Skill · Applied AI · Understand, serve and integrate language models
Call an LLM from Python: completion, streaming, conversation, structured output and images
Call an LLM from Python with LiteLLM or the Ollama SDK: completion, streaming, conversation, parallel calls and JSON output validated by Pydantic.
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- 5 lessons
- ~4 h 35 of reading
- 5 quizzes
- 0 proof lab
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This skill, for you
Call an LLM from Python: completion, streaming, conversation, structured output and images
Computing
It unlocks · 5 skills
- Build a tool-using AI agent: ReAct loop, function calling and typed output
- Analyze an LLM application's risks with the OWASP Top 10 for LLM 2025 and choose defense-in-depth controls
- Operate an LLM gateway: routing, fallback, cache, keys and budgets
- Trace LLM calls with OpenTelemetry GenAI up to Grafana Tempo
- Embed a corpus and index it in a vector database
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Lessons
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5 lessons, about ~4 h 35, in program order. Each lesson ends with its quiz.
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5 lessons · ~4 h 35
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