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# Asynchronous Agent

> Run a Llama-powered Agno agent asynchronously.

## Code

```python async_basic.py theme={null}
import asyncio

from agno.agent import Agent, RunOutput  # noqa
from agno.models.meta import Llama

agent = Agent(
    model=Llama(id="Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct-FP8"),
    markdown=True
)

# Get the response in a variable
# run: RunOutput = asyncio.run(agent.arun("Share a 2 sentence horror story"))
# print(run.content)

# Print the response in the terminal
asyncio.run(agent.aprint_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story"))
```

## Usage

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

**1. Set your LLAMA API key**

```bash theme={null}
export LLAMA_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY
```

**2. Install dependencies**

```bash theme={null}
uv pip install llama-api-client agno
```

**3. Run Agent**

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


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