R Observatory: Metrics for llmhelper version 1.0.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

llmhelper

1.0.0Package record

Unified Interface for Large Language Model Interactions

0packages depend

1.8Kdownloads / year

0.9%test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Zaoqu LiuCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗Issues ↗

Provides a unified interface for interacting with Large Language Models (LLMs) through various providers including OpenAI https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference, Ollama https://ollama.com/, and other OpenAI-compatible APIs. Features include automatic connection testing, max_tokens limit auto-adjustment, structured JSON responses with schema validation, interactive JSON schema generation, prompt templating, and comprehensive diagnostics.

Changes in 1.0.0

Initial CRAN Release

New Features

llm_provider(): Create OpenAI-compatible LLM providers with automatic connection testing and max_tokens auto-adjustment
llm_ollama(): Create Ollama LLM providers with auto-download capability for missing models
get_llm_response(): Unified interface for getting text or JSON responses from LLMs
build_prompt(): Template-based prompt construction using glue syntax
set_prompt(): Create structured prompts with system and user messages
generate_json_schema(): Interactive JSON schema generation through LLM conversation
extract_schema_only(): Extract schema portion from generated results
diagnose_llm_connection(): Comprehensive diagnostics for LLM connection issues
ollama_list_models(): List available Ollama models
ollama_download_model(): Download models from Ollama registry

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ollama_delete_model(): Remove models from Ollama

Provider Support

OpenAI API
Ollama (local LLM server)
DeepSeek API
Any OpenAI-compatible API endpoints

Key Capabilities

Automatic max_tokens limit detection and adjustment
Structured JSON response with schema validation
Multiple test modes: full, http_only, skip
Retry mechanism with configurable attempts
Clean chat history management
Verbose logging and debugging options

From NEWS.md in the release

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("llmhelper", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("Zaoqu-Liu/llmhelper")

Development version from Zaoqu-Liu/llmhelper. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-llmhelper

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-llmhelper

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-llmhelper

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 1.3 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 1.0.0

READMEYes · 303 wordsVignettesNoNEWSYes · 67% structured · mentions 1.0.0Citation fileYes · software entry onlyWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 19 (6 internal)includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 33%1 run in a plain check · 2 never run
Exported functions with examples: 23%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 0%

How these are measured

Downloads

1.8K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #23,761 · ~5/day · ~152/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

19830 days

53790 days

1.8K1 year

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Also on51 r2u3 autocran

How downloads are counted

Repository

zaoqu-liu/llmhelper ↗Account: Zaoqu-Liu

0Stars

0Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

0Releases

Last activity 2026-01-27

Responsiveness

not measured

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

5 development-tooling and community-health practices detected across 3 families in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/zaoqu-liu/llmhelper on 2026-10-22.

Continuous integration (2)

GitHub ActionsR CMD check workflow

The R CMD check workflow runs on Linux

CRAN release process (2)

cran-comments.mdCRAN-SUBMISSION

Lint, format, editor (1)

RStudio project

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v4 (2026-10-20)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

11 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing llmhelper adds 28 packages (18 with compiled code, 20 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: stringi 11 MB, openssl 1.1 MB, jsonlite 1.0 MB.

Depends (1)

R >= 4.1.0

Imports (10)

cli dplyr glue httr httr2 jsonlite purrr stringr tibble tidyprompt

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (1)

testthat

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Zaoqu Liu

Author, Maintainer since 1.0.0 (2026)

Releases (1)

R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
1.0.0Latest
record
2026-01-31 · current release
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2026-01-31
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: GPL (>= 3) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.1.0
Download size: 24 KB

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' entry:

citation("llmhelper")

The package provides a citation file, so citation() returns the authors' own entry.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for llmhelper version 1.0.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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