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Code

cookbook/11_models/ibm/watsonx/basic_stream.py
from typing import Iterator
from agno.agent import Agent, RunOutput
from agno.models.ibm import WatsonX

agent = Agent(model=WatsonX(id="ibm/granite-20b-code-instruct"), 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)

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Usage

1

Set up your virtual environment

uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activate
2

Set your API key

export IBM_WATSONX_API_KEY=xxx
export IBM_WATSONX_PROJECT_ID=xxx
3

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U ibm-watsonx-ai agno
4

Run Agent

python cookbook/11_models/ibm/watsonx/basic_stream.py
This example shows how to use streaming with IBM WatsonX. Setting stream=True when calling print_response() or run() enables token-by-token streaming, which can provide a more interactive user experience.