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ant_ai.steps.llm_step

LLMStep pydantic-model

Bases: BaseModel

Invokes the language model and wraps the response in a StepResult[LLMOutput].

Emits a ToolCallingEvent and routes to "tool" when the model requests tool calls, or emits a FinalAnswerEvent and ends the loop otherwise.

Mirrors ChatLLM's own ainvoke/stream split: run() is the whole-response path via .ainvoke(), unchanged regardless of streaming; stream() is a separate method that calls the LLM's .stream() API and also emits live ContentDeltaEvents as the model generates. Callers (the agent loop) choose which method to invoke based on whether live streaming is safe and wanted for that call — this class has no streaming flag of its own.

Config:

  • arbitrary_types_allowed: True

Fields:

  • name (str)
  • llm (SkipValidation[ChatLLM])
  • system_message (Message)
  • serialized_tools (list[dict])
  • response_format (type[BaseModel] | None)
Source code in src/ant_ai/steps/llm_step.py
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class LLMStep(BaseModel):
    """Invokes the language model and wraps the response in a `StepResult[LLMOutput]`.

    Emits a `ToolCallingEvent` and routes to `"tool"` when the model requests
    tool calls, or emits a `FinalAnswerEvent` and ends the loop otherwise.

    Mirrors `ChatLLM`'s own `ainvoke`/`stream` split: `run()` is the whole-response
    path via `.ainvoke()`, unchanged regardless of streaming; `stream()` is a
    separate method that calls the LLM's `.stream()` API and also emits live
    `ContentDeltaEvent`s as the model generates. Callers (the agent loop)
    choose which method to invoke based on whether live streaming is safe and
    wanted for that call — this class has no streaming flag of its own.
    """

    model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True)

    name: str = "llm"

    llm: SkipValidation[ChatLLM]
    system_message: Message
    serialized_tools: list[dict] = Field(default_factory=list)

    response_format: type[BaseModel] | None = Field(default=None, exclude=True)

    def _build_llm_input(self, state: State) -> list[Message]:
        return [self.system_message, *state.messages]

    def _generation_span(self, llm_input: list[Message], state: State):
        return obs.span(
            getattr(self.llm, "model", "llm"),
            as_type="generation",
            model=getattr(self.llm, "model", None),
            input=llm_input,
            metadata={
                "message_count": len(state.messages),
                "tool_count": len(self.serialized_tools),
                "has_response_format": self.response_format is not None,
            },
        )

    async def _finish(
        self,
        raw: str,
        tool_calls: list[ToolCall],
        reasoning: str | None,
        stream_id: str | None,
    ):
        """Yields the optional `ReasoningEvent`, terminal event, and `StepResult`
        shared by `run()` and `stream()` once a response has been fully collected.
        """
        if reasoning:
            yield ReasoningEvent(content=reasoning, stream_id=stream_id)

        event, transition = _terminal_event(raw, tool_calls, stream_id=stream_id)
        yield event
        yield StepResult(
            output=LLMOutput(raw=raw, tool_calls=tuple(tool_calls)),
            transition=transition,
        )

    async def run(
        self,
        state: State,
        ctx: InvocationContext | None,
    ):
        llm_input: list[Message] = self._build_llm_input(state)

        async with self._generation_span(llm_input, state) as span:
            response: ChatLLMResponse = await self.llm.ainvoke(
                llm_input,
                ctx=ctx,
                tools=self.serialized_tools or None,
                response_format=self.response_format,
            )

            raw: str = response.message.content or ""
            tool_calls: list[ToolCall] = response.tool_calls or []

            update_payload: dict[str, object] = {
                "output": raw,
                "metadata": {
                    "tool_call_count": len(tool_calls),
                },
            }

            response_model = getattr(response, "model", None)
            if response_model is not None:
                update_payload["model"] = response_model

            usage_details = getattr(response, "usage", None)
            if usage_details is not None:
                update_payload["usage"] = usage_details

            span.update(**update_payload)

        reasoning = getattr(response, "reasoning", None)
        async for item in self._finish(raw, tool_calls, reasoning, stream_id=None):
            yield item

    async def stream(
        self,
        state: State,
        ctx: InvocationContext | None,
    ):
        """Live token-level counterpart to `run()`.

        Calls the LLM's `.stream()` API, yielding `ContentDeltaEvent`s as
        fragments arrive, then the same terminal event/`StepResult` sequence
        as `run()` would produce for the same response, correlated via
        `stream_id`.
        """
        llm_input: list[Message] = self._build_llm_input(state)
        stream_id = str(uuid4())

        async with self._generation_span(llm_input, state) as span:
            raw, tool_calls, reasoning = "", [], None
            async for (
                delta_event,
                raw_frag,
                reasoning_frag,
                tool_call,
            ) in self._stream_deltas(llm_input, ctx, stream_id):
                if delta_event is not None:
                    yield delta_event
                raw += raw_frag
                if reasoning_frag:
                    reasoning = (reasoning or "") + reasoning_frag
                if tool_call is not None:
                    tool_calls.append(tool_call)

            # ChatLLMStreamChunk carries no usage/model fields, unlike
            # ChatLLMResponse, so those span attributes are unavailable here.
            span.update(output=raw, metadata={"tool_call_count": len(tool_calls)})

        async for item in self._finish(raw, tool_calls, reasoning, stream_id=stream_id):
            yield item

    async def _stream_deltas(
        self,
        llm_input: list[Message],
        ctx: InvocationContext | None,
        stream_id: str,
    ):
        """Consume the LLM's stream, yielding (delta_event, raw, reasoning, tool_call) tuples.

        `raw`/`reasoning` are the fragment to accumulate for this chunk (usually
        empty); `tool_call` is a finished `ToolCall` once its argument stream
        closes (detected by a change of tool-call index or end of stream), None
        otherwise. Fan-in for the final index happens in `stream()` once the
        loop below and this generator both finish.
        """
        reasoning_started = False
        content_started = False
        tool_frags: dict[int, _ToolCallFragment] = {}
        # Some providers tag every parallel tool call with the same provider-reported index instead of incrementing it, delivering each as one complete chunk (its own id + full arguments). This dict maps those provider indices to the next available index for our own use, so we can yield a separate `ContentDeltaEvent` for each tool call.
        resolved_index_for: dict[int, int] = {}
        next_resolved_index = 0

        async for chunk in self.llm.stream(
            messages=llm_input,
            ctx=ctx,
            tools=self.serialized_tools or None,
            response_format=self.response_format,
        ):
            if chunk.reasoning_delta:
                yield (
                    ContentDeltaEvent(
                        target_kind="reasoning",
                        delta=chunk.reasoning_delta,
                        stream_id=stream_id,
                        is_first=not reasoning_started,
                    ),
                    "",
                    chunk.reasoning_delta,
                    None,
                )
                reasoning_started = True

            if chunk.delta.delta:
                yield (
                    ContentDeltaEvent(
                        target_kind="content",
                        delta=chunk.delta.delta,
                        stream_id=stream_id,
                        is_first=not content_started,
                    ),
                    chunk.delta.delta,
                    "",
                    None,
                )
                content_started = True

            if chunk.tool_calls:
                provider_idx = chunk.tool_calls["index"]
                incoming_id = chunk.tool_calls.get("id")
                if provider_idx not in resolved_index_for:
                    idx = next_resolved_index
                    next_resolved_index += 1
                    resolved_index_for[provider_idx] = idx
                else:
                    idx = resolved_index_for[provider_idx]
                    existing_frag = tool_frags.get(idx)
                    if (
                        existing_frag is not None
                        and existing_frag.id is not None
                        and incoming_id
                        and incoming_id != existing_frag.id
                    ):
                        idx = next_resolved_index
                        next_resolved_index += 1
                        resolved_index_for[provider_idx] = idx

                frag: _ToolCallFragment = tool_frags.setdefault(
                    idx, _ToolCallFragment()
                )
                is_first_frag = frag.id is None and bool(incoming_id)
                if chunk.tool_calls.get("id"):
                    frag.id = chunk.tool_calls["id"]
                if chunk.tool_calls.get("name"):
                    frag.name = chunk.tool_calls["name"]
                args_delta = chunk.tool_calls.get("arguments") or ""
                frag.arguments += args_delta
                yield (
                    ContentDeltaEvent(
                        target_kind="tool_calling",
                        delta=args_delta,
                        stream_id=stream_id,
                        is_first=is_first_frag,
                        tool_call_index=idx,
                        tool_call_id=frag.id if is_first_frag else None,
                        tool_call_name=frag.name if is_first_frag else None,
                    ),
                    "",
                    "",
                    None,
                )

        for frag in tool_frags.values():
            yield (
                None,
                "",
                "",
                ToolCall(
                    id=frag.id or "",
                    function=ToolFunction(
                        name=frag.name or "", arguments=frag.arguments
                    ),
                ),
            )

stream async

stream(state: State, ctx: InvocationContext | None)

Live token-level counterpart to run().

Calls the LLM's .stream() API, yielding ContentDeltaEvents as fragments arrive, then the same terminal event/StepResult sequence as run() would produce for the same response, correlated via stream_id.

Source code in src/ant_ai/steps/llm_step.py
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async def stream(
    self,
    state: State,
    ctx: InvocationContext | None,
):
    """Live token-level counterpart to `run()`.

    Calls the LLM's `.stream()` API, yielding `ContentDeltaEvent`s as
    fragments arrive, then the same terminal event/`StepResult` sequence
    as `run()` would produce for the same response, correlated via
    `stream_id`.
    """
    llm_input: list[Message] = self._build_llm_input(state)
    stream_id = str(uuid4())

    async with self._generation_span(llm_input, state) as span:
        raw, tool_calls, reasoning = "", [], None
        async for (
            delta_event,
            raw_frag,
            reasoning_frag,
            tool_call,
        ) in self._stream_deltas(llm_input, ctx, stream_id):
            if delta_event is not None:
                yield delta_event
            raw += raw_frag
            if reasoning_frag:
                reasoning = (reasoning or "") + reasoning_frag
            if tool_call is not None:
                tool_calls.append(tool_call)

        # ChatLLMStreamChunk carries no usage/model fields, unlike
        # ChatLLMResponse, so those span attributes are unavailable here.
        span.update(output=raw, metadata={"tool_call_count": len(tool_calls)})

    async for item in self._finish(raw, tool_calls, reasoning, stream_id=stream_id):
        yield item