index 0995cf1c17..00dc73edb0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/amazon-bedrock.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/amazon-bedrock.ts
@@ -65,15 +65,14 @@ export const AmazonBedrockPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.catalog.transform(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock") continue
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            if (provider.api.type !== "aisdk") return
-            if (typeof provider.request.body.endpoint !== "string") return
+            if (typeof provider.settings?.endpoint !== "string") return
             // The AI SDK expects a base URL, but users configure Bedrock private/VPC
             // endpoints as `endpoint`; move it into the catalog endpoint URL once.
-            provider.api.url = provider.request.body.endpoint
-            delete provider.request.body.endpoint
+            provider.settings.baseURL = provider.settings.endpoint
+            delete provider.settings.endpoint
           })
         }
       }),
@@ -114,12 +113,12 @@ export const AmazonBedrockPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.aisdk.language(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         if (evt.model.providerID !== ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock) return
-        if (evt.model.api.type === "aisdk" && evt.model.api.package === "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock/mantle") {
-          evt.language = selectMantleModel(evt.sdk, evt.model.api.id)
+        if (evt.model.aisdk && evt.model.package === "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock/mantle") {
+          evt.language = selectMantleModel(evt.sdk, evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id)
           return
         }
         const region = typeof evt.options.region === "string" ? evt.options.region : process.env.AWS_REGION
-        evt.language = evt.sdk.languageModel(resolveModelID(evt.model.api.id, region))
+        evt.language = evt.sdk.languageModel(resolveModelID(evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id, region))
       }),
     )
   }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/anthropic.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/anthropic.ts
index cf883a0687..c13fbbfdad 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/anthropic.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/anthropic.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ export const AnthropicPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.catalog.transform(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/anthropic") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/anthropic") continue
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            provider.request.headers["anthropic-beta"] =
-              "interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14,fine-grained-tool-streaming-2025-05-14"
+            provider.headers = {
+              ...provider.headers,
+              "anthropic-beta": "interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14,fine-grained-tool-streaming-2025-05-14",
+            }
           })
         }
       }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/azure.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/azure.ts
index 2e1f9d9b48..b1e5754606 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/azure.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/azure.ts
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ export const AzurePlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.catalog.transform(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/azure") continue
-          const configured = item.provider.request.body.resourceName
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/azure") continue
+          const configured = item.provider.settings?.resourceName
           const resourceName =
             typeof configured === "string" && configured.trim() !== "" ? configured : process.env.AZURE_RESOURCE_NAME
           if (!resourceName) continue
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            provider.request.body.resourceName = resourceName
+            provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, resourceName }
           })
         }
       }),
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const AzurePlugin = define({
           if (
             !evt.options.resourceName &&
             !evt.options.baseURL &&
-            (evt.model.api.type !== "aisdk" || !evt.model.api.url)
+            (!evt.model.aisdk || typeof evt.model.settings?.baseURL !== "string")
           ) {
             throw new Error(
               "AZURE_RESOURCE_NAME is missing, set it using env var or reconnecting the azure provider and setting it",
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ export const AzurePlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.aisdk.language(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         if (evt.model.providerID !== ProviderV2.ID.azure) return
-        evt.language = selectLanguage(evt.sdk, evt.model.api.id, Boolean(evt.options.useCompletionUrls))
+        evt.language = selectLanguage(
+          evt.sdk,
+          evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id,
+          Boolean(evt.options.useCompletionUrls),
+        )
       }),
     )
   }),
@@ -63,11 +67,14 @@ export const AzureCognitiveServicesPlugin = define({
         const resourceName = process.env.AZURE_COGNITIVE_SERVICES_RESOURCE_NAME
         if (!resourceName) return
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") continue
           if (!item.provider.id.includes("azure-cognitive-services")) continue
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            provider.request.body.baseURL = `https://${resourceName}.cognitiveservices.azure.com/openai`
+            provider.settings = {
+              ...provider.settings,
+              baseURL: `https://${resourceName}.cognitiveservices.azure.com/openai`,
+            }
           })
         }
       }),
@@ -75,7 +82,11 @@ export const AzureCognitiveServicesPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.aisdk.language(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         if (evt.model.providerID !== ProviderV2.ID.make("azure-cognitive-services")) return
-        evt.language = selectLanguage(evt.sdk, evt.model.api.id, Boolean(evt.options.useCompletionUrls))
+        evt.language = selectLanguage(
+          evt.sdk,
+          evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id,
+          Boolean(evt.options.useCompletionUrls),
+        )
       }),
     )
   }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/cerebras.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/cerebras.ts
index 0fd651160f..cb15cb9312 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/cerebras.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/cerebras.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ export const CerebrasPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.catalog.transform(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/cerebras") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/cerebras") continue
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            provider.request.headers["X-Cerebras-3rd-Party-Integration"] = "opencode"
+            provider.headers = { ...provider.headers, "X-Cerebras-3rd-Party-Integration": "opencode" }
           })
         }
       }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/cloudflare-workers-ai.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/cloudflare-workers-ai.ts
index 1a1c533eb5..0ed7b0dffa 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/cloudflare-workers-ai.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/cloudflare-workers-ai.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ export const CloudflareWorkersAIPlugin = define({
         const item = evt.provider.get(providerID)
         if (!item) return
         evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-          if (provider.api.type !== "aisdk") return
-          if (provider.api.url) return
-          const accountId = resolveAccountId(provider.request.body)
-          if (accountId) provider.api.url = workersEndpoint(accountId)
+          if (!provider.aisdk) return
+          if (typeof provider.settings?.baseURL === "string") return
+          const accountId = resolveAccountId(provider.settings ?? {})
+          if (accountId) provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: workersEndpoint(accountId) }
         })
       }),
     )
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const CloudflareWorkersAIPlugin = define({
         if (evt.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") return
 
         const accountId = resolveAccountId(evt.options)
-        if (!hasWorkersEndpoint(evt.model.api) && !accountId) return
+        if (!hasWorkersEndpoint(evt.model) && !accountId) return
         const mod = yield* Effect.promise(() => import("@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"))
         evt.sdk = mod.createOpenAICompatible(
           sdkOptions({
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const CloudflareWorkersAIPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.aisdk.language(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         if (evt.model.providerID !== providerID) return
-        evt.language = evt.sdk.languageModel(evt.model.api.id)
+        evt.language = evt.sdk.languageModel(evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id)
       }),
     )
   }),
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ function workersEndpoint(accountId: string) {
   return `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${accountId}/ai/v1`
 }
 
-function hasWorkersEndpoint(api: ProviderV2.Api) {
-  return api.type === "aisdk" && Boolean(api.url)
+function hasWorkersEndpoint(model: { readonly aisdk?: true; readonly settings?: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> }) {
+  return model.aisdk && typeof model.settings?.baseURL === "string"
 }
 
 function sdkOptions(options: Record<string, any>) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/github-copilot.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/github-copilot.ts
index 682579d7a9..12f9a12f23 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/github-copilot.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/github-copilot.ts
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@ export const GithubCopilotPlugin = define({
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         if (evt.model.providerID !== ProviderV2.ID.githubCopilot) return
         if (evt.sdk.responses === undefined && evt.sdk.chat === undefined) {
-          evt.language = evt.sdk.languageModel(evt.model.api.id)
+          evt.language = evt.sdk.languageModel(evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id)
           return
         }
-        evt.language = shouldUseResponses(evt.model.api.id)
-          ? evt.sdk.responses(evt.model.api.id)
-          : evt.sdk.chat(evt.model.api.id)
+        const id = evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id
+        evt.language = shouldUseResponses(id) ? evt.sdk.responses(id) : evt.sdk.chat(id)
       }),
     )
   }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/gitlab.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/gitlab.ts
index 8723cdaac2..56619ff922 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/gitlab.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/gitlab.ts
@@ -36,26 +36,24 @@ export const GitLabPlugin = define({
         if (evt.model.providerID !== ProviderV2.ID.gitlab) return
         const featureFlags =
           typeof evt.options.featureFlags === "object" && evt.options.featureFlags ? evt.options.featureFlags : {}
-        if (evt.model.api.id.startsWith("duo-workflow-")) {
+        const id = evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id
+        if (id.startsWith("duo-workflow-")) {
           const gitlab = yield* Effect.promise(() => import("gitlab-ai-provider")).pipe(Effect.orDie)
           const workflowRef =
-            typeof evt.model.request.body.workflowRef === "string" ? evt.model.request.body.workflowRef : undefined
+            typeof evt.model.settings?.workflowRef === "string" ? evt.model.settings.workflowRef : undefined
           const workflowDefinition =
-            typeof evt.model.request.body.workflowDefinition === "string"
-              ? evt.model.request.body.workflowDefinition
+            typeof evt.model.settings?.workflowDefinition === "string"
+              ? evt.model.settings.workflowDefinition
               : undefined
-          const language = evt.sdk.workflowChat(
-            gitlab.isWorkflowModel(evt.model.api.id) ? evt.model.api.id : "duo-workflow",
-            {
-              featureFlags,
-              workflowDefinition,
-            },
-          )
+          const language = evt.sdk.workflowChat(gitlab.isWorkflowModel(id) ? id : "duo-workflow", {
+            featureFlags,
+            workflowDefinition,
+          })
           if (workflowRef) language.selectedModelRef = workflowRef
           evt.language = language
           return
         }
-        evt.language = evt.sdk.agenticChat(evt.model.api.id, {
+        evt.language = evt.sdk.agenticChat(id, {
           aiGatewayHeaders: evt.options.aiGatewayHeaders,
           featureFlags,
         })
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/google-vertex.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/google-vertex.ts
index 4e643c9f51..fa7afc98bf 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/google-vertex.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/google-vertex.ts
@@ -60,25 +60,28 @@ export const GoogleVertexPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.catalog.transform(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
           if (
-            item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/google-vertex" &&
+            item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/google-vertex" &&
             !(
               item.provider.id === ProviderV2.ID.googleVertex &&
-              item.provider.api.package.includes("@ai-sdk/openai-compatible")
+              item.provider.package.includes("@ai-sdk/openai-compatible")
             )
           )
             continue
-          const project = resolveProject(item.provider.request.body)
-          const location = String(resolveLocation(item.provider.request.body))
+          const project = resolveProject(item.provider.settings ?? {})
+          const location = String(resolveLocation(item.provider.settings ?? {}))
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            if (project) provider.request.body.project = project
-            provider.request.body.location = location
-            if (provider.api.type === "aisdk" && provider.api.url) {
-              provider.api.url = replaceVertexVars(provider.api.url, project, location)
-            }
-            if (provider.api.type === "aisdk" && provider.api.package.includes("@ai-sdk/openai-compatible")) {
-              provider.request.body.fetch = authFetch(provider.request.body.fetch)
+            provider.settings = {
+              ...provider.settings,
+              ...(project ? { project } : {}),
+              location,
+              ...(typeof provider.settings?.baseURL === "string"
+                ? { baseURL: replaceVertexVars(provider.settings.baseURL, project, location) }
+                : {}),
+              ...(provider.package.includes("@ai-sdk/openai-compatible")
+                ? { fetch: authFetch(provider.settings?.fetch) }
+                : {}),
             }
           })
         }
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ export const GoogleVertexPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.aisdk.language(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         if (evt.model.providerID !== ProviderV2.ID.googleVertex) return
-        evt.language = evt.sdk.languageModel(String(evt.model.api.id).trim())
+        evt.language = evt.sdk.languageModel(String(evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id).trim())
       }),
     )
   }),
@@ -118,21 +121,20 @@ export const GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.catalog.transform(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic") continue
           const project =
-            item.provider.request.body.project ??
+            item.provider.settings?.project ??
             process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT ??
             process.env.GCP_PROJECT ??
             process.env.GCLOUD_PROJECT
           const location =
-            item.provider.request.body.location ??
+            item.provider.settings?.location ??
             process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION ??
             process.env.VERTEX_LOCATION ??
             "global"
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            if (project) provider.request.body.project = project
-            provider.request.body.location = location
+            provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, ...(project ? { project } : {}), location }
           })
         }
       }),
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ export const GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.aisdk.language(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         if (evt.model.providerID !== ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic")) return
-        evt.language = evt.sdk.languageModel(String(evt.model.api.id).trim())
+        evt.language = evt.sdk.languageModel(String(evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id).trim())
       }),
     )
   }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/kilo.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/kilo.ts
index 6ee6670ee5..9cfd5b2791 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/kilo.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/kilo.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ export const KiloPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.catalog.transform(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.url !== "https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") continue
+          if (item.provider.settings?.baseURL !== "https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway") continue
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            provider.request.headers["HTTP-Referer"] = "https://opencode.ai/"
-            provider.request.headers["X-Title"] = "opencode"
+            provider.headers = { ...provider.headers, "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/", "X-Title": "opencode" }
           })
         }
       }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/llmgateway.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/llmgateway.ts
index eafc5edd6c..73ee23b876 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/llmgateway.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/llmgateway.ts
@@ -10,14 +10,17 @@ export const LLMGatewayPlugin = define({
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
           if (item.provider.disabled) continue
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.url !== "https://api.llmgateway.io/v1") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") continue
+          if (item.provider.settings?.baseURL !== "https://api.llmgateway.io/v1") continue
           if (!(yield* integrations.get(Integration.ID.make(item.provider.id)))) continue
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            provider.request.headers["HTTP-Referer"] = "https://opencode.ai/"
-            provider.request.headers["X-Title"] = "opencode"
-            provider.request.headers["X-Source"] = "opencode"
+            provider.headers = {
+              ...provider.headers,
+              "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
+              "X-Title": "opencode",
+              "X-Source": "opencode",
+            }
           })
         }
       }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/nvidia.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/nvidia.ts
index 449599727c..5a80180aa6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/nvidia.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/nvidia.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ export const NvidiaPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.catalog.transform(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.url !== "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") continue
+          if (item.provider.settings?.baseURL !== "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1") continue
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            provider.request.headers["HTTP-Referer"] = "https://opencode.ai/"
-            provider.request.headers["X-Title"] = "opencode"
-            provider.request.headers["X-BILLING-INVOKE-ORIGIN"] ??= "OpenCode"
+            provider.headers = {
+              ...provider.headers,
+              "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
+              "X-Title": "opencode",
+              "X-BILLING-INVOKE-ORIGIN": provider.headers?.["X-BILLING-INVOKE-ORIGIN"] ?? "OpenCode",
+            }
           })
         }
       }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/openai.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/openai.ts
index e89382440e..dda85b4688 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/openai.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/openai.ts
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ export const OpenAIPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.catalog.transform(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai") continue
           if (!item.models.has(ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-chat-latest"))) continue
           evt.model.update(item.provider.id, ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-chat-latest"), (model) => {
             // OpenAIPlugin sends OpenAI models through Responses; this alias is a
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export const OpenAIPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.aisdk.language(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         if (evt.model.providerID !== ProviderV2.ID.openai) return
-        evt.language = evt.sdk.responses(evt.model.api.id)
+        evt.language = evt.sdk.responses(evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id)
       }),
     )
   }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/opencode.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/opencode.ts
index 8ef365e49c..29e1eb704a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/opencode.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/opencode.ts
@@ -111,11 +111,14 @@ export const OpencodePlugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | EventV2.Service | S
         catalog.provider.update(providerID, (provider) => {
           provider.integrationID = Integration.ID.make("opencode")
           if (item.name !== undefined) provider.name = item.name
-          provider.api = item.npm
-            ? { type: "aisdk", package: item.npm, url: item.api }
-            : { type: "native", url: item.api, settings: {} }
-          Object.assign(provider.request.headers, item.options?.headers)
-          Object.assign(provider.request.body, withoutCredentials(item.options))
+          provider.package = item.npm ?? ""
+          provider.aisdk = item.npm ? true : undefined
+          provider.settings = {
+            ...provider.settings,
+            ...withoutCredentials(item.options),
+            ...(item.api ? { baseURL: item.api } : {}),
+          }
+          provider.headers = { ...provider.headers, ...item.options?.headers }
         })
 
         const modelIDs = new Set(Object.keys(item.models ?? {}))
@@ -127,29 +130,24 @@ export const OpencodePlugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | EventV2.Service | S
           catalog.model.update(providerID, modelID, (model) => {
             if (config.family !== undefined) model.family = config.family
             if (config.name !== undefined) model.name = config.name
-            if (config.id !== undefined) model.api.id = config.id
+            if (config.id !== undefined) model.modelID = config.id
             if (config.provider !== undefined) {
-              model.api = config.provider.npm
-                ? {
-                    id: model.api.id,
-                    type: "aisdk",
-                    package: config.provider.npm,
-                    url: config.provider.api,
-                  }
-                : { id: model.api.id, type: "native", url: config.provider.api, settings: {} }
+              model.package = config.provider.npm
+              model.aisdk = config.provider.npm ? true : undefined
+              if (config.provider.api) model.settings = { ...model.settings, baseURL: config.provider.api }
             }
             if (config.tool_call !== undefined) model.capabilities.tools = config.tool_call
             if (config.modalities?.input !== undefined) model.capabilities.input = [...config.modalities.input]
             if (config.modalities?.output !== undefined) model.capabilities.output = [...config.modalities.output]
             const packageName = config.provider?.npm ?? item.npm
             const lowerer = ConfigProviderOptionsV1.get(packageName)
-            Object.assign(model.request.headers, config.headers)
-            Object.assign(model.request.body, lowerer.model(withoutCredentials(config.options)))
+            model.headers = { ...model.headers, ...config.headers }
+            model.settings = { ...model.settings, ...lowerer.model(withoutCredentials(config.options)) }
             if (config.variants !== undefined) {
               model.variants = Object.entries(config.variants).map(([id, options]) => ({
                 id: ModelV2.VariantID.make(id),
                 headers: { ...(options.headers ?? {}) },
-                body: lowerer.model(withoutCredentials(options)),
+                settings: lowerer.model(withoutCredentials(options)),
               }))
             }
             if (config.release_date !== undefined) {
@@ -168,9 +166,9 @@ export const OpencodePlugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | EventV2.Service | S
 
       const item = catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)
       if (!item) return
-      const hasKey = Boolean(process.env.OPENCODE_API_KEY || connected || item.provider.request.body.apiKey)
+      const hasKey = Boolean(process.env.OPENCODE_API_KEY || connected || item.provider.settings?.apiKey)
       catalog.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-        if (!hasKey) provider.request.body.apiKey = "public"
+        if (!hasKey) provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, apiKey: "public" }
       })
       if (hasKey) return
       for (const model of item.models.values()) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/openrouter.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/openrouter.ts
index 0f295fb095..eb26dcb08d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/openrouter.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/openrouter.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ export const OpenRouterPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.catalog.transform(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@openrouter/ai-sdk-provider") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@openrouter/ai-sdk-provider") continue
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            provider.request.headers["HTTP-Referer"] = "https://opencode.ai/"
-            provider.request.headers["X-Title"] = "opencode"
+            provider.headers = { ...provider.headers, "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/", "X-Title": "opencode" }
           })
           for (const modelID of [ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-chat-latest"), ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5-chat")]) {
             if (!item.models.has(modelID)) continue
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/sap-ai-core.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/sap-ai-core.ts
index 8c668d8b41..69956a377d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/sap-ai-core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/sap-ai-core.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export const SapAICorePlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.aisdk.language(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         if (evt.model.providerID !== ProviderV2.ID.make("sap-ai-core")) return
-        evt.language = evt.sdk(evt.model.api.id)
+        evt.language = evt.sdk(evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id)
       }),
     )
   }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/vercel.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/vercel.ts
index 00f5601430..da67661abe 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/vercel.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/vercel.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ export const VercelPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.catalog.transform(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/vercel") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/vercel") continue
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            provider.request.headers["http-referer"] = "https://opencode.ai/"
-            provider.request.headers["x-title"] = "opencode"
+            provider.headers = { ...provider.headers, "http-referer": "https://opencode.ai/", "x-title": "opencode" }
           })
         }
       }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/xai.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/xai.ts
index 8145a3480a..20596a54e8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/xai.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/xai.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const XAIPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.aisdk.language(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         if (evt.model.providerID !== ProviderV2.ID.make("xai")) return
-        evt.language = evt.sdk.responses(evt.model.api.id)
+        evt.language = evt.sdk.responses(evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id)
       }),
     )
   }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/zenmux.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/zenmux.ts
index 29adebc0ee..a37d7f0678 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/zenmux.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/zenmux.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@ export const ZenmuxPlugin = define({
     yield* ctx.catalog.transform(
       Effect.fn(function* (evt) {
         for (const item of evt.provider.list()) {
-          if (item.provider.api.type !== "aisdk") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") continue
-          if (item.provider.api.url !== "https://zenmux.ai/api/v1") continue
+          if (!item.provider.aisdk) continue
+          if (item.provider.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") continue
+          if (item.provider.settings?.baseURL !== "https://zenmux.ai/api/v1") continue
           evt.provider.update(item.provider.id, (provider) => {
-            provider.request.headers["HTTP-Referer"] ??= "https://opencode.ai/"
-            provider.request.headers["X-Title"] ??= "opencode"
+            provider.headers = {
+              "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
+              "X-Title": "opencode",
+              ...provider.headers,
+            }
           })
         }
       }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/variant.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/variant.ts
index 05e1653b6e..ccdbd5a15c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/variant.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/variant.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export * as VariantPlugin from "./variant"
 
-import type { ModelV2Info } from "@opencode-ai/sdk/v2/types"
 import { Effect } from "effect"
+import { ModelV2 } from "../model"
 import { define } from "./internal"
 
 export const Plugin = define({
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ export const Plugin = define({
       for (const record of catalog.provider.list()) {
         for (const model of record.models.values()) {
           catalog.model.update(model.providerID, model.id, (draft) => {
-            const generated = generate(draft)
+            const generated = generate(draft as ModelV2.Info, record.provider)
             if (generated.length === 0) return
 
-            const explicit = new Map(draft.variants.map((variant) => [variant.id, variant]))
-            const generatedIDs = new Set(generated.map((variant) => variant.id))
+            const explicit = new Map((draft.variants ?? []).map((variant) => [variant.id, variant]))
+            const generatedIDs = new Set<string>(generated.map((variant) => variant.id))
             draft.variants = [
               ...generated.map((variant) => explicit.get(variant.id) ?? variant),
-              ...draft.variants.filter((variant) => !generatedIDs.has(variant.id)),
+              ...(draft.variants ?? []).filter((variant) => !generatedIDs.has(variant.id)),
             ]
           })
         }
@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ export const Plugin = define({
   }),
 })
 
-export function generate(model: ModelV2Info): ModelV2Info["variants"] {
-  if (model.api.type !== "aisdk" || model.api.package !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") return []
-  const ids = `${model.id} ${model.api.id}`.toLowerCase()
+export function generate(
+  model: ModelV2.Info,
+  provider?: { readonly package: string; readonly aisdk?: true },
+): NonNullable<ModelV2.Info["variants"]> {
+  if (!(model.aisdk ?? provider?.aisdk) || (model.package ?? provider?.package) !== "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible") return []
+  const ids = `${model.id} ${model.modelID ?? ""}`.toLowerCase()
   if (!["glm-5.2", "glm-5-2", "glm-5p2"].some((name) => ids.includes(name))) return []
   return ["high", "max"].map((id) => ({
-    id,
-    headers: {},
-    body: { reasoning_effort: id },
+    id: ModelV2.VariantID.make(id),
+    settings: { reasoningEffort: id },
   }))
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/provider.ts b/packages/core/src/provider.ts
index d1a541dd65..576abd3df1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/provider.ts
@@ -1,61 +1,15 @@
 export * as ProviderV2 from "./provider"
 
-import { Schema } from "effect"
+import { Types } from "effect"
 import { Provider } from "@opencode-ai/schema/provider"
-import { Integration } from "./integration"
-import { withStatics } from "./schema"
-import type { DeepMutable } from "./schema"
 
 export const ID = Provider.ID
 export type ID = typeof ID.Type
 
-// Temporary runtime schema until core catalog consumers migrate to the flat
-// package identity in @opencode-ai/schema.
-export interface AISDK extends Schema.Schema.Type<typeof AISDK> {}
-export const AISDK = Schema.Struct({
-  type: Schema.Literal("aisdk"),
-  package: Schema.String,
-  url: Schema.String.pipe(Schema.optional),
-  settings: Schema.Record(Schema.String, Schema.Unknown).pipe(Schema.optional),
-})
-
-export interface Native extends Schema.Schema.Type<typeof Native> {}
-export const Native = Schema.Struct({
-  type: Schema.Literal("native"),
-  url: Schema.String.pipe(Schema.optional),
-  settings: Schema.Record(Schema.String, Schema.Unknown),
-})
-
-export const Api = Schema.Union([AISDK, Native]).pipe(Schema.toTaggedUnion("type"))
-export type Api = typeof Api.Type
-
 export const Request = Provider.Request
 export type Request = Provider.Request
 
-export interface Info extends Schema.Schema.Type<typeof Info> {}
-export const Info = Schema.Struct({
-  id: ID,
-  integrationID: Integration.ID.pipe(Schema.optional),
-  name: Schema.String,
-  disabled: Schema.Boolean.pipe(Schema.optional),
-  api: Api,
-  request: Request,
-})
-  .annotate({ identifier: "ProviderV2.Info" })
-  .pipe(
-    withStatics((schema) => ({
-      empty: (id: ID) =>
-        schema.make({
-          id,
-          name: id,
-          api: { type: "native", settings: {} },
-          request: { headers: {}, body: {} },
-        }),
-    })),
-  )
+export const Info = Provider.Info
+export type Info = Provider.Info
 
-export type MutableApi<T extends Api = Api> = T extends Api
-  ? Omit<DeepMutable<T>, "settings"> & (undefined extends T["settings"] ? { settings?: any } : { settings: any })
-  : never
-
-export type MutableInfo = Omit<DeepMutable<Info>, "api"> & { api: MutableApi }
+export type MutableInfo = Types.DeepMutable<Info>
diff --git a/packages/core/src/session/runner/model.ts b/packages/core/src/session/runner/model.ts
index b864df8ba3..f8cc794a86 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/session/runner/model.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/session/runner/model.ts
@@ -50,16 +50,16 @@ export class VariantUnavailableError extends Schema.TaggedErrorClass<VariantUnav
   }
 }
 
-export class UnsupportedApiError extends Schema.TaggedErrorClass<UnsupportedApiError>()(
-  "SessionRunnerModel.UnsupportedApiError",
+export class UnsupportedPackageError extends Schema.TaggedErrorClass<UnsupportedPackageError>()(
+  "SessionRunnerModel.UnsupportedPackageError",
   {
     providerID: ProviderV2.ID,
     modelID: ModelV2.ID,
-    api: Schema.String,
+    package: Schema.String,
   },
 ) {
   override get message() {
-    return `Unsupported API for ${this.providerID}/${this.modelID}: ${this.api}`
+    return `Unsupported package for ${this.providerID}/${this.modelID}: ${this.package}`
   }
 }
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export type Error =
   | ModelNotSelectedError
   | ModelUnavailableError
   | VariantUnavailableError
-  | UnsupportedApiError
+  | UnsupportedPackageError
   | Integration.AuthorizationError
 
 export interface Interface {
@@ -82,19 +82,19 @@ export const layerWith = (resolve: Interface["resolve"]) => Layer.succeed(Servic
 const apiKey = (model: ModelV2.Info, credential?: Credential.Value) => {
   if (credential?.type === "key") return Auth.value(credential.key)
   if (credential?.type === "oauth") return Auth.value(credential.access)
-  const value = model.request.body.apiKey ?? model.api.settings?.apiKey
+  const value = model.settings?.apiKey
   if (typeof value === "string") return Auth.value(value)
 }
 
 const withDefaults = (model: ModelV2.Info, route: AnyRoute) => {
-  const body = model.request.body
+  const body = model.body ?? {}
   const httpBody = Object.hasOwn(body, "apiKey")
     ? Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(body).filter(([key]) => key !== "apiKey"))
     : body
   return route.with({
     provider: model.providerID,
-    endpoint: model.api.url === undefined ? undefined : { baseURL: model.api.url },
-    headers: model.request.headers,
+    endpoint: typeof model.settings?.baseURL === "string" ? { baseURL: model.settings.baseURL } : undefined,
+    headers: model.headers,
     http: { body: httpBody },
     limits: { context: model.limit.context, output: model.limit.output },
   })
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ const withVariant = (
   model: ModelV2.Info,
   variantID: ModelV2.VariantID | undefined,
 ): Effect.Effect<ModelV2.Info, VariantUnavailableError> => {
-  const id = variantID === "default" || variantID === undefined ? model.request.variant : variantID
-  const variant = model.variants.find((item) => item.id === id)
+  const id = variantID === "default" ? undefined : variantID
+  const variant = model.variants?.find((item) => item.id === id)
   if (!variant && variantID !== undefined && variantID !== "default")
     return Effect.fail(
       new VariantUnavailableError({
@@ -117,53 +117,55 @@ const withVariant = (
   return Effect.succeed(
     variant
       ? produce(model, (draft) => {
-          Object.assign(draft.request.headers, variant.headers)
-          Object.assign(draft.request.body, variant.body)
+          draft.settings = merge(draft.settings, variant.settings)
+          draft.headers = { ...draft.headers, ...variant.headers }
+          draft.body = merge(draft.body, variant.body)
         })
       : model,
   )
 }
 
-const apiName = (model: ModelV2.Info) =>
-  model.api.type === "aisdk" ? `${model.api.type}:${model.api.package}` : model.api.type
-
 export const fromCatalogModel = (
   model: ModelV2.Info,
   credential?: Credential.Value,
-): Effect.Effect<Model, UnsupportedApiError> => {
+): Effect.Effect<Model, UnsupportedPackageError> => {
   const resolved =
     credential?.metadata === undefined
       ? model
       : produce(model, (draft) => {
-          Object.assign(draft.request.body, credential.metadata)
+          draft.settings = { ...draft.settings, ...credential.metadata }
         })
   const key = apiKey(resolved, credential)
-  if (resolved.api.type === "aisdk" && resolved.api.package === "@ai-sdk/openai") {
+  if (resolved.aisdk && resolved.package === "@ai-sdk/openai") {
     return Effect.succeed(
       withDefaults(resolved, OpenAIResponses.route)
         .with({ auth: key === undefined ? Auth.none : Auth.bearer(key) })
-        .model({ id: resolved.api.id }),
+        .model({ id: resolved.modelID ?? resolved.id }),
     )
   }
-  if (resolved.api.type === "aisdk" && resolved.api.package === "@ai-sdk/anthropic") {
+  if (resolved.aisdk && resolved.package === "@ai-sdk/anthropic") {
     return Effect.succeed(
       withDefaults(resolved, AnthropicMessages.route)
         .with({ auth: key === undefined ? Auth.none : Auth.header("x-api-key", key) })
-        .model({ id: resolved.api.id }),
+        .model({ id: resolved.modelID ?? resolved.id }),
     )
   }
-  if (resolved.api.type === "aisdk" && resolved.api.package === "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible" && resolved.api.url) {
+  if (
+    resolved.aisdk &&
+    resolved.package === "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible" &&
+    typeof resolved.settings?.baseURL === "string"
+  ) {
     return Effect.succeed(
       withDefaults(resolved, OpenAICompatibleChat.route)
         .with({ auth: key === undefined ? Auth.none : Auth.bearer(key) })
-        .model({ id: resolved.api.id }),
+        .model({ id: resolved.modelID ?? resolved.id }),
     )
   }
   return Effect.fail(
-    new UnsupportedApiError({
+    new UnsupportedPackageError({
       providerID: resolved.providerID,
       modelID: resolved.id,
-      api: apiName(resolved),
+      package: resolved.aisdk ? `aisdk:${resolved.package}` : (resolved.package ?? "unknown"),
     }),
   )
 }
@@ -172,10 +174,10 @@ export const resolve = (session: SessionSchema.Info, model: ModelV2.Info, creden
   withVariant(model, session.model?.variant).pipe(Effect.flatMap((model) => fromCatalogModel(model, credential)))
 
 export const supported = (model: ModelV2.Info) =>
-  model.api.type === "aisdk" &&
-  (model.api.package === "@ai-sdk/openai" ||
-    model.api.package === "@ai-sdk/anthropic" ||
-    (model.api.package === "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible" && model.api.url !== undefined))
+  model.aisdk === true &&
+  (model.package === "@ai-sdk/openai" ||
+    model.package === "@ai-sdk/anthropic" ||
+    (model.package === "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible" && typeof model.settings?.baseURL === "string"))
 
 /** Resolves models from the catalog belonging to the current Location runtime. */
 export const locationLayer = Layer.effect(
@@ -213,3 +215,26 @@ export const locationLayer = Layer.effect(
     })
   }),
 )
+
+function merge(
+  base: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> | undefined,
+  overlay: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> | undefined,
+): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
+  if (base === undefined) return overlay && { ...overlay }
+  if (overlay === undefined) return { ...base }
+  return Object.fromEntries(
+    Array.from(new Set([...Object.keys(base), ...Object.keys(overlay)])).map((key) => {
+      const left = base[key]
+      const right = overlay[key]
+      if (right === undefined) return [key, left]
+      if (plain(left) && plain(right)) return [key, merge(left, right)]
+      return [key, right]
+    }),
+  )
+}
+
+function plain(input: unknown): input is Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> {
+  if (typeof input !== "object" || input === null || Array.isArray(input)) return false
+  const prototype = Object.getPrototypeOf(input)
+  return prototype === Object.prototype || prototype === null
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/v1/config/migrate.ts b/packages/core/src/v1/config/migrate.ts
index 7914be66d5..f0fcd1402f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/v1/config/migrate.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/v1/config/migrate.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ function migrateModel(info: typeof ConfigProviderV1.Model.Type, packageName?: st
       ? { tools: info.tool_call ?? false, input: info.modalities?.input ?? [], output: info.modalities?.output ?? [] }
       : undefined
   return {
-    id: info.id,
+    modelID: info.id,
     family: info.family,
     name: info.name,
     package: info.provider?.npm,
diff --git a/packages/core/test/catalog.test.ts b/packages/core/test/catalog.test.ts
index a3a1c4972d..ec5cc3010a 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/catalog.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/catalog.test.ts
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ describe("CatalogV2", () => {
       })
 
       expect((yield* catalog.provider.available()).map((provider) => provider.id)).toEqual([ProviderV2.ID.make("test")])
-      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("test"))).request.body).toEqual({})
+      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("test"))).body).toBeUndefined()
       yield* credentials.create({
         integrationID,
         label: "Second",
         value: Credential.Key.make({ type: "key", key: "second", metadata: { tenant: "two" } }),
       })
       expect((yield* catalog.provider.available()).map((provider) => provider.id)).toEqual([ProviderV2.ID.make("test")])
-      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("test"))).request.body).toEqual({})
+      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("test"))).body).toBeUndefined()
     }).pipe(Effect.provide(layer))
   })
 
@@ -135,111 +135,95 @@ describe("CatalogV2", () => {
     ),
   )
 
-  it.effect("normalizes provider baseURL into api url", () =>
+  it.effect("keeps provider API settings flat", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       const providerID = ProviderV2.ID.make("test")
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
         catalog.provider.update(providerID, (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://default.example.com",
-          }
-          provider.request.body.baseURL = "https://override.example.com"
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.settings = { baseURL: "https://override.example.com" }
         }),
       )
 
-      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(providerID)).api).toEqual({
-        type: "aisdk",
+      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(providerID))).toMatchObject({
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-        url: "https://override.example.com",
+        aisdk: true,
+        settings: { baseURL: "https://override.example.com" },
       })
     }),
   )
 
-  it.effect("normalizes model baseURL into api url", () =>
+  it.effect("resolves model settings and upstream model ID", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       const providerID = ProviderV2.ID.make("test")
       const modelID = ModelV2.ID.make("model")
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(providerID, (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://provider.example.com",
-          }
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.settings = { baseURL: "https://provider.example.com" }
         })
         catalog.model.update(providerID, modelID, (model) => {
-          model.api = {
-            id: modelID,
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://model.example.com",
-          }
-          model.request.body.baseURL = "https://override.example.com"
+          model.modelID = ModelV2.ID.make("upstream-model")
+          model.settings = { baseURL: "https://override.example.com" }
         })
       })
 
-      expect(required(yield* catalog.model.get(providerID, modelID)).api).toEqual({
+      expect(required(yield* catalog.model.get(providerID, modelID))).toMatchObject({
         id: modelID,
-        type: "aisdk",
+        modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("upstream-model"),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-        url: "https://override.example.com",
-        settings: {},
+        aisdk: true,
+        settings: { baseURL: "https://override.example.com" },
       })
     }),
   )
 
-  it.effect("resolves default model api from provider api", () =>
+  it.effect("resolves default model transport from provider transport", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       const providerID = ProviderV2.ID.make("test")
       const modelID = ModelV2.ID.make("model")
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(providerID, (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://provider.example.com",
-          }
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.settings = { baseURL: "https://provider.example.com" }
         })
         catalog.model.update(providerID, modelID, () => {})
       })
 
-      expect(required(yield* catalog.model.get(providerID, modelID)).api).toEqual({
+      expect(required(yield* catalog.model.get(providerID, modelID))).toMatchObject({
         id: modelID,
-        type: "aisdk",
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-        url: "https://provider.example.com",
+        aisdk: true,
+        settings: { baseURL: "https://provider.example.com" },
       })
     }),
   )
 
-  it.effect("resolves provider and model request merges", () =>
+  it.effect("resolves provider and model overlay merges", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       const providerID = ProviderV2.ID.make("test")
       const modelID = ModelV2.ID.make("model")
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(providerID, (provider) => {
-          provider.request.headers.provider = "provider"
-          provider.request.headers.shared = "provider"
-          provider.request.body.provider = true
+          provider.headers = { provider: "provider", shared: "provider" }
+          provider.body = { provider: true }
         })
         catalog.model.update(providerID, modelID, (model) => {
-          model.request.headers.model = "model"
-          model.request.headers.shared = "model"
-          model.request.body.model = true
-          model.request.body.request = true
-          model.request.body.shared = "model"
+          model.headers = { model: "model", shared: "model" }
+          model.body = { model: true, request: true, shared: "model" }
         })
       })
 
       const model = required(yield* catalog.model.get(providerID, modelID))
-      expect(model.request.headers).toEqual({ provider: "provider", shared: "model", model: "model" })
-      expect(model.request.body).toEqual({ provider: true, model: true, request: true, shared: "model" })
+      expect(model.headers).toEqual({ provider: "provider", shared: "model", model: "model" })
+      expect(model.body).toEqual({ provider: true, model: true, request: true, shared: "model" })
     }),
   )
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/config/config.test.ts b/packages/core/test/config/config.test.ts
index 328b5a3b82..d74ea49c79 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/config/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/config/config.test.ts
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@ function testLayer(
 }
 
 const provider = {
-  api: { type: "native", settings: {} },
-  request: {
-    headers: {},
-    body: {},
-  },
+  package: "test-provider",
   models: {},
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/config/provider.test.ts b/packages/core/test/config/provider.test.ts
index 605bcd63cf..9ca8b8ca1e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/config/provider.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/config/provider.test.ts
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@ function withEnv<A, E, R>(vars: Record<string, string | undefined>, effect: () =
   )
 }
 
-function request(headers: Record<string, string>, variant?: string) {
-  return {
-    headers,
-    variant,
-  }
-}
-
 const decode = Schema.decodeUnknownSync(Config.Info)
 
 describe("ConfigProviderPlugin.Plugin", () => {
@@ -68,7 +61,9 @@ describe("ConfigProviderPlugin.Plugin", () => {
               info: decode({
                 providers: {
                   opencode: {
-                    api: { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai", url: "https://opencode.test/v1" },
+                    package: "@ai-sdk/openai",
+                    aisdk: true,
+                    settings: { baseURL: "https://opencode.test/v1" },
                     models: {
                       "alpha-gpt-next": {
                         variants: [
@@ -119,7 +114,9 @@ describe("ConfigProviderPlugin.Plugin", () => {
               info: decode({
                 providers: {
                   opencode: {
-                    api: { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai", url: "https://opencode.test/v1" },
+                    package: "@ai-sdk/openai",
+                    aisdk: true,
+                    settings: { baseURL: "https://opencode.test/v1" },
                   },
                 },
               }),
@@ -144,7 +141,7 @@ describe("ConfigProviderPlugin.Plugin", () => {
       yield* addPlugin(config)
 
       const model = required(yield* catalog.model.get(providerID, modelID))
-      expect(model.variants[0]).toMatchObject({
+      expect(model.variants?.[0]).toMatchObject({
         id: "high",
         body: { reasoningEffort: "high" },
       })
@@ -169,8 +166,8 @@ describe("ConfigProviderPlugin.Plugin", () => {
                     custom: {
                       name: "Configured",
                       env: ["CUSTOM_API_KEY"],
-                      api: { type: "native", settings: {} },
-                      request: request({ first: "first", shared: "first" }),
+                      package: "native",
+                      headers: { first: "first", shared: "first" },
                       models: {
                         chat: {
                           name: "First",
@@ -178,7 +175,8 @@ describe("ConfigProviderPlugin.Plugin", () => {
                           disabled: true,
                           limit: { context: 100, output: 50 },
                           cost: { input: 1, output: 2 },
-                          request: request({ first: "first", shared: "first" }, "retained"),
+                          settings: { retained: true },
+                          headers: { first: "first", shared: "first" },
                           variants: [
                             {
                               id: "fast",
@@ -197,17 +195,19 @@ describe("ConfigProviderPlugin.Plugin", () => {
                   model: "custom/default",
                   providers: {
                     custom: {
-                      api: { type: "aisdk", package: "custom-sdk", url: "https://example.test" },
-                      request: request({ last: "last", shared: "last" }),
+                      package: "custom-sdk",
+                      aisdk: true,
+                      settings: { baseURL: "https://example.test" },
+                      headers: { last: "last", shared: "last" },
                       models: {
                         default: {
                           name: "Default",
                         },
                         chat: {
-                          api: { id: "api-chat" },
+                          modelID: "api-chat",
                           name: "Last",
                           limit: { output: 75 },
-                          request: request({ last: "last", shared: "last" }),
+                          headers: { last: "last", shared: "last" },
                           variants: [
                             {
                               id: "fast",
@@ -247,22 +247,25 @@ describe("ConfigProviderPlugin.Plugin", () => {
         })
         expect((yield* integrations.get(Integration.ID.make("custom")))?.name).toBe("Renamed")
         expect(provider.disabled).toBeUndefined()
-        expect(provider.api).toEqual({ type: "aisdk", package: "custom-sdk", url: "https://example.test" })
-        expect(provider.request.headers).toEqual({ first: "first", shared: "last", last: "last" })
-        expect(model.api.id).toBe(ModelV2.ID.make("api-chat"))
+        expect(provider.package).toBe("custom-sdk")
+        expect(provider.aisdk).toBe(true)
+        expect(provider.settings).toEqual({ baseURL: "https://example.test" })
+        expect(provider.headers).toEqual({ first: "first", shared: "last", last: "last" })
+        expect(model.id).toBe(modelID)
+        expect(model.modelID).toBe(ModelV2.ID.make("api-chat"))
         expect(model.name).toBe("Last")
         expect(model.capabilities).toEqual({ tools: true, input: ["text"], output: ["text"] })
         expect(model.enabled).toBe(false)
         expect(model.limit).toEqual({ context: 100, output: 75 })
         expect(model.cost).toEqual([{ input: 1, output: 2, cache: { read: 0, write: 0 }, tier: undefined }])
-        expect(model.request.headers).toEqual({ first: "first", shared: "last", last: "last" })
-        expect(model.request.variant).toBe("retained")
-        expect(model.variants.map((variant) => variant.id)).toEqual([
+        expect(model.settings).toEqual({ baseURL: "https://example.test", retained: true })
+        expect(model.headers).toEqual({ first: "first", shared: "last", last: "last" })
+        expect(model.variants?.map((variant) => variant.id)).toEqual([
           ModelV2.VariantID.make("fast"),
           ModelV2.VariantID.make("slow"),
         ])
-        expect(model.variants[0]?.headers).toEqual({ first: "first", shared: "last", last: "last" })
-        expect(model.variants[1]?.headers).toEqual({ slow: "slow" })
+        expect(model.variants?.[0]?.headers).toEqual({ first: "first", shared: "last", last: "last" })
+        expect(model.variants?.[1]?.headers).toEqual({ slow: "slow" })
       }),
     ),
   )
diff --git a/packages/core/test/location-layer.test.ts b/packages/core/test/location-layer.test.ts
index 14b2ed7378..a33cee0689 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/location-layer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/location-layer.test.ts
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ describe("LocationServiceMap", () => {
                 providers: {
                   unavailable: {
                     name: "Unavailable",
-                    api: { type: "native", settings: {} },
+                    package: "test-provider",
                     models: { chat: { disabled: true } },
                   },
                 },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/host.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/host.ts
index 4561366d4c..b1231fe4eb 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/host.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/host.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export function catalogHost(catalog: Catalog.Interface): PluginContext["catalog"
                   id: ModelV2.ID.make(current.id),
                   providerID: ProviderV2.ID.make(current.providerID),
                   family: current.family === undefined ? undefined : ModelV2.Family.make(current.family),
-                  variants: current.variants.map((variant) => ({
+                  variants: current.variants?.map((variant) => ({
                     ...variant,
                     id: ModelV2.VariantID.make(variant.id),
                   })),
@@ -272,29 +272,28 @@ function agentInfo(value: AgentV2.Info) {
 function providerInfo(value: ProviderV2.MutableInfo) {
   return {
     ...value,
-    api: { ...value.api, settings: value.api.settings && { ...value.api.settings } },
-    request: { headers: { ...value.request.headers }, body: { ...value.request.body } },
+    settings: value.settings && { ...value.settings },
+    headers: value.headers && { ...value.headers },
+    body: value.body && { ...value.body },
   }
 }
 
 function modelInfo(value: ModelV2.Info | ModelV2.MutableInfo) {
   return {
     ...value,
-    api: { ...value.api, settings: value.api.settings && { ...value.api.settings } },
+    settings: value.settings && { ...value.settings },
+    headers: value.headers && { ...value.headers },
+    body: value.body && { ...value.body },
     capabilities: {
       ...value.capabilities,
       input: [...value.capabilities.input],
       output: [...value.capabilities.output],
     },
-    request: {
-      ...value.request,
-      headers: { ...value.request.headers },
-      body: { ...value.request.body },
-    },
-    variants: value.variants.map((variant) => ({
+    variants: value.variants?.map((variant) => ({
       ...variant,
-      headers: { ...variant.headers },
-      body: { ...variant.body },
+      settings: variant.settings && { ...variant.settings },
+      headers: variant.headers && { ...variant.headers },
+      body: variant.body && { ...variant.body },
     })),
     time: { ...value.time },
     cost: value.cost.map((cost) => ({ ...cost, tier: cost.tier && { ...cost.tier }, cache: { ...cost.cache } })),
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-alibaba.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-alibaba.test.ts
index 25d46bf83c..3bf2e0b325 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-alibaba.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-alibaba.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ describe("AlibabaPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("alibaba"), ModelV2.ID.make("qwen")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("qwen"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("qwen"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/alibaba",
         options: { name: "alibaba" },
@@ -45,7 +47,9 @@ describe("AlibabaPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("alibaba"), ModelV2.ID.make("qwen")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("qwen"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("qwen"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: { name: "alibaba" },
@@ -62,7 +66,9 @@ describe("AlibabaPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-alibaba"), ModelV2.ID.make("qwen")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("qwen"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("qwen"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/alibaba",
         options: { name: "custom-alibaba", apiKey: "test" },
@@ -74,17 +80,19 @@ describe("AlibabaPlugin", () => {
     }),
   )
 
-  it.effect("uses the old default languageModel(api.id) behavior", () =>
+  it.effect("uses the default languageModel(modelID) behavior", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const plugin = yield* PluginV2.Service
       const aisdk = yield* AISDK.Service
       yield* addPlugin()
       const item = ModelV2.Info.make({
         ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("alibaba"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-        api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("qwen-plus"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+        modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("qwen-plus"),
+        aisdk: true,
+        package: "test-provider",
       })
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({ model: item, package: "@ai-sdk/alibaba", options: {} })
-      const language = result.sdk?.languageModel(item.api.id)
+      const language = result.sdk?.languageModel(item.modelID ?? item.id)
       expect(language?.modelId).toBe("qwen-plus")
       expect(language?.provider).toBe("alibaba.chat")
     }),
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-amazon-bedrock.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-amazon-bedrock.test.ts
index 5d24879e49..42e9fc10ec 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-amazon-bedrock.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-amazon-bedrock.test.ts
@@ -79,31 +79,32 @@ function openAIUrl(language: unknown, path: string, modelId: string) {
 }
 
 describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
-  it.effect("moves endpoint option to api URL", () =>
+  it.effect("moves endpoint option to baseURL", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         const bedrock = ProviderV2.Info.make({
           ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock),
-          api: { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock" },
-          request: {
-            headers: {},
-            body: { endpoint: "https://bedrock.example" },
-          },
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock",
+          headers: {},
+          settings: { endpoint: "https://bedrock.example" },
         })
         catalog.provider.update(bedrock.id, (item) => {
-          item.api = bedrock.api
-          item.request = bedrock.request
+          item.aisdk = bedrock.aisdk
+          item.package = bedrock.package
+          item.headers = bedrock.headers
+          item.settings = { endpoint: "https://bedrock.example" }
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
       const result = required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock))
-      expect(result.api).toEqual({
-        type: "aisdk",
+      expect(result).toMatchObject({
+        aisdk: true,
         package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock",
-        url: "https://bedrock.example",
+        settings: { baseURL: "https://bedrock.example" },
       })
-      expect(result.request.body.endpoint).toBeUndefined()
+      expect(result.settings?.endpoint).toBeUndefined()
     }),
   )
 
@@ -116,7 +117,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock",
           options: {
@@ -141,7 +144,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock",
           options: {
@@ -175,11 +180,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
           const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-              api: {
-                id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
-                type: "aisdk",
-                package: "test-provider",
-              },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "test-provider",
             }),
             package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock",
             options: { name: "amazon-bedrock" },
@@ -199,7 +202,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock",
           options: { name: "amazon-bedrock", region: "eu-west-1" },
@@ -218,7 +223,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock",
           options: { name: "amazon-bedrock" },
@@ -237,7 +244,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock",
           options: { name: "amazon-bedrock" },
@@ -257,7 +266,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock",
           options: {
@@ -286,7 +297,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock",
           options: {
@@ -314,11 +327,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("openai.gpt-5.5")),
-            api: {
-              id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai.gpt-5.5"),
-              type: "aisdk",
-              package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock/mantle",
-            },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai.gpt-5.5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock/mantle",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock/mantle",
           options: {
@@ -345,11 +356,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("openai.gpt-5.5")),
-          api: {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai.gpt-5.5"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock/mantle",
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai.gpt-5.5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock/mantle",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: { baseURL: "https://bedrock-mantle.us-east-2.api.aws/openai/v1", region: "us-east-2" },
@@ -357,11 +366,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("openai.gpt-oss-safeguard-120b")),
-          api: {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai.gpt-oss-safeguard-120b"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock/mantle",
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai.gpt-oss-safeguard-120b"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock/mantle",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: { region: "us-east-1" },
@@ -378,11 +385,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-          api: {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock/anthropic",
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock/anthropic",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock/anthropic",
         options: { name: "amazon-bedrock" },
@@ -409,11 +414,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
           const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-              api: {
-                id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
-                type: "aisdk",
-                package: "test-provider",
-              },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "test-provider",
             }),
             package: "@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock",
             options: {
@@ -444,7 +447,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel },
         options: {},
@@ -452,7 +457,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel },
         options: { region: "eu-west-1" },
@@ -460,11 +467,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-          api: {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "test-provider",
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel },
         options: { region: "eu-west-1" },
@@ -472,7 +477,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel },
         options: { region: "ap-northeast-1" },
@@ -480,7 +487,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel },
         options: { region: "ap-southeast-2" },
@@ -505,7 +514,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
         yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           sdk: { languageModel: fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel },
           options: {},
@@ -591,7 +602,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
         yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.amazonBedrock, ModelV2.ID.make(item.modelID)),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make(item.modelID), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make(item.modelID),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           sdk: { languageModel: fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel },
           options: { region: item.region },
@@ -610,7 +623,9 @@ describe("AmazonBedrockPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.openai, ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel },
         options: { region: "eu-west-1" },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-anthropic.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-anthropic.test.ts
index a4ad4d7950..53e68a8098 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-anthropic.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-anthropic.test.ts
@@ -31,19 +31,22 @@ describe("AnthropicPlugin", () => {
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         const item = ProviderV2.Info.make({
           ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.anthropic),
-          api: { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic" },
-          request: { headers: { Existing: "1" }, body: {} },
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic",
+          headers: { Existing: "1" },
+          settings: {},
         })
         catalog.provider.update(item.id, (draft) => {
-          draft.api = item.api
-          draft.request = item.request
+          draft.aisdk = item.aisdk
+          draft.package = item.package
+          draft.headers = item.headers
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
-      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.anthropic)).request.headers["anthropic-beta"]).toBe(
+      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.anthropic)).headers?.["anthropic-beta"]).toBe(
         "interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14,fine-grained-tool-streaming-2025-05-14",
       )
-      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.anthropic)).request.headers.Existing).toBe("1")
+      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.anthropic)).headers?.Existing).toBe("1")
     }),
   )
 
@@ -52,9 +55,7 @@ describe("AnthropicPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.openai, () => {}))
       yield* addPlugin()
-      expect(
-        required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openai)).request.headers["anthropic-beta"],
-      ).toBeUndefined()
+      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openai)).headers?.["anthropic-beta"]).toBeUndefined()
     }),
   )
 
@@ -66,7 +67,9 @@ describe("AnthropicPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-anthropic"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic",
         options: { name: "custom-anthropic", apiKey: "test" },
@@ -83,7 +86,9 @@ describe("AnthropicPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.anthropic, ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic",
         options: { name: "anthropic", apiKey: "test" },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-azure-cognitive-services.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-azure-cognitive-services.test.ts
index 6b3f6c6a38..f726f8bf90 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-azure-cognitive-services.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-azure-cognitive-services.test.ts
@@ -66,18 +66,18 @@ describe("AzureCognitiveServicesPlugin", () => {
         const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("azure-cognitive-services"), (item) => {
-            item.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible" }
+            item.aisdk = true
+            item.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
           })
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
         const result = required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("azure-cognitive-services")))
-        expect(result.api).toEqual({
-          type: "aisdk",
+        expect(result).toMatchObject({
+          aisdk: true,
           package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-          url: "https://cognitive.cognitiveservices.azure.com/openai",
+          settings: { baseURL: "https://cognitive.cognitiveservices.azure.com/openai" },
         })
-        expect(result.request.body.baseURL).toBeUndefined()
-        expect(result.request.body.resourceName).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(result.settings?.resourceName).toBeUndefined()
       }),
     ),
   )
@@ -89,26 +89,30 @@ describe("AzureCognitiveServicesPlugin", () => {
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           const azure = ProviderV2.Info.make({
             ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("azure-cognitive-services")),
-            api: { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible" },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
           })
           const openai = ProviderV2.Info.make({
             ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.openai),
-            api: { type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           })
           catalog.provider.update(azure.id, (item) => {
-            item.api = azure.api
+            item.aisdk = azure.aisdk
+            item.package = azure.package
           })
           catalog.provider.update(openai.id, (item) => {
-            item.api = openai.api
+            item.aisdk = openai.aisdk
+            item.package = openai.package
           })
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
         const azure = required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("azure-cognitive-services")))
         const openai = required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openai))
-        expect(azure.request.body.baseURL).toBeUndefined()
-        expect(azure.api).toEqual({ type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible" })
-        expect(openai.request.body.baseURL).toBeUndefined()
-        expect(openai.api).toEqual({ type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" })
+        expect(azure.settings?.baseURL).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(azure).toMatchObject({ aisdk: true, package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible" })
+        expect(openai.settings?.baseURL).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(openai).toMatchObject({ aisdk: true, package: "test-provider" })
       }),
     ),
   )
@@ -122,7 +126,9 @@ describe("AzureCognitiveServicesPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("azure-cognitive-services"), ModelV2.ID.make("deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: { useCompletionUrls: true },
@@ -140,7 +146,9 @@ describe("AzureCognitiveServicesPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("azure-cognitive-services"), ModelV2.ID.make("deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -148,7 +156,9 @@ describe("AzureCognitiveServicesPlugin", () => {
       const ignored = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.openai, ModelV2.ID.make("deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -168,7 +178,9 @@ describe("AzureCognitiveServicesPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("azure-cognitive-services"), ModelV2.ID.make("messages-deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("messages-deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("messages-deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { messages: sdk.messages, chat: sdk.chat, languageModel: sdk.languageModel },
         options: {},
@@ -176,7 +188,9 @@ describe("AzureCognitiveServicesPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("azure-cognitive-services"), ModelV2.ID.make("chat-deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("chat-deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("chat-deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { chat: sdk.chat, languageModel: sdk.languageModel },
         options: {},
@@ -184,7 +198,9 @@ describe("AzureCognitiveServicesPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("azure-cognitive-services"), ModelV2.ID.make("language-deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("language-deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("language-deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: sdk.languageModel },
         options: {},
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-azure.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-azure.test.ts
index 1d8172854c..65bad6e289 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-azure.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-azure.test.ts
@@ -66,11 +66,12 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
         const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.azure, (item) => {
-            item.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/azure" }
+            item.aisdk = true
+            item.package = "@ai-sdk/azure"
           })
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.azure)).request.body.resourceName).toBe("from-env")
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.azure)).settings?.resourceName).toBe("from-env")
       }),
     ),
   )
@@ -82,18 +83,22 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           const azure = ProviderV2.Info.make({
             ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.azure),
-            api: { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/azure" },
-            request: { headers: {}, body: { resourceName: "from-config" } },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "@ai-sdk/azure",
+            headers: {},
+            settings: { resourceName: "from-config" },
           })
           catalog.provider.update(azure.id, (item) => {
-            item.api = azure.api
-            item.request = azure.request
+            item.aisdk = azure.aisdk
+            item.package = azure.package
+            item.headers = azure.headers
+            item.settings = { resourceName: "from-config" }
           })
           catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.openai, () => {})
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.azure)).request.body.resourceName).toBe("from-config")
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openai)).request.body.resourceName).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.azure)).settings?.resourceName).toBe("from-config")
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openai)).settings?.resourceName).toBeUndefined()
       }),
     ),
   )
@@ -105,16 +110,20 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           const azure = ProviderV2.Info.make({
             ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.azure),
-            api: { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/azure" },
-            request: { headers: {}, body: { resourceName: "" } },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "@ai-sdk/azure",
+            headers: {},
+            settings: { resourceName: "" },
           })
           catalog.provider.update(azure.id, (item) => {
-            item.api = azure.api
-            item.request = azure.request
+            item.aisdk = azure.aisdk
+            item.package = azure.package
+            item.headers = azure.headers
+            item.settings = { resourceName: "" }
           })
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.azure)).request.body.resourceName).toBe("from-env")
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.azure)).settings?.resourceName).toBe("from-env")
       }),
     ),
   )
@@ -126,16 +135,20 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           const azure = ProviderV2.Info.make({
             ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.azure),
-            api: { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/azure" },
-            request: { headers: {}, body: { resourceName: "   " } },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "@ai-sdk/azure",
+            headers: {},
+            settings: { resourceName: "   " },
           })
           catalog.provider.update(azure.id, (item) => {
-            item.api = azure.api
-            item.request = azure.request
+            item.aisdk = azure.aisdk
+            item.package = azure.package
+            item.headers = azure.headers
+            item.settings = { resourceName: "   " }
           })
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.azure)).request.body.resourceName).toBe("from-env")
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.azure)).settings?.resourceName).toBe("from-env")
       }),
     ),
   )
@@ -149,7 +162,9 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.azure, ModelV2.ID.make("deployment")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/azure",
           options: { name: "azure", baseURL: "https://proxy.example.com/openai" },
@@ -168,7 +183,9 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
           .runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.azure, ModelV2.ID.make("deployment")),
-              api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "test-provider",
             }),
             package: "@ai-sdk/azure",
             options: { name: "azure" },
@@ -188,7 +205,9 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.azure, ModelV2.ID.make("deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: { useCompletionUrls: true },
@@ -206,7 +225,9 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.azure, ModelV2.ID.make("deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: { useCompletionUrls: true },
@@ -224,8 +245,11 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.azure, ModelV2.ID.make("deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
-          request: { headers: {}, body: { useCompletionUrls: true } },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
+          headers: {},
+          settings: { useCompletionUrls: true },
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -243,7 +267,9 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.azure, ModelV2.ID.make("deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -251,7 +277,9 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
       const ignored = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.openai, ModelV2.ID.make("deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -274,7 +302,9 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.azure, ModelV2.ID.make("messages-deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("messages-deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("messages-deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { messages: make("messages"), chat: make("chat"), languageModel: make("languageModel") },
         options: {},
@@ -282,7 +312,9 @@ describe("AzurePlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.azure, ModelV2.ID.make("language-deployment")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("language-deployment"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("language-deployment"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: make("languageModel") },
         options: {},
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cerebras.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cerebras.test.ts
index adcc1779b0..ae58572c64 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cerebras.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cerebras.test.ts
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ describe("CerebrasPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("cerebras"), (item) => {
-          item.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/cerebras" }
-          item.request.headers.Existing = "1"
+          item.aisdk = true
+          item.package = "@ai-sdk/cerebras"
+          item.headers = { ...item.headers, Existing: "1" }
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("cerebras")))?.request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("cerebras")))?.headers).toEqual({
         Existing: "1",
         "X-Cerebras-3rd-Party-Integration": "opencode",
       })
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ describe("CerebrasPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("groq"), () => {}))
       yield* addPlugin()
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("groq")))?.request.headers).toEqual({})
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("groq")))?.headers).toBeUndefined()
     }),
   )
 
@@ -69,11 +70,9 @@ describe("CerebrasPlugin", () => {
             ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-cerebras"),
             ModelV2.ID.make("llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct"),
           ),
-          api: {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "test-provider",
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/cerebras",
         options: { name: "custom-cerebras", apiKey: "test" },
@@ -95,11 +94,9 @@ describe("CerebrasPlugin", () => {
             ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-cerebras"),
             ModelV2.ID.make("llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct"),
           ),
-          api: {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "test-provider",
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/cerebras",
         options: { name: "configured-cerebras", apiKey: "test" },
@@ -120,11 +117,9 @@ describe("CerebrasPlugin", () => {
             ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-cerebras"),
             ModelV2.ID.make("llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct"),
           ),
-          api: {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "test-provider",
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/groq",
         options: { name: "custom-cerebras", apiKey: "test" },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cloudflare-ai-gateway.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cloudflare-ai-gateway.test.ts
index 008b9a46a3..7259f7ed56 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cloudflare-ai-gateway.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cloudflare-ai-gateway.test.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ describe("CloudflareAIGatewayPlugin", () => {
           const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-ai-gateway"), ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5")),
-              api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "test-provider",
             }),
             package: "ai-gateway-provider",
             options: { name: "cloudflare-ai-gateway" },
@@ -139,7 +141,9 @@ describe("CloudflareAIGatewayPlugin", () => {
         yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-ai-gateway"), ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "ai-gateway-provider",
           options: {
@@ -183,7 +187,9 @@ describe("CloudflareAIGatewayPlugin", () => {
         yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-ai-gateway"), ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "ai-gateway-provider",
           options: {
@@ -212,7 +218,9 @@ describe("CloudflareAIGatewayPlugin", () => {
         yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-ai-gateway"), ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "ai-gateway-provider",
           options: {
@@ -249,7 +257,9 @@ describe("CloudflareAIGatewayPlugin", () => {
           yield* aisdk.runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-ai-gateway"), ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5")),
-              api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "test-provider",
             }),
             package: "ai-gateway-provider",
             options: {
@@ -280,7 +290,9 @@ describe("CloudflareAIGatewayPlugin", () => {
         yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-ai-gateway"), ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "ai-gateway-provider",
           options: { name: "cloudflare-ai-gateway" },
@@ -302,7 +314,9 @@ describe("CloudflareAIGatewayPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-ai-gateway"), ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "ai-gateway-provider",
           options: { name: "cloudflare-ai-gateway" },
@@ -325,7 +339,9 @@ describe("CloudflareAIGatewayPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-ai-gateway"), ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "ai-gateway-provider",
           options: { name: "cloudflare-ai-gateway" },
@@ -354,7 +370,9 @@ describe("CloudflareAIGatewayPlugin", () => {
           const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-ai-gateway"), ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5")),
-              api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "test-provider",
             }),
             package: "ai-gateway-provider",
             options: { name: "cloudflare-ai-gateway", baseURL: "https://proxy.example/v1" },
@@ -380,11 +398,9 @@ describe("CloudflareAIGatewayPlugin", () => {
               ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-ai-gateway"),
               ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5"),
             ),
-            api: {
-              id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5"),
-              type: "aisdk",
-              package: "test-provider",
-            },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "ai-gateway-provider",
           options: { name: "cloudflare-ai-gateway" },
@@ -412,7 +428,9 @@ describe("CloudflareAIGatewayPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-ai-gateway"), ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
           options: { name: "cloudflare-ai-gateway" },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cloudflare-workers-ai.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cloudflare-workers-ai.test.ts
index d1eeaa581e..2eeb89caf2 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cloudflare-workers-ai.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cloudflare-workers-ai.test.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ describe("CloudflareWorkersAIPlugin", () => {
         const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
           catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai"), (provider) => {
-            provider.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" }
+            provider.aisdk = true
+            provider.package = "test-provider"
           }),
         )
         yield* addPlugin()
@@ -95,15 +96,18 @@ describe("CloudflareWorkersAIPlugin", () => {
         const sdk = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai"), ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model"), ...provider.api },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model"),
+            aisdk: provider.aisdk,
+            package: provider.package,
+            settings: provider.settings,
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
           options: { name: "cloudflare-workers-ai", headers: { custom: "header" } },
         })
-        expect(provider.api).toEqual({
-          type: "aisdk",
+        expect(provider).toMatchObject({
+          aisdk: true,
           package: "test-provider",
-          url: "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/acct/ai/v1",
+          settings: { baseURL: "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/acct/ai/v1" },
         })
         expect(sdk.sdk).toBeDefined()
       }),
@@ -116,14 +120,16 @@ describe("CloudflareWorkersAIPlugin", () => {
         const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
           catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai"), (provider) => {
-            provider.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider", url: "https://proxy.example/v1" }
+            provider.aisdk = true
+            provider.package = "test-provider"
+            provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://proxy.example/v1" }
           }),
         )
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai"))).api).toEqual({
-          type: "aisdk",
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai")))).toMatchObject({
+          aisdk: true,
           package: "test-provider",
-          url: "https://proxy.example/v1",
+          settings: { baseURL: "https://proxy.example/v1" },
         })
       }),
     ),
@@ -138,12 +144,10 @@ describe("CloudflareWorkersAIPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai"), ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model")),
-            api: {
-              id: ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model"),
-              type: "aisdk",
-              package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-              url: "https://proxy.example/v1",
-            },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
+            settings: { baseURL: "https://proxy.example/v1" },
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
           options: { name: "cloudflare-workers-ai", baseURL: "https://proxy.example/v1" },
@@ -159,15 +163,16 @@ describe("CloudflareWorkersAIPlugin", () => {
         const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
           catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai"), (provider) => {
-            provider.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" }
-            provider.request.body.accountId = "configured-acct"
+            provider.aisdk = true
+            provider.package = "test-provider"
+            provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, accountId: "configured-acct" }
           }),
         )
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai"))).api).toEqual({
-          type: "aisdk",
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai")))).toMatchObject({
+          aisdk: true,
           package: "test-provider",
-          url: "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/env-acct/ai/v1",
+          settings: { baseURL: "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/env-acct/ai/v1" },
         })
       }),
     ),
@@ -182,12 +187,10 @@ describe("CloudflareWorkersAIPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai"), ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model")),
-            api: {
-              id: ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model"),
-              type: "aisdk",
-              package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-              url: "https://proxy.example/v1",
-            },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
+            settings: { baseURL: "https://proxy.example/v1" },
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
           options: {
@@ -214,12 +217,10 @@ describe("CloudflareWorkersAIPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai"), ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model")),
-            api: {
-              id: ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model"),
-              type: "aisdk",
-              package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-              url: "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/v1",
-            },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
+            settings: { baseURL: "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/v1" },
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
           options: {
@@ -243,7 +244,9 @@ describe("CloudflareWorkersAIPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/api-model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/api-model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -262,12 +265,10 @@ describe("CloudflareWorkersAIPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai"), ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model")),
-            api: {
-              id: ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model"),
-              type: "aisdk",
-              package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic",
-              url: "https://proxy.example/v1",
-            },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("@cf/model"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic",
+            settings: { baseURL: "https://proxy.example/v1" },
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic",
           options: { name: "cloudflare-workers-ai" },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cohere.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cohere.test.ts
index c001ad935f..fea89915bf 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cohere.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-cohere.test.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ describe("CoherePlugin", () => {
       const ignored = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cohere"), ModelV2.ID.make("command")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("command"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("command"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: { name: "cohere" },
@@ -66,7 +68,9 @@ describe("CoherePlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cohere"), ModelV2.ID.make("command")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("command"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("command"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/cohere",
         options: { name: "cohere" },
@@ -83,7 +87,9 @@ describe("CoherePlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-cohere"), ModelV2.ID.make("command-r-plus")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("command-r-plus"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("command-r-plus"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/cohere",
         options: { name: "custom-cohere", apiKey: "test", baseURL: "https://cohere.example" },
@@ -108,7 +114,9 @@ describe("CoherePlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cohere"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("command-r-plus"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("command-r-plus"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk,
         options: {},
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-deepinfra.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-deepinfra.test.ts
index 9cb9a4866c..6d1f74157d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-deepinfra.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-deepinfra.test.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ describe("DeepInfraPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("deepinfra"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra",
         options: { name: "deepinfra" },
@@ -66,7 +68,9 @@ describe("DeepInfraPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-deepinfra"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra",
         options: { name: "custom-deepinfra", apiKey: "test" },
@@ -85,7 +89,9 @@ describe("DeepInfraPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("deepinfra"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra",
         options: { name: "deepinfra", apiKey: "test" },
@@ -111,7 +117,9 @@ describe("DeepInfraPlugin", () => {
           const ignored = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("deepinfra"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-              api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra" },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra",
             }),
             package: item,
             options: { name: "deepinfra" },
@@ -122,7 +130,9 @@ describe("DeepInfraPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("deepinfra"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra",
         options: { name: "deepinfra" },
@@ -141,17 +151,15 @@ describe("DeepInfraPlugin", () => {
       const sdkEvent = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("deepinfra"), ModelV2.ID.make("meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct")),
-          api: {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra",
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/deepinfra",
         options: { name: "deepinfra" },
       })
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({ model: sdkEvent.model, sdk: sdkEvent.sdk, options: sdkEvent.options })
-      const language = result.language ?? result.sdk.languageModel(result.model.api.id)
+      const language = result.language ?? result.sdk.languageModel(result.model.modelID ?? result.model.id)
       expect(language.provider).toBe("deepinfra.chat")
       expect(deepinfraLanguageModels).toEqual(["meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct"])
     }),
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-dynamic.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-dynamic.test.ts
index 3ba6e5aae4..68509bce9a 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-dynamic.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-dynamic.test.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ describe("DynamicProviderPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom"), ModelV2.ID.make("test-model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("test-model"), type: "aisdk", package: fixtureProvider },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("test-model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: fixtureProvider,
         }),
         package: fixtureProvider,
         options: { name: "custom", marker: "dynamic" },
@@ -71,7 +73,9 @@ describe("DynamicProviderPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom"), ModelV2.ID.make("test-model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("test-model"), type: "aisdk", package: fixtureProvider },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("test-model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: fixtureProvider,
         }),
         package: fixtureProvider,
         options: { name: "custom", marker: "dynamic" },
@@ -88,7 +92,9 @@ describe("DynamicProviderPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-provider"), ModelV2.ID.make("test-model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("test-model"), type: "aisdk", package: fixtureProvider },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("test-model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: fixtureProvider,
         }),
         package: fixtureProvider,
         options: { name: "custom-provider", marker: "dynamic" },
@@ -104,7 +110,9 @@ describe("DynamicProviderPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("npm-provider"), ModelV2.ID.make("test-model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("test-model"), type: "aisdk", package: "fixture-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("test-model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "fixture-provider",
         }),
         package: "fixture-provider",
         options: { name: "npm-provider", marker: "npm" },
@@ -121,7 +129,9 @@ describe("DynamicProviderPlugin", () => {
         .language(
           ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("missing-entrypoint"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("alias"), type: "aisdk", package: "fixture-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("alias"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "fixture-provider",
           }),
         )
         .pipe(Effect.exit)
@@ -138,7 +148,9 @@ describe("DynamicProviderPlugin", () => {
         .language(
           ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("bad-import"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("alias"), type: "aisdk", package: "file:///missing/provider-factory.js" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("alias"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "file:///missing/provider-factory.js",
           }),
         )
         .pipe(Effect.exit)
@@ -157,7 +169,9 @@ describe("DynamicProviderPlugin", () => {
         .language(
           ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("missing-factory"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("alias"), type: "aisdk", package: "fixture-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("alias"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "fixture-provider",
           }),
         )
         .pipe(Effect.exit)
@@ -166,7 +180,7 @@ describe("DynamicProviderPlugin", () => {
     }),
   )
 
-  itWithAISDK.effect("uses the model api.id for the default language model", () =>
+  itWithAISDK.effect("uses the model modelID for the default language model", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const plugin = yield* PluginV2.Service
       const aisdk = yield* AISDK.Service
@@ -174,7 +188,9 @@ describe("DynamicProviderPlugin", () => {
       const language = yield* aisdk.language(
         ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("test-model-api"), type: "aisdk", package: fixtureProvider },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("test-model-api"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: fixtureProvider,
         }),
       )
       expect(language).toMatchObject({ modelID: "test-model-api", options: { name: "custom" } })
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-gateway.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-gateway.test.ts
index c6a0427cdb..2c49e1a026 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-gateway.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-gateway.test.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ describe("GatewayPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("gateway"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/gateway",
         options: { name: "gateway" },
@@ -65,11 +67,9 @@ describe("GatewayPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("vercel"), ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4")),
-          api: {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "test-provider",
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("anthropic/claude-sonnet-4"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/gateway",
         options: { name: "vercel", apiKey: "test-key" },
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ describe("GatewayPlugin", () => {
         const ignored = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("vercel"), ModelV2.ID.make(modelID)),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make(modelID), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make(modelID),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/vercel",
           options: { name: "vercel" },
@@ -101,7 +103,9 @@ describe("GatewayPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("vercel"), ModelV2.ID.make(modelID)),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make(modelID), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make(modelID),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/gateway",
           options: { name: "vercel" },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-github-copilot.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-github-copilot.test.ts
index beef89ae8c..44bea74ea4 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-github-copilot.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-github-copilot.test.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       const ignored = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("github-copilot"), ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: { name: "github-copilot" },
@@ -55,7 +57,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("github-copilot"), ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/github-copilot",
         options: { name: "github-copilot" },
@@ -74,7 +78,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("github-copilot"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel },
         options: {},
@@ -92,7 +98,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("github-copilot"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel },
         options: {},
@@ -110,7 +118,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("github-copilot"), ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -118,7 +128,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("github-copilot"), ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5.1-codex")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5.1-codex"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5.1-codex"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -126,7 +138,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("github-copilot"), ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-4o")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-4o"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-4o"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -134,7 +148,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("github-copilot"), ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-mini")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-mini"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-mini"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -142,7 +158,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("github-copilot"), ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -166,7 +184,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("github-copilot"), ModelV2.ID.make("default")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -174,7 +194,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("github-copilot"), ModelV2.ID.make("small")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-mini"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-mini"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -182,7 +204,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("github-copilot"), ModelV2.ID.make("sonnet")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -230,7 +254,9 @@ describe("GithubCopilotPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("openai"), ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-gitlab.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-gitlab.test.ts
index f9880844d3..6c72c65301 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-gitlab.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-gitlab.test.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ describe("GitLabPlugin", () => {
           yield* aisdk.runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("gitlab"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude")),
-              api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "test-provider",
             }),
             package: "gitlab-ai-provider",
             options: { name: "gitlab" },
@@ -107,7 +109,9 @@ describe("GitLabPlugin", () => {
           yield* aisdk.runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("gitlab"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude")),
-              api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "test-provider",
             }),
             package: "gitlab-ai-provider",
             options: { name: "gitlab" },
@@ -132,7 +136,9 @@ describe("GitLabPlugin", () => {
           yield* aisdk.runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("gitlab"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude")),
-              api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "test-provider",
             }),
             package: "gitlab-ai-provider",
             options: {
@@ -173,7 +179,9 @@ describe("GitLabPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("gitlab"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai",
         options: { name: "gitlab" },
@@ -192,11 +200,11 @@ describe("GitLabPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("gitlab"), ModelV2.ID.make("duo-workflow-custom")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("duo-workflow-custom"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
-          request: {
-            headers: {},
-            body: { workflowRef: "ref", workflowDefinition: "definition" },
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("duo-workflow-custom"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
+          headers: {},
+          settings: { workflowRef: "ref", workflowDefinition: "definition" },
         }),
         sdk: {
           workflowChat: (id: string, options: unknown) => {
@@ -227,7 +235,9 @@ describe("GitLabPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("gitlab"), ModelV2.ID.make("duo-workflow-exact")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("duo-workflow-exact"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("duo-workflow-exact"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: {
           workflowChat: (id: string, options: unknown) => {
@@ -245,7 +255,7 @@ describe("GitLabPlugin", () => {
     }),
   )
 
-  it.effect("uses provider feature flags instead of request feature flags", () =>
+  it.effect("uses provider feature flags instead of model settings feature flags", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const plugin = yield* PluginV2.Service
       const aisdk = yield* AISDK.Service
@@ -254,11 +264,11 @@ describe("GitLabPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("gitlab"), ModelV2.ID.make("duo-workflow-custom")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("duo-workflow-custom"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
-          request: {
-            headers: {},
-            body: { featureFlags: { request_flag: true } },
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("duo-workflow-custom"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
+          headers: {},
+          settings: { featureFlags: { request_flag: true } },
         }),
         sdk: {
           workflowChat: (id: string, options: unknown) => {
@@ -282,8 +292,11 @@ describe("GitLabPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("gitlab"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
-          request: { headers: { h: "v" }, body: {} },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
+          headers: { h: "v" },
+          settings: {},
         }),
         sdk: {
           workflowChat: () => undefined,
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-google-vertex-anthropic.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-google-vertex-anthropic.test.ts
index d94321f3bd..8afb38b1f8 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-google-vertex-anthropic.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-google-vertex-anthropic.test.ts
@@ -64,16 +64,17 @@ describe("GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin", () => {
           const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
           yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
             catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic"), (provider) => {
-              provider.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic" }
+              provider.aisdk = true
+              provider.package = "@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic"
             }),
           )
           yield* addPlugin(GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin)
-          expect(
-            (yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic")))?.request.body.project,
-          ).toBe("cloud-project")
-          expect(
-            (yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic")))?.request.body.location,
-          ).toBe("cloud-location")
+          expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic")))?.settings?.project).toBe(
+            "cloud-project",
+          )
+          expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic")))?.settings?.location).toBe(
+            "cloud-location",
+          )
         }),
     ),
   )
@@ -84,18 +85,18 @@ describe("GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin", () => {
         const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
           catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic"), (provider) => {
-            provider.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic" }
-            provider.request.body.project = "configured-project"
-            provider.request.body.location = "configured-location"
+            provider.aisdk = true
+            provider.package = "@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic"
+            provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, project: "configured-project", location: "configured-location" }
           }),
         )
         yield* addPlugin(GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin)
-        expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic")))?.request.body.project).toBe(
+        expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic")))?.settings?.project).toBe(
           "configured-project",
         )
-        expect(
-          (yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic")))?.request.body.location,
-        ).toBe("configured-location")
+        expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic")))?.settings?.location).toBe(
+          "configured-location",
+        )
       }),
     ),
   )
@@ -121,7 +122,9 @@ describe("GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin", () => {
                 ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic"),
                 ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"),
               ),
-              api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "test-provider",
             }),
             package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic",
             options: { name: "google-vertex-anthropic" },
@@ -147,7 +150,9 @@ describe("GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin", () => {
                 ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic"),
                 ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"),
               ),
-              api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "test-provider",
             }),
             package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic",
             options: { name: "google-vertex-anthropic" },
@@ -167,7 +172,9 @@ describe("GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic",
         options: { name: "google-vertex", project: "project", location: "eu" },
@@ -186,7 +193,9 @@ describe("GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic",
         options: { name: "google-vertex", project: "project", location: "eu", baseURL: "https://proxy.example/v1" },
@@ -204,7 +213,9 @@ describe("GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin", () => {
       const sdkResult = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), ModelV2.ID.make(" claude-sonnet-4-5 ")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make(" claude-sonnet-4-5 "), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make(" claude-sonnet-4-5 "),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic",
         options: { name: "google-vertex", project: "project", location: "us" },
@@ -212,7 +223,9 @@ describe("GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin", () => {
       const languageResult = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), ModelV2.ID.make(" claude-sonnet-4-5 ")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make(" claude-sonnet-4-5 "), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make(" claude-sonnet-4-5 "),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: sdkResult.sdk,
         options: {},
@@ -234,7 +247,9 @@ describe("GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex-anthropic"), ModelV2.ID.make(" claude-sonnet-4-5 ")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make(" claude-sonnet-4-5 "), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make(" claude-sonnet-4-5 "),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: selector(calls) },
         options: {},
@@ -252,7 +267,9 @@ describe("GoogleVertexAnthropicPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: selector(calls) },
         options: {},
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-google-vertex.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-google-vertex.test.ts
index 388528bd65..026bcd0282 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-google-vertex.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-google-vertex.test.ts
@@ -92,17 +92,15 @@ describe("GoogleVertexPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.opencode, (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://opencode.ai/zen/v1",
-          }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://opencode.ai/zen/v1" }
         }),
       )
       yield* addPlugin()
 
       const provider = required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode))
-      expect(provider.request.body).toEqual({})
+      expect(provider.settings).toEqual({ baseURL: "https://opencode.ai/zen/v1" })
     }),
   )
 
@@ -121,21 +119,26 @@ describe("GoogleVertexPlugin", () => {
           const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
           yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
             catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), (provider) => {
-              provider.api = {
-                type: "aisdk",
-                package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-                url: "https://${GOOGLE_VERTEX_ENDPOINT}/v1/projects/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_PROJECT}/locations/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_LOCATION}",
+              provider.aisdk = true
+              provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+              provider.settings = {
+                ...provider.settings,
+                baseURL:
+                  "https://${GOOGLE_VERTEX_ENDPOINT}/v1/projects/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_PROJECT}/locations/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_LOCATION}",
               }
             }),
           )
           yield* addPlugin()
           const provider = required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex")))
-          expect(provider.request.body.project).toBe("google-cloud-project")
-          expect(provider.request.body.location).toBe("google-vertex-location")
-          expect(provider.api).toEqual({
-            type: "aisdk",
+          expect(provider.settings?.project).toBe("google-cloud-project")
+          expect(provider.settings?.location).toBe("google-vertex-location")
+          expect(provider).toMatchObject({
+            aisdk: true,
             package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://google-vertex-location-aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/google-cloud-project/locations/google-vertex-location",
+            settings: {
+              baseURL:
+                "https://google-vertex-location-aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/google-cloud-project/locations/google-vertex-location",
+            },
           })
         }),
     ),
@@ -160,10 +163,12 @@ describe("GoogleVertexPlugin", () => {
           const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
           yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
             catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), (provider) => {
-              provider.api = {
-                type: "aisdk",
-                package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-                url: "https://${GOOGLE_VERTEX_ENDPOINT}/v1/projects/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_PROJECT}/locations/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_LOCATION}",
+              provider.aisdk = true
+              provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+              provider.settings = {
+                ...provider.settings,
+                baseURL:
+                  "https://${GOOGLE_VERTEX_ENDPOINT}/v1/projects/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_PROJECT}/locations/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_LOCATION}",
               }
             }),
           )
@@ -172,21 +177,22 @@ describe("GoogleVertexPlugin", () => {
           yield* aisdk.runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), ModelV2.ID.make("gemini")),
-              api: {
-                id: ModelV2.ID.make("gemini"),
-                type: "aisdk",
-                package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex",
-              },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gemini"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex",
             }),
             package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex",
             options: { name: "google-vertex" },
           })
 
-          expect(provider.request.body.project).toBe("vertex-project")
-          expect(provider.api).toEqual({
-            type: "aisdk",
+          expect(provider.settings?.project).toBe("vertex-project")
+          expect(provider).toMatchObject({
+            aisdk: true,
             package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://europe-west4-aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/vertex-project/locations/europe-west4",
+            settings: {
+              baseURL:
+                "https://europe-west4-aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/vertex-project/locations/europe-west4",
+            },
           })
           expect(vertexOptions[0].project).toBe("vertex-project")
           expect(vertexOptions[0].location).toBe("europe-west4")
@@ -209,23 +215,24 @@ describe("GoogleVertexPlugin", () => {
           const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
           yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
             catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), (provider) => {
-              provider.api = {
-                type: "aisdk",
-                package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-                url: "https://${GOOGLE_VERTEX_ENDPOINT}/v1/projects/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_PROJECT}/locations/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_LOCATION}",
+              provider.aisdk = true
+              provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+              provider.settings = {
+                ...provider.settings,
+                baseURL:
+                  "https://${GOOGLE_VERTEX_ENDPOINT}/v1/projects/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_PROJECT}/locations/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_LOCATION}",
               }
-              provider.request.body.project = "config-project"
-              provider.request.body.location = "global"
+              provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, project: "config-project", location: "global" }
             }),
           )
           yield* addPlugin()
           const provider = required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex")))
-          expect(provider.request.body.project).toBe("config-project")
-          expect(provider.request.body.location).toBe("global")
-          expect(provider.api).toEqual({
-            type: "aisdk",
+          expect(provider.settings?.project).toBe("config-project")
+          expect(provider.settings?.location).toBe("global")
+          expect(provider).toMatchObject({
+            aisdk: true,
             package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/config-project/locations/global",
+            settings: { baseURL: "https://aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/config-project/locations/global" },
           })
         }),
     ),
@@ -236,21 +243,22 @@ describe("GoogleVertexPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://${GOOGLE_VERTEX_ENDPOINT}/v1/projects/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_PROJECT}/locations/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_LOCATION}",
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = {
+            ...provider.settings,
+            baseURL:
+              "https://${GOOGLE_VERTEX_ENDPOINT}/v1/projects/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_PROJECT}/locations/${GOOGLE_VERTEX_LOCATION}",
           }
-          provider.request.body.project = "config-project"
-          provider.request.body.location = "eu"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, project: "config-project", location: "eu" }
         }),
       )
       yield* addPlugin()
       const provider = required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex")))
-      expect(provider.api).toEqual({
-        type: "aisdk",
+      expect(provider).toMatchObject({
+        aisdk: true,
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-        url: "https://eu-aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/config-project/locations/eu",
+        settings: { baseURL: "https://eu-aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/config-project/locations/eu" },
       })
     }),
   )
@@ -270,14 +278,15 @@ describe("GoogleVertexPlugin", () => {
           const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
           yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
             catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), (provider) => {
-              provider.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex" }
-              provider.request.body.project = "config-project"
+              provider.aisdk = true
+              provider.package = "@ai-sdk/google-vertex"
+              provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, project: "config-project" }
             }),
           )
           yield* addPlugin()
           const provider = required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex")))
-          expect(provider.request.body.project).toBe("config-project")
-          expect(provider.request.body.location).toBe("us-central1")
+          expect(provider.settings?.project).toBe("config-project")
+          expect(provider.settings?.location).toBe("us-central1")
         }),
     ),
   )
@@ -297,11 +306,9 @@ describe("GoogleVertexPlugin", () => {
           yield* aisdk.runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), ModelV2.ID.make("gemini")),
-              api: {
-                id: ModelV2.ID.make("gemini"),
-                type: "aisdk",
-                package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex",
-              },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gemini"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex",
             }),
             package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex",
             options: { name: "google-vertex" },
@@ -345,11 +352,9 @@ describe("GoogleVertexPlugin", () => {
           aisdk.runSDK({
             model: ModelV2.Info.make({
               ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), ModelV2.ID.make("gemini")),
-              api: {
-                id: ModelV2.ID.make("gemini"),
-                type: "aisdk",
-                package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-              },
+              modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gemini"),
+              aisdk: true,
+              package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
             }),
             package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
             options: { name: "google-vertex" },
@@ -376,7 +381,9 @@ describe("GoogleVertexPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("google-vertex"), ModelV2.ID.make(" gemini-2.5-pro ")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make(" gemini-2.5-pro "), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make(" gemini-2.5-pro "),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel },
         options: {},
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-google.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-google.test.ts
index 8c10689ca1..f2022d31d1 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-google.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-google.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ describe("GooglePlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-google"), ModelV2.ID.make("gemini")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gemini"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/google" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gemini"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/google",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/google",
         options: { name: "custom-google", apiKey: "test" },
@@ -45,7 +47,9 @@ describe("GooglePlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("google"), ModelV2.ID.make("gemini")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gemini"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/google" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gemini"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/google",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/google-vertex",
         options: { name: "google" },
@@ -62,7 +66,9 @@ describe("GooglePlugin", () => {
       const sdkEvent = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-google"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gemini-api"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/google" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gemini-api"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/google",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/google",
         options: { name: "custom-google", apiKey: "test" },
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ describe("GooglePlugin", () => {
         sdk: sdkEvent.sdk,
         options: sdkEvent.options,
       })
-      const language = result.language ?? result.sdk.languageModel(result.model.api.id)
+      const language = result.language ?? result.sdk.languageModel(result.model.modelID ?? result.model.id)
       expect(language.modelId).toBe("gemini-api")
       expect(language.provider).toBe("custom-google")
     }),
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-groq.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-groq.test.ts
index ac96ea98a3..2e30264352 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-groq.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-groq.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ describe("GroqPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("groq"), ModelV2.ID.make("llama")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("llama"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/groq" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("llama"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/groq",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/groq",
         options: { name: "groq" },
@@ -45,7 +47,9 @@ describe("GroqPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("groq"), ModelV2.ID.make("llama")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("llama"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/groq" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("llama"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/groq",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: { name: "groq" },
@@ -62,7 +66,9 @@ describe("GroqPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("groq"), ModelV2.ID.make("llama")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("llama"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/groq" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("llama"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/groq",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/groq/compat",
         options: { name: "groq" },
@@ -79,7 +85,9 @@ describe("GroqPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-groq"), ModelV2.ID.make("llama")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("llama"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/groq" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("llama"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/groq",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/groq",
         options: { name: "custom-groq", apiKey: "test" },
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ describe("GroqPlugin", () => {
     }),
   )
 
-  it.effect("uses the default languageModel(api.id) behavior", () =>
+  it.effect("uses the default languageModel(modelID) behavior", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const plugin = yield* PluginV2.Service
       const aisdk = yield* AISDK.Service
@@ -104,16 +112,14 @@ describe("GroqPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("groq"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-          api: {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("llama-api"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/groq",
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("llama-api"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/groq",
         }),
         sdk,
         options: { name: "groq", apiKey: "test" },
       })
-      const language = result.language ?? sdk.languageModel(result.model.api.id)
+      const language = result.language ?? sdk.languageModel(result.model.modelID ?? result.model.id)
       expect(language.modelId).toBe("llama-api")
       expect(language.provider).toBe("groq.chat")
     }),
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-kilo.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-kilo.test.ts
index 1df0fd3156..7ad6b00382 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-kilo.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-kilo.test.ts
@@ -27,22 +27,20 @@ describe("KiloPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway",
-          }
-          provider.request = { headers: { Existing: "value" }, body: {} }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway" }
+          provider.headers = { Existing: "value" }
         })
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter, () => {})
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo")))?.request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo")))?.headers).toEqual({
         Existing: "value",
         "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
         "X-Title": "opencode",
       })
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter))?.request.headers).toEqual({})
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter))?.headers).toBeUndefined()
     }),
   )
 
@@ -51,24 +49,20 @@ describe("KiloPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway",
-          }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway" }
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
 
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo")))?.request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo")))?.headers).toEqual({
         "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
         "X-Title": "opencode",
       })
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo")))?.request.headers).not.toHaveProperty(
-        "http-referer",
-      )
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo")))?.request.headers).not.toHaveProperty("x-title")
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo")))?.request.headers).not.toHaveProperty("X-Source")
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo")))?.headers).not.toHaveProperty("http-referer")
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo")))?.headers).not.toHaveProperty("x-title")
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo")))?.headers).not.toHaveProperty("X-Source")
     }),
   )
 
@@ -77,23 +71,22 @@ describe("KiloPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway",
-          }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway" }
         })
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-kilo"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "kilo" }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "kilo"
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
 
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo")))?.request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("kilo")))?.headers).toEqual({
         "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
         "X-Title": "opencode",
       })
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-kilo")))?.request.headers).toEqual({})
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-kilo")))?.headers).toBeUndefined()
     }),
   )
 })
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-llmgateway.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-llmgateway.test.ts
index d7f9d0d73d..f0eb026aca 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-llmgateway.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-llmgateway.test.ts
@@ -34,23 +34,21 @@ describe("LLMGatewayPlugin", () => {
       })
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("llmgateway"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://api.llmgateway.io/v1",
-          }
-          provider.request = { headers: { Existing: "value" }, body: {} }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://api.llmgateway.io/v1" }
+          provider.headers = { Existing: "value" }
         })
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter, () => {})
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("llmgateway")))?.request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("llmgateway")))?.headers).toEqual({
         Existing: "value",
         "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
         "X-Title": "opencode",
         "X-Source": "opencode",
       })
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter))?.request.headers).toEqual({})
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter))?.headers).toBeUndefined()
     }),
   )
 
@@ -64,17 +62,15 @@ describe("LLMGatewayPlugin", () => {
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("llmgateway"), (provider) => {
           provider.disabled = true
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://api.llmgateway.io/v1",
-          }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://api.llmgateway.io/v1" }
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
 
       expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("llmgateway")))?.disabled).toBe(true)
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("llmgateway")))?.request.headers).toEqual({})
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("llmgateway")))?.headers).toBeUndefined()
     }),
   )
 })
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-mistral.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-mistral.test.ts
index b1b1bc0638..5e549e3ec8 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-mistral.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-mistral.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ describe("MistralPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("mistral"), ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/mistral",
         options: { name: "mistral" },
@@ -45,7 +47,9 @@ describe("MistralPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("mistral"), ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: { name: "mistral" },
@@ -68,7 +72,9 @@ describe("MistralPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("mistral"), ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/mistral",
         options: { name: "mistral" },
@@ -92,7 +98,9 @@ describe("MistralPlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-mistral"), ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/mistral",
         options: { name: "custom-mistral" },
@@ -101,7 +109,7 @@ describe("MistralPlugin", () => {
     }),
   )
 
-  it.effect("leaves Mistral language selection on the default sdk.languageModel(api.id) path", () =>
+  it.effect("leaves Mistral language selection on the default sdk.languageModel(modelID) path", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const plugin = yield* PluginV2.Service
       const aisdk = yield* AISDK.Service
@@ -116,12 +124,14 @@ describe("MistralPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("mistral"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("mistral-large"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk,
         options: {},
       })
-      const language = result.language ?? sdk.languageModel(result.model.api.id)
+      const language = result.language ?? sdk.languageModel(result.model.modelID ?? result.model.id)
       expect(calls).toEqual(["languageModel:mistral-large"])
       expect(language).toBeDefined()
     }),
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-nvidia.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-nvidia.test.ts
index a1c05df335..b1f051ab9d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-nvidia.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-nvidia.test.ts
@@ -27,23 +27,21 @@ describe("NvidiaPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("nvidia"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1",
-          }
-          provider.request = { headers: { Existing: "value" }, body: {} }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1" }
+          provider.headers = { Existing: "value" }
         })
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter, () => {})
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("nvidia")))?.request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("nvidia")))?.headers).toEqual({
         Existing: "value",
         "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
         "X-Title": "opencode",
         "X-BILLING-INVOKE-ORIGIN": "OpenCode",
       })
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter))?.request.headers).toEqual({})
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter))?.headers).toBeUndefined()
     }),
   )
 
@@ -52,16 +50,14 @@ describe("NvidiaPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("nvidia"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1",
-          }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1" }
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
 
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("nvidia")))?.request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("nvidia")))?.headers).toEqual({
         "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
         "X-Title": "opencode",
         "X-BILLING-INVOKE-ORIGIN": "OpenCode",
@@ -74,20 +70,15 @@ describe("NvidiaPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("nvidia"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1",
-          }
-          provider.request = {
-            headers: { "X-BILLING-INVOKE-ORIGIN": "CustomOrigin" },
-            body: { baseURL: "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1" },
-          }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1" }
+          provider.headers = { "X-BILLING-INVOKE-ORIGIN": "CustomOrigin" }
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
 
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("nvidia")))?.request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("nvidia")))?.headers).toEqual({
         "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
         "X-Title": "opencode",
         "X-BILLING-INVOKE-ORIGIN": "CustomOrigin",
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-openai-compatible.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-openai-compatible.test.ts
index 4e74a37125..ac4e782cc6 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-openai-compatible.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-openai-compatible.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ describe("OpenAICompatiblePlugin", () => {
       const defaulted = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: { name: "custom" },
@@ -35,7 +37,9 @@ describe("OpenAICompatiblePlugin", () => {
       const disabled = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: { name: "custom", includeUsage: false },
@@ -53,7 +57,9 @@ describe("OpenAICompatiblePlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "file:///tmp/@ai-sdk/openai-compatible-provider.js",
         options: { name: "custom" },
@@ -76,7 +82,9 @@ describe("OpenAICompatiblePlugin", () => {
       yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-provider"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: { name: "custom-provider", baseURL: "https://example.com/v1" },
@@ -96,7 +104,9 @@ describe("OpenAICompatiblePlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("cloudflare-workers-ai"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: { name: "cloudflare-workers-ai" },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-openai.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-openai.test.ts
index 31a80f9319..c9866ea879 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-openai.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-openai.test.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ describe("OpenAIPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-openai"), ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai",
         options: { name: "custom-openai", apiKey: "test" },
@@ -84,7 +86,9 @@ describe("OpenAIPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.openai, ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: { name: "openai" },
@@ -102,7 +106,9 @@ describe("OpenAIPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.openai, ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -121,7 +127,9 @@ describe("OpenAIPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.anthropic, ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -137,10 +145,12 @@ describe("OpenAIPlugin", () => {
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         const item = ProviderV2.Info.make({
           ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.openai),
-          api: { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai" },
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/openai",
         })
         catalog.provider.update(item.id, (draft) => {
-          draft.api = item.api
+          draft.aisdk = item.aisdk
+          draft.package = item.package
         })
         catalog.model.update(item.id, ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5"), () => {})
         catalog.model.update(item.id, ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-chat-latest"), () => {})
@@ -159,10 +169,12 @@ describe("OpenAIPlugin", () => {
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         const item = ProviderV2.Info.make({
           ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-openai")),
-          api: { type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         })
         catalog.provider.update(item.id, (draft) => {
-          draft.api = item.api
+          draft.aisdk = item.aisdk
+          draft.package = item.package
         })
         catalog.model.update(item.id, ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-5-chat-latest"), () => {})
       })
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-opencode.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-opencode.test.ts
index 93177c283e..3d8560b055 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-opencode.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-opencode.test.ts
@@ -133,13 +133,12 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
           expect(provider).toMatchObject({
             name: "Remote",
             integrationID: "opencode",
-            api: {
-              type: "aisdk",
-              package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-              url: `${server.url.origin}/v1`,
-            },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
+            settings: { baseURL: `${server.url.origin}/v1` },
           })
-          expect(provider.request).toEqual({ headers: { "x-org-id": "org" }, body: { custom: "value" } })
+          expect(provider.headers).toEqual({ "x-org-id": "org" })
+          expect(provider.settings).toMatchObject({ custom: "value" })
           expect(yield* (yield* Integration.Service).get(Integration.ID.make("remote"))).toBeUndefined()
 
           const model = required(yield* catalog.model.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("remote"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")))
@@ -150,12 +149,16 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
             cost: [{ input: 1, output: 2, cache: { read: 0.1, write: 0 } }],
             limit: { context: 1000, output: 100 },
           })
-          expect(model.request.body).toEqual({ custom: "value", temperature: 0.5 })
+          expect(model.settings).toEqual({
+            baseURL: `${server.url.origin}/v1`,
+            custom: "value",
+            temperature: 0.5,
+          })
           expect(model.variants).toEqual([
             {
               id: ModelV2.VariantID.make("high"),
               headers: {},
-              body: { temperature: 0.2 },
+              settings: { temperature: 0.2 },
             },
           ])
           expect(
@@ -175,11 +178,14 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           const provider = ProviderV2.Info.make({
             ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.opencode),
-            api: { type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           })
           const model = ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(provider.id, ModelV2.ID.make("paid")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("paid"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("paid"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
             cost: cost(1),
           })
           catalog.provider.update(provider.id, () => {})
@@ -188,7 +194,7 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
           })
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)).request.body.apiKey).toBe("public")
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)).settings?.apiKey).toBe("public")
         expect(required(yield* catalog.model.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode, ModelV2.ID.make("paid"))).enabled).toBe(false)
       }),
     ),
@@ -201,11 +207,14 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           const provider = ProviderV2.Info.make({
             ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.opencode),
-            api: { type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           })
           const model = ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(provider.id, ModelV2.ID.make("free")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("free"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("free"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
             cost: cost(0),
           })
           catalog.provider.update(provider.id, () => {})
@@ -214,7 +223,7 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
           })
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)).request.body.apiKey).toBe("public")
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)).settings?.apiKey).toBe("public")
         expect(required(yield* catalog.model.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode, ModelV2.ID.make("free"))).enabled).toBe(true)
       }),
     ),
@@ -227,11 +236,14 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           const provider = ProviderV2.Info.make({
             ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.opencode),
-            api: { type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           })
           const model = ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(provider.id, ModelV2.ID.make("output-only")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("output-only"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("output-only"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
             cost: cost(0, 1),
           })
           catalog.provider.update(provider.id, () => {})
@@ -240,7 +252,7 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
           })
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)).request.body.apiKey).toBe("public")
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)).settings?.apiKey).toBe("public")
         expect(required(yield* catalog.model.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode, ModelV2.ID.make("output-only"))).enabled).toBe(
           true,
         )
@@ -255,11 +267,14 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           const provider = ProviderV2.Info.make({
             ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.opencode),
-            api: { type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           })
           const model = ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(provider.id, ModelV2.ID.make("paid")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("paid"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("paid"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
             cost: cost(1),
           })
           catalog.provider.update(provider.id, () => {})
@@ -268,7 +283,7 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
           })
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)).request.body.apiKey).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)).settings?.apiKey).toBeUndefined()
         expect(required(yield* catalog.model.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode, ModelV2.ID.make("paid"))).enabled).toBe(true)
       }),
     ),
@@ -288,11 +303,14 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           const provider = ProviderV2.Info.make({
             ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.opencode),
-            api: { type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           })
           const model = ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(provider.id, ModelV2.ID.make("paid")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("paid"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("paid"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
             cost: cost(1),
           })
           catalog.provider.update(provider.id, () => {})
@@ -301,7 +319,7 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
           })
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)).request.body.apiKey).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)).settings?.apiKey).toBeUndefined()
         expect(required(yield* catalog.model.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode, ModelV2.ID.make("paid"))).enabled).toBe(true)
       }),
     ),
@@ -314,26 +332,28 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           const provider = ProviderV2.Info.make({
             ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.opencode),
-            api: { type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
-            request: {
-              headers: {},
-              body: { apiKey: "configured" },
-            },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
+            headers: {},
+            settings: { apiKey: "configured" },
           })
           const model = ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(provider.id, ModelV2.ID.make("paid")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("paid"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("paid"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
             cost: cost(1),
           })
           catalog.provider.update(provider.id, (draft) => {
-            draft.request = provider.request
+            draft.headers = provider.headers
+            draft.settings = { apiKey: "configured" }
           })
           catalog.model.update(provider.id, model.id, (draft) => {
             draft.cost = [...model.cost]
           })
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)).request.body.apiKey).toBe("configured")
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode)).settings?.apiKey).toBe("configured")
         expect(required(yield* catalog.model.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode, ModelV2.ID.make("paid"))).enabled).toBe(true)
       }),
     ),
@@ -346,11 +366,14 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
         yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
           const provider = ProviderV2.Info.make({
             ...ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.openai),
-            api: { type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           })
           const model = ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(provider.id, ModelV2.ID.make("paid")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("paid"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("paid"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
             cost: cost(1),
           })
           catalog.provider.update(provider.id, () => {})
@@ -359,7 +382,7 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
           })
         })
         yield* addPlugin()
-        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openai)).request.body.apiKey).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openai)).settings?.apiKey).toBeUndefined()
         expect(required(yield* catalog.model.get(ProviderV2.ID.openai, ModelV2.ID.make("paid"))).enabled).toBe(true)
       }),
     ),
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-openrouter.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-openrouter.test.ts
index 953943673f..5548b93597 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-openrouter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-openrouter.test.ts
@@ -30,19 +30,21 @@ describe("OpenRouterPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter, (provider) => {
-          provider.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "@openrouter/ai-sdk-provider" }
-          provider.request = { headers: { Existing: "value" }, body: {} }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@openrouter/ai-sdk-provider"
+          provider.headers = { Existing: "value" }
+          provider.settings = {}
         })
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("nvidia"), () => {})
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
 
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter))?.request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter))?.headers).toEqual({
         Existing: "value",
         "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
         "X-Title": "opencode",
       })
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("nvidia")))?.request.headers).toEqual({})
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("nvidia")))?.headers).toBeUndefined()
     }),
   )
 
@@ -55,7 +57,9 @@ describe("OpenRouterPlugin", () => {
       const ignored = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter, ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: { name: "openrouter" },
@@ -65,7 +69,9 @@ describe("OpenRouterPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom"), ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@openrouter/ai-sdk-provider",
         options: { name: "custom" },
@@ -79,7 +85,8 @@ describe("OpenRouterPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter, (provider) => {
-          provider.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "@openrouter/ai-sdk-provider" }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@openrouter/ai-sdk-provider"
         })
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.openai, () => {})
         catalog.model.update(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter, ModelV2.ID.make("openai/gpt-5-chat"), () => {})
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-perplexity.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-perplexity.test.ts
index a2a3969233..121f5ddd54 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-perplexity.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-perplexity.test.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ describe("PerplexityPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("perplexity"), ModelV2.ID.make("sonar")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("sonar"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("sonar"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/perplexity",
         options: { name: "perplexity" },
@@ -58,7 +60,9 @@ describe("PerplexityPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("perplexity"), ModelV2.ID.make("sonar")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("sonar"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("sonar"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/perplexity-compatible",
         options: { name: "perplexity" },
@@ -75,7 +79,9 @@ describe("PerplexityPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("perplexity"), ModelV2.ID.make("sonar")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("sonar"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("sonar"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/perplexity",
         options: { name: "perplexity" },
@@ -92,7 +98,9 @@ describe("PerplexityPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-perplexity"), ModelV2.ID.make("sonar")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("sonar"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("sonar"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/perplexity",
         options: { name: "custom-perplexity" },
@@ -110,7 +118,9 @@ describe("PerplexityPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("perplexity"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("sonar"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("sonar"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-sap-ai-core.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-sap-ai-core.test.ts
index 5056c5dbb7..dd9bb4ec25 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-sap-ai-core.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-sap-ai-core.test.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ function withEnv<A, E, R>(vars: Record<string, string | undefined>, effect: () =
 function model(providerID: string) {
   return ModelV2.Info.make({
     ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make(providerID), ModelV2.ID.make("sap-model")),
-    api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("sap-model"), type: "aisdk", package: fixtureProvider },
+    modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("sap-model"),
+    aisdk: true,
+    package: fixtureProvider,
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-snowflake-cortex.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-snowflake-cortex.test.ts
index cd67feb40e..9fece1ecf6 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-snowflake-cortex.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-snowflake-cortex.test.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ describe("SnowflakeCortexPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("openai"), ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-4")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-4"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("gpt-4"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai",
         options: { name: "openai" },
@@ -75,7 +77,9 @@ describe("SnowflakeCortexPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("snowflake-cortex"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
           options: { name: "snowflake-cortex", baseURL: "https://test.snowflakecomputing.com/api/v2/cortex/v1" },
@@ -94,7 +98,9 @@ describe("SnowflakeCortexPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("snowflake-cortex"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
           options: {
@@ -117,7 +123,9 @@ describe("SnowflakeCortexPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("snowflake-cortex"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
           options: { name: "snowflake-cortex", baseURL: "https://test.snowflakecomputing.com/api/v2/cortex/v1" },
@@ -136,7 +144,9 @@ describe("SnowflakeCortexPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("snowflake-cortex"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
           options: {
@@ -159,7 +169,9 @@ describe("SnowflakeCortexPlugin", () => {
         const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
           model: ModelV2.Info.make({
             ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("snowflake-cortex"), ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6")),
-            api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+            modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("claude-sonnet-4-6"),
+            aisdk: true,
+            package: "test-provider",
           }),
           package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
           options: { name: "snowflake-cortex", baseURL: "https://test.snowflakecomputing.com/api/v2/cortex/v1" },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-togetherai.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-togetherai.test.ts
index 56bf7c9642..fc87a0cfbd 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-togetherai.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-togetherai.test.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ describe("TogetherAIPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("togetherai"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/togetherai",
         options: { name: "togetherai" },
@@ -59,7 +61,9 @@ describe("TogetherAIPlugin", () => {
       const ignored = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("togetherai"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "file:///tmp/@ai-sdk/togetherai-provider.js",
         options: { name: "togetherai" },
@@ -69,7 +73,9 @@ describe("TogetherAIPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("togetherai"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/togetherai",
         options: { name: "togetherai" },
@@ -87,7 +93,9 @@ describe("TogetherAIPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-togetherai"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/togetherai",
         options: { name: "custom-togetherai" },
@@ -110,11 +118,9 @@ describe("TogetherAIPlugin", () => {
             ProviderV2.ID.make("togetherai"),
             ModelV2.ID.make("meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo"),
           ),
-          api: {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "test-provider",
-          },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: { languageModel: fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel },
         options: {},
@@ -122,7 +128,9 @@ describe("TogetherAIPlugin", () => {
 
       expect(result.language).toBeUndefined()
       expect(calls).toEqual([])
-      expect(result.language ?? fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel(result.model.api.id)).toBeDefined()
+      expect(
+        result.language ?? fakeSelectorSdk(calls).languageModel(result.model.modelID ?? result.model.id),
+      ).toBeDefined()
       expect(calls).toEqual(["languageModel:meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo"])
     }),
   )
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-venice.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-venice.test.ts
index 3ed6c711c4..ba4cfef8af 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-venice.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-venice.test.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ describe("VenicePlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("venice"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "venice-ai-sdk-provider",
         options: { name: "venice" },
@@ -58,7 +60,9 @@ describe("VenicePlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-venice"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "venice-ai-sdk-provider",
         options: { name: "custom-venice", apiKey: "test" },
@@ -76,7 +80,9 @@ describe("VenicePlugin", () => {
       const similar = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("venice"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "file:///tmp/venice-ai-sdk-provider.js",
         options: { name: "venice" },
@@ -84,7 +90,9 @@ describe("VenicePlugin", () => {
       const other = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("venice"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("model"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("model"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: { name: "venice" },
@@ -103,7 +111,9 @@ describe("VenicePlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("venice"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("alias"), type: "aisdk", package: "test-provider" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("alias"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "test-provider",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-vercel.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-vercel.test.ts
index eb87b15132..08f169aa6e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-vercel.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-vercel.test.ts
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ describe("VercelPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("vercel"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/vercel" }
-          provider.request.headers.Existing = "1"
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/vercel"
+          provider.headers = { ...provider.headers, Existing: "1" }
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("vercel")))?.request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("vercel")))?.headers).toEqual({
         Existing: "1",
         "http-referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
         "x-title": "opencode",
@@ -43,14 +44,13 @@ describe("VercelPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) =>
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("vercel"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/vercel" }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/vercel"
         }),
       )
       yield* addPlugin()
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("vercel")))?.request.headers).not.toHaveProperty(
-        "HTTP-Referer",
-      )
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("vercel")))?.request.headers).not.toHaveProperty("X-Title")
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("vercel")))?.headers).not.toHaveProperty("HTTP-Referer")
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("vercel")))?.headers).not.toHaveProperty("X-Title")
     }),
   )
 
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ describe("VercelPlugin", () => {
       const event = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-vercel"), ModelV2.ID.make("v0-1.0-md")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("v0-1.0-md"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/vercel" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("v0-1.0-md"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/vercel",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/vercel",
         options: { name: "custom-vercel" },
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ describe("VercelPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("gateway"), () => {}))
       yield* addPlugin()
-      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("gateway")))?.request.headers).toEqual({})
+      expect((yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("gateway")))?.headers).toBeUndefined()
     }),
   )
 })
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-xai.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-xai.test.ts
index c4d1a5ece3..525b2bbb62 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-xai.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-xai.test.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ describe("XAIPlugin", () => {
       const ignored = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("xai"), ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/xai" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/xai",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
         options: {},
@@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ describe("XAIPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("xai"), ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/xai" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/xai",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/xai",
         options: {},
@@ -71,7 +75,9 @@ describe("XAIPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runSDK({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("custom-xai"), ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/xai" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/xai",
         }),
         package: "@ai-sdk/xai",
         options: {},
@@ -81,7 +87,7 @@ describe("XAIPlugin", () => {
     }),
   )
 
-  it.effect("uses responses with the model api.id for xAI language models", () =>
+  it.effect("uses responses with the model modelID for xAI language models", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const plugin = yield* PluginV2.Service
       const aisdk = yield* AISDK.Service
@@ -91,7 +97,9 @@ describe("XAIPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("xai"), ModelV2.ID.make("alias")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/xai" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/xai",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
@@ -112,7 +120,9 @@ describe("XAIPlugin", () => {
       const result = yield* aisdk.runLanguage({
         model: ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.openai, ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4")),
-          api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4"), type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/xai" },
+          modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("grok-4"),
+          aisdk: true,
+          package: "@ai-sdk/xai",
         }),
         sdk: fakeSelectorSdk(calls),
         options: {},
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-zenmux.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-zenmux.test.ts
index b9d34a1f5b..15da40167e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-zenmux.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-zenmux.test.ts
@@ -32,17 +32,15 @@ describe("ZenmuxPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("zenmux"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://zenmux.ai/api/v1",
-          }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://zenmux.ai/api/v1" }
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
       const result = required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("zenmux")))
-      expect(result.request.headers).toEqual({ "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/", "X-Title": "opencode" })
-      expect(Object.keys(result.request.headers).sort()).toEqual(["HTTP-Referer", "X-Title"])
+      expect(result.headers).toEqual({ "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/", "X-Title": "opencode" })
+      expect(Object.keys(required(result.headers)).sort()).toEqual(["HTTP-Referer", "X-Title"])
     }),
   )
 
@@ -51,17 +49,15 @@ describe("ZenmuxPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("zenmux"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://zenmux.ai/api/v1",
-          }
-          provider.request.headers.Existing = "value"
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://zenmux.ai/api/v1" }
+          provider.headers = { ...provider.headers, Existing: "value" }
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
 
-      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("zenmux"))).request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("zenmux"))).headers).toEqual({
         Existing: "value",
         "HTTP-Referer": "https://opencode.ai/",
         "X-Title": "opencode",
@@ -74,17 +70,15 @@ describe("ZenmuxPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.make("zenmux"), (provider) => {
-          provider.api = {
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://zenmux.ai/api/v1",
-          }
-          provider.request.headers = { "HTTP-Referer": "https://example.com/", "X-Title": "custom-title" }
+          provider.aisdk = true
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.settings = { ...provider.settings, baseURL: "https://zenmux.ai/api/v1" }
+          provider.headers = { "HTTP-Referer": "https://example.com/", "X-Title": "custom-title" }
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
 
-      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("zenmux"))).request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.make("zenmux"))).headers).toEqual({
         "HTTP-Referer": "https://example.com/",
         "X-Title": "custom-title",
       })
@@ -96,12 +90,12 @@ describe("ZenmuxPlugin", () => {
       const catalog = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* catalog.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter, (provider) => {
-          provider.request.headers = { "HTTP-Referer": "https://example.com/", "X-Title": "custom-title" }
+          provider.headers = { "HTTP-Referer": "https://example.com/", "X-Title": "custom-title" }
         })
       })
       yield* addPlugin()
 
-      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter)).request.headers).toEqual({
+      expect(required(yield* catalog.provider.get(ProviderV2.ID.openrouter)).headers).toEqual({
         "HTTP-Referer": "https://example.com/",
         "X-Title": "custom-title",
       })
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/variant.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/variant.test.ts
index 45476f366c..e20fd3a11d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/variant.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/variant.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ const connections = Credential.defaultLayer.pipe(Layer.fresh)
 const integrations = Integration.locationLayer.pipe(Layer.provide(events), Layer.provide(connections))
 const catalog = Catalog.layer.pipe(
   Layer.provide(
-    Layer.mergeAll(events, locationLayer, Policy.layer.pipe(Layer.provide(locationLayer)), connections, integrations),
+    Layer.mergeAll(
+      events,
+      locationLayer,
+      Policy.layer.pipe(Layer.provide(locationLayer)),
+      connections,
+      integrations,
+    ),
   ),
 )
 const it = testEffect(
@@ -36,21 +42,20 @@ describe("VariantPlugin", () => {
       const service = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* service.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.provider.update(ProviderV2.ID.opencode, (provider) => {
-          provider.api = { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible" }
+          provider.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          provider.aisdk = true
         })
         catalog.model.update(ProviderV2.ID.opencode, ModelV2.ID.make("glm-5.2"), (model) => {
-          model.api = {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("glm-5.2"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-          }
+          model.modelID = ModelV2.ID.make("glm-5.2")
+          model.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          model.aisdk = true
         })
       })
       yield* VariantPlugin.Plugin.effect(host({ catalog: catalogHost(service) }))
 
       expect((yield* service.model.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode, ModelV2.ID.make("glm-5.2")))?.variants).toEqual([
-        expect.objectContaining({ id: "high", body: { reasoning_effort: "high" } }),
-        expect.objectContaining({ id: "max", body: { reasoning_effort: "max" } }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ id: "high", settings: { reasoningEffort: "high" } }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ id: "max", settings: { reasoningEffort: "max" } }),
       ])
     }),
   )
@@ -60,19 +65,19 @@ describe("VariantPlugin", () => {
       const service = yield* Catalog.Service
       yield* service.transform((catalog) => {
         catalog.model.update(ProviderV2.ID.opencode, ModelV2.ID.make("glm-5.2"), (model) => {
-          model.api = {
-            id: ModelV2.ID.make("glm-5.2"),
-            type: "aisdk",
-            package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-          }
-          model.variants = [{ id: ModelV2.VariantID.make("high"), headers: { custom: "true" }, body: {} }]
+          model.modelID = ModelV2.ID.make("glm-5.2")
+          model.package = "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible"
+          model.aisdk = true
+          model.variants = [
+            { id: ModelV2.VariantID.make("high"), headers: { custom: "true" } },
+          ]
         })
       })
       yield* VariantPlugin.Plugin.effect(host({ catalog: catalogHost(service) }))
 
       expect((yield* service.model.get(ProviderV2.ID.opencode, ModelV2.ID.make("glm-5.2")))?.variants).toEqual([
         expect.objectContaining({ id: "high", headers: { custom: "true" } }),
-        expect.objectContaining({ id: "max", body: { reasoning_effort: "max" } }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ id: "max", settings: { reasoningEffort: "max" } }),
       ])
     }),
   )
diff --git a/packages/core/test/session-runner-model.test.ts b/packages/core/test/session-runner-model.test.ts
index 94669b24be..d2283a1086 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/session-runner-model.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/session-runner-model.test.ts
@@ -12,26 +12,23 @@ import { SessionV2 } from "@opencode-ai/core/session"
 import { AbsolutePath } from "@opencode-ai/core/schema"
 import { it } from "./lib/effect"
 
-type Api =
-  | {
-      readonly type: "aisdk"
-      readonly package: string
-      readonly url?: string
-      readonly settings?: Record<string, unknown>
-    }
-  | { readonly type: "native"; readonly url?: string; readonly settings: Record<string, unknown> }
+type Transport = {
+  readonly package: string
+  readonly aisdk?: true
+  readonly settings?: Record<string, unknown>
+}
 
-const model = (api: Api, variants: ModelV2.Info["variants"] = []) =>
+const model = (transport: Transport, variants?: NonNullable<ModelV2.Info["variants"]>) =>
   ModelV2.Info.make({
     id: ModelV2.ID.make("test-model"),
+    modelID: ModelV2.ID.make("api-test-model"),
     providerID: ProviderV2.ID.make("test-provider"),
     name: "Test model",
-    api: { id: ModelV2.ID.make("api-test-model"), ...api },
+    ...transport,
+    settings: { apiKey: "secret", ...transport.settings },
     capabilities: { tools: true, input: ["text"], output: ["text"] },
-    request: {
-      headers: { "x-test": "header" },
-      body: { apiKey: "secret", custom_extension: { enabled: true } },
-    },
+    headers: { "x-test": "header" },
+    body: { custom_extension: { enabled: true } },
     variants,
     time: { released: 0 },
     cost: [],
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ describe("SessionRunnerModel", () => {
   it.effect("maps catalog OpenAI AI SDK models into native Responses routes", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const resolved = yield* SessionRunnerModel.fromCatalogModel(
-        model({ type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai", url: "https://openai.example/v1" }),
+        model({ package: "@ai-sdk/openai", aisdk: true, settings: { baseURL: "https://openai.example/v1" } }),
       )
 
       expect(resolved).toMatchObject({ id: "api-test-model", provider: "test-provider" })
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ describe("SessionRunnerModel", () => {
   it.effect("keeps catalog apiKey credentials out of provider JSON", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const resolved = yield* SessionRunnerModel.fromCatalogModel(
-        model({ type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai", url: "https://openai.example/v1" }),
+        model({ package: "@ai-sdk/openai", aisdk: true, settings: { baseURL: "https://openai.example/v1" } }),
       )
       const prepared = yield* LLMClient.prepare(LLM.request({ model: resolved, prompt: "Hello" }))
 
@@ -77,12 +74,16 @@ describe("SessionRunnerModel", () => {
       const resolved = yield* SessionRunnerModel.fromCatalogModel(
         ModelV2.Info.make({
           ...model({
-            type: "aisdk",
             package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
-            url: "https://compatible.example/v1",
-            settings: { apiKey: "settings-secret", compatibility: "strict" },
+            aisdk: true,
+            settings: {
+              apiKey: "settings-secret",
+              baseURL: "https://compatible.example/v1",
+              compatibility: "strict",
+            },
           }),
-          request: { headers: {}, body: {} },
+          headers: {},
+          body: {},
         }),
       )
       const request = LLM.request({ model: resolved, prompt: "Hello" })
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ describe("SessionRunnerModel", () => {
 
   it.effect("overlays selected OpenAI Session variant bodies", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
-      const catalog = model({ type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai", url: "https://openai.example/v1" }, [
+      const catalog = model({ package: "@ai-sdk/openai", aisdk: true, settings: { baseURL: "https://openai.example/v1" } }, [
         {
           id: ModelV2.VariantID.make("high"),
           headers: { "x-variant": "high" },
@@ -144,7 +145,11 @@ describe("SessionRunnerModel", () => {
   it.effect("overlays selected OpenAI-compatible Session variant bodies", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const catalog = model(
-        { type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible", url: "https://compatible.example/v1" },
+        {
+          package: "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
+          aisdk: true,
+          settings: { baseURL: "https://compatible.example/v1" },
+        },
         [
           {
             id: ModelV2.VariantID.make("high"),
@@ -176,7 +181,7 @@ describe("SessionRunnerModel", () => {
 
   it.effect("rejects an explicit unavailable Session variant during model resolution", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
-      const catalog = model({ type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai", url: "https://openai.example/v1" })
+      const catalog = model({ package: "@ai-sdk/openai", aisdk: true, settings: { baseURL: "https://openai.example/v1" } })
       const session = SessionV2.Info.make({
         id: SessionV2.ID.make("ses_model_variant_unavailable"),
         projectID: ProjectV2.ID.global,
@@ -206,7 +211,7 @@ describe("SessionRunnerModel", () => {
 
   it.effect("overlays selected Anthropic Session variant bodies", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
-      const catalog = model({ type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic", url: "https://anthropic.example/v1" }, [
+      const catalog = model({ package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic", aisdk: true, settings: { baseURL: "https://anthropic.example/v1" } }, [
         {
           id: ModelV2.VariantID.make("high"),
           headers: {},
@@ -236,7 +241,7 @@ describe("SessionRunnerModel", () => {
   it.effect("maps catalog Anthropic AI SDK models into native routes", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const resolved = yield* SessionRunnerModel.fromCatalogModel(
-        model({ type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic", url: "https://anthropic.example/v1" }),
+        model({ package: "@ai-sdk/anthropic", aisdk: true, settings: { baseURL: "https://anthropic.example/v1" } }),
       )
 
       expect(resolved.route).toMatchObject({
@@ -250,8 +255,9 @@ describe("SessionRunnerModel", () => {
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const resolved = yield* SessionRunnerModel.fromCatalogModel(
         ModelV2.Info.make({
-          ...model({ type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai", url: "https://openai.example/v1" }),
-          request: { headers: {}, body: {} },
+          ...model({ package: "@ai-sdk/openai", aisdk: true, settings: { baseURL: "https://openai.example/v1" } }),
+          headers: {},
+          body: {},
         }),
         Credential.Key.make({ type: "key", key: "secret" }),
       )
@@ -273,8 +279,10 @@ describe("SessionRunnerModel", () => {
       const credential = Credential.Key.make({ type: "key", key: "stored-secret", metadata: { tenant: "work" } })
       const resolved = yield* SessionRunnerModel.fromCatalogModel(
         ModelV2.Info.make({
-          ...model({ type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai", url: "https://openai.example/v1" }),
-          request: { headers: {}, body: { apiKey: "configured-secret" } },
+          ...model({ package: "@ai-sdk/openai", aisdk: true, settings: { baseURL: "https://openai.example/v1" } }),
+          settings: { apiKey: "configured-secret", baseURL: "https://openai.example/v1" },
+          headers: {},
+          body: {},
         }),
         credential,
       )
@@ -287,23 +295,23 @@ describe("SessionRunnerModel", () => {
       })
 
       expect(headers.authorization).toBe("Bearer stored-secret")
-      expect(resolved.route.defaults.http?.body).toEqual({ tenant: "work" })
+      expect(resolved.route.defaults.http?.body).toEqual({})
     }),
   )
 
   it.effect("rejects catalog APIs without a native route", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const failure = yield* SessionRunnerModel.fromCatalogModel(
-        model({ type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/google", url: "https://google.example/v1" }),
+        model({ package: "@ai-sdk/google", aisdk: true, settings: { baseURL: "https://google.example/v1" } }),
       ).pipe(Effect.flip)
 
       expect(failure).toMatchObject({
-        _tag: "SessionRunnerModel.UnsupportedApiError",
+        _tag: "SessionRunnerModel.UnsupportedPackageError",
         providerID: "test-provider",
         modelID: "test-model",
-        api: "aisdk:@ai-sdk/google",
+        package: "aisdk:@ai-sdk/google",
       })
-      expect(failure.message).toBe("Unsupported API for test-provider/test-model: aisdk:@ai-sdk/google")
+      expect(failure.message).toBe("Unsupported package for test-provider/test-model: aisdk:@ai-sdk/google")
     }),
   )
 
@@ -311,15 +319,15 @@ describe("SessionRunnerModel", () => {
     Effect.sync(() => {
       expect(
         SessionRunnerModel.supported(
-          model({ type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/openai", url: "https://openai.example/v1" }),
+          model({ package: "@ai-sdk/openai", aisdk: true, settings: { baseURL: "https://openai.example/v1" } }),
         ),
       ).toBe(true)
       expect(
         SessionRunnerModel.supported(
-          model({ type: "aisdk", package: "@ai-sdk/google", url: "https://google.example/v1" }),
+          model({ package: "@ai-sdk/google", aisdk: true, settings: { baseURL: "https://google.example/v1" } }),
         ),
       ).toBe(false)
-      expect(SessionRunnerModel.supported(model({ type: "native", settings: {} }))).toBe(false)
+      expect(SessionRunnerModel.supported(model({ package: "native" }))).toBe(false)
     }),
   )
 })
diff --git a/packages/core/test/shared-schema.test.ts b/packages/core/test/shared-schema.test.ts
index 1d4cebb660..7bd8da8c58 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/shared-schema.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/shared-schema.test.ts
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ test("Core reuses the canonical shared schemas", async () => {
     [ModelV2.Family, Model.Family],
     [ModelV2.Capabilities, Model.Capabilities],
     [ModelV2.Cost, Model.Cost],
+    [ModelV2.Info, Model.Info],
     [ProviderV2.ID, Provider.ID],
     [ProviderV2.Request, Provider.Request],
+    [ProviderV2.Info, Provider.Info],
     [corePermission.Effect, Permission.Effect],
     [corePermission.Rule, Permission.Rule],
     [corePermission.Ruleset, Permission.Ruleset],
@@ -149,50 +151,15 @@ test("Core reuses the canonical shared schemas", async () => {
   for (const [core, shared] of schemas) expect(core).toBe(shared)
 
   expect(Agent.Info.empty(Agent.ID.make("test"))).toEqual(AgentV2.Info.empty(AgentV2.ID.make("test")))
+  expect(Model.Info.empty(Provider.ID.make("test"), Model.ID.make("model"))).toEqual(
+    ModelV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("test"), ModelV2.ID.make("model")),
+  )
+  expect(Provider.Info.empty(Provider.ID.make("test"))).toEqual(ProviderV2.Info.empty(ProviderV2.ID.make("test")))
   expect(Skill.Source.key(Skill.DirectorySource.make({ type: "directory", path: AbsolutePath.make("/tmp") }))).toBe(
     "directory:/tmp",
   )
 })
 
-test("shared provider schemas use flat package identity", () => {
-  expect(
-    Schema.decodeUnknownSync(Provider.Info)({
-      id: "openai",
-      name: "OpenAI",
-      package: "@opencode-ai/llm/providers/openai",
-      settings: { baseURL: "https://api.openai.com/v1" },
-      headers: { "x-application": "opencode" },
-      body: { service_tier: "priority" },
-    }),
-  ).toMatchObject({ package: "@opencode-ai/llm/providers/openai" })
-  expect(
-    Schema.decodeUnknownSync(Provider.Info)({
-      id: "legacy",
-      name: "Legacy",
-      package: "aisdk:@ai-sdk/openai",
-    }),
-  ).toMatchObject({ package: "aisdk:@ai-sdk/openai" })
-  expect(
-    Schema.decodeUnknownSync(Model.Info)({
-      id: "claude-sonnet",
-      modelID: "us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6",
-      providerID: "amazon-bedrock",
-      name: "Claude Sonnet",
-      package: "@opencode-ai/llm/providers/amazon-bedrock",
-      settings: { region: "us-west-2" },
-      headers: {},
-      body: { additionalModelRequestFields: { reasoning_config: { type: "enabled" } } },
-      capabilities: { tools: true, input: ["text"], output: ["text"] },
-      variants: [{ id: "max", settings: {}, body: { budget_tokens: 31999 } }],
-      time: { released: 0 },
-      cost: [],
-      status: "active",
-      enabled: true,
-      limit: { context: 200000, output: 64000 },
-    }),
-  ).toMatchObject({ id: "claude-sonnet", modelID: "us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6" })
-})
-
 test("shared record schemas construct and decode plain objects", () => {
   const made = Prompt.make({ text: "hello" })
   const decoded = Schema.decodeUnknownSync(Prompt)({ text: "hello" })
diff --git a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
index 3116c295f1..694e00560c 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
@@ -3986,47 +3986,35 @@ export type SessionMessage =
 
 export type ModelV2Info = {
   id: string
+  modelID?: string
   providerID: string
   family?: string
   name: string
-  api:
-    | {
-        id: string
-        type: "aisdk"
-        package: string
-        url?: string
-        settings?: {
-          [key: string]: unknown
-        }
-      }
-    | {
-        id: string
-        type: "native"
-        url?: string
-        settings: {
-          [key: string]: unknown
-        }
-      }
+  package?: string
+  aisdk?: true
+  settings?: {
+    [key: string]: unknown
+  }
+  headers?: {
+    [key: string]: string
+  }
+  body?: {
+    [key: string]: unknown
+  }
   capabilities: {
     tools: boolean
     input: Array<string>
     output: Array<string>
   }
-  request: {
-    headers: {
-      [key: string]: string
-    }
-    body: {
+  variants?: Array<{
+    id: string
+    settings?: {
       [key: string]: unknown
     }
-    variant?: string
-  }
-  variants: Array<{
-    id: string
-    headers: {
+    headers?: {
       [key: string]: string
     }
-    body: {
+    body?: {
       [key: string]: unknown
     }
   }>
@@ -4059,29 +4047,16 @@ export type ProviderV2Info = {
   integrationID?: string
   name: string
   disabled?: boolean
-  api:
-    | {
-        type: "aisdk"
-        package: string
-        url?: string
-        settings?: {
-          [key: string]: unknown
-        }
-      }
-    | {
-        type: "native"
-        url?: string
-        settings: {
-          [key: string]: unknown
-        }
-      }
-  request: {
-    headers: {
-      [key: string]: string
-    }
-    body: {
-      [key: string]: unknown
-    }
+  package: string
+  aisdk?: true
+  settings?: {
+    [key: string]: unknown
+  }
+  headers?: {
+    [key: string]: string
+  }
+  body?: {
+    [key: string]: unknown
   }
 }