feat(python): unify LLM classifier bindings

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What

Expose all three Rust/TOML LLM classifier modes through one Python API:

algorithm = algorithms.llm_classifier(
    LlmClassifierConfig.escalation(
        "judge",
        "fast",
        "quality",
        config=EscalationClassifierConfig(confirmations=2),
    )
)

algorithm = algorithms.llm_classifier(
    LlmClassifierConfig.capability(
        "judge",
        "fast",
        "quality",
        config=TaskClassifierConfig(0.5),
    )
)

algorithm = algorithms.llm_classifier(
    LlmClassifierConfig.custom(
        "judge",
        [
            ("fast", "model-a"),
            ("balanced", "model-b"),
            ("best", "model-c"),
        ],
        default_target="fast",
        config=CustomClassifierConfig(
            "Choose a target.",
            response_schema,
            "/target",
        ),
    )
)

The existing llm_task_classifier(...) capability helper remains available for compatibility.

Why

Capability, response-based escalation, and custom schema classification are modes of the same Rust LlmTaskClassifier; they should not appear as unrelated Python algorithms. This supersedes the separate custom_classifier(...) API proposed in #365 while retaining its N-target functionality.

How

• Bind LlmClassifierConfig as one immutable Python wrapper around the Rust config.
• Expose capability, escalation, and custom named constructors that build the inner Rust value once.
• Bind the existing Rust custom and escalation settings through thin Python wrappers.
• Pass the wrapper's cloned inner config through one shared LlmTaskClassifier::new helper.
• Export the unified factory and config types from switchyard.libsy.

What to review

• The single-factory Python API and named constructors.
• Escalation defaults match the Rust/TOML configuration.
• The custom target label-to-model mapping.
• Whether retaining llm_task_classifier(...) is the right compatibility boundary.

Validation

• uv run pytest tests/test_libsy_minimal_bindings.py::test_classifier_config_accepts_a_prompt_override tests/test_libsy_minimal_bindings.py::test_custom_classifier_routes_across_named_targets -q
• Constructed LlmClassifierConfig.escalation through the locally built PyO3 extension.
• uv run ruff check switchyard/libsy switchyard_rust/libsy.py tests/test_libsy_minimal_bindings.py
• uv run mypy switchyard
• cargo clippy -p switchyard-py --all-targets -- -D warnings

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Walkthrough

The PR adds Python bindings for custom classifier settings and mode-based LLM classifier construction. It exports the new APIs, preserves task-specific construction, and tests capability and named-target routing.

Changes

Classifier bindings

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Public classifier API switchyard_rust/libsy.py, switchyard/libsy/__init__.py, switchyard/libsy/algorithms.py	Adds CustomClassifierConfig, LlmClassifierConfig.Capability, LlmClassifierConfig.Custom, and llm_classifier to the public Python API.
Binding implementation and wiring crates/switchyard-py/src/libsy_bindings.rs	Converts Python classifier settings into Rust configurations, adds shared classifier construction, and registers the new bindings.
Classifier routing validation tests/test_libsy_minimal_bindings.py	Migrates the task classifier test to capability mode and validates custom routing to a named target.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 15b6b

This localized API unification has no actionable merge-blocking risk remaining; the outstanding requests are limited to documentation and explanatory comments.

Poem

I hop through modes beneath the moon,
Capability paths now tune.
Named targets guide the way,
Structured answers choose the prey.
Bindings bloom in Python’s room.

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Inline comments:
In `@crates/switchyard-py/src/libsy_bindings.rs`:
- Around line 94-112: Add concise block comments before both
configuration-building paths, including the constructor using
CustomClassifierConfig::new and the other path around lines 142-171. Document
Python response-schema conversion into Value, CustomClassifierPolicy
construction, borrowing nested Python objects during conversion, and propagation
of conversion errors without changing behavior.

In `@switchyard_rust/libsy.py`:
- Around line 41-53: Add concise triple-quoted docstrings to the public
CustomClassifierConfig and LlmClassifierConfig classes, their public mode
definitions, and llm_classifier. Document each API’s purpose, mode behavior,
required configuration invariants, and the ValueError raised for invalid
classifier configuration.

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