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## Warnings

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## Title

    [Instructor] from_provider ConfigurationError: "Model string must be in format \"provider/model-name\"" / "Unsupported provider: azure. Supported providers are: ..."

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): from_provider splits on the first "/" and looks the prefix up in its own provider builder table (openai, anthropic, azure_openai, google, gemini, vertexai, bedrock, ollama, litellm, openrouter, ...).
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - Unsupported provider: {provider}. Supported providers are: {supported_providers}
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/567-labs/instructor/e12f8b49203b0c1f253d27c1e709d0a09b9fc5a8/instructor/v2/auto_client.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): from_provider raises ConfigurationError for missing "/" or empty parts and for providers not in _PROVIDER_BUILDERS (which lists azure_openai, litellm, etc.).
    
    Search phrasings: instructor from_provider Model string must be in format provider/model-name; instructor unsupported provider azure; instructor from_provider litellm
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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## Support assessment

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        "body": "Recommended action: Use \"<provider>/<model>\" with Instructor's provider keys (e.g. \"openai/gpt-4o-mini\", \"azure_openai/<deployment>\"); for LiteLLM-style routing use \"litellm/<litellm model string>\".\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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