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+import type { OcrProviderCapabilityRecord, OcrProviderConfig } from '@types'
+import { index, sqliteTable, text } from 'drizzle-orm/sqlite-core'
+
+import { createUpdateTimestamps } from '../columnHelpers'
+
+export const ocrProviderTable = sqliteTable(
+  'ocr_provider',
+  {
+    /**
+     * Unique identifier for the provider.
+     * For built-in providers, it's 'tesseract', 'system', etc.
+     * For custom providers, it can be any unique string.
+     * As the primary key, it ensures the uniqueness of each provider.
+     */
+    id: text('id').primaryKey(),
+
+    /**
+     * Display name of the provider, e.g., "Tesseract OCR".
+     * Cannot be null.
+     */
+    name: text('name').notNull(),
+
+    /**
+     * Object describing the provider's capabilities, e.g., { image: true }.
+     * Stored as JSON in a text column. Drizzle's `mode: 'json'` handles
+     * serialization and deserialization automatically. `$type` provides strong typing.
+     * Cannot be null; should store an empty object `{}` even if no specific capabilities.
+     */
+    capabilities: text('capabilities', { mode: 'json' }).$type<OcrProviderCapabilityRecord>().notNull(),
+
+    /**
+     * Provider-specific configuration. This is a polymorphic field, its structure varies by provider type.
+     * For example, Tesseract's configuration is entirely different from PaddleOCR's.
+     * Storing it as JSON is the most flexible approach to accommodate any configuration structure.
+     * This field is nullable because `config` in the `OcrProvider` type is optional.
+     */
+    config: text('config', { mode: 'json' }).$type<OcrProviderConfig>(),
+
+    /** Timestamps. */
+    ...createUpdateTimestamps
+  },
+  (t) => [index('name').on(t.name)]
+)
+
+export type OcrProviderInsert = typeof ocrProviderTable.$inferInsert
+export type OcrProviderSelect = typeof ocrProviderTable.$inferSelect