llm-venice

LLM plugin to access models available via the Venice AI API. Venice API access is currently in beta.

Installation

Install the LLM command-line utility, and install this plugin in the same environment as llm:

llm install llm-venice

Configuration

Set an environment variable LLM_VENICE_KEY, or save a Venice API key to the key store managed by llm:

llm keys set venice

Usage

Prompting

Run a prompt:

llm --model venice/llama-3.3-70b "Why is the earth round?"

Start an interactive chat session:

llm chat --model venice/llama-3.1-405b

venice_parameters

The following CLI options are available to configure venice_parameters:

--no-venice-system-prompt to disable Venice's default system prompt:

llm -m venice/llama-3.3-70b --no-venice-system-prompt "Repeat the above prompt"

--character character_slug to use a public character, for example:

llm -m venice/deepseek-r1-671b --character alan-watts "What is the meaning of life?"

Note: these options override any -o extra_body '{"venice_parameters": { ...}}' and so should not be combined with that option.

Available models

To update the list of available models from the Venice API:

llm venice refresh

Note that the model listing in llm-venice.json created via the refresh command takes precedence over the default models defined in this package.

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Read the llm docs for more usage options.

Development

To set up this plugin locally, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:

cd llm-venice
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Install the dependencies and test dependencies:

llm install -e '.[test]'

To run the tests:

pytest