From 14a817acf02705471674ba9e8b6f6c15809461ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:24:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] refactor: consume split TinyInference crates

Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 Cargo.lock                                           | 12 ++++++++----
 Cargo.toml                                           |  4 ++--
 crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml                    |  2 +-
 crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat.rs                   |  4 ++--
 crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat_host.rs              |  4 ++--
 crates/tinymemory-core/src/embedding_adapter.rs      |  4 ++--
 crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories.rs        |  2 +-
 crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories_tests.rs  | 11 +++++++----
 crates/tinymemory-core/src/test_seams.rs             |  4 ++--
 .../tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/factory.rs  |  2 +-
 crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/mod.rs   |  2 +-
 .../tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine.rs  |  4 ++--
 .../src/tree/tree_runtime/engine_tests.rs            |  6 +++---
 crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock                  | 12 ++++++++----
 crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml                  |  6 +++---
 crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat.rs                 |  8 ++++----
 crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat_test.rs            |  6 +++---
 crates/tinymemory-module/tests/module_e2e.rs         | 10 +++++-----
 vendor/tinycortex                                    |  2 +-
 vendor/tinyinference                                 |  2 +-
 20 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 89eb0def..51604445 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32497e9a4c7b38532efcdebeef879707aa9f794296a4f0244f6f69e9bc8574bd"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "getrandom 0.4.3",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.10.9",
  "thiserror",
  "tinycortex-api",
- "tinyinference",
+ "tinyinference-core",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
  "tracing",
@@ -1809,12 +1809,14 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "tinyinference"
+name = "tinyinference-core"
 version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "futures",
+ "hex",
  "httpdate",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
@@ -1822,6 +1824,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.11.0",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1906,7 +1910,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tinycortex",
  "tinycortex-api",
- "tinyinference",
+ "tinyinference-core",
  "tinymemory",
  "tinymemory-api",
  "tinymemory-conformance",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 64aee772..c650daaa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ tinymemory-api = { path = "crates/tinymemory-api" }
 # source onto the same checkout `tinymemory-core` resolves through crates.io so
 # both crates share one trait identity.
 [patch."https://github.com/tinyhumansai/tinyinference"]
-tinyinference = { path = "vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference" }
+tinyinference-core = { path = "vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-core" }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 tinycortex = { path = "vendor/tinycortex" }
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ tinycortex-api = { path = "vendor/tinycortex/api" }
 # `tinymemory-core` names the provider-neutral chat and embedding contracts
 # from TinyInference. It is not published, so standalone builds resolve the
 # version requirement to the pinned checkout here.
-tinyinference = { path = "vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference" }
+tinyinference-core = { path = "vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-core" }
 
 [profile.release]
 # Cross-crate optimization and smaller, faster binaries for release builds.
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml
index d9840c09..d8328125 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ tinycortex-api = { version = "0.1" }
 # Provider-neutral chat-model and embedding primitives used by the tree
 # summarizer and embedding factory. Agent runtime and session behavior do not
 # belong in the memory layer.
-tinyinference = "0.2"
+tinyinference-core = "0.2"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 async-trait = "0.1"
 # NO `git2` HERE, DELIBERATELY — do not add it back. `diff/` holds the ops and
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat.rs
index ae3137ce..7ef830fb 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 
 use crate::chat_host::{create_chat_model_with_model_id, provider_for_role, UsageInfo};
 use crate::Config;
-use tinyinference::message::Message;
-use tinyinference::model::{ChatModel, ModelRequest};
+use tinyinference_core::message::Message;
+use tinyinference_core::model::{ChatModel, ModelRequest};
 
 /// One pair of prompt messages handed to the memory LLM backend.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat_host.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat_host.rs
index 076779f4..e8773e1b 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat_host.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat_host.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //!
 //! # Why this trait is here and not in `tinymemory-api`
 //!
-//! It names [`tinyinference::model::ChatModel`], and the contract crate is
+//! It names [`tinyinference_core::model::ChatModel`], and the contract crate is
 //! deliberately dependency-light — it must not pull in an inference SDK. This
 //! crate already depends on TinyInference, so it is the one place that can name
 //! both the model trait and the config seam. The host implements it here.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
-use tinyinference::model::{ChatModel, ModelResponse};
+use tinyinference_core::model::{ChatModel, ModelResponse};
 
 use crate::Config;
 
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/embedding_adapter.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/embedding_adapter.rs
index 037f33c2..985e4fbc 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/embedding_adapter.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/embedding_adapter.rs
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 //! model trait onto the seam's [`EmbeddingProvider`].
 //!
 //! It lives in this crate rather than in `tinymemory-api` because the contract
-//! crate must stay dependency-light and cannot name `tinyinference`; and rather
+//! crate must stay dependency-light and cannot name `tinyinference-core`; and rather
 //! than in the host because the tree's embedder factory — which is core code —
 //! builds Ollama models directly and needs to wrap them. The host re-exports it
 //! from `inference::embeddings`, so every existing path there keeps resolving
 //! and keeps naming this one type.
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use tinyinference::embeddings::EmbeddingModel;
+use tinyinference_core::embeddings::EmbeddingModel;
 
 pub use tinymemory_api::host::{format_embedding_signature, EmbeddingProvider};
 
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories.rs
index 9272bde3..1a845e7d 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use rusqlite::Connection;
 use crate::embedding_host::require_embedding_host;
 use crate::store::namespace_store::UnifiedMemory;
 use crate::traits::Memory;
-use tinyinference::embeddings::{DEFAULT_OLLAMA_DIMENSIONS, DEFAULT_OLLAMA_MODEL};
+use tinyinference_core::embeddings::{DEFAULT_OLLAMA_DIMENSIONS, DEFAULT_OLLAMA_MODEL};
 use tinymemory_api::host::MemoryConfig;
 use tinymemory_api::host::{format_embedding_signature, EmbeddingProvider};
 use tinymemory_api::host::{EmbeddingRouteConfig, StorageProviderConfig};
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories_tests.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories_tests.rs
index f3a993aa..c5f45cdc 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories_tests.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ fn embedding_settings_local_overrides_memory_config() {
     assert_eq!(model, "nomic-embed-text:latest");
     assert_eq!(
         dims,
-        tinyinference::embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_DIMENSIONS,
+        tinyinference_core::embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_DIMENSIONS,
         "dimensions must default to Ollama default"
     );
 }
@@ -105,10 +105,13 @@ fn embedding_settings_local_with_empty_model_uses_default() {
     assert_eq!(provider, "ollama");
     assert_eq!(
         model,
-        tinyinference::embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_MODEL,
+        tinyinference_core::embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_MODEL,
         "empty model ID must fall back to default Ollama model"
     );
-    assert_eq!(dims, tinyinference::embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_DIMENSIONS);
+    assert_eq!(
+        dims,
+        tinyinference_core::embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_DIMENSIONS
+    );
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -223,7 +226,7 @@ async fn start_mock_ollama() -> String {
 /// the legacy `local_ai.usage.embeddings = true` flag was set. Used so
 /// the existing test scenarios continue to drive the local code path.
 fn local_embedding_for_test() -> &'static str {
-    tinyinference::embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_MODEL
+    tinyinference_core::embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_MODEL
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/test_seams.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/test_seams.rs
index 6f6defad..ade36ccb 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/test_seams.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/test_seams.rs
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ impl crate::chat_host::ChatHost for TestChatHost {
         _role: &str,
         _config: &Config,
         _temperature: f64,
-    ) -> Result<(Arc<dyn tinyinference::model::ChatModel<()>>, String), String> {
+    ) -> Result<(Arc<dyn tinyinference_core::model::ChatModel<()>>, String), String> {
         Err("TestChatHost does not build models — model routing is host behaviour".to_string())
     }
 
     fn usage_from_response(
         &self,
-        _response: &tinyinference::model::ModelResponse,
+        _response: &tinyinference_core::model::ModelResponse,
     ) -> Option<tinymemory_api::host::UsageInfo> {
         None
     }
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/factory.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/factory.rs
index 72aa74e5..294bd06a 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/factory.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/factory.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ use tinymemory_api::host::test_support::TestHostConfig;
 use super::{Embedder, InertEmbedder, ProviderEmbedder, EMBEDDING_DIM};
 use crate::embedding_host::require_embedding_host;
 use crate::Config;
-use tinyinference::embeddings::{OllamaEmbeddingModel, RECOMMENDED_OLLAMA_CONTEXT_TOKENS};
+use tinyinference_core::embeddings::{OllamaEmbeddingModel, RECOMMENDED_OLLAMA_CONTEXT_TOKENS};
 
 /// Cheap heuristic for "is a backend session reachable?" — the cloud
 /// embedder needs one and bails on first embed call without it. We use
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/mod.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/mod.rs
index 56cc6b75..9df7b0b1 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/mod.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub trait Embedder: Send + Sync {
 
 /// Adapts the canonical host embedding-provider contract to the legacy
 /// memory-tree embedder shape. Concrete network implementations live in
-/// `tinyinference::embeddings`; this bridge owns only dimension checks
+/// `tinyinference_core::embeddings`; this bridge owns only dimension checks
 /// and the memory tree's per-position batch fallback contract.
 pub struct ProviderEmbedder {
     inner: Box<dyn tinymemory_api::host::EmbeddingProvider>,
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine.rs
index 6d00d3f2..b05a4e3d 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use crate::engine::backend::tree::runtime::{
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Timelike, Utc};
-use tinyinference::message::Message;
-use tinyinference::model::{ChatModel, ModelRequest};
+use tinyinference_core::message::Message;
+use tinyinference_core::model::{ChatModel, ModelRequest};
 
 use crate::engine::engine_config;
 use crate::Config;
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine_tests.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine_tests.rs
index 54691fe6..a036542b 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine_tests.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::tree::tree_runtime::store;
 use chrono::TimeZone;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
-use tinyinference::model::ModelResponse;
+use tinyinference_core::model::ModelResponse;
 use tinymemory_api::host::test_support::TestHostConfig;
 
 struct RecordingModel {
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ impl ChatModel<()> for RecordingModel {
         &self,
         _state: &(),
         request: ModelRequest,
-    ) -> tinyinference::Result<ModelResponse> {
+    ) -> tinyinference_core::Result<ModelResponse> {
         self.requests.lock().unwrap().push(request);
         match &self.reply {
             Ok(reply) => Ok(ModelResponse::assistant(reply.clone())),
-            Err(message) => Err(tinyinference::Error::Model(message.clone())),
+            Err(message) => Err(tinyinference_core::Error::Model(message.clone())),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock b/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock
index d8f83c79..0d73d5cf 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock
@@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.10.9",
  "thiserror",
  "tinycortex-api",
- "tinyinference",
+ "tinyinference-core",
  "tokio",
  "toml 1.1.4+spec-1.1.0",
  "tracing",
@@ -1778,12 +1778,14 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "tinyinference"
+name = "tinyinference-core"
 version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "futures",
+ "hex",
  "httpdate",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
@@ -1791,6 +1793,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.11.0",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1852,7 +1856,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tinycortex",
  "tinycortex-api",
- "tinyinference",
+ "tinyinference-core",
  "tinymemory-api",
  "tinymemory-sources",
  "tinymemory-sync",
@@ -1877,7 +1881,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinybus",
  "tinybus-module",
  "tinycortex",
- "tinyinference",
+ "tinyinference-core",
  "tinymemory",
  "tinymemory-api",
  "tinymemory-bus",
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml b/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml
index 6a017b1b..b21b8eac 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ tinymemory-tinycortex = { path = "../tinymemory-tinycortex", features = ["memory
 # upstream, so a Linux or Windows artifact still compiles none of them.
 tinycortex = { version = "0.1", features = ["contacts"] }
 # Provider-neutral chat request and response types carried over TinyBus.
-tinyinference = "0.2"
+tinyinference-core = "0.2"
 # TinyBus provides the typed service interface and the dynamic module host ABI.
 # Reached by path now that this crate is its own workspace root: the nested
 # checkout's `[workspace.package]` resolves correctly from here.
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ tempfile = "3"
 tinymemory-api = { path = "../tinymemory-api" }
 
 [patch."https://github.com/tinyhumansai/tinyinference"]
-tinyinference = { path = "../../vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference" }
+tinyinference-core = { path = "../../vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-core" }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 tinycortex = { path = "../../vendor/tinycortex" }
 tinycortex-api = { path = "../../vendor/tinycortex/api" }
-tinyinference = { path = "../../vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference" }
+tinyinference-core = { path = "../../vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-core" }
 
 # Mirrors the root package's set. `unsafe_code = "forbid"` holds even though
 # `module_export!` emits `unsafe extern "C"` symbols: the macro's expansion
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat.rs b/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat.rs
index eb3509b2..704b92de 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use tinybus::Connection;
-use tinyinference::model::{ChatModel, ModelRequest, ModelResponse};
+use tinyinference_core::model::{ChatModel, ModelRequest, ModelResponse};
 
 use crate::ModuleConfig;
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl ChatModel<()> for BusChatModel {
         &self,
         _state: &(),
         request: ModelRequest,
-    ) -> tinyinference::Result<ModelResponse> {
+    ) -> tinyinference_core::Result<ModelResponse> {
         let proxy = self
             .connection
             .proxy(
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ impl ChatModel<()> for BusChatModel {
                 CHAT_HOST_OBJECT_PATH,
                 CHAT_HOST_INTERFACE,
             )
-            .map_err(|error| tinyinference::Error::Model(error.to_string()))?;
+            .map_err(|error| tinyinference_core::Error::Model(error.to_string()))?;
         proxy
             .call("Complete", (self.role.clone(), request))
             .await
-            .map_err(|error| tinyinference::Error::Model(error.to_string()))
+            .map_err(|error| tinyinference_core::Error::Model(error.to_string()))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat_test.rs b/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat_test.rs
index 6fd9910d..4297cce4 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat_test.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat_test.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 use tinybus::broker::Broker;
 use tinybus::transport::memory::MemoryBus;
 use tinybus::{Connection, Result as BusResult};
-use tinyinference::message::{AssistantMessage, ContentBlock, Message};
-use tinyinference::model::{ModelRequest, ModelResponse};
-use tinyinference::usage::Usage;
+use tinyinference_core::message::{AssistantMessage, ContentBlock, Message};
+use tinyinference_core::model::{ModelRequest, ModelResponse};
+use tinyinference_core::usage::Usage;
 
 use super::{BusChatHost, CHAT_HOST_BUS_NAME, CHAT_HOST_OBJECT_PATH};
 use crate::config::ModuleConfig;
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-module/tests/module_e2e.rs b/crates/tinymemory-module/tests/module_e2e.rs
index 574e8e36..afcdbabc 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-module/tests/module_e2e.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-module/tests/module_e2e.rs
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ impl HostChat {
     async fn complete(
         &self,
         _role: String,
-        _request: tinyinference::model::ModelRequest,
-    ) -> BusResult<tinyinference::model::ModelResponse> {
-        use tinyinference::message::{AssistantMessage, ContentBlock};
-        use tinyinference::usage::Usage;
+        _request: tinyinference_core::model::ModelRequest,
+    ) -> BusResult<tinyinference_core::model::ModelResponse> {
+        use tinyinference_core::message::{AssistantMessage, ContentBlock};
+        use tinyinference_core::usage::Usage;
 
         std::future::ready(()).await;
-        Ok(tinyinference::model::ModelResponse {
+        Ok(tinyinference_core::model::ModelResponse {
             message: AssistantMessage {
                 id: None,
                 content: vec![ContentBlock::Text("deterministic summary".into())],
diff --git a/vendor/tinycortex b/vendor/tinycortex
index 79131f27..508fb12e 160000
--- a/vendor/tinycortex
+++ b/vendor/tinycortex
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 79131f275cf98f06421fefd9dc812c5a63a5a182
+Subproject commit 508fb12e9f89f3f5963292f8a83256f5f6b8411e
diff --git a/vendor/tinyinference b/vendor/tinyinference
index cc8aca48..98f402af 160000
--- a/vendor/tinyinference
+++ b/vendor/tinyinference
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cc8aca484bb995fbab3b7358f0d72ab5056b587c
+Subproject commit 98f402afa426bbca8360c8e2dc68ca543421e1f2

From 0c97e5dfe1ee40774cf98d9aebb9811077b51005 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:32:49 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] chore: refresh inference dependencies

Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 Cargo.lock           | 14 +++++++-------
 vendor/tinycortex    |  2 +-
 vendor/tinyinference |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 51604445..87140516 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ checksum = "f079e83a288787bcd14a6aea84cee5c87a67c5a3e660c30f557a3d24761b3527"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chacha20"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.10.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d524456ba66e72eb8b115ff89e01e497f8e6d11d78b70b1aa13c0fbd97540a81"
+checksum = "65c35e4b699c7e15ccbe7ee35c005e4fc0a278d22238a2857e6ce2dadeda1b06"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "cpufeatures 0.3.0",
@@ -1436,9 +1436,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.23.43"
+version = "0.23.45"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0283386ce02abc0151e1761d08802dfe86c173b0b494af5cbc086574e453da06"
+checksum = "0d41d731c7d2f962d1ccc364cec258de3c0e93b38c2fb3ba97ac74513048d634"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "ring",
@@ -1460,9 +1460,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-webpki"
-version = "0.103.13"
+version = "0.103.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "61c429a8649f110dddef65e2a5ad240f747e85f7758a6bccc7e5777bd33f756e"
+checksum = "f3c3cf1d8b1e7d4927e2d154c3fcb02979afb9939629c62cd9048d4f07b60ac2"
 dependencies = [
  "ring",
  "rustls-pki-types",
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32497e9a4c7b38532efcdebeef879707aa9f794296a4f0244f6f69e9bc8574bd"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom 0.4.3",
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
diff --git a/vendor/tinycortex b/vendor/tinycortex
index 508fb12e..a225ba3a 160000
--- a/vendor/tinycortex
+++ b/vendor/tinycortex
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 508fb12e9f89f3f5963292f8a83256f5f6b8411e
+Subproject commit a225ba3ab5ae8154cb3d42a4eadac54af7d54bf3
diff --git a/vendor/tinyinference b/vendor/tinyinference
index 98f402af..6428931d 160000
--- a/vendor/tinyinference
+++ b/vendor/tinyinference
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 98f402afa426bbca8360c8e2dc68ca543421e1f2
+Subproject commit 6428931d2fb259e4135f3b4a0e96b29d97c92c7e

From 0f188186ec61698f45c4c90ad1d57e9f0e650695 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:40:22 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] chore: update inference review fixes

Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 vendor/tinycortex    | 2 +-
 vendor/tinyinference | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vendor/tinycortex b/vendor/tinycortex
index a225ba3a..7e6b6622 160000
--- a/vendor/tinycortex
+++ b/vendor/tinycortex
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a225ba3ab5ae8154cb3d42a4eadac54af7d54bf3
+Subproject commit 7e6b6622594f2aad73ad611f1d92ee10340cb16c
diff --git a/vendor/tinyinference b/vendor/tinyinference
index 6428931d..6f4f8497 160000
--- a/vendor/tinyinference
+++ b/vendor/tinyinference
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6428931d2fb259e4135f3b4a0e96b29d97c92c7e
+Subproject commit 6f4f8497afd14e01492afb20bd491cec44e6602f

From 3e360813d6e00a5fed08c559caac4bd1aca61657 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:55:26 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] chore: update inference test fix

Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 vendor/tinycortex    | 2 +-
 vendor/tinyinference | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vendor/tinycortex b/vendor/tinycortex
index 7e6b6622..0969d86d 160000
--- a/vendor/tinycortex
+++ b/vendor/tinycortex
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7e6b6622594f2aad73ad611f1d92ee10340cb16c
+Subproject commit 0969d86d40115ec503abf21a25b3309d153558b6
diff --git a/vendor/tinyinference b/vendor/tinyinference
index 6f4f8497..aaeb60ba 160000
--- a/vendor/tinyinference
+++ b/vendor/tinyinference
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6f4f8497afd14e01492afb20bd491cec44e6602f
+Subproject commit aaeb60ba841a9ce896b4f4617fb5936006b7ac95

From e3ee33b5e558e0322f57a9ec0a840a9b513171a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:59:54 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] chore: update inference policy boundary

Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 vendor/tinycortex    | 2 +-
 vendor/tinyinference | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vendor/tinycortex b/vendor/tinycortex
index 0969d86d..9a8167f9 160000
--- a/vendor/tinycortex
+++ b/vendor/tinycortex
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0969d86d40115ec503abf21a25b3309d153558b6
+Subproject commit 9a8167f9dcc48ad82a509c2cbf111f01c85b1b4c
diff --git a/vendor/tinyinference b/vendor/tinyinference
index aaeb60ba..792028b6 160000
--- a/vendor/tinyinference
+++ b/vendor/tinyinference
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit aaeb60ba841a9ce896b4f4617fb5936006b7ac95
+Subproject commit 792028b6be2515ab4967ffa57e663eaa52b018e9

From 46f92206bcd8b344ba87607d8c379d4373cda89f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:36:56 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] refactor: consume llm and embeddings crates

Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
---
 Cargo.lock                                    | 34 ++++++++++++++++---
 Cargo.toml                                    |  4 +++
 crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml             |  3 +-
 crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat.rs            |  4 +--
 crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat_host.rs       |  4 +--
 .../tinymemory-core/src/embedding_adapter.rs  |  4 +--
 crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories.rs |  2 +-
 .../src/store/factories_tests.rs              | 11 +++---
 crates/tinymemory-core/src/test_seams.rs      |  4 +--
 .../src/tree/score/embed/factory.rs           |  2 +-
 .../src/tree/score/embed/mod.rs               |  2 +-
 .../src/tree/tree_runtime/engine.rs           |  4 +--
 .../src/tree/tree_runtime/engine_tests.rs     |  6 ++--
 crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock           | 34 ++++++++++++++++---
 crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml           |  6 +++-
 crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat.rs          |  8 ++---
 crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat_test.rs     |  6 ++--
 crates/tinymemory-module/tests/module_e2e.rs  | 10 +++---
 vendor/tinycortex                             |  2 +-
 vendor/tinyinference                          |  2 +-
 20 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 87140516..11f353a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32497e9a4c7b38532efcdebeef879707aa9f794296a4f0244f6f69e9bc8574bd"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "getrandom 0.4.3",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
@@ -1793,7 +1793,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.10.9",
  "thiserror",
  "tinycortex-api",
- "tinyinference-core",
+ "tinyinference-embeddings",
+ "tinyinference-llm",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
  "tracing",
@@ -1813,16 +1814,38 @@ name = "tinyinference-core"
 version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "httpdate",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyinference-embeddings"
+version = "0.2.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tinyinference-core",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyinference-llm"
+version = "0.2.1"
+dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "futures",
- "hex",
- "httpdate",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.11.0",
  "thiserror",
+ "tinyinference-core",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "url",
@@ -1910,7 +1933,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tinycortex",
  "tinycortex-api",
- "tinyinference-core",
+ "tinyinference-embeddings",
+ "tinyinference-llm",
  "tinymemory",
  "tinymemory-api",
  "tinymemory-conformance",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c650daaa..eef04fb2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ tinymemory-api = { path = "crates/tinymemory-api" }
 # both crates share one trait identity.
 [patch."https://github.com/tinyhumansai/tinyinference"]
 tinyinference-core = { path = "vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-core" }
+tinyinference-embeddings = { path = "vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-embeddings" }
+tinyinference-llm = { path = "vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-llm" }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 tinycortex = { path = "vendor/tinycortex" }
@@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ tinycortex-api = { path = "vendor/tinycortex/api" }
 # from TinyInference. It is not published, so standalone builds resolve the
 # version requirement to the pinned checkout here.
 tinyinference-core = { path = "vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-core" }
+tinyinference-embeddings = { path = "vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-embeddings" }
+tinyinference-llm = { path = "vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-llm" }
 
 [profile.release]
 # Cross-crate optimization and smaller, faster binaries for release builds.
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml
index d8328125..3f399d93 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ tinycortex-api = { version = "0.1" }
 # Provider-neutral chat-model and embedding primitives used by the tree
 # summarizer and embedding factory. Agent runtime and session behavior do not
 # belong in the memory layer.
-tinyinference-core = "0.2"
+tinyinference-embeddings = "0.2"
+tinyinference-llm = "0.2"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 async-trait = "0.1"
 # NO `git2` HERE, DELIBERATELY — do not add it back. `diff/` holds the ops and
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat.rs
index 7ef830fb..bb20ee7f 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 
 use crate::chat_host::{create_chat_model_with_model_id, provider_for_role, UsageInfo};
 use crate::Config;
-use tinyinference_core::message::Message;
-use tinyinference_core::model::{ChatModel, ModelRequest};
+use tinyinference_llm::message::Message;
+use tinyinference_llm::model::{ChatModel, ModelRequest};
 
 /// One pair of prompt messages handed to the memory LLM backend.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat_host.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat_host.rs
index e8773e1b..f82912b3 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat_host.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/chat_host.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //!
 //! # Why this trait is here and not in `tinymemory-api`
 //!
-//! It names [`tinyinference_core::model::ChatModel`], and the contract crate is
+//! It names [`tinyinference_llm::model::ChatModel`], and the contract crate is
 //! deliberately dependency-light — it must not pull in an inference SDK. This
 //! crate already depends on TinyInference, so it is the one place that can name
 //! both the model trait and the config seam. The host implements it here.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
-use tinyinference_core::model::{ChatModel, ModelResponse};
+use tinyinference_llm::model::{ChatModel, ModelResponse};
 
 use crate::Config;
 
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/embedding_adapter.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/embedding_adapter.rs
index 985e4fbc..a9497a80 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/embedding_adapter.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/embedding_adapter.rs
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 //! model trait onto the seam's [`EmbeddingProvider`].
 //!
 //! It lives in this crate rather than in `tinymemory-api` because the contract
-//! crate must stay dependency-light and cannot name `tinyinference-core`; and rather
+//! crate must stay dependency-light and cannot name `tinyinference-llm`; and rather
 //! than in the host because the tree's embedder factory — which is core code —
 //! builds Ollama models directly and needs to wrap them. The host re-exports it
 //! from `inference::embeddings`, so every existing path there keeps resolving
 //! and keeps naming this one type.
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use tinyinference_core::embeddings::EmbeddingModel;
+use tinyinference_embeddings::EmbeddingModel;
 
 pub use tinymemory_api::host::{format_embedding_signature, EmbeddingProvider};
 
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories.rs
index 1a845e7d..827447aa 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use rusqlite::Connection;
 use crate::embedding_host::require_embedding_host;
 use crate::store::namespace_store::UnifiedMemory;
 use crate::traits::Memory;
-use tinyinference_core::embeddings::{DEFAULT_OLLAMA_DIMENSIONS, DEFAULT_OLLAMA_MODEL};
+use tinyinference_embeddings::{DEFAULT_OLLAMA_DIMENSIONS, DEFAULT_OLLAMA_MODEL};
 use tinymemory_api::host::MemoryConfig;
 use tinymemory_api::host::{format_embedding_signature, EmbeddingProvider};
 use tinymemory_api::host::{EmbeddingRouteConfig, StorageProviderConfig};
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories_tests.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories_tests.rs
index c5f45cdc..44fa0940 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/store/factories_tests.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ fn embedding_settings_local_overrides_memory_config() {
     assert_eq!(model, "nomic-embed-text:latest");
     assert_eq!(
         dims,
-        tinyinference_core::embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_DIMENSIONS,
+        tinyinference_embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_DIMENSIONS,
         "dimensions must default to Ollama default"
     );
 }
@@ -105,13 +105,10 @@ fn embedding_settings_local_with_empty_model_uses_default() {
     assert_eq!(provider, "ollama");
     assert_eq!(
         model,
-        tinyinference_core::embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_MODEL,
+        tinyinference_embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_MODEL,
         "empty model ID must fall back to default Ollama model"
     );
-    assert_eq!(
-        dims,
-        tinyinference_core::embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_DIMENSIONS
-    );
+    assert_eq!(dims, tinyinference_embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_DIMENSIONS);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -226,7 +223,7 @@ async fn start_mock_ollama() -> String {
 /// the legacy `local_ai.usage.embeddings = true` flag was set. Used so
 /// the existing test scenarios continue to drive the local code path.
 fn local_embedding_for_test() -> &'static str {
-    tinyinference_core::embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_MODEL
+    tinyinference_embeddings::DEFAULT_OLLAMA_MODEL
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/test_seams.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/test_seams.rs
index ade36ccb..8d9ace53 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/test_seams.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/test_seams.rs
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ impl crate::chat_host::ChatHost for TestChatHost {
         _role: &str,
         _config: &Config,
         _temperature: f64,
-    ) -> Result<(Arc<dyn tinyinference_core::model::ChatModel<()>>, String), String> {
+    ) -> Result<(Arc<dyn tinyinference_llm::model::ChatModel<()>>, String), String> {
         Err("TestChatHost does not build models — model routing is host behaviour".to_string())
     }
 
     fn usage_from_response(
         &self,
-        _response: &tinyinference_core::model::ModelResponse,
+        _response: &tinyinference_llm::model::ModelResponse,
     ) -> Option<tinymemory_api::host::UsageInfo> {
         None
     }
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/factory.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/factory.rs
index 294bd06a..87e52119 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/factory.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/factory.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ use tinymemory_api::host::test_support::TestHostConfig;
 use super::{Embedder, InertEmbedder, ProviderEmbedder, EMBEDDING_DIM};
 use crate::embedding_host::require_embedding_host;
 use crate::Config;
-use tinyinference_core::embeddings::{OllamaEmbeddingModel, RECOMMENDED_OLLAMA_CONTEXT_TOKENS};
+use tinyinference_embeddings::{OllamaEmbeddingModel, RECOMMENDED_OLLAMA_CONTEXT_TOKENS};
 
 /// Cheap heuristic for "is a backend session reachable?" — the cloud
 /// embedder needs one and bails on first embed call without it. We use
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/mod.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/mod.rs
index 9df7b0b1..3e5b2061 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/score/embed/mod.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub trait Embedder: Send + Sync {
 
 /// Adapts the canonical host embedding-provider contract to the legacy
 /// memory-tree embedder shape. Concrete network implementations live in
-/// `tinyinference_core::embeddings`; this bridge owns only dimension checks
+/// `tinyinference_llm::embeddings`; this bridge owns only dimension checks
 /// and the memory tree's per-position batch fallback contract.
 pub struct ProviderEmbedder {
     inner: Box<dyn tinymemory_api::host::EmbeddingProvider>,
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine.rs
index b05a4e3d..1c4c0b37 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use crate::engine::backend::tree::runtime::{
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Timelike, Utc};
-use tinyinference_core::message::Message;
-use tinyinference_core::model::{ChatModel, ModelRequest};
+use tinyinference_llm::message::Message;
+use tinyinference_llm::model::{ChatModel, ModelRequest};
 
 use crate::engine::engine_config;
 use crate::Config;
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine_tests.rs b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine_tests.rs
index a036542b..3853f002 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/src/tree/tree_runtime/engine_tests.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::tree::tree_runtime::store;
 use chrono::TimeZone;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
-use tinyinference_core::model::ModelResponse;
+use tinyinference_llm::model::ModelResponse;
 use tinymemory_api::host::test_support::TestHostConfig;
 
 struct RecordingModel {
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ impl ChatModel<()> for RecordingModel {
         &self,
         _state: &(),
         request: ModelRequest,
-    ) -> tinyinference_core::Result<ModelResponse> {
+    ) -> tinyinference_llm::Result<ModelResponse> {
         self.requests.lock().unwrap().push(request);
         match &self.reply {
             Ok(reply) => Ok(ModelResponse::assistant(reply.clone())),
-            Err(message) => Err(tinyinference_core::Error::Model(message.clone())),
+            Err(message) => Err(tinyinference_llm::Error::Model(message.clone())),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock b/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock
index 0d73d5cf..3ef19b21 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock
@@ -1762,7 +1762,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.10.9",
  "thiserror",
  "tinycortex-api",
- "tinyinference-core",
+ "tinyinference-embeddings",
+ "tinyinference-llm",
  "tokio",
  "toml 1.1.4+spec-1.1.0",
  "tracing",
@@ -1782,16 +1783,38 @@ name = "tinyinference-core"
 version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "httpdate",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyinference-embeddings"
+version = "0.2.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tinyinference-core",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyinference-llm"
+version = "0.2.1"
+dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "futures",
- "hex",
- "httpdate",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.11.0",
  "thiserror",
+ "tinyinference-core",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "url",
@@ -1856,7 +1879,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tinycortex",
  "tinycortex-api",
- "tinyinference-core",
+ "tinyinference-embeddings",
+ "tinyinference-llm",
  "tinymemory-api",
  "tinymemory-sources",
  "tinymemory-sync",
@@ -1881,7 +1905,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinybus",
  "tinybus-module",
  "tinycortex",
- "tinyinference-core",
+ "tinyinference-llm",
  "tinymemory",
  "tinymemory-api",
  "tinymemory-bus",
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml b/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml
index b21b8eac..e324b780 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ tinymemory-tinycortex = { path = "../tinymemory-tinycortex", features = ["memory
 # upstream, so a Linux or Windows artifact still compiles none of them.
 tinycortex = { version = "0.1", features = ["contacts"] }
 # Provider-neutral chat request and response types carried over TinyBus.
-tinyinference-core = "0.2"
+tinyinference-llm = "0.2"
 # TinyBus provides the typed service interface and the dynamic module host ABI.
 # Reached by path now that this crate is its own workspace root: the nested
 # checkout's `[workspace.package]` resolves correctly from here.
@@ -113,11 +113,15 @@ tinymemory-api = { path = "../tinymemory-api" }
 
 [patch."https://github.com/tinyhumansai/tinyinference"]
 tinyinference-core = { path = "../../vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-core" }
+tinyinference-embeddings = { path = "../../vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-embeddings" }
+tinyinference-llm = { path = "../../vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-llm" }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 tinycortex = { path = "../../vendor/tinycortex" }
 tinycortex-api = { path = "../../vendor/tinycortex/api" }
 tinyinference-core = { path = "../../vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-core" }
+tinyinference-embeddings = { path = "../../vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-embeddings" }
+tinyinference-llm = { path = "../../vendor/tinyinference/crates/tinyinference-llm" }
 
 # Mirrors the root package's set. `unsafe_code = "forbid"` holds even though
 # `module_export!` emits `unsafe extern "C"` symbols: the macro's expansion
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat.rs b/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat.rs
index 704b92de..d6cfea88 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use tinybus::Connection;
-use tinyinference_core::model::{ChatModel, ModelRequest, ModelResponse};
+use tinyinference_llm::model::{ChatModel, ModelRequest, ModelResponse};
 
 use crate::ModuleConfig;
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl ChatModel<()> for BusChatModel {
         &self,
         _state: &(),
         request: ModelRequest,
-    ) -> tinyinference_core::Result<ModelResponse> {
+    ) -> tinyinference_llm::Result<ModelResponse> {
         let proxy = self
             .connection
             .proxy(
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ impl ChatModel<()> for BusChatModel {
                 CHAT_HOST_OBJECT_PATH,
                 CHAT_HOST_INTERFACE,
             )
-            .map_err(|error| tinyinference_core::Error::Model(error.to_string()))?;
+            .map_err(|error| tinyinference_llm::Error::Model(error.to_string()))?;
         proxy
             .call("Complete", (self.role.clone(), request))
             .await
-            .map_err(|error| tinyinference_core::Error::Model(error.to_string()))
+            .map_err(|error| tinyinference_llm::Error::Model(error.to_string()))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat_test.rs b/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat_test.rs
index 4297cce4..cf85fb77 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat_test.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-module/src/chat_test.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 use tinybus::broker::Broker;
 use tinybus::transport::memory::MemoryBus;
 use tinybus::{Connection, Result as BusResult};
-use tinyinference_core::message::{AssistantMessage, ContentBlock, Message};
-use tinyinference_core::model::{ModelRequest, ModelResponse};
-use tinyinference_core::usage::Usage;
+use tinyinference_llm::message::{AssistantMessage, ContentBlock, Message};
+use tinyinference_llm::model::{ModelRequest, ModelResponse};
+use tinyinference_llm::usage::Usage;
 
 use super::{BusChatHost, CHAT_HOST_BUS_NAME, CHAT_HOST_OBJECT_PATH};
 use crate::config::ModuleConfig;
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-module/tests/module_e2e.rs b/crates/tinymemory-module/tests/module_e2e.rs
index afcdbabc..ff2960b5 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-module/tests/module_e2e.rs
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-module/tests/module_e2e.rs
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ impl HostChat {
     async fn complete(
         &self,
         _role: String,
-        _request: tinyinference_core::model::ModelRequest,
-    ) -> BusResult<tinyinference_core::model::ModelResponse> {
-        use tinyinference_core::message::{AssistantMessage, ContentBlock};
-        use tinyinference_core::usage::Usage;
+        _request: tinyinference_llm::model::ModelRequest,
+    ) -> BusResult<tinyinference_llm::model::ModelResponse> {
+        use tinyinference_llm::message::{AssistantMessage, ContentBlock};
+        use tinyinference_llm::usage::Usage;
 
         std::future::ready(()).await;
-        Ok(tinyinference_core::model::ModelResponse {
+        Ok(tinyinference_llm::model::ModelResponse {
             message: AssistantMessage {
                 id: None,
                 content: vec![ContentBlock::Text("deterministic summary".into())],
diff --git a/vendor/tinycortex b/vendor/tinycortex
index 9a8167f9..1ce63400 160000
--- a/vendor/tinycortex
+++ b/vendor/tinycortex
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9a8167f9dcc48ad82a509c2cbf111f01c85b1b4c
+Subproject commit 1ce634005c3f9315bf8e2b1faf0ea3f5404d356a
diff --git a/vendor/tinyinference b/vendor/tinyinference
index 792028b6..bb0f820a 160000
--- a/vendor/tinyinference
+++ b/vendor/tinyinference
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 792028b6be2515ab4967ffa57e663eaa52b018e9
+Subproject commit bb0f820a246874dff7fff2569d8679303d354fb0

From a55cfeae31175b0559ca358b1b21f2fb2ae9e1a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:57:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] chore: refresh TinyBus and TinyInference for module
 builds

---
 Cargo.lock                          | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml   |  4 +--
 crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml |  2 +-
 vendor/tinybus                      |  2 +-
 vendor/tinyinference                |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8c57a64b..08de8c9b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -302,6 +302,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "7.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8d57d423b3c82e89b9a24ca3091fee61f456a26edbd28d26c65906f4bc1dcd8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -1698,7 +1707,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "block2",
  "chrono",
- "dirs",
+ "dirs 7.0.0",
  "futures",
  "git2",
  "hex",
@@ -1735,7 +1744,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyinference-core"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "httpdate",
@@ -1744,9 +1753,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyinference-embeddings"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1759,7 +1770,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyinference-llm"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
@@ -1770,9 +1781,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.11.0",
  "thiserror",
  "tinyinference-core",
+ "tinytools-agent",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
- "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1841,7 +1852,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum",
  "chrono",
- "dirs",
+ "dirs 6.0.0",
  "log",
  "parking_lot",
  "rand 0.10.2",
@@ -1854,7 +1865,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "tinycortex",
- "tinycortex-api",
  "tinyinference-embeddings",
  "tinyinference-llm",
  "tinymemory",
@@ -1971,6 +1981,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinytools"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/tinyhumansai/tinytools?rev=a5d04a7f3af0abc1dd748f87f94871b36ae9fe71#a5d04a7f3af0abc1dd748f87f94871b36ae9fe71"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "async-trait",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinytools-agent"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/tinyhumansai/tinytools?rev=a5d04a7f3af0abc1dd748f87f94871b36ae9fe71#a5d04a7f3af0abc1dd748f87f94871b36ae9fe71"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tinytools",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.12.0"
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml
index 28a9b47c..b9d79dba 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ tinycortex = { version = "0.1", features = ["obsidian", "persona", "people", "sy
 # Provider-neutral chat-model and embedding primitives used by the tree
 # summarizer and embedding factory. Agent runtime and session behavior do not
 # belong in the memory layer.
-tinyinference-embeddings = "0.2"
-tinyinference-llm = "0.2"
+tinyinference-embeddings = "0.3"
+tinyinference-llm = "0.3"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 async-trait = "0.1"
 # NO `git2` HERE, DELIBERATELY — do not add it back. `diff/` holds the ops and
diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml b/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml
index e324b780..cddc6748 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ tinymemory-tinycortex = { path = "../tinymemory-tinycortex", features = ["memory
 # upstream, so a Linux or Windows artifact still compiles none of them.
 tinycortex = { version = "0.1", features = ["contacts"] }
 # Provider-neutral chat request and response types carried over TinyBus.
-tinyinference-llm = "0.2"
+tinyinference-llm = "0.3"
 # TinyBus provides the typed service interface and the dynamic module host ABI.
 # Reached by path now that this crate is its own workspace root: the nested
 # checkout's `[workspace.package]` resolves correctly from here.
diff --git a/vendor/tinybus b/vendor/tinybus
index 730b933b..b436e096 160000
--- a/vendor/tinybus
+++ b/vendor/tinybus
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 730b933b96f45fb99cfc4cdfd1e904e9393bdbf5
+Subproject commit b436e096b13aca68497ed881068a4ff96f4f7b19
diff --git a/vendor/tinyinference b/vendor/tinyinference
index 92445ea5..72d030db 160000
--- a/vendor/tinyinference
+++ b/vendor/tinyinference
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 92445ea582c9b1c5dc78891ebbff4a817f9e8fa9
+Subproject commit 72d030db6a5be9c0fbdefe5e3fef7adfe8737719

From 5b82e7126e5cdb77154ecbee3653b60eac2f6750 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:07:10 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] fix: refresh module lockfile and patched rustls

---
 crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock | 138 ++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock b/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock
index 3ef19b21..84e40d33 100644
--- a/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock
+++ b/crates/tinymemory-module/Cargo.lock
@@ -275,6 +275,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "7.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8d57d423b3c82e89b9a24ca3091fee61f456a26edbd28d26c65906f4bc1dcd8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -1349,9 +1358,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.23.43"
+version = "0.23.45"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0283386ce02abc0151e1761d08802dfe86c173b0b494af5cbc086574e453da06"
+checksum = "0d41d731c7d2f962d1ccc364cec258de3c0e93b38c2fb3ba97ac74513048d634"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "once_cell",
@@ -1489,15 +1498,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zmij",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_spanned"
-version = "0.6.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf41e0cfaf7226dca15e8197172c295a782857fcb97fad1808a166870dee75a3"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_spanned"
 version = "1.1.1"
@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tinybus-macros",
  "tokio",
- "toml 0.8.23",
+ "toml",
  "tracing",
  "ureq",
  "zip",
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "block2",
  "chrono",
- "dirs",
+ "dirs 7.0.0",
  "futures",
  "git2",
  "hex",
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyinference-embeddings",
  "tinyinference-llm",
  "tokio",
- "toml 1.1.4+spec-1.1.0",
+ "toml",
  "tracing",
  "uuid",
  "walkdir",
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyinference-core"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "httpdate",
@@ -1789,9 +1789,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyinference-embeddings"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1804,7 +1806,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyinference-llm"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
@@ -1815,9 +1817,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.11.0",
  "thiserror",
  "tinyinference-core",
+ "tinytools-agent",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
- "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1826,7 +1828,6 @@ version = "1.16.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
- "log",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tinymemory-api",
@@ -1865,8 +1866,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "chrono",
- "dirs",
- "futures",
+ "dirs 6.0.0",
  "log",
  "parking_lot",
  "rand",
@@ -1878,15 +1878,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.11.0",
  "thiserror",
  "tinycortex",
- "tinycortex-api",
  "tinyinference-embeddings",
  "tinyinference-llm",
  "tinymemory-api",
  "tinymemory-sources",
- "tinymemory-sync",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
- "url",
  "uuid",
  "walkdir",
 ]
@@ -1930,23 +1927,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "tinymemory-api",
  "tokio",
- "toml 1.1.4+spec-1.1.0",
+ "toml",
  "tracing",
  "uuid",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tinymemory-sync"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "chrono",
- "log",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tinymemory-tinycortex"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1975,6 +1961,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerovec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinytools"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/tinyhumansai/tinytools?rev=a5d04a7f3af0abc1dd748f87f94871b36ae9fe71#a5d04a7f3af0abc1dd748f87f94871b36ae9fe71"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "async-trait",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinytools-agent"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/tinyhumansai/tinytools?rev=a5d04a7f3af0abc1dd748f87f94871b36ae9fe71#a5d04a7f3af0abc1dd748f87f94871b36ae9fe71"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tinytools",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.12.0"
@@ -2041,18 +2049,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "toml"
-version = "0.8.23"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dc1beb996b9d83529a9e75c17a1686767d148d70663143c7854d8b4a09ced362"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
- "serde_spanned 0.6.9",
- "toml_datetime 0.6.11",
- "toml_edit",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "1.1.4+spec-1.1.0"
@@ -2061,20 +2057,11 @@ checksum = "3aace63f4bbcdfc2c965b059de67119c89c4017a70d633be6c104910f67056f5"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "serde_core",
- "serde_spanned 1.1.1",
- "toml_datetime 1.1.1+spec-1.1.0",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
  "toml_parser",
  "toml_writer",
- "winnow 1.0.4",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "toml_datetime"
-version = "0.6.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22cddaf88f4fbc13c51aebbf5f8eceb5c7c5a9da2ac40a13519eb5b0a0e8f11c"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
+ "winnow",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2086,35 +2073,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "toml_edit"
-version = "0.22.27"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "41fe8c660ae4257887cf66394862d21dbca4a6ddd26f04a3560410406a2f819a"
-dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
- "serde",
- "serde_spanned 0.6.9",
- "toml_datetime 0.6.11",
- "toml_write",
- "winnow 0.7.15",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_parser"
 version = "1.1.3+spec-1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1d38ac1cf9b95face32296c0a3ede1fdc270627c9d9c02a7274dd6d960dc4d56"
 dependencies = [
- "winnow 1.0.4",
+ "winnow",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "toml_write"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5d99f8c9a7727884afe522e9bd5edbfc91a3312b36a77b5fb8926e4c31a41801"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_writer"
 version = "1.1.2+spec-1.1.0"
@@ -2570,15 +2537,6 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winnow"
-version = "0.7.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "df79d97927682d2fd8adb29682d1140b343be4ac0f08fd68b7765d9c059d3945"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
 version = "1.0.4"