Basic Stream

Code

cookbook/11_models/ollama/basic_stream.py

from typing import Iterator  # noqa
from agno.agent import Agent, RunOutputEvent  # noqa
from agno.models.ollama import Ollama

agent = Agent(model=Ollama(id="llama3.1:8b"), markdown=True)

# Get the response in a variable
# run_response: Iterator[RunOutputEvent] = agent.run("Share a 2 sentence horror story", stream=True)
# for chunk in run_response:
#     print(chunk.content)

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

Usage

Set up your virtual environment

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

uv venv --python 3.12
.venv\Scripts\activate

Install Ollama

Follow the Ollama installation guide and run:

ollama pull llama3.1:8b

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U ollama agno

Run Agent

python cookbook/11_models/ollama/basic_stream.py

Cloud Alternative

For easier setup without local installation, you can use Ollama Cloud with your API key:

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.ollama import Ollama

# No local setup required - just set OLLAMA_API_KEY
agent = Agent(model=Ollama(id="gpt-oss:120b-cloud", host="https://ollama.com"))
agent.print_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story", stream=True)

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