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-import { getApiKey } from './storage.js';
-
-const BASE = 'https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions';
-const MASTER_PROMPT = 'minimal black and white line doodle, single stroke, white background, kawaii style';
-
-/**
- * Generates a single image frame via OpenRouter.
- * @param {Object} opts
- * @param {string} opts.model
- * @param {Array} opts.messages - chat history messages
- * @param {string} opts.imageSize - "1K" or "0.5K"
- * @param {string} opts.aspectRatio - e.g. "1:1"
- * @returns {Promise<{base64: string, assistantMsg: Object}>}
- */
-export async function generateFrame({ model, messages, imageSize, aspectRatio }) {
-  const isGemini = model.startsWith('google/');
-
-  const body = {
-    model,
-    messages,
-    modalities: ['image'],
-    image_config: {
-      aspect_ratio: aspectRatio,
-      image_size: imageSize,
-    },
-  };
-
-  if (!isGemini && imageSize === '0.5K') {
-    body.image_config.image_size = '1K';
-  }
-
-  const res = await fetch(BASE, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    headers: {
-      'Authorization': `Bearer ${getApiKey()}`,
-      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-      'HTTP-Referer': 'https://vibegif.lol',
-      'X-Title': 'vibegif.lol',
-    },
-    body: JSON.stringify(body),
-  });
-
-  if (!res.ok) {
-    const err = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
-    throw new Error(err?.error?.message || `API error ${res.status}`);
-  }
-
-  const data = await res.json();
-  const choice = data.choices?.[0];
-  if (!choice) throw new Error('No response from model');
-
-  const images = choice.message?.images;
-  if (!images?.length) throw new Error('No image in response. The model may have refused or returned text only.');
-
-  const url = images[0].image_url?.url || images[0].url;
-  if (!url) throw new Error('Could not parse image from response');
-
-  const base64 = url.startsWith('data:') ? url : `data:image/png;base64,${url}`;
-
-  const assistantMsg = {
-    role: 'assistant',
-    content: [
-      { type: 'image_url', image_url: { url: base64 } }
-    ]
-  };
-
-  return { base64, assistantMsg };
-}
-
-/**
- * Build the first user message (frame 1).
- */
-export function buildFirstMessage(userPrompt) {
-  return {
-    role: 'user',
-    content: `${MASTER_PROMPT}, ${userPrompt}`
-  };
-}
-
-/**
- * Build follow-up user message for subsequent frames.
- */
-export function buildNextMessage(frameIndex, frameCount) {
-  return {
-    role: 'user',
-    content: `imagine we are trying to create a ${frameCount} frame gif. generate the next meaningful frame (frame ${frameIndex} of ${frameCount})`
-  };
-}