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Code

cookbook/models/google/gemini/vertexai.py
"""
To use Vertex AI, with the Gemini Model class, you need to set the following environment variables:

export GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI="true"
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT="your-project-id"
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION="your-location"

Or you can set the following parameters in the `Gemini` class:

gemini = Gemini(
    vertexai=True,
    project_id="your-google-cloud-project-id",
    location="your-google-cloud-location",
)
"""

from agno.agent import Agent, RunOutput  # noqa
from agno.models.google import Gemini

agent = Agent(model=Gemini(id="gemini-2.0-flash-001"), 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")

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Usage

1

Create a virtual environment

Open the Terminal and create a python virtual environment.
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
2

Set up Vertex AI

Set your environment variables:
export GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI="true"
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT="your-project-id"
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION="your-location"
Or configure in code:
gemini = Gemini(
    vertexai=True,
    project_id="your-google-cloud-project-id",
    location="your-google-cloud-location",
)
3

Install libraries

pip install -U google-genai agno
4

Run Agent

python cookbook/models/google/gemini/vertexai.py