model_parametersTier 1 · 70% confidence

ai-agents-model-parameters-when-using-claude-3-7-sonnet-with-the-thinking-par-0bc34e12

agent: ai_agents

When does this happen?

IF When using Claude 3.7 Sonnet with the 'thinking' parameter through a LiteLLM proxy server, using the 'litellm_proxy/' prefix in the model name triggers an UnsupportedParamsError and the thinking parameter is rejected.

How others solved it

THEN Omit the 'litellm_proxy/' prefix and pass the model name directly (e.g., 'claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219') to the proxy endpoint. Additionally, ensure 'budget_tokens' is set to at least 1024 and 'temperature' is set to 1 when 'thinking' is enabled.

import litellm
response = litellm.completion(
    api_key="sk-...",
    base_url="http://localhost:4000",
    model='claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219',  # no litellm_proxy/ prefix
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
    max_tokens=2001,
    temperature=1,
    thinking={"type": "enabled", "budget_tokens": 2000}
)

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