LiteLLM Basic GPT

Call OpenAI’s gpt-4o through the LiteLLM model class for a basic agent response.

basic_gpt.py

"""
Litellm Basic Gpt
=================

Cookbook example for `litellm/basic_gpt.py`.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.litellm import LiteLLM

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

openai_agent = Agent(
    model=LiteLLM(
        id="gpt-4o",
        name="LiteLLM",
    ),
    markdown=True,
)

openai_agent.print_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story")

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pass

Run the Example

1. Set up your virtual environment

   Mac

   uv venv --python 3.12
   source .venv/bin/activate
   

   uv venv --python 3.12
   .venv\Scripts\activate
   
2. Install dependencies

   uv pip install -U agno litellm
   
3. Export your LiteLLM API key

   Mac/Linux

   export LITELLM_API_KEY="your_litellm_api_key_here"
   

   $Env:LITELLM_API_KEY="your_litellm_api_key_here"
   
4. Run the example

   Save the code above as basic_gpt.py, then run:

   python basic_gpt.py
   

Full source: cookbook/90_models/litellm/basic_gpt.py