Sambanova Basic

Run Llama 3.3 70B on SambaCloud with sync, streaming, and async calls.

SambaNova removed Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct from SambaCloud on April 14, 2026. Apply the replacement below before running. SambaStack deployments have separate availability.

basic.py
"""
Sambanova Basic
===============

Cookbook example for `sambanova/basic.py`.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent, RunOutput  # noqa
from agno.models.sambanova import Sambanova
import asyncio

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

agent = Agent(model=Sambanova(id="Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"), 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

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    # --- Sync ---
    agent.print_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story")

    # --- Sync + Streaming ---
    agent.print_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story", stream=True)

    # --- Async ---
    asyncio.run(agent.aprint_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story"))

    # --- Async + Streaming ---
    asyncio.run(agent.aprint_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story", stream=True))

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

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

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno openai

Export your SambaNova API key

export SAMBANOVA_API_KEY="your_sambanova_api_key_here"

Select the current SambaCloud model

Replace Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct with Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct in each saved model constructor. Confirm your SambaCloud key has access to this recommended replacement.

Run the example

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

python basic.py

Full source: cookbook/90_models/sambanova/basic.py