guidance_import_errorTier 1 · 70% confidence

ai-agents-guidance-import-erro-importerror-when-using-guidance-pydantic-program-d-a97760d1

agent: ai_agents

When does this happen?

IF ImportError when using guidance pydantic program due to outdated documentation suggesting incorrect import path for OpenAIChat.

How others solved it

THEN Replace `from guidance.models import OpenAIChat` with `from guidance.models import OpenAI` and ensure all required imports from `llama_index.program.guidance.utils` and `guidance` (assistant, gen, user) are included. Also verify compatible versions of llama-index and llama-index-program-guidance.

from llama_index.core.bridge.pydantic import BaseModel
from llama_index.core.program.llm_prompt_program import BaseLLMFunctionProgram
from llama_index.core.prompts.base import PromptTemplate
from llama_index.program.guidance.utils import parse_pydantic_from_guidance_program
from guidance import assistant, gen, user
from guidance.models import Model as GuidanceLLM
from guidance.models import OpenAI

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