Description

Connect the AI Experiments plugin with the WP AI Client SDK (and its underlying PHP AI Client SDK) to establish a unified service layer that experimental features can use to communicate with AI providers. This integration will form the foundation for running AI-powered tasks, managing provider configuration, and handling fallbacks when no provider is available.

Goals

• Add the WP AI Client SDK as a Composer dependency.
• Initialize a dedicated service class (for example, AI_Connection_Manager) to manage provider configuration and requests through the WP AI Client SDK.
• Expose a consistent interface for experimental features to register, request, and run AI tasks using the SDK.
• Include simple detection and handling for available providers, supporting both user-configured and pre-configured setups.
• Provide hooks and filters for developers or hosts to override configuration behavior.
• Add inline documentation and example usage demonstrating how features interact with the connection layer.

Design Considerations

• Integration should remain centralized so that each feature module can use the SDK through a shared connection layer rather than duplicating logic.
• Maintain alignment with the plugin’s encapsulation principles: each feature should be able to depend on the connection service without introducing tight coupling.
• Use dependency injection and clean class structure to ensure the system is testable, extendable, and maintainable.

Acceptance Criteria

• WP AI Client SDK initializes successfully and can complete a basic test request when a provider is configured.
• Plugin detects and handles the absence of a configured provider gracefully.
• Feature modules can call the service to perform AI tasks using a standard method (for example, AI_Service::run_text_task()).
• Integration is documented and passes WordPress coding standards.