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"""
Local Reasoning
===============

Demonstrates this reasoning cookbook example.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.ollama import Ollama
from rich.console import Console


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Example
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def run_example() -> None:
    console = Console()

    # Test task
    task = "What is 23 × 47? Show your step-by-step reasoning."

    console.rule("[bold cyan]Local Reasoning with Ollama[/bold cyan]")

    # Test with QwQ (Alibaba's reasoning model)
    console.print("\n[bold blue]QwQ:32B (Alibaba Reasoning Model)[/bold blue]")
    console.print("[dim]Running locally with complete privacy...[/dim]\n")

    try:
        agent_qwq = Agent(
            model=Ollama(id="qwq:32b"),
            markdown=True,
        )
        agent_qwq.print_response(task, stream=True, show_full_reasoning=True)
    except Exception as e:
        console.print(f"[red]Error: {e}[/red]")
        console.print(
            "[yellow]Make sure Ollama is running and qwq:32b is installed:[/yellow]"
        )
        console.print("  ollama pull qwq:32b")

    # Test with DeepSeek-R1:8B (smaller, faster)
    console.print("\n[bold green]DeepSeek-R1:8B (Smaller, Faster)[/bold green]")
    console.print("[dim]Running locally with complete privacy...[/dim]\n")

    try:
        agent_deepseek = Agent(
            model=Ollama(id="deepseek-r1:8b"),
            markdown=True,
        )
        agent_deepseek.print_response(task, stream=True, show_full_reasoning=True)
    except Exception as e:
        console.print(f"[red]Error: {e}[/red]")
        console.print(
            "[yellow]Make sure Ollama is running and deepseek-r1:8b is installed:[/yellow]"
        )
        console.print("  ollama pull deepseek-r1:8b")


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Example
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    run_example()

​
Run the Example

# Clone and setup repo
git clone https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
cd agno/cookbook/10_reasoning/models/ollama

# Create and activate virtual environment
./scripts/demo_setup.sh
source .venvs/demo/bin/activate

python local_reasoning.py