diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/session/llm-native.ts b/packages/opencode/src/session/llm-native.ts
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+import * as LLMCore from "@opencode-ai/llm/llm"
+import type { Message as CoreMessage } from "@opencode-ai/llm/schema"
+import { Effect, Schema } from "effect"
+import { ProviderLLMBridge } from "@/provider/llm-bridge"
+import type { Provider } from "@/provider"
+import type { MessageV2 } from "./message-v2"
+
+export class UnsupportedModelError extends Schema.TaggedErrorClass<UnsupportedModelError>()(
+  "LLMNative.UnsupportedModelError",
+  {
+    providerID: Schema.String,
+    modelID: Schema.String,
+  },
+) {
+  override get message() {
+    return `No native LLM route for ${this.providerID}/${this.modelID}`
+  }
+}
+
+export type RequestInput = {
+  readonly id?: string
+  readonly provider: Provider.Info
+  readonly model: Provider.Model
+  readonly system?: ReadonlyArray<string>
+  readonly messages: ReadonlyArray<MessageV2.WithParts>
+  readonly generation?: LLMCore.RequestInput["generation"]
+  readonly metadata?: Record<string, unknown>
+  readonly native?: Record<string, unknown>
+}
+
+const isDefined = <T>(value: T | undefined): value is T => value !== undefined
+
+const textContent = (message: MessageV2.WithParts) =>
+  message.parts.flatMap((part) => (part.type === "text" && !part.ignored ? [LLMCore.text(part.text)] : []))
+
+const message = (input: MessageV2.WithParts): CoreMessage | undefined => {
+  const content = textContent(input)
+  if (content.length === 0) return undefined
+  return LLMCore.message({
+    id: input.info.id,
+    role: input.info.role,
+    content,
+    native: {
+      opencodeMessageID: input.info.id,
+    },
+  })
+}
+
+export const request = Effect.fn("LLMNative.request")(function* (input: RequestInput) {
+  const model = ProviderLLMBridge.toModelRef({ provider: input.provider, model: input.model })
+  if (!model) {
+    return yield* new UnsupportedModelError({
+      providerID: input.provider.id,
+      modelID: input.model.id,
+    })
+  }
+
+  return LLMCore.request({
+    id: input.id,
+    model,
+    system: input.system?.filter((part) => part.trim() !== "").map(LLMCore.system) ?? [],
+    messages: input.messages.map(message).filter(isDefined),
+    tools: [],
+    generation: input.generation,
+    metadata: input.metadata,
+    native: {
+      opencodeProviderID: input.provider.id,
+      opencodeModelID: input.model.id,
+      ...input.native,
+    },
+  })
+})
+
+export * as LLMNative from "./llm-native"
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/session/llm-native.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/session/llm-native.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { Effect } from "effect"
+import { ModelID, ProviderID } from "../../src/provider/schema"
+import { LLMNative } from "../../src/session/llm-native"
+import { MessageID, PartID, SessionID } from "../../src/session/schema"
+import { ProviderTest } from "../fake/provider"
+import type { MessageV2 } from "../../src/session/message-v2"
+import type { Provider } from "../../src/provider"
+
+const sessionID = SessionID.descending()
+
+const model = (input: Partial<Provider.Model> = {}) =>
+  ProviderTest.model({
+    id: ModelID.make("gpt-5"),
+    providerID: ProviderID.openai,
+    api: { id: "gpt-5", url: "https://api.openai.com/v1", npm: "@ai-sdk/openai" },
+    ...input,
+  })
+
+const textPart = (messageID: MessageID, text: string, input: Partial<MessageV2.TextPart> = {}): MessageV2.TextPart => ({
+  id: PartID.ascending(),
+  sessionID,
+  messageID,
+  type: "text",
+  text,
+  ...input,
+})
+
+const userMessage = (mdl: Provider.Model, id: MessageID, parts: MessageV2.Part[]): MessageV2.WithParts => {
+  return {
+    info: {
+      id,
+      sessionID,
+      role: "user",
+      time: { created: 1 },
+      agent: "build",
+      model: { providerID: mdl.providerID, modelID: mdl.id },
+    },
+    parts,
+  }
+}
+
+const assistantMessage = (
+  mdl: Provider.Model,
+  id: MessageID,
+  parentID: MessageID,
+  parts: MessageV2.Part[],
+): MessageV2.WithParts => {
+  return {
+    info: {
+      id,
+      sessionID,
+      role: "assistant",
+      time: { created: 2 },
+      parentID,
+      modelID: mdl.id,
+      providerID: mdl.providerID,
+      mode: "build",
+      agent: "build",
+      path: { cwd: "/tmp/project", root: "/tmp/project" },
+      cost: 0,
+      tokens: { input: 0, output: 0, reasoning: 0, cache: { read: 0, write: 0 } },
+    },
+    parts,
+  }
+}
+
+describe("LLMNative.request", () => {
+  test("builds a text-only native LLM request", async () => {
+    const mdl = model()
+    const provider = ProviderTest.info({ id: ProviderID.openai, key: "openai-key" }, mdl)
+    const userID = MessageID.ascending()
+    const assistantID = MessageID.ascending()
+
+    const request = await Effect.runPromise(
+      LLMNative.request({
+        id: "request-1",
+        provider,
+        model: mdl,
+        system: ["You are concise.", ""],
+        generation: { maxTokens: 123, temperature: 0.2, topP: 0.9 },
+        messages: [
+          userMessage(mdl, userID, [textPart(userID, "ignored", { ignored: true }), textPart(userID, "Hello")]),
+          assistantMessage(mdl, assistantID, userID, [textPart(assistantID, "Hi")]),
+        ],
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect(request).toMatchObject({
+      id: "request-1",
+      model: {
+        id: "gpt-5",
+        provider: "openai",
+        protocol: "openai-responses",
+        headers: { authorization: "Bearer openai-key" },
+      },
+      system: [{ type: "text", text: "You are concise." }],
+      generation: { maxTokens: 123, temperature: 0.2, topP: 0.9 },
+      tools: [],
+    })
+    expect(request.messages.map((message) => ({ id: message.id, role: message.role, content: message.content }))).toEqual([
+      { id: userID, role: "user", content: [{ type: "text", text: "Hello" }] },
+      { id: assistantID, role: "assistant", content: [{ type: "text", text: "Hi" }] },
+    ])
+  })
+})