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+import { getImagesApiProvider } from "./images-api-registry.js";
+import type {
+	AssistantImages,
+	AssistantImagesEventStream,
+	ImagesApi,
+	ImagesContext,
+	ImagesModel,
+	ImagesOptions,
+	ProviderImagesOptions,
+} from "./types.js";
+
+function resolveImagesApiProvider(api: ImagesApi) {
+	const provider = getImagesApiProvider(api);
+	if (!provider) {
+		throw new Error(`No API provider registered for api: ${api}`);
+	}
+	return provider;
+}
+
+export function images<TApi extends ImagesApi>(
+	model: ImagesModel<TApi>,
+	context: ImagesContext,
+	options?: ProviderImagesOptions,
+): AssistantImagesEventStream {
+	const provider = resolveImagesApiProvider(model.api);
+	return provider.images(model, context, options as ImagesOptions);
+}
+
+export async function completeImages<TApi extends ImagesApi>(
+	model: ImagesModel<TApi>,
+	context: ImagesContext,
+	options?: ProviderImagesOptions,
+): Promise<AssistantImages> {
+	const s = images(model, context, options);
+	return s.result();
+}