[Feature]: First-class "Embedding & Vector Store Providers" resource, reusable across Semantic Cache and future embedding-based policies

[randilt]

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AI Workspace, Gateway

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Aspect/UI (Frontend layouts, components, styling), Aspect/Configuration (Config files, settings, env vars, defaults)

Suggested Feature

Embedding provider and vector DB settings needed for Semantic Cache (embedding_provider, embedding_provider_dimension, embedding_provider_api_key, vector_db_provider, vector_db_provider_host, etc.) currently live as flat keys in the gateway's config.toml, with no Console UI to manage them. The current key structure appears to only support a single embedding provider and vector store — there's no confirmed support for configuring more than one.

Suggest adding "Embedding & Vector Store Providers" as a first-class, UI-managed resource, following the same pattern already used for "LLM Providers": configure once (endpoint, auth, model, dimension / host, port, credentials), then select from a dropdown wherever needed, instead of editing config files directly.

This would also support multiple named providers, so different use cases (e.g. a cheaper model for high-volume caching vs. a stricter one elsewhere) aren't forced to share one global config.

Semantic Cache is a confirmed consumer of this config today. A shared, reusable resource would avoid re-solving the same config problem if similar embedding-based features (e.g. semantic guardrails, semantic routing) are added later.

Related Issues

#3417

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