# Task ID: 78 **Title:** Create ProxyModel YAML Schema and Loader **Status:** done **Dependencies:** 71 ✓ **Priority:** high **Description:** Define the YAML schema for proxymodel definitions and implement the loader that reads from ~/.mcpctl/proxymodels/ and merges with built-ins. **Details:** Create `src/mcplocal/src/proxymodel/schema.ts`: ```typescript import { z } from 'zod'; export const ProxyModelSchema = z.object({ kind: z.literal('ProxyModel'), metadata: z.object({ name: z.string(), }), spec: z.object({ controller: z.string().optional().default('gate'), controllerConfig: z.record(z.unknown()).optional(), stages: z.array(z.object({ type: z.string(), config: z.record(z.unknown()).optional(), })), appliesTo: z.array(z.enum(['prompts', 'toolResults', 'resource'])).optional(), cacheable: z.boolean().optional().default(true), }), }); export type ProxyModelDefinition = z.infer; ``` Create `src/mcplocal/src/proxymodel/loader.ts`: ```typescript import { readdir, readFile } from 'fs/promises'; import { join } from 'path'; import { parse as parseYaml } from 'yaml'; import { ProxyModelSchema, type ProxyModelDefinition } from './schema'; import { getBuiltInProxyModels } from './built-in-models'; const PROXYMODELS_DIR = join(process.env.HOME ?? '', '.mcpctl', 'proxymodels'); export async function loadProxyModels(): Promise> { const models = new Map(); // Load built-ins first for (const [name, model] of getBuiltInProxyModels()) { models.set(name, model); } // Load local (overrides built-ins) try { const files = await readdir(PROXYMODELS_DIR); for (const file of files.filter(f => f.endsWith('.yaml') || f.endsWith('.yml'))) { const content = await readFile(join(PROXYMODELS_DIR, file), 'utf-8'); const parsed = parseYaml(content); const validated = ProxyModelSchema.parse(parsed); models.set(validated.metadata.name, validated); } } catch (e) { // Directory doesn't exist or can't be read - use built-ins only } return models; } ``` **Test Strategy:** Unit tests: valid YAML parses correctly, invalid YAML throws validation error, local models override built-ins with same name, missing directory doesn't throw. Create test fixtures for various YAML configurations.