diff --git a/src/moderation/llmModerationClient.ts b/src/moderation/llmModerationClient.ts
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+import { createChildLogger } from "../logger";
+import { retryWithBackoff } from "../retry";
+import { config } from "../config";
+import type { AnalysisResult, MessageRecord } from "./types";
+
+const log = createChildLogger("llmModerationClient");
+
+interface RawModerationResult {
+  message_id: string;
+  status: string;
+  flags: unknown;
+  score: number;
+  analysis: string;
+}
+
+interface RawModerationResponse {
+  results: RawModerationResult[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses LLM moderation response and validates against target IDs.
+ * Extracts JSON from surrounding text, validates structure, and transforms to AnalysisResult[].
+ */
+export function parseModerationResponse(
+  content: string,
+  targetIds: string[],
+): AnalysisResult[] {
+  // Extract JSON object from surrounding text
+  const jsonMatch = content.match(/\{[\s\S]*\}/);
+  if (!jsonMatch) {
+    throw new Error("No JSON object found in response");
+  }
+
+  let parsed: unknown;
+  try {
+    parsed = JSON.parse(jsonMatch[0]);
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Failed to parse JSON: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Validate structure
+  if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object" || !("results" in parsed)) {
+    throw new Error("Response missing 'results' array");
+  }
+
+  const response = parsed as RawModerationResponse;
+  if (!Array.isArray(response.results)) {
+    throw new Error("'results' must be an array");
+  }
+
+  // Track which target IDs were found
+  const foundIds = new Set<string>();
+  const targetIdSet = new Set(targetIds);
+
+  // Parse and validate each result
+  const results: AnalysisResult[] = response.results.map((result) => {
+    const { message_id, status, flags, score, analysis } = result;
+
+    // Validate message_id exists and is in target list
+    if (!message_id) {
+      throw new Error("Result missing 'message_id'");
+    }
+
+    if (!targetIdSet.has(message_id)) {
+      throw new Error(`Unknown message_id: ${message_id}`);
+    }
+
+    foundIds.add(message_id);
+
+    // Validate status
+    const validStatuses = ["clean", "warn", "flagged"] as const;
+    if (!validStatuses.includes(status as (typeof validStatuses)[number])) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Invalid status: ${status}. Must be one of: ${validStatuses.join(", ")}`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    // Validate and clamp score
+    let numScore = Number(score);
+    if (!Number.isFinite(numScore)) {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid score: ${score}. Must be a finite number`);
+    }
+    numScore = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, numScore));
+
+    // Coerce flags to string array
+    let flagsArray: string[] = [];
+    if (Array.isArray(flags)) {
+      flagsArray = flags.map((f) => String(f));
+    } else if (flags) {
+      flagsArray = [String(flags)];
+    }
+
+    // Fallback analysis
+    const analysisStr = analysis ? String(analysis) : "";
+
+    return {
+      messageId: message_id,
+      status: status as "clean" | "warn" | "flagged",
+      flags: flagsArray,
+      score: numScore,
+      analysis: analysisStr,
+    };
+  });
+
+  // Check that all target IDs were found
+  const missingIds = targetIds.filter((id) => !foundIds.has(id));
+  if (missingIds.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(`Missing target ids in response: ${missingIds.join(", ")}`);
+  }
+
+  return results;
+}
+
+interface ModerationInput {
+  targets: MessageRecord[];
+  contextText: string;
+}
+
+interface ModerationOutput {
+  results: AnalysisResult[];
+  raw: unknown;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Runs LLM-based moderation analysis on messages.
+ * POSTs to AI_LLM_BASE_URL with auth bearer token.
+ */
+export async function runModerationAnalysis(
+  input: ModerationInput,
+): Promise<ModerationOutput> {
+  const { targets, contextText } = input;
+
+  if (!targets.length) {
+    throw new Error("No targets provided for analysis");
+  }
+
+  const targetIds = targets.map((t) => t.id);
+
+  // Build prompt
+  const messagesText = targets
+    .map((msg) => `[${msg.id}] ${msg.username}: ${msg.content}`)
+    .join("\n");
+
+  const prompt = `You are a content moderation assistant. Analyze the following messages for policy violations.
+
+Context: ${contextText}
+
+Messages to analyze:
+${messagesText}
+
+For each message, respond with a JSON object containing a "results" array. Each result must have:
+- message_id: the message ID
+- status: "clean", "warn", or "flagged"
+- flags: array of violation flags (e.g., ["spam", "hate_speech"])
+- score: confidence score from 0 to 1
+- analysis: brief explanation
+
+Return ONLY valid JSON, no other text.`;
+
+  const result = await retryWithBackoff(
+    async () => {
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      const timeoutId = setTimeout(
+        () => controller.abort(),
+        config.AI_ANALYSIS_TIMEOUT_MS,
+      );
+
+      try {
+        const response = await fetch(
+          `${config.AI_LLM_BASE_URL}/chat/completions`,
+          {
+            method: "POST",
+            headers: {
+              "Content-Type": "application/json",
+              Authorization: `Bearer ${config.AI_LLM_API_KEY}`,
+            },
+            signal: controller.signal,
+            body: JSON.stringify({
+              model: config.AI_LLM_MODEL,
+              messages: [
+                {
+                  role: "user",
+                  content: prompt,
+                },
+              ],
+              temperature: 0.3,
+            }),
+          },
+        );
+
+        if (!response.ok) {
+          const text = await response.text();
+          throw new Error(`LLM API error ${response.status}: ${text}`);
+        }
+
+        return response.json();
+      } finally {
+        clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      retries: 3,
+      minTimeout: 1000,
+      maxTimeout: 10000,
+      logger: log,
+    },
+  );
+
+  // Extract content from response
+  if (!result.choices || !Array.isArray(result.choices) || !result.choices[0]) {
+    throw new Error("Invalid LLM response structure");
+  }
+
+  const content = result.choices[0].message?.content;
+  if (!content) {
+    throw new Error("No content in LLM response");
+  }
+
+  // Parse and validate
+  const parsed = parseModerationResponse(content, targetIds);
+
+  log.info(
+    {
+      targetCount: targets.length,
+      resultCount: parsed.length,
+    },
+    "Moderation analysis complete",
+  );
+
+  return {
+    results: parsed,
+    raw: result,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/moderation/llmModerationClient.test.ts b/tests/moderation/llmModerationClient.test.ts
new file mode 100644
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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { parseModerationResponse } from "../../src/moderation/llmModerationClient";
+
+describe("parseModerationResponse", () => {
+  it("parses valid keyed results", () => {
+    const result = parseModerationResponse(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        results: [
+          {
+            message_id: "m1",
+            status: "warn",
+            flags: ["provokasi"],
+            score: 0.7,
+            analysis: "Perlu peringatan.",
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      ["m1"],
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      {
+        messageId: "m1",
+        status: "warn",
+        flags: ["provokasi"],
+        score: 0.7,
+        analysis: "Perlu peringatan.",
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects missing target ids", () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      parseModerationResponse(JSON.stringify({ results: [] }), ["m1"]),
+    ).toThrow(/missing/i);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects unknown ids", () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      parseModerationResponse(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          results: [
+            {
+              message_id: "m2",
+              status: "clean",
+              flags: [],
+              score: 0,
+              analysis: "OK",
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+        ["m1"],
+      ),
+    ).toThrow(/unknown/i);
+  });
+});