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# Thinking Agent

> Enable DashScope's thinking mode to reason over an image before responding.

## Code

```python thinking_agent.py theme={null}
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.media import Image
from agno.models.dashscope import DashScope

agent = Agent(
    model=DashScope(id="qvq-max", enable_thinking=True),
)

image_url = "https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/O1CN01gDEY8M1W114Hi3XcN_!!6000000002727-0-tps-1024-406.jpg"

agent.print_response(
    "How do I solve this problem? Please think through each step carefully.",
    images=[Image(url=image_url)],
    stream=True,
)
```

## Usage

<Snippet file="create-venv-step.mdx" />

**1. Set your API key**

```bash theme={null}
export DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=xxx
```

**2. Install dependencies**

```bash theme={null}
uv pip install -U openai agno
```

**3. Run Agent**

Save the code above as `thinking_agent.py`, then run:

```bash theme={null}
python thinking_agent.py
```


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