diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ead9772081..141e618cb0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,3 +54,20 @@ _bmad-output/*
 ._*
 *.bak
 server
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+=======
+server
+cli-proxy-api-plus-integration-test
+
+boardsync
+releasebatch
+.cache
+>>>>>>> a4e4c2b8 (chore: add build artifacts to .gitignore)
+
+# Build artifacts (cherry-picked from fix/test-cleanups)
+cliproxyapi++
+.air/
+boardsync
+releasebatch
+.cache
+logs/
diff --git a/sdk/python/cliproxy/api.py b/sdk/python/cliproxy/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a660a720e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/python/cliproxy/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+"""
+Comprehensive Python SDK for cliproxyapi-plusplus.
+
+NOT just HTTP wrappers - provides native Python classes and functions.
+Translates Go types to Python dataclasses with full functionality.
+"""
+
+import httpx
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any, Optional
+from enum import Enum
+import os
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Enums - Native Python
+# =============================================================================
+
+class ModelProvider(str, Enum):
+    """Supported model providers."""
+    OPENAI = "openai"
+    ANTHROPIC = "anthropic"
+    GOOGLE = "google"
+    OPENROUTER = "openrouter"
+    MINIMAX = "minimax"
+    KIRO = "kiro"
+    CODEX = "codex"
+    CLAUDE = "claude"
+    GEMINI = "gemini"
+    VERTEX = "vertex"
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Models - Native Python classes
+# =============================================================================
+
+@dataclass
+class ProviderConfig:
+    """Native Python config for providers."""
+    provider: ModelProvider
+    api_key: Optional[str] = None
+    base_url: Optional[str] = None
+    models: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    timeout: int = 30
+    max_retries: int = 3
+
+
+@dataclass
+class AuthEntry:
+    """Authentication entry."""
+    name: str
+    provider: ModelProvider
+    credentials: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    enabled: bool = True
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ChatMessage:
+    """Chat message with role support."""
+    role: str  # "system", "user", "assistant"
+    content: str
+    name: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ChatChoice:
+    """Single chat choice."""
+    index: int
+    message: dict
+    finish_reason: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Usage:
+    """Token usage."""
+    prompt_tokens: int = 0
+    completion_tokens: int = 0
+    total_tokens: int = 0
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ChatCompletion:
+    """Native Python completion response."""
+    id: str
+    object_type: str = "chat.completion"
+    created: int = 0
+    model: str = ""
+    choices: list[ChatChoice] = field(default_factory=list)
+    usage: Usage = field(default_factory=Usage)
+    
+    @property
+    def first_choice(self) -> str:
+        if self.choices and self.choices[0].message:
+            return self.choices[0].message.get("content", "")
+        return ""
+    
+    @property
+    def text(self) -> str:
+        return self.first_choice
+    
+    @property
+    def content(self) -> str:
+        return self.first_choice
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Model:
+    """Model info."""
+    id: str
+    object_type: str = "model"
+    created: Optional[int] = None
+    owned_by: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ModelList:
+    """List of models."""
+    object_type: str = "list"
+    data: list[Model] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Client - Full-featured Python SDK
+# =============================================================================
+
+class CliproxyClient:
+    """Comprehensive Python SDK - NOT just HTTP wrapper.
+    
+    Provides native Python classes and functions for cliproxyapi-plusplus.
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        base_url: str = "http://127.0.0.1:8317",
+        api_key: Optional[str] = None,
+        timeout: int = 30,
+    ):
+        self.base_url = base_url.rstrip("/")
+        self.api_key = api_key or os.getenv("CLIPROXY_API_KEY", "8317")
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        self._client = httpx.Client(timeout=timeout)
+    
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # High-level Python methods (not HTTP mapping)
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    def chat(
+        self,
+        messages: list[ChatMessage],
+        model: str = "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
+        **kwargs
+    ) -> ChatCompletion:
+        """Native Python chat - returns ChatCompletion object."""
+        resp = self.completions_create(
+            model=model,
+            messages=[{"role": m.role, "content": m.content} for m in messages],
+            **kwargs
+        )
+        return self._parse_completion(resp)
+    
+    def complete(
+        self,
+        prompt: str,
+        model: str = "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
+        system: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> str:
+        """Simple completion - returns string."""
+        msgs = []
+        if system:
+            msgs.append(ChatMessage(role="system", content=system))
+        msgs.append(ChatMessage(role="user", content=prompt))
+        
+        resp = self.chat(msgs, model)
+        return resp.first_choice
+    
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Mid-level operations
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    def providers_list(self) -> list[str]:
+        """List available providers."""
+        return [p.value for p in ModelProvider]
+    
+    def auth_add(self, auth: AuthEntry) -> dict:
+        """Add auth entry - native Python."""
+        return self.management_request("POST", "/v0/management/auth", json=auth.__dict__)
+    
+    def config_update(self, **kwargs) -> dict:
+        """Update config with kwargs."""
+        return self.management_request("PUT", "/v0/management/config", json=kwargs)
+    
+    def models(self) -> ModelList:
+        """List models as ModelList."""
+        resp = self._request("GET", "/v1/models")
+        return ModelList(
+            object_type=resp.get("object", "list"),
+            data=[Model(**m) for m in resp.get("data", [])]
+        )
+    
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Low-level HTTP
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    def completions_create(self, **kwargs) -> dict:
+        """Raw OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions."""
+        return self._request("POST", "/v1/chat/completions", json=kwargs)
+    
+    def models_list_raw(self) -> dict:
+        """List models raw."""
+        return self._request("GET", "/v1/models")
+    
+    def management_request(
+        self,
+        method: str,
+        path: str,
+        **kwargs
+    ) -> dict:
+        """Management API."""
+        return self._request(method, f"/v0/management{path}", **kwargs)
+    
+    def _request(
+        self,
+        method: str,
+        path: str,
+        **kwargs
+    ) -> dict:
+        """Base HTTP request."""
+        url = f"{self.base_url}{path}"
+        headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {self.api_key}"}
+        headers.update(kwargs.pop("headers", {}))
+        
+        resp = self._client.request(method, url, headers=headers, **kwargs)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
+        return resp.json()
+    
+    def _parse_completion(self, resp: dict) -> ChatCompletion:
+        """Parse completion response to Python object."""
+        choices = [ChatChoice(**c) for c in resp.get("choices", [])]
+        usage_data = resp.get("usage", {})
+        usage = Usage(
+            prompt_tokens=usage_data.get("prompt_tokens", 0),
+            completion_tokens=usage_data.get("completion_tokens", 0),
+            total_tokens=usage_data.get("total_tokens", 0)
+        )
+        return ChatCompletion(
+            id=resp.get("id", ""),
+            object_type=resp.get("object", "chat.completion"),
+            created=resp.get("created", 0),
+            model=resp.get("model", ""),
+            choices=choices,
+            usage=usage
+        )
+    
+    def close(self):
+        self._client.close()
+    
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+    
+    def __exit__(self, *args):
+        self.close()
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Convenience functions
+# =============================================================================
+
+def client(**kwargs) -> CliproxyClient:
+    """Create client - shortcut."""
+    return CliproxyClient(**kwargs)
+
+
+def chat(prompt: str, model: str = "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022", **kwargs) -> str:
+    """One-shot chat - returns string."""
+    with CliproxyClient() as c:
+        return c.complete(prompt, model, **kwargs)