feat(runner): let a target name its upstream model separately from its routing id

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Summary

The LLM client keys backends by model id, and the runner keeps one target per model id and llm client, dropping any duplicate with a warning. Two targets that address the same provider model therefore could not carry different settings. The case that surfaced this: an effort-tier pair for one model, gpt-5.6-sol at high as the cheap tier and at max as the strong tier, which #666 makes expressible per target but which collapsed into a single target as soon as both named the same model. The same limit blocks two headers, two endpoints, or two system prompts for one model.

Change

An optional model key on [targets.<name>]. The target's id remains its unique routing identity, used by routes, affinity, and the escalation latch; model is the provider model name sent upstream and defaults to id. The LLM client carries it on the model config as an upstream model name and substitutes it into the outbound body where it previously forced the routing id. A blank model is rejected when the deployment loads. Targets without the key are unchanged.

With #666 this makes effort-tier routing a pure configuration matter:

[targets.sol_high]
id = "sol-high"
model = "openai/openai/gpt-5.6-sol"
llm_client = "nvidia_responses"

[targets.sol_max]
id = "sol-max"
model = "openai/openai/gpt-5.6-sol"
llm_client = "nvidia_responses"
reasoning_effort = "max"

Tests

A client test asserts the mock upstream receives the configured upstream model name rather than the routing id. Runner tests load two targets sharing one provider model under distinct ids and check the blank rejection. Client and runner suites pass (126 tests); workspace clippy is clean with -D warnings.

Docs

The TOML schema reference gains the key in the target table. Changelog entry under Unreleased.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Targets can now use a provider model name separate from their routing ID.
  • Multiple targets can share one provider model while maintaining distinct settings.
  • Blank or whitespace-only provider model overrides are rejected.

• Documentation

  • Updated configuration reference to document the optional provider model field and its default behavior.

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Walkthrough

The change separates target routing IDs from provider-facing model names. ModelConfig rewrites outbound requests with the configured upstream name, while runner configuration validates and forwards optional target overrides. Tests and documentation cover the new behavior.

Changes

Upstream model routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Client upstream model mapping crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs	ModelConfig supports an optional upstream_model, resolves it with a fallback, and uses it in outbound requests. Tests cover gpt-tier routing to gpt.
Runner target configuration and documentation crates/switchyard-runner/src/config.rs, docs/reference/toml_schema.md, CHANGELOG.md	Targets accept and validate an optional provider model name. Tests cover shared upstream models and blank values. The schema and changelog describe the setting.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d48bd

The change maps routing IDs to provider model names while preserving per-target settings and rejecting blank overrides. Current risk is limited to correcting the schema wording and adding public-type documentation; no user-facing runtime defect is demonstrated.

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Docstring coverage is 71.43% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 14 functions across 2 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)

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Inline comments:
In `@crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs`:
- Around line 67-70: Add a concise type-level documentation comment for the
public ModelConfig struct describing its routing and backend invariant, while
retaining the existing upstream_model field comment. Do not replace the field
documentation or alter ModelConfig behavior.

In `@docs/reference/toml_schema.md`:
- Line 89: Update the `id` field description in the schema table to identify it
as the routing identifier, clarifying that providers receive `model` when
configured while `id` remains used for routing.

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