Cohere Image Agent Bytes

Migrate the pinned Aya Vision 8B example to Command A Vision, then analyze raw image bytes.

This example uses c4ai-aya-vision-8b, which Cohere retired on April 4, 2026. Replace it with command-a-vision-07-2025 before running. See Cohere's retirement notice.

image_agent_bytes.py
"""
Cohere Image Agent Bytes
========================

Cookbook example for `cohere/image_agent_bytes.py`.
"""

from pathlib import Path

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.media import Image
from agno.models.cohere.chat import Cohere
from agno.utils.media import download_image

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

agent = Agent(
    model=Cohere(id="c4ai-aya-vision-8b"),
    markdown=True,
)

image_path = Path(__file__).parent.joinpath("sample.jpg")

download_image(
    url="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/GoldenGateBridge-001.jpg",
    output_path=str(image_path),
)

# Read the image file content as bytes
image_bytes = image_path.read_bytes()

agent.print_response(
    "Tell me about this image.",
    images=[
        Image(content=image_bytes),
    ],
    stream=True,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pass

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

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

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno cohere

Export your Cohere API key

export CO_API_KEY="your_co_api_key_here"

Use Command A Vision

Replace c4ai-aya-vision-8b with command-a-vision-07-2025 in the saved Python file before running.

Run the example

Save the code above as image_agent_bytes.py, then run:

python image_agent_bytes.py

Full source: cookbook/90_models/cohere/image_agent_bytes.py