Refactor command argument building and parsing

pkg/backends/llamacpp/llama.go

@@ -313,10 +313,18 @@ func (o *LlamaServerOptions) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// BuildCommandArgs converts InstanceOptions to command line arguments using the common builder
+// BuildCommandArgs converts InstanceOptions to command line arguments
 func (o *LlamaServerOptions) BuildCommandArgs() []string {
-	config := backends.ArgsBuilderConfig{
+	// Llama uses multiple flags for arrays by default (not comma-separated)
-		SliceHandling: backends.SliceAsMultipleFlags, // Llama uses multiple flags for arrays
+	multipleFlags := map[string]bool{
+		"override-tensor":       true,
+		"override-kv":           true,
+		"lora":                  true,
+		"lora-scaled":           true,
+		"control-vector":        true,
+		"control-vector-scaled": true,
+		"dry-sequence-breaker":  true,
+		"logit-bias":            true,
 	}
-	return backends.BuildCommandArgs(o, config)
+	return backends.BuildCommandArgs(o, multipleFlags)
 }

pkg/backends/llamacpp/parser.go

@@ -11,22 +11,21 @@ import (
 // 3. Args only: "--model file.gguf --gpu-layers 32"
 // 4. Multiline commands with backslashes
 func ParseLlamaCommand(command string) (*LlamaServerOptions, error) {
-	config := backends.CommandParserConfig{
+	executableNames := []string{"llama-server"}
-		ExecutableNames: []string{"llama-server"},
+	var subcommandNames []string // Llama has no subcommands
-		MultiValuedFlags: map[string]struct{}{
+	multiValuedFlags := map[string]bool{
-			"override_tensor":       {},
+		"override_tensor":       true,
-			"override_kv":           {},
+		"override_kv":           true,
-			"lora":                  {},
+		"lora":                  true,
-			"lora_scaled":           {},
+		"lora_scaled":           true,
-			"control_vector":        {},
+		"control_vector":        true,
-			"control_vector_scaled": {},
+		"control_vector_scaled": true,
-			"dry_sequence_breaker":  {},
+		"dry_sequence_breaker":  true,
-			"logit_bias":            {},
+		"logit_bias":            true,
-		},
 	}
 
 	var llamaOptions LlamaServerOptions
-	if err := backends.ParseCommand(command, config, &llamaOptions); err != nil {
+	if err := backends.ParseCommand(command, executableNames, subcommandNames, multiValuedFlags, &llamaOptions); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 

pkg/backends/mlx/mlx.go

@@ -106,10 +106,8 @@ func (o *MlxServerOptions) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// BuildCommandArgs converts to command line arguments using the common builder
+// BuildCommandArgs converts to command line arguments
 func (o *MlxServerOptions) BuildCommandArgs() []string {
-	config := backends.ArgsBuilderConfig{
+	multipleFlags := map[string]bool{} // MLX doesn't currently have []string fields
-		SliceHandling: backends.SliceAsMultipleFlags, // MLX doesn't currently have []string fields, but default to multiple flags
+	return backends.BuildCommandArgs(o, multipleFlags)
-	}
-	return backends.BuildCommandArgs(o, config)
 }

pkg/backends/mlx/parser.go

@@ -11,27 +11,14 @@ import (
 // 3. Args only: "--model model/path --host 0.0.0.0"
 // 4. Multiline commands with backslashes
 func ParseMlxCommand(command string) (*MlxServerOptions, error) {
-	config := backends.CommandParserConfig{
+	executableNames := []string{"mlx_lm.server"}
-		ExecutableNames:  []string{"mlx_lm.server"},
+	var subcommandNames []string // MLX has no subcommands
-		MultiValuedFlags: map[string]struct{}{}, // MLX has no multi-valued flags
+	multiValuedFlags := map[string]bool{} // MLX has no multi-valued flags
-	}
 
 	var mlxOptions MlxServerOptions
-	if err := backends.ParseCommand(command, config, &mlxOptions); err != nil {
+	if err := backends.ParseCommand(command, executableNames, subcommandNames, multiValuedFlags, &mlxOptions); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return &mlxOptions, nil
 }
-
-// isValidLogLevel validates MLX log levels
-func isValidLogLevel(level string) bool {
-	validLevels := []string{"DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL"}
-	for _, valid := range validLevels {
-		if level == valid {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-

pkg/backends/parser.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package backends
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -11,327 +10,41 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// CommandParserConfig holds configuration for parsing command line arguments
+// ParseCommand parses a command string into a target struct
-type CommandParserConfig struct {
+func ParseCommand(command string, executableNames []string, subcommandNames []string, multiValuedFlags map[string]bool, target any) error {
-	// ExecutableNames are the names of executables to detect (e.g., "llama-server", "mlx_lm.server")
+	// Normalize multiline commands
-	ExecutableNames []string
+	command = normalizeCommand(command)
-	// SubcommandNames are optional subcommands (e.g., "serve" for vllm)
+	if command == "" {
-	SubcommandNames []string
-	// MultiValuedFlags are flags that can accept multiple values
-	MultiValuedFlags map[string]struct{}
-}
-
-// ParseCommand parses a command string using the provided configuration
-func ParseCommand(command string, config CommandParserConfig, target any) error {
-	// 1. Normalize the command - handle multiline with backslashes
-	trimmed := normalizeMultilineCommand(command)
-	if trimmed == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("command cannot be empty")
 	}
 
-	// 2. Extract arguments from command
+	// Extract arguments
-	args, err := extractArgumentsFromCommand(trimmed, config)
+	args, err := extractArgs(command, executableNames, subcommandNames)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// 3. Parse arguments into map
+	// Parse flags into map
-	options := make(map[string]any)
+	options, err := parseFlags(args, multiValuedFlags)
-
+	if err != nil {
-	i := 0
+		return err
-	for i < len(args) {
-		arg := args[i]
-
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(arg, "-") { // skip positional / stray values
-			i++
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// Reject malformed flags with more than two leading dashes (e.g. ---model) to surface user mistakes
-		if strings.HasPrefix(arg, "---") {
-			return fmt.Errorf("malformed flag: %s", arg)
-		}
-
-		// Unified parsing for --flag=value vs --flag value
-		var rawFlag, rawValue string
-		hasEquals := false
-		if strings.Contains(arg, "=") {
-			parts := strings.SplitN(arg, "=", 2)
-			rawFlag = parts[0]
-			rawValue = parts[1] // may be empty string
-			hasEquals = true
-		} else {
-			rawFlag = arg
-		}
-
-		flagCore := strings.TrimPrefix(strings.TrimPrefix(rawFlag, "-"), "-")
-		flagName := strings.ReplaceAll(flagCore, "-", "_")
-
-		// Detect value if not in equals form
-		valueProvided := hasEquals
-		if !hasEquals {
-			if i+1 < len(args) && !isFlag(args[i+1]) { // next token is value
-				rawValue = args[i+1]
-				valueProvided = true
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Determine if multi-valued flag
-		_, isMulti := config.MultiValuedFlags[flagName]
-
-		// Normalization helper: ensure slice for multi-valued flags
-		appendValue := func(valStr string) {
-			if existing, ok := options[flagName]; ok {
-				// Existing value; ensure slice semantics for multi-valued flags or repeated occurrences
-				if slice, ok := existing.([]string); ok {
-					options[flagName] = append(slice, valStr)
-					return
-				}
-				// Convert scalar to slice
-				options[flagName] = []string{fmt.Sprintf("%v", existing), valStr}
-				return
-			}
-			// First value
-			if isMulti {
-				options[flagName] = []string{valStr}
-			} else {
-				// We'll parse type below for single-valued flags
-				options[flagName] = valStr
-			}
-		}
-
-		if valueProvided {
-			// Use raw token for multi-valued flags; else allow typed parsing
-			appendValue(rawValue)
-			if !isMulti { // convert to typed value if scalar
-				if strVal, ok := options[flagName].(string); ok { // still scalar
-					options[flagName] = parseValue(strVal)
-				}
-			}
-			// Advance index: if we consumed a following token as value (non equals form), skip it
-			if !hasEquals && i+1 < len(args) && rawValue == args[i+1] {
-				i += 2
-			} else {
-				i++
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// Boolean flag (no value)
-		options[flagName] = true
-		i++
 	}
 
-	// 4. Convert to target struct using JSON marshaling
+	// Convert to target struct via JSON
 	jsonData, err := json.Marshal(options)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal parsed options: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal options: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(jsonData, target); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse command options: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal to target: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-// parseValue attempts to parse a string value into the most appropriate type
+// BuildCommandArgs converts a struct to command line arguments
-func parseValue(value string) any {
+func BuildCommandArgs(options any, multipleFlags map[string]bool) []string {
-	// Surrounding matching quotes (single or double)
-	if l := len(value); l >= 2 {
-		if (value[0] == '"' && value[l-1] == '"') || (value[0] == '\'' && value[l-1] == '\'') {
-			value = value[1 : l-1]
-		}
-	}
-
-	lower := strings.ToLower(value)
-	if lower == "true" {
-		return true
-	}
-	if lower == "false" {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	if intVal, err := strconv.Atoi(value); err == nil {
-		return intVal
-	}
-	if floatVal, err := strconv.ParseFloat(value, 64); err == nil {
-		return floatVal
-	}
-	return value
-}
-
-// normalizeMultilineCommand handles multiline commands with backslashes
-func normalizeMultilineCommand(command string) string {
-	// Handle escaped newlines (backslash followed by newline)
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`\\\s*\n\s*`)
-	normalized := re.ReplaceAllString(command, " ")
-
-	// Clean up extra whitespace
-	re = regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)
-	normalized = re.ReplaceAllString(normalized, " ")
-
-	return strings.TrimSpace(normalized)
-}
-
-// extractArgumentsFromCommand extracts arguments from various command formats
-func extractArgumentsFromCommand(command string, config CommandParserConfig) ([]string, error) {
-	// Split command into tokens respecting quotes
-	tokens, err := splitCommandTokens(command)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if len(tokens) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no command tokens found")
-	}
-
-	firstToken := tokens[0]
-
-	// Check for full path executable
-	if strings.Contains(firstToken, string(filepath.Separator)) {
-		baseName := filepath.Base(firstToken)
-		for _, execName := range config.ExecutableNames {
-			if strings.HasSuffix(baseName, execName) {
-				return skipExecutableAndSubcommands(tokens[1:], config.SubcommandNames)
-			}
-		}
-		// Unknown executable, assume it's still an executable
-		return skipExecutableAndSubcommands(tokens[1:], config.SubcommandNames)
-	}
-
-	// Check for simple executable names
-	lowerFirstToken := strings.ToLower(firstToken)
-	for _, execName := range config.ExecutableNames {
-		if lowerFirstToken == strings.ToLower(execName) {
-			return skipExecutableAndSubcommands(tokens[1:], config.SubcommandNames)
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Check for subcommands (like "serve" for vllm)
-	for _, subCmd := range config.SubcommandNames {
-		if lowerFirstToken == strings.ToLower(subCmd) {
-			return tokens[1:], nil // Return everything except the subcommand
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Arguments only (starts with a flag)
-	if strings.HasPrefix(firstToken, "-") {
-		return tokens, nil // Return all tokens as arguments
-	}
-
-	// Unknown format - might be a different executable name
-	return skipExecutableAndSubcommands(tokens[1:], config.SubcommandNames)
-}
-
-// skipExecutableAndSubcommands removes subcommands from the beginning of tokens
-func skipExecutableAndSubcommands(tokens []string, subcommands []string) ([]string, error) {
-	if len(tokens) == 0 {
-		return tokens, nil
-	}
-
-	// Check if first token is a subcommand
-	if len(subcommands) > 0 && len(tokens) > 0 {
-		lowerFirstToken := strings.ToLower(tokens[0])
-		for _, subCmd := range subcommands {
-			if lowerFirstToken == strings.ToLower(subCmd) {
-				return tokens[1:], nil // Skip the subcommand
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return tokens, nil
-}
-
-// splitCommandTokens splits a command string into tokens, respecting quotes
-func splitCommandTokens(command string) ([]string, error) {
-	var tokens []string
-	var current strings.Builder
-	inQuotes := false
-	quoteChar := byte(0)
-	escaped := false
-
-	for i := 0; i < len(command); i++ {
-		c := command[i]
-
-		if escaped {
-			current.WriteByte(c)
-			escaped = false
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if c == '\\' {
-			escaped = true
-			current.WriteByte(c)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if !inQuotes && (c == '"' || c == '\'') {
-			inQuotes = true
-			quoteChar = c
-			current.WriteByte(c)
-		} else if inQuotes && c == quoteChar {
-			inQuotes = false
-			quoteChar = 0
-			current.WriteByte(c)
-		} else if !inQuotes && (c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\n') {
-			if current.Len() > 0 {
-				tokens = append(tokens, current.String())
-				current.Reset()
-			}
-		} else {
-			current.WriteByte(c)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if inQuotes {
-		return nil, errors.New("unterminated quoted string")
-	}
-
-	if current.Len() > 0 {
-		tokens = append(tokens, current.String())
-	}
-
-	return tokens, nil
-}
-
-// isFlag determines if a string is a command line flag or a value
-// Handles the special case where negative numbers should be treated as values, not flags
-func isFlag(arg string) bool {
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(arg, "-") {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	// Special case: if it's a negative number, treat it as a value
-	if _, err := strconv.ParseFloat(arg, 64); err == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return true
-}
-
-// SliceHandling defines how []string fields should be handled when building command args
-type SliceHandling int
-
-const (
-	// SliceAsMultipleFlags creates multiple flags: --flag value1 --flag value2
-	SliceAsMultipleFlags SliceHandling = iota
-	// SliceAsCommaSeparated creates single flag with comma-separated values: --flag value1,value2
-	SliceAsCommaSeparated
-	// SliceAsMixed uses different strategies for different flags (requires configuration)
-	SliceAsMixed
-)
-
-// ArgsBuilderConfig holds configuration for building command line arguments
-type ArgsBuilderConfig struct {
-	// SliceHandling defines the default strategy for []string fields
-	SliceHandling SliceHandling
-	// MultipleFlags specifies which flags should use multiple instances when SliceHandling is SliceAsMixed
-	MultipleFlags map[string]struct{}
-}
-
-// BuildCommandArgs converts a struct to command line arguments using reflection
-func BuildCommandArgs(options any, config ArgsBuilderConfig) []string {
 	var args []string
 
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(options).Elem()
@@ -341,27 +54,19 @@ func BuildCommandArgs(options any, config ArgsBuilderConfig) []string {
 		field := v.Field(i)
 		fieldType := t.Field(i)
 
-		// Skip unexported fields
 		if !field.CanInterface() {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		// Get the JSON tag to determine the flag name
 		jsonTag := fieldType.Tag.Get("json")
 		if jsonTag == "" || jsonTag == "-" {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		// Remove ",omitempty" from the tag
+		// Get flag name from JSON tag
-		flagName := jsonTag
+		flagName := strings.Split(jsonTag, ",")[0]
-		if commaIndex := strings.Index(jsonTag, ","); commaIndex != -1 {
-			flagName = jsonTag[:commaIndex]
-		}
-
-		// Convert snake_case to kebab-case for CLI flags
 		flagName = strings.ReplaceAll(flagName, "_", "-")
 
-		// Add the appropriate arguments based on field type and value
 		switch field.Kind() {
 		case reflect.Bool:
 			if field.Bool() {
@@ -380,8 +85,20 @@ func BuildCommandArgs(options any, config ArgsBuilderConfig) []string {
 				args = append(args, "--"+flagName, field.String())
 			}
 		case reflect.Slice:
-			if field.Type().Elem().Kind() == reflect.String {
+			if field.Type().Elem().Kind() == reflect.String && field.Len() > 0 {
-				args = append(args, handleStringSlice(field, flagName, config)...)
+				if multipleFlags[flagName] {
+					// Multiple flags: --flag value1 --flag value2
+					for j := 0; j < field.Len(); j++ {
+						args = append(args, "--"+flagName, field.Index(j).String())
+					}
+				} else {
+					// Comma-separated: --flag value1,value2
+					var values []string
+					for j := 0; j < field.Len(); j++ {
+						values = append(values, field.Index(j).String())
+					}
+					args = append(args, "--"+flagName, strings.Join(values, ","))
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -389,43 +106,155 @@ func BuildCommandArgs(options any, config ArgsBuilderConfig) []string {
 	return args
 }
 
-// handleStringSlice handles []string fields based on the configuration
+// normalizeCommand handles multiline commands with backslashes
-func handleStringSlice(field reflect.Value, flagName string, config ArgsBuilderConfig) []string {
+func normalizeCommand(command string) string {
-	if field.Len() == 0 {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`\\\s*\n\s*`)
-		return nil
+	normalized := re.ReplaceAllString(command, " ")
+	re = regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)
+	return strings.TrimSpace(re.ReplaceAllString(normalized, " "))
+}
+
+// extractArgs extracts arguments from command, removing executable and subcommands
+func extractArgs(command string, executableNames []string, subcommandNames []string) ([]string, error) {
+	// Check for unterminated quotes
+	if strings.Count(command, `"`)%2 != 0 || strings.Count(command, `'`)%2 != 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unterminated quoted string")
 	}
 
-	var args []string
+	tokens := strings.Fields(command)
+	if len(tokens) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no tokens found")
+	}
 
-	switch config.SliceHandling {
+	// Skip executable
-	case SliceAsMultipleFlags:
+	start := 0
-		// Multiple flags: --flag value1 --flag value2
+	firstToken := tokens[0]
-		for j := 0; j < field.Len(); j++ {
+
-			args = append(args, "--"+flagName, field.Index(j).String())
+	// Check for executable name (with or without path)
+	if strings.Contains(firstToken, string(filepath.Separator)) {
+		baseName := filepath.Base(firstToken)
+		for _, execName := range executableNames {
+			if strings.HasSuffix(strings.ToLower(baseName), strings.ToLower(execName)) {
+				start = 1
+				break
+			}
 		}
-	case SliceAsCommaSeparated:
+	} else {
-		// Comma-separated: --flag value1,value2
+		for _, execName := range executableNames {
-		var values []string
+			if strings.EqualFold(firstToken, execName) {
-		for j := 0; j < field.Len(); j++ {
+				start = 1
-			values = append(values, field.Index(j).String())
+				break
+			}
 		}
-		args = append(args, "--"+flagName, strings.Join(values, ","))
+	}
-	case SliceAsMixed:
+
-		// Check if this specific flag should use multiple instances
+	// Skip subcommand if present
-		if _, useMultiple := config.MultipleFlags[flagName]; useMultiple {
+	if start < len(tokens) {
-			// Multiple flags
+		for _, subCmd := range subcommandNames {
-			for j := 0; j < field.Len(); j++ {
+			if strings.EqualFold(tokens[start], subCmd) {
-				args = append(args, "--"+flagName, field.Index(j).String())
+				start++
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Handle case where command starts with subcommand (no executable)
+	if start == 0 {
+		for _, subCmd := range subcommandNames {
+			if strings.EqualFold(firstToken, subCmd) {
+				start = 1
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return tokens[start:], nil
+}
+
+// parseFlags parses command line flags into a map
+func parseFlags(args []string, multiValuedFlags map[string]bool) (map[string]any, error) {
+	options := make(map[string]any)
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(args); i++ {
+		arg := args[i]
+
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(arg, "-") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Check for malformed flags (more than two leading dashes)
+		if strings.HasPrefix(arg, "---") {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed flag: %s", arg)
+		}
+
+		// Get flag name and value
+		var flagName, value string
+		var hasValue bool
+
+		if strings.Contains(arg, "=") {
+			parts := strings.SplitN(arg, "=", 2)
+			flagName = strings.TrimLeft(parts[0], "-")
+			value = parts[1]
+			hasValue = true
+		} else {
+			flagName = strings.TrimLeft(arg, "-")
+			if i+1 < len(args) && !strings.HasPrefix(args[i+1], "-") {
+				value = args[i+1]
+				hasValue = true
+				i++ // Skip next arg since we consumed it
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Convert kebab-case to snake_case for JSON
+		flagName = strings.ReplaceAll(flagName, "-", "_")
+
+		if hasValue {
+			// Handle multi-valued flags
+			if multiValuedFlags[flagName] {
+				if existing, ok := options[flagName].([]string); ok {
+					options[flagName] = append(existing, value)
+				} else {
+					options[flagName] = []string{value}
+				}
+			} else {
+				options[flagName] = parseValue(value)
 			}
 		} else {
-			// Comma-separated
+			// Boolean flag
-			var values []string
+			options[flagName] = true
-			for j := 0; j < field.Len(); j++ {
-				values = append(values, field.Index(j).String())
-			}
-			args = append(args, "--"+flagName, strings.Join(values, ","))
 		}
 	}
 
-	return args
+	return options, nil
+}
+
+// parseValue converts string to appropriate type
+func parseValue(value string) any {
+	// Remove quotes
+	if len(value) >= 2 {
+		if (value[0] == '"' && value[len(value)-1] == '"') || (value[0] == '\'' && value[len(value)-1] == '\'') {
+			value = value[1 : len(value)-1]
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Try boolean
+	switch strings.ToLower(value) {
+	case "true":
+		return true
+	case "false":
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Try integer
+	if intVal, err := strconv.Atoi(value); err == nil {
+		return intVal
+	}
+
+	// Try float
+	if floatVal, err := strconv.ParseFloat(value, 64); err == nil {
+		return floatVal
+	}
+
+	// Return as string
+	return value
 }

pkg/backends/vllm/parser.go

@@ -12,22 +12,20 @@ import (
 // 4. Args only: "--model MODEL_NAME --other-args"
 // 5. Multiline commands with backslashes
 func ParseVllmCommand(command string) (*VllmServerOptions, error) {
-	config := backends.CommandParserConfig{
+	executableNames := []string{"vllm"}
-		ExecutableNames: []string{"vllm"},
+	subcommandNames := []string{"serve"}
-		SubcommandNames: []string{"serve"},
+	multiValuedFlags := map[string]bool{
-		MultiValuedFlags: map[string]struct{}{
+		"middleware":      true,
-			"middleware":      {},
+		"api_key":         true,
-			"api_key":         {},
+		"allowed_origins": true,
-			"allowed_origins": {},
+		"allowed_methods": true,
-			"allowed_methods": {},
+		"allowed_headers": true,
-			"allowed_headers": {},
+		"lora_modules":    true,
-			"lora_modules":    {},
+		"prompt_adapters": true,
-			"prompt_adapters": {},
-		},
 	}
 
 	var vllmOptions VllmServerOptions
-	if err := backends.ParseCommand(command, config, &vllmOptions); err != nil {
+	if err := backends.ParseCommand(command, executableNames, subcommandNames, multiValuedFlags, &vllmOptions); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 

pkg/backends/vllm/vllm.go

@@ -130,18 +130,15 @@ type VllmServerOptions struct {
 	OverrideKVCacheALIGNSize  int    `json:"override_kv_cache_align_size,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// BuildCommandArgs converts VllmServerOptions to command line arguments using the common builder
+// BuildCommandArgs converts VllmServerOptions to command line arguments
 // Note: This does NOT include the "serve" subcommand, that's handled at the instance level
 func (o *VllmServerOptions) BuildCommandArgs() []string {
-	config := backends.ArgsBuilderConfig{
+	multipleFlags := map[string]bool{
-		SliceHandling: backends.SliceAsMixed,
+		"api-key":         true,
-		MultipleFlags: map[string]struct{}{
+		"allowed-origins": true,
-			"api-key":         {},
+		"allowed-methods": true,
-			"allowed-origins": {},
+		"allowed-headers": true,
-			"allowed-methods": {},
+		"middleware":      true,
-			"allowed-headers": {},
-			"middleware":      {},
-		},
 	}
-	return backends.BuildCommandArgs(o, config)
+	return backends.BuildCommandArgs(o, multipleFlags)
 }