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# ai.choice@1 · OpenVibe.Services

HTML: [ai.choice@1 · OpenVibe.Services](https://openvibe.services/docs/contracts/ai.choice)

# AiChoiceV1 `ai.choice@1`

Generated at 2026-11-13 06:25:48 UTC from [`openvibe-contracts v0.419.0`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Contracts/tree/v0.419.0) and [`openvibe-sdk v0.161.0`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.SDK/tree/v0.161.0).

- Version: 1.0.0
- Owner: ai
- Visibility: public
- Status: active
- Compatibility: backward
- Decision: [ADR-001](/docs/adr/ADR-001)
- Schema: [`https://openvibe.network/contracts/ai/choice.v1.json`](/docs/contracts/ai.choice.json)

One model and where it comes from, for a task or a run: OpenVibe's supply (openvibe), the person's own provider key (keys), or one of their own computers through OpenVibe Link (machines). A machine choice names the machine; the other sources never do. Used by ai.run-request@1, ai.task@1 and ai.task-defaults@1.

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Description | Constraints |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `model` | string | yes |  | - `pattern ^[a-zA-Z0-9._:/@+\-]{1,200}$` |
| `source` | enum | yes |  | - `one of "openvibe", "keys", "machines"` |
| `machine` | string |  |  | - `pattern ^(any\|dev_[0-9A-HJKMNP-TV-Z]{26})$` |

## Examples

From the contract's own test fixtures: valid ones validate, rejected ones must fail.

 Valid: basic

~~~~
{
  "model": "anthropic/claude-opus-5-5",
  "source": "openvibe"
}
~~~~

Rejected: basic

~~~~
{
  "model": "llama",
  "source": "machines"
}
~~~~

## Validate

~~~~
const contracts = require('openvibe-contracts');
contracts.validate('ai.choice@1', value);   // { valid, errors: [{ path, message }] }
~~~~