Setup and Installation
Requirements
Setup with Palico CLI
Create a Palico App
Create a palico app by running the following command:
npx palico init <project-name>
This will create a basic Palico app with a single conversational LLM application.
This starter LLM application uses OpenAI so you will need to provide your OpenAI API key in the .env file.
Add your OpenAI API Key
Add your OpenAI API key to the .env file in the root of your project. You can get your OpenAI API key from https://platform.openai.com/api-keys.
OPENAI_API_KEY=<your-openai-api-key>
Bootstrap your Services
Your Palico app has additional services associated with it, such as a database and tracing service. To bootstrap these services, run the following command:
npm run palico bootstrap
You will only need to run this command once when you first setup your code repository, or when you update the version of your @palico-ai/app package.
Start your Palico App
To start your Palico app, run the following command:
npm start
You can modify your chat application in src/agents/chatbot/index.ts. You can also chat with your chatbot in the Palico Studio at http://localhost:5173/chat.
Overview of your Palico Starter App
Next Steps
Learn core concepts through our tutorials
Checkout our tutorial that goes over how to build an LLM Agent with Palico, add evaluations, run experiments, and iterate on your LLM application.