/ai

AI Package

The ai package provides a simple, high-level interface for AI model providers like Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT.

Interface

The Model interface follows the same patterns as other go-micro packages (Registry, Client, Broker):

type Model interface {
    Init(...Option) error
    Options() Options
    Generate(ctx context.Context, req *Request, opts ...GenerateOption) (*Response, error)
    Stream(ctx context.Context, req *Request, opts ...GenerateOption) (Stream, error)
    String() string
}

Quick Start

import (
    "context"
    "go-micro.dev/v5/ai"
    _ "go-micro.dev/v5/ai/anthropic"
    _ "go-micro.dev/v5/ai/openai"
)

// Create a model
m := ai.New("openai",
    ai.WithAPIKey("your-api-key"),
    ai.WithModel("gpt-4o"),
)

// Generate a response
req := &ai.Request{
    Prompt:       "What is Go?",
    SystemPrompt: "You are a helpful programming assistant",
}

resp, err := m.Generate(context.Background(), req)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

fmt.Println(resp.Reply)

Options

Configure the model using functional options:

m := ai.New("anthropic",
    ai.WithAPIKey("your-key"),              // Required
    ai.WithModel("claude-sonnet-4-20250514"), // Optional, uses provider default
    ai.WithBaseURL("https://api.anthropic.com"), // Optional, uses provider default
)

You can also update options after creation:

m.Init(
    ai.WithModel("gpt-4o-mini"),
    ai.WithAPIKey("new-key"),
)

Using Tools

The model can automatically execute tool calls when provided with a tool handler:

// Define a tool handler
toolHandler := func(name string, input map[string]any) (result any, content string) {
    // Execute the tool and return results
    switch name {
    case "get_weather":
        return map[string]string{"temp": "72F"}, `{"temp": "72F"}`
    default:
        return nil, `{"error": "unknown tool"}`
    }
}

// Create model with tool handler
m := ai.New("openai",
    ai.WithAPIKey("your-key"),
    ai.WithToolHandler(toolHandler),
)

// Provide tools in the request
req := &ai.Request{
    Prompt: "What's the weather?",
    SystemPrompt: "You are a helpful assistant",
    Tools: []ai.Tool{
        {
            Name:        "get_weather",
            Description: "Get current weather",
            Properties: map[string]any{
                "location": map[string]any{
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "City name",
                },
            },
        },
    },
}

// Generate will automatically call tools and return final answer
resp, err := m.Generate(context.Background(), req)
fmt.Println(resp.Answer) // Final answer after tool execution

Response Structure

type Response struct {
    Reply     string      // Initial reply from model
    ToolCalls []ToolCall  // Tools the model wants to call
    Answer    string      // Final answer (after tool execution if handler provided)
}

• Reply: The model's first response
• ToolCalls: List of tools the model requested (if any)
• Answer: The final answer after tools are executed (only set if ToolHandler is provided)

Supported Providers

Anthropic Claude

m := ai.New("anthropic",
    ai.WithAPIKey("sk-ant-..."),
    ai.WithModel("claude-sonnet-4-20250514"), // default
)

Default model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514 Default base URL: https://api.anthropic.com

OpenAI GPT

m := ai.New("openai",
    ai.WithAPIKey("sk-..."),
    ai.WithModel("gpt-4o"), // default
)

Default model: gpt-4o Default base URL: https://api.openai.com

Auto-Detection

Use AutoDetectProvider() to detect the provider from a base URL:

provider := ai.AutoDetectProvider("https://api.anthropic.com")
// Returns "anthropic"

m := ai.New(provider, ai.WithAPIKey("..."))

Adding a New Provider

See the full AI Provider Integration Guide for a step-by-step walkthrough, checklist, and design notes.

Quick summary:

1. Create ai/yourprovider/yourprovider.go implementing ai.Model.
2. Call ai.Register("yourprovider", ...) in init().
3. Add tests in ai/yourprovider/yourprovider_test.go.
4. Users enable the provider with a blank import:

import _ "go-micro.dev/v5/ai/yourprovider"

We welcome contributions and sponsorships from AI infrastructure companies — see the guide for details.

Comparison with Other Packages

The ai package follows the same patterns as other go-micro packages:

Registry:

r := registry.NewRegistry(registry.Addrs("..."))
r.Register(service)

Client:

c := client.NewClient(client.Retries(3))
c.Call(ctx, req, rsp)

AI:

m := ai.New("openai", ai.WithAPIKey("..."))
m.Generate(ctx, req)

All use:

• Init() to update options
• Options() to get current options
• String() to get the implementation name
• Functional options pattern

Testing

go test ./ai/...

Examples

See the server implementation for a complete example of using the ai package with tool execution.