Gbrain uses modular 'recipes' where each AI provider declares its touchpoints — embedding, chat, etc. A provider can't be invoked for a capability it hasn't declared, regardless of whether API keys are correctly set. The minimax recipe declares only an embedding touchpoint, so even with MINIMAX_API_KEY configured and chat_model: "minimax:..." set, the chat path would fail the assertTouchpoint check. Capability gating lives in the schema, not the credentials.
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