Basic Agent

Make sure to start the proxy server:

litellm --model gpt-5-mini --host 127.0.0.1 --port 4000

Code

cookbook/11_models/litellm_openai/basic.py

from agno.agent import Agent, RunOutput  # noqa
from agno.models.litellm import LiteLLMOpenAI

agent = Agent(model=LiteLLMOpenAI(id="gpt-5-mini"), markdown=True)

# Get the response in a variable
# run: RunOutput = agent.run("Share a 2 sentence horror story")
# print(run.content)

# Print the response in the terminal
agent.print_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story")

Usage

1. Set up your virtual environment

   Mac

   uv venv --python 3.12
   source .venv/bin/activate
   
2. Set your API key

   export LITELLM_API_KEY=xxx
   
3. Install dependencies

   uv pip install -U litellm[proxy] openai agno
   
4. Start the proxy server

   litellm --model gpt-5-mini --host 127.0.0.1 --port 4000
   
5. Run Agent

   python cookbook/11_models/litellm_openai/basic.py