- OLLAMA_HOST takes priority over OPENAI_BASE_URL for local Ollama instances
- No API key required; placeholder token used for Authorization header
- Model names like 'qwen3:8b' bypass strict provider/model syntax validation
- detect_provider_kind() checks OLLAMA_HOST first in routing cascade
- ProviderClient dispatch uses from_ollama_env() when OLLAMA_HOST is set
- Updated USAGE.md and docs with OLLAMA_HOST as preferred env var
- Added OLLAMA_CONFIG constant and from_ollama_env() to openai_compat
- Added test_ollama_host_bypasses_model_validation unit test
- Supersedes PR #3213 (which had a duplicate if-let bug in mod.rs)
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